Belgium vs Romania preview, team news, tickets & prediction
Belgium is in action against Romania on Matchday 2 of the 2024 European Championship as both sides look to progress into the knockout rounds. Group …
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Manchester City vs Everton preview, team news, tickets and prediction
Despite having a brilliant start to their 23/24 Premier League campaign, reigning champions Manchester City have hit a rough patch recently. Meanwhile, Everton began their …
“Give the World Cup bid a red card”
That’s the title of co-blogger Dennis Coates’ piece in today’s LA Times. Dennis may be too proud to call attention to himself by pointing that …
Brazil Bleg
Bitter football enemies Argentina and Brazil (combined 7-time World Champions) square-off yet again in a friendly next Wednesday. The match is in (of all places) …
Qatar and/or Bust
Today FIFA announced that the 2018 World Cup will be held in Russia, while the 2022 version will be held in Qatar, a country roughly …
Not a Good Performance Evaluation
The AP headline is: “US soccer pres: We failed to meet expectations.” There’s not much else in the story, apart from a statement that Sunil …
World Cup finances & knock-on effects
This BBC story has a number of figures on the costs and revenues of staging this year’s World Cup in South Africa. Among them (in …
FIFA: Money, Control, or Both
After goals not given, diving, low scoring, reds for nothing, penalties overlooked, … of the World Cup, arguably the strongest overall team won the event. …
Superb World Cup ‘Selection Bias’ Example
For all those economics professors and tutors out there who struggle to explain the crucial concept of ‘selection bias’, a nice illustration can be found …