sport
How social media invented the ‘world’s most racist country’
Martín Mosquera looks at how the anti-Argentine campaign during the World Cup quickly morphed into hate speech disguised as progressive discourse.
From decolonisation to ultra-nationalism: The political transformation of Indian cricket
Sankha Subhra Biswas — Before the commercial explosion of the 1990s and the hyper-nationalist staging of the present, cricket fields often functioned as spaces of progressive expression.
Pele leaves us but his magic will never die
Dave Kellaway reflects on Pele’s art and football’s role in the capitalist spectacle.
Russia World Cup 2018: Lukaku, Mbappé and the colonial ghosts within Belgium and France
Muhammad Ali – the athlete-activist whose example lives on
Mike Marqusee: A level playing field? Global sport in the neoliberal age
The idea of sports competition as a mirror or metap
