The World Cup Is a Feeling, One That Money Can’t Buy - The New York Times

The good news is that it’s a yes from the gigantic, fire-breathing spider. It is hard, after all, to imagine a World Cup without its finest tradition: 50 tons of decommissioned crane arranged ... Read More

A Contentious World Cup - The New York Times

This may be the last World Cup for one of the sport’s greats, Lionel Messi. And a non-European team has not won the tournament since 2002. So maybe this will be the time to end that 20-year wait. Read More

Why This World Cup Is Dogged by Corruption Allegations

But when it comes to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, it’s not clear that any moment on the field will be more defining than the one that occurred on Dec. 2, 2010, long before the tournament even began. Read More

Opinion | The Qatar World Cup Is Peak ‘Sportswashing.’ But Will It Work? (Published 2022) - The New York Times

During the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, which at that time was ruled by a military dictatorship that tortured and killed thousands of people it deemed leftist subversives, human rights ... Read More

When World Cup Reality Isn’t What It Seems - The New York Times

Tasneem Alsultan for The New York Times For 12 years, ever since Qatar won the right to host this World Cup, a debate has lingered over why, exactly, it would want to do so, and to do so at such cost. Read More

Will Qatar Be Ready for the World Cup? - The New York Times

Qatar, the smallest country to ever host the World Cup, has poured more than $220 billion into preparations for the event, erecting miles of highways, a metro system, a new airport, stadiums and ... Read More

The World Cup That Changed Everything - The New York Times

The decision to take the World Cup to Qatar has upturned a small nation, battered the reputation of global soccer’s governing body and altered the fabric of the sport. Read More

The World Cup Is Ending, but the Migrant Labor Economy Grinds On (Published 2022) - The New York Times

The World Cup was a $220 billion construction project powered by migrant workers. We went to Nepal — a major source of labor for Qatar — to find out what’s driving workers to do dangerous ... Read More

For Rapinoe, a Final Send-Off Before a Final World Cup - The New York Times

A three-time Olympian and two-time World Cup champion, she has scored 63 goals for the United States and is one of seven players to have accumulated more than 50 goals and 50 assists in her U.S ... Read More

Women’s World Cup: What to Know - The New York Times

The world’s best teams are already arriving in Australia and New Zealand. The latest: Megan Rapinoe says this will be her last World Cup. By Andrew Das The Women’s World Cup is just around the ... Read More

FIFA to Consider Expanding World Cup to 64 Teams

FIFA, the governing body for global soccer, is considering a plan that would increase the number of teams in the 2030 World Cup to 64 for a one-off expansion to mark the centenary of the event ... Read More