A book about Vladimir Putin has prompted several lawsuits by his billionaire cronies, including Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich. It’s part of a worrying trend.

The Apple TV series’ debut season provided simple comfort during dark times in 2020. But the honeymoon is over for the second season.

It turns out that soccer’s pundit class doesn’t really want to hear from the fans, even after the Super League debacle.

A changing culture lies at the heart of soccer’s existential crisis.

Even if the breakaway competition fails, it illustrates that the beautiful game was long ago captured by the rich.

South Korean baseball and German soccer are reminders of how far we still are from normalcy.

The Netflix documentary series is the next best thing to watching sports themselves.

A new documentary cuts through the myths about the Argentinian soccer star.

Cristiano Ronaldo's slap on the wrist for Spanish tax fraud belies the scale of the problem.

The soccer superstar is under investigation in the U.S. for an alleged rape, but the case has been largely met with silence.

The resignation of German soccer star Mesut Özil isn't just about racism in the soccer establishment. It's a case study in how Western countries talk about immigration and identity.

For once, the soccer squad is packed with coolheaded, collaborative stalwarts. Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet, on the other hand, is full of grandstanding loudmouths.

If soccer is a window into human nature, why is it so hard to apply its insights to everyday life?

Russia's new stadium in Kaliningrad sends a message, backed up by war games.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was once an athlete. Now, he uses sport for his own purposes—even as fans use it to express dissent.

A corruption trial in Brooklyn reveals the deep connections between the old dictatorships of Latin America and soccer’s global governing body.