Photo by Pixabay from Pexels FIFA announced Wednesday that it has decided not to expand the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from 32 to 48 teams. Soccer’s international governing body cited concerns about the ability to prepare another nation to co-host the event in time, a necessity with the change,…
This is a supplemental article detailing the additional expansion proposals FIFA is considering for the World Cup. To read the original article and learn why the 48-team plan gathering “enthusiastic support” is full of problems, click here. ~~~~~~~~~~ Gianni Infantino’s proposal to expand the World Cup to a 48-team tournament featuring…
This week, international soccer governing body FIFA held a meeting of national federations where FIFA president Gianni Infantino gave his official approval of a proposal to expand the World Cup from 32 to 48 teams beginning with the 2026 World Cup. The new format, which Infantino claimed received enthusiastic backing…
Yesterday following their 112-86 scrimmage victory against Puerto Rico, the U.S. Men’s Basketball Team trimmed its roster down to the 12 players who will represent the U.S. in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, which begins on August 30, and is being held in Spain. While the American team is…
Who do you think of when asked who the top players in the NBA are? LeBron James? Kevin Durant? How about Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, or Kevin Love? You know all these people. They are some of the best players in the world, and…
32 teams started on a quest for greatness 31 days ago. 30 have fallen. Only two remain, and these two teams – Germany and Argentina – now have a chance to play the most important game of their lives. This one game will decide the fate of two…
I am writing this during halftime. I have fifteen minutes to try to express to you how confused I am, how excited I am, and what has just happened. Disclaimer: this could get crazy. This kind of game comes once in a lifetime. I don’t think I…
There are only four teams left in the World Cup, and the next two matches will decide who gets to play for the title. All four teams are definitely qualified and worthy of reaching this position, but two of them will have their dream cut painfully short of…
I tell you what, this is when things get really interesting, as if they weren’t already. In the round of 16 we saw five games go to extra time and two go so far as penalty kicks. In the end, though, every team that won their group defeated…
This is going to be a crazy post. Essentially, a lot has happened over the past few days, and I mean a lot. Instead of sticking to one sport, I’m going to run down what’s happened across the World of sport, and what I think about all of it. First…