This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In September,
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Luis Rubiales, Ex-Chief of Spanish Soccer, to Face Trial Over World Cup Kiss
Luis Rubiales, Spain’s onetime soccer chief, is due to be tried over his nonconsensual kiss of a star player during the Women’s World Cup medal
Giving Thanks When the World is on Fire
It’s Thanksgiving tomorrow. At this time of year I usually thank you, my readers, for all your support, and I am once again grateful for
After Election, Poland’s Art World Calls for Change
Just weeks after becoming Poland’s culture minister, in 2015, Piotr Glinski began a yearslong effort to shift his country’s cultural life toward the political right.
A World of Fear for Europe’s Jews
Angst is, indeed, palpable across the continent. From Britain to Italy, tensions have risen sharply. In the period between the Hamas attack and Oct. 27,
The Rigid World of French Cheesemaking Meets Unbound Climate Change
Just past the neat vineyards and country houses with their blue shutters and tile roofs, goats munch their way through a field of thigh-high plants
Bobby Charlton, an England Soccer World Cup and Manchester United Icon, Dies at 86
Bobby Charlton, one of soccer’s greatest players, who won the World Cup with England in 1966 in a dazzling career that was tinged by the
FIFA Will Host 2030 World Cup on Three Continents
Soccer’s World Cup will be staged in six countries on three continents in its centenary edition in 2030, an unexpected and complex alteration to its
The Stolen Glory of Spain’s World Cup Champions
Wordlessly, their eyes fixed straight ahead, Spain’s players filed in to the Alameda Hotel not far from Madrid’s airport. It had been a month, almost
Luis Rubiales, Spain’s Top Soccer Official, Resigns Over World Cup Kiss
The head of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, resigned on Sunday, weeks after kissing a member of Spain’s women’s team on the lips after