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Global Sport Conversations - From Russia with Love: Thoughts on the imminent World Cup
SOAS Radio
English - May 17, 2018 21:16 - 13 minutes - 21.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsTechnology Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Here is our next episode in the Global Sport Conversations Podcast Series. We interviewed Simon Kuper, a Financial Times columnist and author, who has been at the forefront of journalistic commentary of current affairs with a specialist focus on global football and football tournaments for over three decades. Kuper speaks to SOAS academic Dr J Simon Rofe about: his own work, his preparations for the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup and some general reflections on the dynamic of sport, diplomacy and football.
More information on Simon Kuper:
https://www.ft.com/life-arts/simon-kuper
https://twitter.com/KuperSimon
Kupers latest text Soccernomics (2018 World Cup Edition) https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/simon-kuper/soccernomics-2018-world-cup-edition/9781568587516/
For information on SOAS sport diplomacy and football:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/sport-diplomacy-and-governance/