ACT NOW
Allegations that Russians bribed a senior soccer official with a painting by Picasso should be the final straw: Russia must not host the 2018 World Cup.
Tunku Varadarajan is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and writer-at-large for The Daily Beast.
New Frontier
It’s an ambitious new target for the terror network now stuck in ISIS’s shadow, yet one with a chilling logic for its allies in Pakistan. But will Indian Muslims heed Zawahiri’s call?
Dormant Alliance
Here’s how bad things are between Washington and New Delhi these days: It’s news that Kerry even made the trip. Why this reluctant partnership might be best left to wither.
Rather than sanctions that would hurt the Russian people, maybe the best way to retaliate for the Ukraine crisis would be to hurt Vladimir Putin's legacy. Namely, take away the 2018 World Cup. Tunku Varadarajan discusses.
Crisis in Ukraine
In the wake of the MH17 disaster, the world needs to make Vladimir Putin’s pride—not the Russian people—pay. And a good first step would be to stop pretending sport is politically neutral.
Victory
In football, righteous victory should always belong to the team with the best offense—as German striker Mario Götze showed the world today.
Final-Bound
It was a long, tactical (don’t call it boring) night in São Paulo, but Lionel Messi & Co. finally found a chink in the Dutch armor.
Massacre
With talisman Neymar, captain and defensive key Thiago Silva absent, the Brazilians were taken apart in shocking fashion by a remorseless German side on Tuesday night.
World Cup
One played his heart out the entire game, the other strode in at the very end to save two penalty kicks and send the Orange Crush to the semifinals.
World Cup
France and Colombia fall by the wayside in the World Cup quarterfinals, setting up a battle between heavyweights Brazil and Germany.