World Cup

Sport has always been a powerful political tool, but the hundreds of billions being splashed in the Gulf is changing how we think about football forever.

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Many in the west accuse Gulf nations of sportswashing when they spend big on major events — so, what will they say about World Cup host Australia?

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FIFA is proud of its hugely successful 2023 Women’s World Cup, but momentum could evaporate if issues around pay and player safety aren’t properly addressed.

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The reverberations of Qatar’s migrant worker deaths will linger over the upcoming World Cup. Whether it leads to real change rests with a few foreign powers.

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The exploitation of workers is a global problem but the issues leading up to the men’s FIFA World Cup have sparked a global conversation about what can be done.

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