US Diplomat Describes Moments With Brittney Griner on Homebound Flight
Brittney Griner aboard a plane before her departure to the United States.Sputnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After her release from a Russian penal colony on Thursday, Brittney Griner didn’t want to decompress or relax upon boarding the plane that would bring her back…
Morocco Just Became the First African and Arab Nation to Reach the World Cup Semifinals
Morocco’s goalkeeper Bono and Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi cheer after their victory over Portugal.Tom Weller/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.First, it was Belgium. Then it was Spain. Today, it was Portugal. Morocco has defeated yet another European soccer powerhouse to become the first African…
You Can’t Keep the World Out of the World Cup
Gregg Berhalter and Tyler Adams.Jia Haocheng/Xinhua via ZUMA Press Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The political subtext of the 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar has never been particularly well hidden, because the politics is sort of the point. During every match of the…
Qatar Has Already Won the World Cup
Activists gathered in Berlin on November 19, 2022, to draw attention to human rights violations in Qatar. Michael Kuenne/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The first glimpse I got of what it will be like to watch this year’s men’s World Cup came during…
How the Story of Soccer Became the Story of Everything
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One afternoon last October, thousands of fans began gathering outside St. James’ Park, the 130-year-old home of the English soccer club Newcastle United, to celebrate a new beginning. Some sported the club’s traditional black-and-white striped jerseys. Others toted cases…
A New Report Commissioned by US Soccer Details Years of “Systemic Abuse” of Women Players
H. Rick Bamman/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For years the National Women’s Soccer League ignored allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct against coaches and maintained a culture of “systemic abuse of players,” according to a new report released Monday by former acting attorney…