List of Sports articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Avoiding the Messi Curse
For Argentina's soccer team, like its economy, diversification is the key to success.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 No One Cares About Third Place
In soccer or in war, a bronze medal isn’t worth much.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The GNOE’s Last Hurrah
Surprise -- there are limits to how well politics and economics can predict World Cup matches.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 I Thought Xi Liked Sports
China's soccer-mad president is heading to Brazil. Why is he skipping the World Cup final?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Pragmatism Is the New Orange
As a football team and as a people, the Dutch have replaced style with staying power.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Don’t Win for Me Argentina
The Argentine government’s exploitation of football would make a World Cup victory bittersweet.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Human Rights Hypocrisy
If chants and protests in Brazil left egg on FIFA’s face, Russia and Qatar are cooking up an omelet.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Bye-Bye, Brazil
Brazil’s stunning exit from the World Cup brings its other problems back into focus.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Star Who Never Played at the World Cup
Alfredo Di Stéfano was a man without a country who may have played for three.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Happened to Picardía?
Argentina has made it to the semifinals of the World Cup without its usual tricks.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 It’s All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses a Vertebra
Neymar’s injury shows what happens when soccer enters a bad equilibrium.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Blame the Foreigner
In soccer, as in politics, plenty of Russians think the root of all evil lies in the West.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Game Rigged From the Top Down
Match-fixing by soccer players is the least of the sport’s problems.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Brazilian Soccer Takes a Tumble
Failure in this year’s biggest club competition shows money isn’t everything.
