James M. DorseyFeb 14 minIranian soccer’s curse: PoliticsJames M. Dorsey Iran recently scored not one but two soccer successes. Fans celebrated after the country’s national team qualified for...
James M. DorseySep 11, 20194 minDeath of female Iranian soccer fans puts FIFA and Asian soccer body in the dockBy James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
James M. DorseyFeb 1, 20195 minA struggle for rule of law: Detained Bahraini footballer catapults Thailand to centre stageBy James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr Mounting...
James M. DorseyDec 16, 201812 minGulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitchBy James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. With the 2018 World Cup in...
James M. DorseyNov 16, 20186 minSaudi sports diplomacy: A mirror image of the kingdom’s already challenged policiesBy James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Saudi sports diplomacy is...
James M. DorseyJun 2, 20185 min2018 World Cup potentially set to become latest Middle Eastern battlefieldBy James M. Dorsey A possible Saudi-Iranian clash on the soccer pitch promises to be a highlight of this month’s World Cup in Russia. It...
James M. DorseyMay 11, 20185 minMiddle Eastern rivalry spills onto Asian soccer pitchesBy James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia’s bitter rivalry with Iran has spilled onto Asian soccer pitches with the newly created South West Asian...
James M. DorseyMar 6, 20184 minInternational soccer bodies ignore blatant rule violations in run-up to Egyptian electionBy James M. Dorsey International soccer bodies, in violation of their own bylaws, have ignored the blatant mixing of sports and politics...
James M. DorseyFeb 25, 20185 minGulf crisis upends fiction of a separation of sports and politicsBy James M. Dorsey The Gulf crisis that has pitted World Cup host Qatar against a United Arab Emirates-Saudi Arabia-led alliance for the...
James M. DorseyNov 26, 20177 minTrouble in sport's paradise: Can Qatar overcome the diplomatic crisis?By James M. Dorsey The crisis in the Gulf that pits Qatar against a UAE-Saudi-led alliance is Qatar’s least problem when it comes to the...
James M. DorseySep 28, 20171 minStick to Sports? No Thanks. (JMD on Press Row)Stick to Sports? No Thanks. From: Press Row Sports, #collegebball, #nba, #nfl, #pressrowphm, #sports Another week of sports headlines off...
James M. DorseySep 12, 20175 minTackling the elephant in the room:... (JMD on Play The Game)Tackling the elephant in the room: the incestuous and inseparable relationship between sports and politics Photo: seanknoflick/Flickr...
James M. DorseyJul 22, 20174 minQatar scores, at least on the soccer pitchBy James M. Dorsey Qatar won more than a symbolic victory with a decision by European soccer body UEFA to award controversial television...
James M. DorseyMay 1, 20173 minSheikh Amhad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah quits after being implicated in FIFA bribery, corruption probe(JMD interviewed on ABC) Sheikh Amhad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah quits after being implicated in FIFA bribery, corruption probe By Tracey Holmes...
James M. DorseyApr 30, 20175 minKuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad: The rise and fall of political corruption in international sportsBy James M. Dorsey For Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, long seen as one of the three most powerful men in international sports,...
James M. DorseyAug 26, 201613 minGulf autocrats and sports corruption: A marriage made in heavenRemarks at 2016 Exeter Gulf Conference Global soccer and global sports governance have for the past nine years and certainly since a...
James M. DorseyJun 30, 20165 minReligious conservatism redefines symbolism of national sports teamsBy James M. Dorsey Over the past decade, religiosity and religious intolerance have seeped into national sports teams in Pakistan and...
James M. DorseyMay 26, 201611 minPutting One’s Ear to the Ground: Rumblings of Mounting DiscontentBy James M. Dorsey (Lecture at MEI Conference: The Middle East Peace Process After the Arab Uprisings) When Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s...
James M. DorseyMay 23, 20163 minAward winning journalist tells UCFB Wembley students......of close relationship between football and politics in the Middle East (JMD at UCFB) It’s hard to think of anywhere in the world with...
James M. DorseyMay 19, 20165 minPlaying politics: The AFC gets tied up in knotsBy James M. Dorsey Two recent incidents involving the refusal of Arab teams to play their Palestinian counterparts on Palestinian soil...