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FIFA World Cup 2026 football. Photo: UKinUSA / CC BY-SA 4.0

World Cup 2026: FIFA money, US racism and other controversies

Michael Lavalette

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands during the FIFA World Cup 2026 official draw at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., December 5, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)

The social costs of the World Cup

Reflections on John Robertson, money and football

Plaid Cymru’s Lindsay Whittle at Swansea, October 2025. Photo: Flickr/Plaid Cymru

Caerphilly serves hard cheese to Starmer and Reform – weekly briefing

Philosophy Football’s Suleiman al-Obeid & Mohamed Salah / Mark Perryman

The Meaning of Mo Salah, Uefa and Gaza

Four Kings on Amazon Prime. Source: Amazon Prime

Four Kings: review

Jamal Elaheebocus

Joey Barton. Photo: Paul Knox / Flickr / CC BY 2.0

Women’s football: Sexism still in play

Shadia Edwards-Dashti

Luis Rubiales in 2022. Photo: Deporte Balear on Flickr.

Every woman has a Rubiales Story – which is why we need to win

Shadia Edwards-Dashti

Photo: Philosophy Football

What might the Women’s World Cup change?

Lula and former football player Pelé. Photo: Agência Brasil/cropped from original/ licensed under CC BY 3.0 BR – https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/deed.en

The Beautiful Pelé

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World Cup Opening Ceremony in Doha. Photo: Wikimedia Commons World Cup Opening Ceremony in Doha. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Fifa has no balls over Qatar

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