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. DorseyApr 13, 20214 minAthletes knock the legs from under global sports governanceBy James M. Dorsey Sports governance worldwide has had the legs knocked out from under it. Yet, national and international sports...
James M. DorseyFeb 20, 20202 minJMD on NBN: Nicholas Blincoe, More Nobel Than WarNICHOLAS BLINCOE More Noble Than War A Soccer History of Israel-Palestine BOLD TYPE BOOKS 2019 February 19, 2020 James M. Dorsey Nicholas...
James M. DorseyDec 24, 20194 minSports: A battlefield for freedom of expression and political changeBy James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...
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. DorseyJun 6, 20197 minSoccer emerges as the Gulf crisis’s potential icebreakerBy James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts...
James M. DorseyMar 22, 20194 minThe fallacy of soccer’s magical bridge-building qualitiesBy James M. Dorsey Edited remarks at Brookings seminar in Doha: Lessons from the 2019 Asian Cup: Sports, Globalization, and Politics in...
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. DorseyAug 5, 20181 minTrouble in Sport Paradise: Can Qatar Overcome the Diplomatic Crisis?By James M. Dorsey The crisis in the Gulf pitting a United Arab Emirates -Saudi -led alliance against Qatar is the least of the country’s...
James M. DorseyJul 20, 20185 minSaudi-UK media tie-up: Targeting the non-Arabic-speaking Middle EastBy James M. Dorsey Long satisfied to attempt to dominate pan-Arab media and battle it out with Qatar’s state-owned Al Jazeera television...
James M. DorseyJun 5, 20185 minIsrael scores painful own goal in run-up to the World CupBy James M. Dorsey Argentina’s cancellation of a friendly against Israel because of Israeli attempts to exploit the match politically 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 6, 20184 minSaudi Moroccan soccer spat symbolizes the Arab world’s new politicsSaudi sports czar Turki Al-Sheikh By James M. Dorsey A Saudi Moroccan soccer spat speaks volumes about the depth of change in the Arab...
James M. DorseyMar 29, 20185 minEgyptian ultras: Down but not outPhoto by Karim Abdel Aziz/Egypt Today By James M. Dorsey Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi won a second term...
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. DorseyDec 7, 20174 minTrade unions challenge FIFA and Qatar World Cup in Swiss CourtBy James M. Dorsey Two Bangladeshi and a Dutch trade union have sued FIFA in a Swiss court in legal proceedings that challenge the world...
James M. DorseyNov 26, 20173 minQatar 2022 – are the hosts getting a fair hearing? (JMD quoted on Play the Game)Qatar 2022 – are the hosts getting a fair hearing? Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy,...