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![Sports Behind Closed Doors: Lessons from the Koreas Sports Behind Closed Doors: Lessons from the Koreas](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-05-18-4.jpg)
Sports Behind Closed Doors: Lessons from the Koreas
By Layne Vandenberg
Post-COVID sports may resemble the October 2019 FIFA World Cup Qualifier between the men’s national teams from North and South Korea.
![All Eyes on the AFC Asian Cup All Eyes on the AFC Asian Cup](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19025573696398.jpg)
All Eyes on the AFC Asian Cup
By Layne Vandenberg
As the 2019 AFC Asian Cup winds down, Asian football rises in importance.
![Where Football Is Not A Game, But Survival Where Football Is Not A Game, But Survival](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-football.jpg)
Where Football Is Not A Game, But Survival
By Avinash Giri and Nantha Kishore
Meet the football makers of Sisola.
![Whither China’s National Football Team? Whither China’s National Football Team?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-02-28_13-57-07.jpg)
Whither China’s National Football Team?
By Tyler Roney
Can throwing resources at China’s football infrastructure translate to success on the international stage?
![Football Leaks: The Kazakh Connection Football Leaks: The Kazakh Connection](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-03_13-02-59.jpg)
Football Leaks: The Kazakh Connection
By Paolo Sorbello
A Kazakh family is at the center of a scandal that unveiled murky deals in the global world of football.
![Central Asia's Sports Obsession: Leave the Beard Behind, Please Central Asia's Sports Obsession: Leave the Beard Behind, Please](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-06-03_15-25-10.jpg)
Central Asia's Sports Obsession: Leave the Beard Behind, Please
By Catherine Putz
More protests in Kazakhstan, sports in Turkmenistan, and Kumtor back in the news; recommended reads.
![Selling Dreams Along the Silk Road Selling Dreams Along the Silk Road](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-18_10-19-40.jpg)
Selling Dreams Along the Silk Road
By David McArdle
A football slave or a naïve migrant?
![Style, Warfare and George Washington Style, Warfare and George Washington](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-12-03_12-27-44.jpg)
Style, Warfare and George Washington
By James R. Holmes
There's reason to be grateful that the outcomes of wars aren't determined by committee.
![Qatar’s Deadly World Cup Qatar’s Deadly World Cup](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-05-22_06-52-39.jpg)
Qatar’s Deadly World Cup
By Samuel Chi
Migrant workers from South Asia are dying in their hundreds to prepare for the 2022 World Cup.
![UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Arrives in China UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Arrives in China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/China13.jpg)
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon Arrives in China
Plus, China mediates the Sudan dispute and the Communist Youth League holds National Conference. Tuesday China links.
![World Cup Hopes Hang in the Balance for Japan, Australia World Cup Hopes Hang in the Balance for Japan, Australia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sizes/thumbnail/16186_527c4d39c22ea.jpg)
World Cup Hopes Hang in the Balance for Japan, Australia
Japan and Australia had their World Cup hopes put on hold last night by Jordan and Oman.
![Sendai: A Tale of Football and Hope Sendai: A Tale of Football and Hope](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/sizes/thumbnail/16054_527c4c67b618f.jpg)
Sendai: A Tale of Football and Hope
A film tells the story of football’s role in rebuilding Sendai after the March 2011 earthquake.
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