BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

Migrated podcast image for: Boston Calling

Boston Calling

Discussion & Talk

Factual

Agree to Disagree

How the world looks through American eyes, and the myriad and unexpected ways that the world influences the United States.

Boston Calling: Game On!

Game On!

30/06/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, Game On!

Mexico's football team changes the way it displays its player’s names on their jerseys.

I was just really happy,” says The New York Times en Español editor Paulina Chavira, “I was crying because it was a victory for me.” She convinced Mexico's national football team to add accent marks to their jerseys. 

Also: migrant workers are already building football stadiums in Qatar for the World Cup in 2022; a Pakistani woman created a board game to take on arranged marriage; a Jeopardy! winner has mixed feelings about her victory; and we listen to World Cup themed music from Colombia. 

(Image: Fans of Mexico celebrate during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia group F match between Mexico and Sweden at Ekaterinburg Arena on June 27, 2018 in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Credit: Carlos Cuin/Getty Images)

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Boston Calling

Game On!

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

About BBC World Service