A very moving piece and a reminder that while the World Cup roadshow moves on, FIFA's negligence leaves a trail of pain and suffering. Enormous credit to @josimarfootball.bsky.social for sticking with this story and publishing this young man's powerful writing josimarfootball.com/2026/06/11/t...

Great to chat with Nick @fairsq.bsky.social - real insight

#football is loved the world over – and that's exactly what FIFA exploit. It's time for a reboot. Thanks to @goldbergradio.bsky.social for having us on the @bylinepodcast.bsky.social. Watch the full episode here: youtu.be/ubhoPMA22CA?... #soccer #worldcup

"When Infantino gave the peace prize to Trump he said this was on behalf of the entire global football community. How dare you say something like that?” Nick McGeehan @fairsq.bsky.social with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🎧 pod.fo/e/42dee0 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubho...

"FIFA is entirely a commercial operation, it’s about monetising content and product -not football as something that serves the people who play or watch it" @fairsq.bsky.social @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1Ya3... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubho...

As the World Cup begins, campaigners call for sanctions on the President of world football's governing body ... My latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social with Nick McGeehan of advocacy group @fairsq.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...

"FIFA is an entirely dysfunctional organisation when it comes to the governance of the game..." Nick McGeehan from @fairsq.bsky.social talks #WorldCup with @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🎧 pod.fo/e/42dee0 📺 youtu.be/ubhoPMA22CA

NEW EPISODE: #WorldCup26 - Time to tackle #FIFA @goldbergradio.bsky.social talks to Nick McGeehan @fairsq.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1Ya3...

Gianni says relax... That was FIFA President Infantino's flippant response in yesterday's press conference to the deluge of issues this World Cup has faced before the ball's even left the centre spot. #football #soccer #worldcup

And video piece of my big World Cup preview If there's an underlying theme to this World Cup it's the ongoing sense of the game being taken away from those who most care... ... but the football itself and what it means perseveres www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEG7...

Omar Abdulkadir Artan, a Somali soccer referee who was denied permission to enter the U.S. to participate in the World Cup, received a hero’s welcome from a cheering crowd at the airport upon his return to his home country. nyti.ms/4ohh6ZU

Jules Boykoff has been described as "the Maradona of hating on exploitative sports institutions." Read his book. Immensely proud to have him on the advisory board of our Reboot campaign.

Taj Ali: "I spoke to a Muslim woman last night who lives in Belfast who said that she knows of a dozen families, mostly Muslim, whose homes had been targeted.. its very important to make clear that this is planned violence, targeted violence against ethnic minority communities"

FIFA's behaviour in the run-up to the 2026 men's World Cup is bringing the game into global disrepute and demonstrates the urgent need for political action to reform the organisation. #football #soccer #worldcup

We can't look away from the images of families fleeing burning houses without calling this out as a pogrom, whipped up by influential actors who care nothing for the people of Belfast: www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

My colleague @hannahalothman.bsky.social is in Belfast tonight. This is what she’s seen. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

🎧New episode about: ⚽ FIFA’s growing ties to betting and prediction markets 🌍 Offshore betting and weak regulation 💻 FIFA+ used on betting websites 🚨 Match-fixing concerns in low-level football 🏆 Integrity risks ahead of the 2026 World Cup 👉 play-the-game-podcast.captivate.fm

FairSquare just posted a series of posts about a FIFA press conference that we mistakenly believed was taking place today and is actually taking place tomorrow. These posts have been removed and the staff members involved have been sent to a reading camp.

The visa story is the most telling controversy this World Cup has had Fifa is going against its own rules and precedent Should it even be held in a state that clearly doesn't see it as a World Cup What was the point of Infantino's cravenness to Trump? www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

FIFA tells the world football is neutral and apolitical. Iran's fan ticket allocation has just been revoked by the USA just days before the #WorldCup FIFA have allowed the USA to weaponise #football for politics, against their own rules. Add your name to the complaint at rebootfifa.com

Omar Artan's case shows two things very clearly: Gianni Infantino is an accomplice of Donald Trump and the MAGA World Cup. And Infantino has failed as FIFA president. [And so have all who backed him through absurdities like the peace prize etc.] Piece in German. www.faz.net/aktuell/spor...

Adding to the shame from football authorities— not a single word about this from the Confederation of African Football, the governing body whose top referee has lost out on his World Cup dream. Who with any semblance of power is making representations on behalf of this man, standing up for him?

