World Cup

Socrates: Brazil's football revolutionary

Footballers have not always been divorced from political struggle. Sean Ledwith remembers a legend of football and socialism
If a week is a long time in...

As England prepare to take on Panama Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman draws some lessons from the first week of World Cup 2018
World Cup 2018: thirty two nations under a groove

Will the World Cup which opens today be an orgy of petty-minded nationalism? Philosophy Football’s Mark Perryman doesn’t seem to think so
In a stink about a pink St George Cross

Professional controversialist Toby Young has got himself all in a froth about a pink St George Cross at England’s international this week
Brazil’s Dance with the Devil: the World Cup, the Olympics and the Fight for Democracy

It was perfectly fair to enjoy the World Cup and carry on fighting for a better future, argues Orlando Hill

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