David Goldblatt’s The Age of Football shows the game’s global power
There are two great lies told about football: that it is only a game, and that it shouldn’t mix with politics. The Age of Football exposes…
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
There are two great lies told about football: that it is only a game, and that it shouldn’t mix with politics. The Age of Football exposes…
By Jonathan WilsonIn Gabon, the current political football is the sport itself.
By Jonathan WilsonAlthough he won three Premier League titles and four FA Cups with Arsenal, Ray Parlour was capped only ten times…
By Jonathan WilsonThe Leicester City manager’s sharp tactical brain has emerged from behind the quirks and the cashmere.
By Jonathan WilsonPolitics and pragmatism after the Copa América.
By Jonathan WilsonSepp Blatter is a consummate politician who took advantage of a shifting world order and Fifa’s history.
By Jonathan WilsonWhen Morocco withdrew from hosting the African Cup of Nations, citing Ebola fears, Equatorial Guinea stepped in. But at what cost?
By Jonathan WilsonJonathan Wilson's Brazil Notebook.
By Jonathan WilsonEven amid the camper vans and the seemingly anarchic raucousness of the beach, Sepp Blatter reigns supreme.
By Jonathan Wilson