After being told by Henry Kissinger that it was time to “modernize” FIFA president Sepp Blatter has turned football into a money machine that is expanding in Africa the Middle East and Asia, and ... ... leadership at this time.
Seemingly immune from the media campaign conducted by ethics assets, including FIFA officials in the United States and Britain, Platini has artfully dodged accusations that he supported Qatar's bid for the 2022 FIFA World ...
Before the FIFA World Cup was given “sports diplomacy” status by pundits, academics and some among its own leadership, the ice hockey rivalry between the Soviet Union, the United States and Canada that developed during the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley, California proved that competitive athletics could capture the hearts and minds of adversaries who were threatening each other with nuclear war. Thanks to hockey,...
... Silva (known as “Lula”) made headlines by saying that anybody who uses the Metro (in Rio and Sao Paulo) to travel to FIFA World Cup games is an “idiot” (babaça) it was the perfect time for president Dilma Rousseff’s media ... ...
Cardozo revealed that the Federal Police are operating a center for international police integration which receives input from United States agencies, and many other nations.
An information booklet provided by the ministry of defense noted that the government ...
As the Godfather of association football, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been implicated in major corruption scandals in the ... ... the outcome of the FIFA investigation; Qatar and their arch rival Saudi Arabia, the United States which has pivoted to a Cold War-style posturing and Russia, which western... ... reputation continues to be synonymous with corruption. That’s a tough challenge for sports diplomacy and sports marketers to overcome. The tectonic plates of geopolitics...
