The author is from London and the internet is global. Expecting an author to cater to every other culture with everything they do is a bit self-centered, IMO. It should be on the reader to understand that there are differences, not on the writer to make sure every single cultural difference is pointed out. It seems kind of weird to expect him to alter his headline to cater to a country he doesn't live in.

If you were writing an article about potato chips, it would seem kind of silly to expect you to add "(crisps)" in the title to cater to our English friends, so I'm not sure why you would expect that here, especially when the vast majority of the world calls it "football".

That's like saying 'Perhaps include "(France)" in the title' when talking about Paris. Football is well known all over the world and perahps the most popular spectator sport.

I think it's reasonable for someone in the USA to expect that "Football" could refer to 1 of 3 popular games -- American football, soccer, or rugby.

Not the rest of the world's problem you called a game that mainly involves throwing 'foot' ball for some incomprehensible reason.

Are you sure about the name basketball? Don't want to call it sackball or something like that? Or maybe shuttlebasket?

I always chortle at your "world" series too!

Why? Does it really matter what shape the ball is?