24th December 2023
The 2034 footballing World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia, in what marks the biggest sporting event in this rapidly growing sporting empire. On 31 October, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced that Saudi Arabia would host the 2034 FIFA World Cup. This should come as little surprise to anyone following recent developments across both ...
3rd December 2023
The choice of hosts for the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cup pose a number of potential issues and areas of worry and controversy. FIFA has announced the hosts for the 2030 and the 2034 World Cup after mass speculation among fans. The 2030 World Cup will see something that has never happened before: a ...
22nd September 2023
Following a non-consensual kiss between the Spanish football president and the women’s team captain, the former was suspended from his position. However, his actions merely demonstrate the high degree of sexism, rife in women’s football. The date was 20 August 2023. It was supposed to be a momentous occasion for the Spanish women’s team. They ...
4th June 2023
With only one month to go before the most-anticipated competition in women’s international football, The Glasgow Guardian previews eight of the teams competing in the Women’s World Cup. In July 2023, 32 teams will travel to Australia and New Zealand to compete in the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup. As gaps between ...
29th November 2022
Gestures of solidarity will always be met with scrutiny and consequences, but that doesn’t make them any less important. In the last couple of weeks as the FIFA World Cup has kicked off, so has a wave of different decisions by the federation which have sparked outrage across the world. This World Cup has been ...
19th April 2022
Befouled by Qatari sportswashing, the 2022 World Cup Draw boasts some tantalising matchups. The 2022 World Cup draw, highly anticipated among football fans, took place on 2 April. Nations across the globe have been competing since June 2019 for a spot in the prestigious tournament with a few places still unfilled. The stuttering Jermaine Jenas ...
7th February 2022
Less than 12 months before kick-off, the world looks on, stagnant and bewildered. While no one expected anything different from the ghouls at FIFA, it continues to remain an enduring discomfiture, that over a decade after their decision to grant the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, amongst widespread global indifference, the tournament remains on course ...
27th November 2020
On Wednesday evening the world was brought the news that Diego Maradona, arguably one of the greatest footballers to ever have played, had died aged 60. Diego Maradona is regarded as one of the greatest men to have ever kicked a football, idolised by hundreds of millions worldwide. When you think football, you would not ...
