Unlike the big four American sports leagues, soccer’s governance is a patchwork of competing and overlapping institutions. At the World Cup, FIFA and Gianni Infantino…
Gianni Infantino is an expansionist and the swollen, 48-team 2026 World Cup might not be the end of his campaign for FIFA to swallow up…
Gianni Infantino has orchestrated one of the most controversial World Cups in history. Given that this is a competition whose hosts have included Benito Mussolini’s…
Lionel Messi is an unlikely commercial superstar, in many ways. He’s introverted, even shy. In Argentina, the 39-year-old is routinely defined in contrast to Maradona,…
Erling Haaland was always a scary proposition, but he has turned into a different beast at this World Cup. Seven goals from 18 shots in…
Piers Morgan has found his angle on Folarin Balogun’s red card, and it unsurprisingly puts Lionel Messi in the firing line. The USMNT beat Bosnia…
