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Africa’s top team hosts Afcon again, its victories fueling ongoing battles between elites and citizens. A summary history of Moroccan football.
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Real Madrid is a Black Club
May 3, 2023
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Sean Jacobs
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The Colonial Logic of Brazilian Football
Dec 16, 2025
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Anna Olimpia de Moura Leite
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Amanda Jorri
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You Never Walk Alone
Aug 13, 2025
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Sean Jacobs
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Zohran and The Arsenal
Nov 9, 2025
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Sean Jacobs
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Never Walking Alone in New York City
Monday Letter will be back next week. For now, we give you Tony Karon's memories of Liverpool’s 2005 Champions League triumph—an antidote to the club’s…
Jan 12
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Tony Karon
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Fifteen Minutes
Probably the best, or most consequential, piece of sports journalism media about South African sport in 2025
Jan 5
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Sean Jacobs
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Futsal Society
With Trump’s ICE raids in Minneapolis as backdrop, a program mixing coffee and soccer shows assimilation means shared purpose, not erased identity.
Dec 23, 2025
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Caleb Crossley
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Alex Heller
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Monday Letter, No.7
We won’t go too deep early, but can Africa’s monthlong biennial football spectacle in Morocco become more than bread and circuses?
Dec 22, 2025
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Sean Jacobs
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The Intimate Moments of Football Solidarity
Beyond politics and nationalism, the African Cup of Nations' most powerful moments show the bonds between those on the field.
Dec 21, 2025
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James Yékú
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Accidental Athlete: Michael Manley
The Jamaican democratic socialist politician saw cricket mirror his political life: defiance, moments of triumph, and a complex, ultimately mixed…
Dec 18, 2025
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Ivan Pech
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Men with balls
Throwback: This is an extract from the introduction for “Men With Balls: The Art of the 2010 World Cup,” curated by Critchley and displayed at Apex Art…
Dec 17, 2025
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Simon Critchley
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The Colonial Logic of Brazilian Football
Brazil may win more World Cups, but its football remains extractive and short-term. To lead again, it must rediscover and reinvent the identity of its…
Dec 16, 2025
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Anna Olimpia de Moura Leite
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Amanda Jorri
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Monday Letter, No.6
Lionel Messi's disastrous event in Kolkata exposes how India just paid the price for neoliberal football and the greed that goes along with it.
Dec 15, 2025
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Sean Jacobs
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Eleven Named Palestinians
Amid the roar of the Arab Cup crowd in Doha, Tony Karon watches Palestine take on Saudi Arabia in a historical quarterfinal.
Dec 12, 2025
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Tony Karon
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Played Out
The future of football may be easier to discern in Abidjan or Rabat than in the gilded theaters of Washington DC.
Dec 10, 2025
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William Shoki
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India was Once the Brazil of Asian Football
India has a long, uneven football history, with strong regional fan bases and a few surprising accomplishments. Here's its football history of India in…
Dec 9, 2025
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Ivan Pech
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Monday Letter, No.5
Reliving Friday and this weekend's World Cup draw: a few of the lowlights—and, fine, a couple of highlights—from the day as well as events happening in…
Dec 8, 2025
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Sean Jacobs
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