“I wasn’t part of the Qatari bid, I never spoke to the Qatari bid team. If they had contacted me, I would’ve said their bid was even stupider than the U.S. bid.” — UMBCprofessor Dennis Coates, the president of the Association of Sports Economists, after it was revealed by the Sunday Times he was paid […]
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What They're Saying: Alejandro Dominguez
“As we think big, and because we want justice, because we want you and all our companions to want to think big, I am asking that the 2022 World Cup is played with 48 teams.” –Conmebol president Alejandro Dominguez in a letter to FIFA president Gianni Infantino presented at the South American confederation’s congress in […]
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Diverse England U-17s usher in a new era
American fans who assume a bright future for the national team in the wake of success at the U-17 and U-20 levels should be warned: there isn’t necessarily any correlation. Englandis going through the same process. It captured the U-20 World Cup in June and on Saturday its U-17s battle Spain — to which it […]
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What They're Saying: James Savage
“The Local’s staff neither wrote, published nor removed the article in question and The Local can therefore not vouch for any of the claims made. Our investigation so far indicates the articleappeared on a fake site designed to look like The Local, and never appeared on The Local’s own site.” — James Savage, co-founder of […]
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Time is of essence for World Cup 2026 bid committee
With less than nine months before their combined World Cup 2026 bid must be submitted to FIFA, time is of the essence for the U.S., Canadian and Mexican federations. They’ve formed the United BidCommittee for handling the bid process and hired John Kristick, who worked on the USA’s unsuccessful 2022 World Cup bid in 2010, […]
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'Garcia Report' confirms FIFA deal for 2026 World Cup U.S. TV rights
Among the revelations with the release of FIFA’s “Garcia Report” into the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosting rights came confirmation that FIFA in 2015 awarded the 2026 World Cup U.S. TVrights to Fox and Univision without opening up the bidding, frustrating rival networks and potentially making a lot less money on the […]
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Editorial: FIFA must do more to prevent labor abuses
In an editorial, the Washington Post criticizes Russia for showing little respect for human rights and intolerable labor conditions at seven World Cup stadium sites. It notes FIFA has shown “interestin solidifying its commitment to human rights” but it needs to expand monitoring systems and improve its transparency and reporting measures. After all, the ultimate […]
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Qatar, what Gulf diplomatic crisis means for 2022 World Cup?
Five and a half years before it will host the World Cup, Qatar, the tiny Gulf emirate, is in the news. A diplomatic dispute with Gulf neighbors has resulted in Bahrain, Egypt, SaudiArabia and the United Arab Emirates cutting ties with Qatar, withdrawing their ambassadors and launching an economic blockade, including denial of airspace for […]
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NWSL: Waldrum is out as Houston head coach
Randy Waldrum, who left his job as head coach at Notre Dame, one of the most successful women’s programs in the country, to take over as the Houston Dash head coach for its launch in 2014, isout. The Dash and Waldrum agreed to part ways just seven games into the 2017 season. Assistant coach Omar […]
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They're back! FIFA scandals enter new territory
It seemed like eons ago that Swiss police showed up (the first time) at 6 a.m. at the five-star Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, asked for the room registry and began knocking on doors and hauling awayFIFA officials only protected from public view by bed sheets held up by hotel employees suit coats with […]