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'Soccernomics' co-author: FIFA's ticket strategy isn't price discovery, it's a wealth filter

Standard pricing theory says tickets should reflect marginal cost — which is near zero for each additional seat. FIFA offers "what the market will bear."

Fortune

If the manager market is just a roll of the dice, why are De Zerbi and Pereira prospering?

The eggheads can argue the head coach is merely an interchangeable cog in a team’s fortunes – but emotion counts in an ever-changing game

The Guardian - UK

Manchester United are importing a sinister US tactic: Public money for stadiums

The Guardian - US

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Trump says he wants to ditch the word ‘soccer’. Does America finally understand football?

But don’t blame America for the word

The Independent UK

At FIFA’s Club World Cup, the real prize is America’s attention

As the United States prepares to host the revamped 32-team FIFA Club World Cup, executives from Europe's top teams see an opportunity to definitively break into the soccer world's lone holdout.

Fortune

Where could the NFL hold an international Super Bowl? The pros and cons of potential hosts

It’s a question Roger Goodell gets when he’s in London: Would the NFL stage a Super Bowl internationally

The Independent UK

Black coaches being denied career progression by ‘broken rungs’ in system, study finds

The Black Football Partnership has warned that the game is in danger of being a ‘one-in one-out employer of Black talent’ when it comes to leadership and managerial roles

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Changing ownership landscape could trigger FSG Liverpool sale rethink

FSG are willing to listen to offers for Liverpool but are understood to prefer to sell part of their shareholding instead

Liverpool Echo

A hat trick of essential reads to accompany the World Cup final

Soccer fans are just 90 minutes of action away from knowing who will lift the World Cup and be crowned the beautiful game’s global champs. Well, given the refereeing during the tournament in Qatar, it is likely to be 90 minutes plus a few more. Even then, an extra 30…

The Conversation

World Cup 2022: Why Americans call it soccer

Al Jazeera looks into the origins and history of the debate around the name of the ‘beautiful game’.

Al Jazeera

What to watch for when you are watching the World Cup: Essential reads for on and off the field

Whether you call it “soccer” or “football,” the beautiful game is enjoyed by fans around the world. And every four years, it is celebrated in a monthlong spectacle: the World Cup.

The Conversation

East Asia could provide next billionaire Liverpool owner as John Henry thinking explained

Soccernomics author Stefan Szymanski speaks to the ECHO on what he feels the motivation to sell Liverpool might be

Liverpool Echo

Russians star in NHL playoffs as nation wages war in Ukraine

The National Hockey League postseason has become an intersection of sports and politics because of Russia's war in Ukraine

The Independent UK

In brief: Storyland; Crickonomics; Bitter Orange Tree – review

A visual and verbal map of Britain’s stories; a critique of cricket’s state of play; and a moving Arabic tale of where memory and identity meet

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Liverpool's Mohamed Salah contract decision may be key amid European Super League prediction

Mohamed Salah importance to Liverpool underscored by ESL plot

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