South Africa | At the top of our thoughts, near the bottom of the world
Cape Town, Jun 22 | World football stands poised between an obscenity and a dream—the obscenity the £136 million to send two Lusophone footballers to Real Madrid, the dream a 2010 World Cup in South Africa that might make soccer here a sport for all. (Photo of Green Point Stadium courtesy Department of the Premier, Provincial Government Western Cape)
Learning Swahili for 'football' »
Clarkston, Georgia | Liberated from apartments in a refugee resettlement zone outside Atlanta, some 75 children participated in a Martin Luther King Day soccer tournament on a recently resodded field. Local nonprofits use soccer to ease cultural adjustment for kids from warring countries, whether Angola or Burma or Sudan. With video (8:39) »
Video & archives »
Titans FC of the Vodacom women's league in North West province, South Africa, currently four points clear at the top, prepare for a friendly Jun 27 against the Chosen Few Lesbian Soccer Club of Johannesburg. Titans would win 6–1, all six goals coming in the second half. (2:14)
- South Africa | Obama schedules soccer summit in Soccer City, June 2009, Comment »
- Cinema | Roster of films, 11mm Fußballfilmfestival, 3–6 April 2009, April 2009, Comment »
- Literature | The day that Samuel Pepys did not play football, March 2009, Comment »
- Translations | No último minuto (‘In the last minute’), February 2009, 2
- Women’s football | ‘The negotiation was long and difficult,’ says Farah of creating Marta’s LA story, January 2009, Comment »
- USA | Taking a second chance at building women’s premier league, December 2008, 3
- Literature | Israeli writers’ trophy leads to ‘emptiness of the day after’, December 2008, 2
- Literature | For 3 days in Tel Aviv, football becomes more than metaphor, December 2008, 1
- Literature | Germany 4, Israel 2 in buildup to Word Cup (not a typo), December 2008, 3
- Cinema | The Zen of Mathare: brew changaa, carry water, play soccer, November 2008, 1
- Cinema | Football’s happy existence inside Parisian ‘museum’, November 2008, Comment »
- Site updates | Global Game YouTube™ channel, November 2008, Comment »
- Cinema | Attempting Jewish-Arab reconciliation in a 10-minute game, November 2008, Comment »
- Cinema | Trading ‘fruitcakes’ for fútbol as ‘Soccer Project’ reaches La Paz, November 2008, Comment »
- USA | Sarah Palin, ‘soccer mom’ at a new frontier, October 2008, 1
- Brazil | Marta’s story deserves to be told, but who deserves to tell it?, October 2008, Comment »
About The Global Game »
A website of football culture with accent on the game’s reach into under-publicized enclaves—among diaspora Ukrainians, aboriginal Canadians and women players of Iran, Morocco and Brazil. See mission statement »
In memoriam | Steven Wells, 1960–2009 »
 Jun 24 | He was "renowned for his irreverent, acerbic wit and prolific use of expletives," says the Guardian. Philadelphia Weekly editor and Guardian Unlimited columnist Steven Wells (above) also saw through the façade of suburban soccer and reported on the inner-city Anderson Monarchs, a traveling side of African American girls. We spoke to him on 30 Oct 07. |
Interviews & Features »
Podcasts »
Go to podcast downloads »
Themes »
- Cinema & Visual Arts
- Faith & Resistance
- FIFA & Governance
- Grassroots & Youth
- History & Origins
- Language & Literature
- Media & Music
- Nations & Regions
- Podcast
- Referees & Rules
- Stadia & Supporters
- Teaching Resources
- Women's Football
Global Game anthology »
On Feb 7, co-editors John Turnbull and Alon Raab appear on Only a Game from WBUR-Boston. Of The Global Game: Writers on Soccer, host Bill Littlefield says, "I'm a soccer fan. If you are, too, this is the book for you." Go to website »
E-mail newsletter »
Mailing list powered by Dada MailLatest e-mail, 8 Apr 09 »
Quotable »
