by John Tuley | Nov 27, 2023 | Sports, Technology
In February this year, the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (“FIA”), international motorsport’s governing body, announced the organization was to open up the process to expand Formula One (“F1”)’s World Championship, allowing new teams to apply to join...
by Daniel Wilken | Apr 20, 2022 | All, Democracy, FIFA, Qatar, Russia, Sports
Introduction FIFA, or the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, is the lawmaking body for world soccer. It is responsible for not only creating the laws of the game on the field, dictating what qualifies as a handball or when using the newly designed...
by Meredith Gusky | Jan 24, 2022 | All, Asia, China, Human Rights, North America, Special Features, Sports, U.S. Foreign Policy
China is set to host the Winter Olympics, beginning on February 3, 2021. The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, as well as Denmark, Estonia, and Lithuania announced a diplomatic boycott of the games. These countries will not send government officials to...