Social Media Ideas for Football Politics

Red card reversal of Folarin Balogun only latest example of politics entering sports arena

President Donald Trump talked about his conversation with FIFA President Gianni Infantino before the sport's governing body reversed the red card suspension against U.S. player Fol...

De geschiedenis leert: voetbal en politiek zijn niet van elkaar te scheiden (hoe graag de KNVB het ook wil)

It’s Familiar to Fun and Foreignness

Football is a competitive lovely sport that stirs, thrills, and unites, that inspires fun, focus and grit. An art that has the depth and deftness to impart discipline. Do the fans...

Which football team does each Formula 1 driver support?

There are quite a few football fans in the Formula 1 paddock – but which team does each driver support?

Politics in sport: The games people play

Since time immemorial, politics and sport have had a cliched relationship, perpetuated by politicians using sports to propagandise their power, influence, and ambitions, for as Bar...

How religion shapes football fandom

by Thomas Munson, The Critic The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith People say Naples is “Italy’s loudest city”. Having visited much of the country, I can...

Coalition in defensive formation over Ireland-Israel game

Whoever first coined the phrase "sport and politics don't mix" clearly wasn't much of a sports fan or political anorak.

FIFA is not an independent sporting organisation; it is a political tool.

Football fans around the world are only now finding out what Palestinians have long known.

Nigel Farage’s leap onto the England World Cup bandwagon looked strangely familiar – 19 yellow cards for simulation

England matches always bring out the cringeworthy political posts – some heartfelt, some less so. Decide for yourselves where these stand. Come on England! We are all behind you!...

Trump’s World Cup, where sport and politics mix freely

David Sneyd dials in from America to chat to Sinead O’Carroll and Niall Kelly about the US President’s intervention in the World Cup.

The beautiful game still belongs to the people that built it

For many of us football has deep-rooted connection and importance in our lives

Fans make football shine

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The FIFA rules that allow footballers to switch national teams

International football is far from the transfer luxury of the Premier League. Switching national teams is controversial, but more common than fans expect. The post The FIFA rules t...

Fifa, Gianni Infantino and the Reverse Ferret

Ladies and gentleman, you are being asked today to answer one simple question: “Is football still the beautiful game?” You’ve all heard accusations that “the game is gone”, that “f...

#GRWM: The football edition

With the 2026 Fifa World Cup now nearing its conclusion, we’ve seen the kit reveals and watched the sponsor ads, but which brands have led the fashion stakes?

The Politics of the Big Game

What Trump’s attendance at an N.B.A. Finals game, the surreal vulgarity of the U.F.C. Freedom 250 event, and “soccer diplomacy” at the World Cup reveal about this political moment.

Football offers a slice of life - in and off the field

It is football season and while tempo is building up in the World Cup, the lessons emerging from it reflect the world as we know it today. In fact, football reflects the changing c...

Trump Wins the FIFA Appease Prize

Is it fair that players live in one reality and referees live in another? Is it fair that President Trump trumps them all?

Μια πολιτική ανάλυση με… ποδοσφαιρικούς όρους

Το Μουντιάλ πλησιάζει στην κορύφωσή του. Την ίδια ώρα το πολιτικό σκηνικό στην Ελλάδα θυμίζει ολοένα και περισσότερο μια κατάσταση που – και λόγω της περιόδου – θα μπορούσε να αναλ...

Our global family at play

Football became so deeply rooted in British working-class communities because there were chapels,...

World Cup: England's shock squad and the politics of football - The Latest

A ruthless Thomas Tuchel has left several big names at home for his England squad at this summer’s World Cup.There was no space for Harry Maguire, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Cole Palm...

Πώς η πολιτική ξεπερνά το ποδόσφαιρο

Μεταγραφές. Το όπιο του λαού. Σε παλαιότερες εποχές τα καλοκαίρια ξεπουλούσαν οι αθλητικές εφημερίδες. Κι ας μην υπήρχαν αγώνες. Έκαναν, όμως, κάτι διαφορετικό: «πουλούσαν» ελπίδα....

Whilst I’m in Newcastle United Season Ticket waiting list queue I’ve bought one to watch another team…

The final paragraph of an excellent article on The Mag about the World Cup and the greed that has overtaken football, it sums it up for me perfectly. When I...You can click here to...

How to Follow Football Matches for Betting

Successful football betting relies on accurate information before and during a match. Reviewing team news before kick-off and monitoring live developments The post How to Follow Fo...