As national coaches from Brazil to South Korea plot World Cup tactics, so too do the world’s journalists. Monocle visits Durban and Johannesburg to see how 18,000-plus writers, pundits and photographers will be accommodated…
The World Cup is a million different stories in one. As the tournament gets under way this month, Monocle looks at how players, coaches, companies and fans from all over the globe have been getting ready.
One of the few unifying experiences in multi-lingual Switzerland is Rainer Maria Salzgeber’s TV coverage of the national football team’s matches. The presenter says the sport can help the nation become more tolerant of…
In the first of a series on World Cup players, nations and managers, Monocle looks at South African Matthew Booth. He’s an unlikely poster boy for the tournament but his tough tackling and marriage to a top black fashion…
Côte d’Ivoire are seen as Africa’s best chance for World Cup glory. The secret to their prowess is the ASEC Mimosas academy, which not only trains, but also educates young Ivorians – the best of whom have gone on to become…
In this issue, for our World Cup series, we visit Puma, the sports brand that has become most associated with African football. As the competition heads to the continent, will Puma be the PR victor?
Tuesday 31 August
Brazil’s logo for the 2014 World Cup was supposed to symbolise unity.
Wednesday 20 October
What should a city do with a football stadium no one uses, sitting on prime land in the centre of town? Demolish it, you say.
Thursday 24 September
On October 14 in the Turkish town of Bursa, a World Cup football qualifier match there could have consequences far beyond the pitch.
Tuesday 13 December
It’s no secret that Brazil is a football-obsessed nation.
Friday 3 May
M24 researcher Fernando Augusto Pacheco is off to Malmö in a couple of weeks to cover the Eurovision Song Contest – and he can't wait. Now he just needs to convince everyone else that it's the equivalent of the World Cup…
Monday 24 October
It’s congratulations to the New Zealand rugby team then, a worthy winner of the 2011 Rugby World Cup final in Eden Park, Auckland, this weekend.
Monday 21 June
During the World Cup, football-crazed Italy grinds to a halt as fans glue themselves to the TV to watch the Azzurri play.
Australia's dramatic water shortage, and New Zealand gears up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Thursday 15 October
As the qualifying matches for football’s World Cup come to a close over the coming weeks, thousands of people around the world will be planning trips to the tournament to be held next June in South Africa.
As the World Cup draws to a close the Monocle Weekly team discuss what impact the tournament has on national brands with journalist and author John Carlin.
How the US’s sanctions against Iran affect its own citizens, a look at female foreign correspondents, and we discuss corruption affecting Brazil’s upcoming World Cup.
National identity in Australia, Tonga and Fiji's territorial dispute and rugby World Cup headache in New Zealand.
Why there are problems emerging for Brazil’s infrastructure ahead of the Olympics and World Cup, we take a closer look at Xi Jinping’s glamorous first lady, and discover why the word “ungoogleable” has been banned in Sweden…
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