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    Iranian soccer’s curse: Politics
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 1
    • 4 min

    Iranian soccer’s curse: Politics

    James M. Dorsey Iran recently scored not one but two soccer successes. Fans celebrated after the country’s national team qualified for...
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    Death of female Iranian soccer fans puts FIFA and Asian soccer body in the dock
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    Death of female Iranian soccer fans puts FIFA and Asian soccer body in the dock

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
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    A struggle for rule of law: Detained Bahraini footballer catapults Thailand to centre stage
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 1, 2019
    • 5 min

    A struggle for rule of law: Detained Bahraini footballer catapults Thailand to centre stage

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr Mounting...
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    Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch
    James M. Dorsey
    • Dec 16, 2018
    • 12 min

    Gulf rivalries spill onto the soccer pitch

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. With the 2018 World Cup in...
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    Saudi sports diplomacy: A mirror image of the kingdom’s already challenged policies
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 16, 2018
    • 6 min

    Saudi sports diplomacy: A mirror image of the kingdom’s already challenged policies

    By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn and Tumblr. Saudi sports diplomacy is...
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    2018 World Cup potentially set to become latest Middle Eastern battlefield
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jun 2, 2018
    • 5 min

    2018 World Cup potentially set to become latest Middle Eastern battlefield

    By 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...
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    Middle Eastern rivalry spills onto Asian soccer pitches
    James M. Dorsey
    • May 11, 2018
    • 5 min

    Middle Eastern rivalry spills onto Asian soccer pitches

    By James M. Dorsey Saudi Arabia’s bitter rivalry with Iran has spilled onto Asian soccer pitches with the newly created South West Asian...
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    International soccer bodies ignore blatant rule violations in run-up to Egyptian election
    James M. Dorsey
    • Mar 6, 2018
    • 4 min

    International soccer bodies ignore blatant rule violations in run-up to Egyptian election

    By James M. Dorsey International soccer bodies, in violation of their own bylaws, have ignored the blatant mixing of sports and politics...
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    Gulf crisis upends fiction of a separation of sports and politics
    James M. Dorsey
    • Feb 25, 2018
    • 5 min

    Gulf crisis upends fiction of a separation of sports and politics

    By James M. Dorsey The Gulf crisis that has pitted World Cup host Qatar against a United Arab Emirates-Saudi Arabia-led alliance for the...
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    Trouble in sport's paradise: Can Qatar overcome the diplomatic crisis?
    James M. Dorsey
    • Nov 26, 2017
    • 7 min

    Trouble 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...
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    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 28, 2017
    • 1 min

    Stick 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...
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    Tackling the elephant in the room:... (JMD on Play The Game)
    James M. Dorsey
    • Sep 12, 2017
    • 5 min

    Tackling 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...
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    Qatar scores, at least on the soccer pitch
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jul 22, 2017
    • 4 min

    Qatar scores, at least on the soccer pitch

    By James M. Dorsey Qatar won more than a symbolic victory with a decision by European soccer body UEFA to award controversial television...
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    James M. Dorsey
    • May 1, 2017
    • 3 min

    Sheikh 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...
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    Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad: The rise and fall of political corruption in international sports
    James M. Dorsey
    • Apr 30, 2017
    • 5 min

    Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad: The rise and fall of political corruption in international sports

    By James M. Dorsey For Kuwaiti Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, long seen as one of the three most powerful men in international sports,...
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    Gulf autocrats and sports corruption: A marriage made in heaven
    James M. Dorsey
    • Aug 26, 2016
    • 13 min

    Gulf autocrats and sports corruption: A marriage made in heaven

    Remarks at 2016 Exeter Gulf Conference Global soccer and global sports governance have for the past nine years and certainly since a...
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    Religious conservatism redefines symbolism of national sports teams
    James M. Dorsey
    • Jun 30, 2016
    • 5 min

    Religious conservatism redefines symbolism of national sports teams

    By James M. Dorsey Over the past decade, religiosity and religious intolerance have seeped into national sports teams in Pakistan and...
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    Putting One’s Ear to the Ground: Rumblings of Mounting Discontent
    James M. Dorsey
    • May 26, 2016
    • 11 min

    Putting One’s Ear to the Ground: Rumblings of Mounting Discontent

    By James M. Dorsey (Lecture at MEI Conference: The Middle East Peace Process After the Arab Uprisings) When Jeremy Bowen, the BBC’s...
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    James M. Dorsey
    • May 23, 2016
    • 3 min

    Award 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...
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    Playing politics: The AFC gets tied up in knots
    James M. Dorsey
    • May 19, 2016
    • 5 min

    Playing politics: The AFC gets tied up in knots

    By James M. Dorsey Two recent incidents involving the refusal of Arab teams to play their Palestinian counterparts on Palestinian soil...
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