All that loving for Africa…in the US, in the World Cup
by Rashmee
Posted on December 14, 2022
America has been wooing Africa at exactly the right time. It’s been eight years since …
Read More’42 per cent of Africa’s 130 players at Qatar were born outside the continent’
by Rashmee
Posted on December 5, 2022
More than half the 26 players in Morocco’s national football team are born in other …
Read MoreFootballers often ask themselves: Where am I really from?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 4, 2022
The BBC World Service documentary ‘Which country should I play for?’ tells an …
Read MoreWhy FIFA chief is right about Qatar’s critics
by Rashmee
Posted on November 22, 2022 / The Times of India
If there were any doubt the politics of world football is performance theatre, Gianni Infantino …
Read MoreBetting on World Cup wins and woes
by Rashmee
Posted on November 21, 2022
It’s probably no coincidence that stories about gambling are everywhere on Day Two of the …
Read MoreGianni Infantino and performance theatre…of otherness
by Rashmee
Posted on November 19, 2022
Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, is no philosopher. He’s a lawyer, …
Read More‘Sportswashing’ goes much beyond Qatar. What about Trump and the Saudis?
by Rashmee
Posted on November 17, 2022
With all the talk about “sportswashing” in the countdown to the World Cup in Qatar,…
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK