Ronaldo’s move to Saudi Arabia: A game of one-upmanship
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James M. Dorsey
- Oct 19, 2022
- 25 min
The 2022 World Cup: Qatar's Make-or-Break Moment
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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 1, 2022
- 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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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 12, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 2, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Dec 17, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 17, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Jun 3, 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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James M. Dorsey
- May 12, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Mar 7, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Feb 26, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Nov 27, 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 29, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Sep 13, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 23, 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 2, 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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James M. Dorsey
- May 1, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Aug 27, 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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James M. Dorsey
- Jul 1, 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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James M. Dorsey
- May 27, 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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