Tag: United Arab Emirates

The league is going to the UAE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8udAFexpQ-k You cannot blame the National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver, his staff and the 30 league owners for...

Middle East politics and the World Cup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdE-qm2o-QQ The United States men’s national soccer team, which did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup...

FIFA as peacemakers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylBeQC4Pe2E   The president of global soccer’s governing body, FIFA, Gianni Infantino is once again trying to explain or maybe convince people that international...

Qatar's World Cup continues to have problems.   Sports, at least in the newspaper business, was described as the toy store of journalism. Nothing really of...

Middle East political alliances are shifting   The 2022 World Cup, soccer's crown jewel has a major diplomatic problem. Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the United...