governing

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It refused to waver last year, despite pressure from players, the women's governing body and - according to reports, external - broadcasters.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

And the chief culprit has been the use of demand-driven dynamic pricing by FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, a variable that has made ticket-buying stressful and unpredictable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

There’s a “frequent imbalance between the speed of technological growth and the slower development of awareness, norms, safeguards and institutions capable of governing its effects,” the pope writes.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

The association identifies several reasons for the lackluster bookings, including botched planning by FIFA, the World Cup’s governing body.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Here, an artist named Pablo Picasso is tearing up the idea of perspective, the geometric rules governing the paintings that hang in the Louvre.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day