Sports

Turkey’s soccer-obsessed president is engaging in a last-ditch effort to help his party hold on to power in Istanbul. Can Ekrem Imamoglu beat him at his own game?

The Australian Labor Party made the same mistakes that have led to failure for center-left leaders across the globe—and the right is reaping the benefits.

Hateful chants were notably absent when Tottenham played Ajax—but opponents of the two self-proclaimed Jewish teams routinely pelt them with neo-Nazi slogans.

By allowing a refugee soccer player to remain stranded in Thailand, soccer’s governing body is scoring another own goal.

Symbols have power, even in soccer. Just ask Croatia.

Russia could have done something to prevent sexual exploitation of foreign women during the World Cup. It chose not to.

War is politics by other means — and so is the World Cup.

On our podcast, how a country scores two goals in the soccer tournament and finds redemption.

A corruption scandal involving the country’s top club and the national team’s captain has enraged Croatian fans.

Ramzan Kadyrov is using sports diplomacy to bolster his image.

The joint 2026 World Cup is yet another sign that Canada, Mexico, and the United States are becoming increasingly culturally and economically interdependent.

Shady sports agents have taken a page from human traffickers. They’re luring young men to Europe with promises of fame and exploiting them instead.

Small unmanned aircraft are a threat to high-profile events, but taking them down safely is almost impossible.

The founder of the games dreamed of inspiring world peace. He created an event that's always done the opposite.

Gift Ngoepe was the first African-born player to make it to the big show. Major League Baseball is betting he won't be the last.

Authorities are looking into whether every member of Russia’s 2014 team was on performance enhancing drugs.

Tbilisi is thrilled Zaza Pachulia and his supporting cast won an NBA title.

Polo, the sport of kings, hails from the forgotten, violent state of Manipur, India. Can anyone save its endangered, fabled horses?

Feel free to do the math.

Oops.