The World Cup Didn’t Make America Love Soccer. It Made Soccer More American

The 2026 World Cup showed FIFA borrowing the U.S. sports playbook just as American soccer interest hit another temporary high ...

Chinese TV dramas overtake Korean dramas in Russia for the first time, survey shows

A joint survey by Russian streaming service KION and delivery company Samokat found that Chinese TV series had overtaken ...
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In a World Cup that rarely allowed football to be the main character, Spain’s victory ...

While everyone else argued with referees, surrounded officials, fought opponents, debated formats and embraced spectacle, Spain simply played football. No theatrics. No chaos. No reliance on one ...
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Swastika on High Street, Hamsa on the Wall, Script That Refused to Behave

On Friday afternoon, I entered a narrow salon on High Street in Sydney with my bonus mom: a few chairs, two washbasins and ...