National Identity

Qatar’s increasing engagement in European soccer and international sport is just one leg in the small Gulf State’s high-risk attempts to position itself as a global player ‘on the right side of history’. But the accompanying...[more]

Alongside their successful bids for high profiled sports events, Qatar and other Gulf states are gaining an increasing influence in European football through their acquisition of European soccer clubs, broadcasting rights and...[more]

Gibraltar's wish to join UEFA as a full member has always been opposed by Spain. But now UEFA is giving way to discussions, reports Steve Menary.[more]

In this comment piece, Canadian author and journalist Laura Robinson takes us further into the discussions of the legacy of the Vancouver Games with a look behind the biography of John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing...[more]

Canadian Aboriginals were promised a long list of legacies from the Vancouver Games many of which never materialised. Laura Robinson looks into the actual legacy one year after the Games have ended.[more]

The Games is an experience that football players should not miss, says two-time US Olympian Friedel and urges the players to play regardless of any opposition from their governing bodies.[more]

Read the first chapter of Steve Menary's new book examing the history of British Olympic football through historical facts and interviews with former players about the Great Britain football team that won two Olympic gold medals...[more]

In his new book, Steve Menary looks into the creation of the Great Britain football team with both historic facts and interviews with former players. The story of British Olympic football is now becoming very relevant with...[more]

Can one say that Ghana is Africa’s team? This is the question Brendan O'Neill poses in the always interesting online magazine Spiked. And it is an important question.[more]

There were many who believed – and hoped – that the U.S. would do well in this year's FIFA World Cup. The U.S. has good results to show for the last couple of years (finals in the Gold Cup and the Confederations Cup) and it is...[more]