World Cup
Expanding public safety to include gender-based violence during FIFA
June 29, 2026By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Across Turtle Island (North America), the FIFA World Cup is well underway. While host cities have prepared for this major event by increasing police presence, two local groups are leading the effort to expand community-based safety services during Vancouver’s football fever. Battered Women’s Support Services (BWSS) “provides support and advocacy for women who have experienced abuse, as well as community education and training about violence against women” and Good Night Out Vancouver focuses on “building community capacity to prevent and respond to sexual harassment and sexual assault in all sectors, with a focus on hospitality,…
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FIFA’s corruption makes World Cup viewership ethically problematic
June 29, 2026By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Content warning: brief mention of genocide. One of my earliest memories is my dad standing a foot away from the TV, yelling at Arjen Robben for having missed an open net in the 2010 World…
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I want to kick the Science World soccer ball
June 29, 2026By: Mason Mattu, Humour Editor “The next station is: Main Street-Science World. Doors will open on the right,” the SkyTrain’s voice-from-above announced as I rose from my seat. As I slid the strap of my tote bag onto my right…
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Vancouver to transform Science World into giant soccer ball
August 6, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik The City of Vancouver has been selected to host several FIFA World Cup games next summer. Exciting, right? In preparation for the ball-tastic event, FIFA created a list of demands the city must implement as it prepares…
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Vancouver isn’t prepared to host the FIFA World Cup
July 23, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Staff Writer The FIFA World Cup will be hosted by Canada, the US, and Mexico in 2026, with Vancouver hosting seven of the 13 games being played in Canada. Vancouver has had some experience with major international…
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The state of soccer worldwide and its basic rules
February 12, 2022By: Greg Makarov, Sports Writer Overview Soccer, otherwise called football in Europe and South America, has been around for centuries dating back to ancient Greece. Of course, the form was wildly different, but the idea of kicking around a ball…
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Adidas provides equal pay for FIFA women’s soccer team
March 24, 2019By: Youeal Abera On Friday, March 8 (International Women’s Day 2019), sportswear company Adidas announced that they will be paying equal bonuses between the winning players of the men and women’s FIFA World Cup teams. The announcement by Adidas…
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World News Beat
July 23, 2018Written by: Trevor Steele, Peak Associate Google fined record amount The European Union (EU) has imposed its largest ever fine (4.34 billion euro), on Google. According to the EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager, “Google engaged in illegal practices to…
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VAR in the 2018 World Cup has its pros and cons
July 18, 2018Written by: Melissa Campos, Multimedia Assistant The FIFA World Cup this year has been filled with many unexpected turns. From Germany failing to advance from the group stages to Russia unexpectedly making it all the way to the quarter-finals, I…
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SFU startup uses data to analyze and predict World Cup results
July 17, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Jamie Tatsubana is an SFU SIAT alumnus who created FootyStats, a soccer analytics website startup which uses data to help fans and fantasy soccer players analyze games and predict results. The website was founded…
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