Tariq Panja
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2026 World Cup: FIFA Delays Have Cities Worried About Planning
With about 1,000 days until the opening game of soccer’s showcase event, U.S. organizers are waiting for answers, and action, from the sport’s governing body.
Australian TV Deal Has World Cup Viewers Asking: Where Are the Games?
When FIFA sold Australia’s World Cup broadcast rights to a streaming service, it made it harder for casual fans to find the matches.
The president of Norway’s federation, a rare woman of influence in soccer, is speaking up.
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Norway’s Lise Klaveness Is Calling Out FIFA From the Inside
Lise Klaveness is a rarity in soccer: a woman leading a national federation. But in pointing out her sport’s failures, she has made powerful enemies.
Can This Man Fix France’s Women’s Team?
Hervé Renard has led two men’s teams to the World Cup. But in taking over his country’s talented but troubled women’s squad, he may have...
PSG Says Kylian Mbappé Must Sign New Deal or Leave
Nasser al-Khelaifi, the president of Paris St.-Germain, was introducing the team’s new coach when he turned to tough talk on the future of his team’s...
P.S.G. Attack, Still a Mystery, Ended Two Women’s World Cup Dreams
An assault case that rattled one of France’s best soccer teams remains unresolved despite a series of arrests. Its main characters have paid a heavy...
Women’s World Cup: FIFA May Allow Rainbow Armbands
Captains could be offered choices reflecting anti-discrimination efforts and at least one design that was banned at the men’s World Cup in Qatar.
Proceeds of $3.1 Billion Chelsea Sale Have Not Reached Ukraine War Victims
A $3.1 billion fund was established when Roman Abramovich was forced to sell the club, but the fund’s head says a “bureaucratic quagmire” has kept...
Mbappé’s Split With P.S.G. Widens Into a War of Words
In dueling statements, the French striker and Paris St.-Germain disputed basic facts about the breakdown of their relationship.