A woman watches the Confederation Cup match between Brazil and Mexico on a television in Rio de Janeiro on June 19. (PILAR OLIVARES/REUTERS)
Television’s coverage of sports is as shallow as it is vast. Protests in Brazil, Turkey & the insult of the spectacle…… Continue reading
You got your Confederations Cup in Brazil. And the protests. And all the big shot players. You got the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. You got mad money in the European transfer market. And then there’s this: Women’s Soccer in India. A reminder of why the game, in its simplicity and universality, actually matters at all:
http://youtu.be/xkB6_8DAn5o… Continue reading
Spectators wave flags as Canada and the U.S. play during the second half of their friendly women’s soccer match in Toronto, June 2, 2013. (MARK BLINCH/REUTERS)
Never. Mind. What a fabulously raw, livid with emotion event. Soccer offers the opportunity for a revolution in women’s sports…it sure does, boys… Continue reading
John Doyle's latest book, The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness and Meaning of Soccer is from Doubleday Canada.
Doyle is the Television Critic for The Globe and Mail. (click here for his official Globe and Mail Bio).
He also writes about soccer for The Globe and Mail and other publications. For the Globe he covered World Cup 2002 in Korea/Japan, Euro 2004 in Portugal, World Cup 2006 in Germany and Euro 2008 in Austria /Switzerland. He has also written extensively about soccer for The New York Times and The Guardian.
Doyle is author of A Great Feast of Light (Doubleday Canada) which received great acclaim and bestseller status in Canada in October, 2005. It has also been published in the U.S., United Kingdom and Ireland.
Doyle has won two internal Globe and Mail awards for his writing. His Globe columns have been reprinted in the U.S., the U.K. and in Australia.
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