Author: William Menchaca

NAGRIG, Egypt — In the increasingly globalized age in which we live, people from every corner of the world can all follow their favorite international sports and athletes. This past year, the Liverpool star Mohammed Salah rose to the role of international superstar, with even the relatively apathetic soccer fans of America knowing and chanting his name. Salah, like many of his fellow footballers, enjoys immense wealth, but Salah is unique in the degree to which he shares this wealth with others who are less fortunate. Salah is a role model sportsman who makes the betterment of his country a…

SEATTLE — Soccer, or football as it is called in most of the world, can surely be said to be the world’s most popular sport. According to FIFA, the 2014 World Cup in Brazil was watched by roughly 3.2 billion people around the world, and the final match alone was watched by 1 billion people. A result of this is that there is an immense amount of money involved in soccer. Each year, billions are spent to acquire and sign players, to build football pitches and to purchase advertising. But behind the immense wealth of teams and players, many viewers…

SEATTLE — The United Kingdom and Romania are roughly identical in terms of land mass. Both of these countries are also in Europe, but they exist at the opposite ends of the continent, and as a result, differ in innumerable ways. This geographical difference has historically carried great political significance, with the U.K. being one of the bastions of the western world and Romania being a Soviet satellite state until 1989. In 1982, Nicolae Ceaușescu ordered the exportation of most of Romania’s agricultural and industrial production. This resulted in a large-scale reduction in the quality of life for Romanians. The…