Scoop: Farage pulled out of Tucker Carlson interview
Plus: A freezing and fraught World Cup draw in DC
Soccer
Friday
Saturday
FIFA president joins Trump for Oval Office kickabout
Gianni Infantino came to DC to announce the World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center
Monday
Will Trump rename soccer?
Asked if he’d issue an executive order renaming it football, Trump said ‘I think we can do that’
Monday
Copa América’s finale fiasco casts doubt on the US’s soccer gambit
Crowds of Colombian and Argentine fans attempted to force entry into the stadium as if they were illegal immigrants with their eyes on McAllen, Texas
Tuesday
Why America’s top TV networks are banking on English soccer
It sure seems like there are more red-blooded Americans patrolling our streets in Arsenal and Liverpool shirts these days
Wednesday
Basketball is more popular, and soccer-like, than ever
The NBA relies more and more on international players who grew up playing soccer
Thursday
Francis Suarez’s Messi debate stage ploy
His use of Venmo has raised concerns about untraceable foreign donations
Wednesday
Megan Rapinoe wants to be the last female sports star
The retiring USWNT forward is happy with men competing
Tuesday
In Messi’s triumph, Maradona gets the funeral he deserved
Leo’s victory sees him crowned the new king of soccer
Saturday
Please America, don’t get into soccer
Embracing the beautiful game would be the beginning of the end of American greatness
Tuesday
The US-Iran match was just a soccer game
The geopolitical drama and tension off the field was nowhere to be found
Friday
Welcome to the woke World Cup
Will the left succeed in making politics this year’s focus?
Thursday
The best places to watch the Qatar World Cup in DC
Cockburn guides you through the bars in the District that will be serving from 8 a.m.
Tuesday
BREAKING: soccer is gay
Just in time for the Qatar World Cup!
Tuesday
Raise your hand if you have confidence in the USMNT
The US is, in theory, spoiled for choice when it comes to star soccer players
Monday
Football is more than a religion to the English
The English game has come back to the English in modern, living form
Thursday
Thoughts on a foreign clash of the English titans
Tuchel knows how to set up a team for a one-off match; Guardiola knows how to win long term
Monday
Why the European Super League is a really bad idea
Americans love upsets — the new league will offer none
Tuesday
Britain clambers aboard the BLM bandwagon
The public does not buy into the notion that there is ‘structural’ racism in the UK. There isn’t
Thursday
In America, we have no sense of a soccer scandal
The USWNT’s celebrations are a perfect excuse for faux outrage
