Tag: World Cup

  • Nation & World

    World Cup dreams come true for Harvard’s Hasbo

    The Danish midfielder’s quest started in second grade. It was fueled by grit, speed, agility — and a lot of time on the bus.

    5 minutes
    Josefine Hasbo runs on field.
  • Nation & World

    A Cup as complex as world

    Mideast scholar Cemal Kafadar untangles anti-gay, migrant labor, geopolitical tensions rising as World Cup soccer tournament is set to begin in Arab nation for the first time.

    9 minutes
    Cemal Kafadar
  • Nation & World

    Why Maradona matters

    Professor Mariano Siskind talks about Diego Armando Maradona, the soccer star who died on Nov. 25 of heart failure at age 60, and what he represented for fans of the world’s most popular sport.

    15 minutes
    Diego Maradona in 1986.
  • Nation & World

    Making soccer everyone’s game

    A three-day symposium hosted by Harvard’s Weatherhead Initiative on Global History, titled “Participation, Inclusion and Social Responsibility in Global Sports,” probed issues of racism and inclusion.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    In sports, live TV is still No. 1

    A panel of experts at Harvard Law School explored how the Internet and social media are redefining the traditional sports business model.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    World Cup worries

    Harvard Kennedy School associate professor, a native of Brazil, reflected on the World Cup and its likely repercussions.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Gaming the political arena

    Journalist Ken Shulman talks about the ways in which global sporting events are used to advance political agendas and how activists can leverage sports to draw attention and action to human-rights issues.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    World Cup wisdom

    Urban planning scholar Judith Grant Long spoke with the Gazette about the impact of hosting a mega-event like the World Cup.

    6 minutes