"Mr. Artan said that border officials had asked him why he had come to the U.S. and about politics in Somalia. Those questions included many about the militant group Al Shabab... In December, President Trump singled out Somali immigrants, calling them “garbage”." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

"In a few days, the World Cup will be held again. The last one cost me my freedom, and this one has already cost me my passport, my safety, and who knows what is yet to come." Qatar 2022 whistleblower Abdullah Ibhais writes ahead of the 2026 tournament www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...

"Questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and them dumped on a plane"

The US's racist immigration laws were flagged to FIFA in July 2025 by 90 US civil society groups. @fairsq.bsky.social coordinated the letter. FIFA didn't reply. Instead they went all in on MAGA, and gave a racist, Somalian-bating President a peace prize. Register dissent here 👇 rebootfifa.com

Omar Artan was Africa's best referee last year. He was set to become the first Somali official ever to referee a World Cup match. The USA denied him entry at Miami airport, and he'll miss the tournament. #football #soccer #worldcup

Iran players arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, for the World Cup wearing a badge honouring the 168 children killed by a US missile strike that hit a school in Minab in southern Iran this year. Photo (R) by Gregory Bull.

"Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. 
And FIFA isn’t fit to govern football." You can add your name to @fairsq.bsky.social's "Reboot FIFA" class-action complaint to demand that Infantino be investigated immediately for breaching FIFA's own Code of Ethics rebootfifa.com/sign/

Donald Trump said Somalia “stinks” and is “no good for a reason”. Three days later Gianni Infantino gave him a FIFA Peace Prize. Today a Somali referees was denied entry to the US for the 2026 World Cup. Help us reboot this no-good organisation rebootfifa.com

www.msn.com/en-us/sports... “Africa's best referee denied entry to USA, set to be ruled out of FIFA World Cup”

A friend of mine was arrested in Morocco and spent three months in prison. He says it was because he was wearing a Senegal jersey. If anyone in media wants to speak to him, he is eager to speak and I'm happy to put them in touch with him www.instagram.com/reel/DZPZ2nc...

Israeli soldiers shot a 7-month old baby in the face in the West Bank. And an Israeli strike on a tent in Gaza – during its “ceasefire” there – killed at least seven members of the same family including a girl and her father. Nothing changes. (AP) #Israel #Gaza #WestBank #warcrimes #inhumanity

Today is the 3⃣2⃣nd birthday of Manahel al-Otaibi, and the 4⃣3⃣rd birthday of Abdulrahman al-Sadhan. Both are again spending their birthdays behind bars simply for exercising their right to freedom of expression. Authorities in Saudi Arabia must #FreeManahel and #FreeSadhan now.

A website has been launched to support the campaign to free Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi, who has spent almost 1700 days in administrative detention in Bulgaria. It provides key info about his case and ways to support the call to #FreeAlKhalidi. ➡️ free-alkhalidi.org

This story has been consistently reported, but seems not to have really broken though - it’s ASTONISHING. An asylum policy that caters specifically and essentially exclusively to white people from a country in which they’re safe.

Two US state attorneys general have subpoenaed FIFA amid claims it was trying to avoid compensating fans who paid full price for tickets by moving 44,000 of them to a resale platform. #football #soccer #worldcup

The #UAE has spent $4.5B+ sponsoring sports leagues and teams around the world to sportswash its image. They use commercial branding partnerships to try to enhance their reputation and to make a profit. Tell @nba.com @arsenalfc.bsky.social and other sports leagues: DROP UAE SPONSORSHIPS.

A fantastic piece on FIFA from Reboot advisory board member Keith Look Loy. Keith is a former national youth footballer from Trinidad and Tobago and was part of a team that took control of the T+T Football Association in 2019 and then wrangled with FIFA. www.guardian.co.tt/sports/fair-...

Infantino said FIFA gave the Peace Prize to Donald Trump "on behalf of the entire global football community" Nearly 5000 people have now signed our mass complaint rejecting this and calling for an investigation into Infantino. Add your name here rebootfifa.com/sign/

Very much here for @fairsq.bsky.social 's campaign against FIFA's President. Please have a look and get invovled. Let's #RebootFIFA. fairsq.org/reboot-fifa-... www.theguardian.com/football/202...

"No one is saying to be humble, at any point. You go to tournament events in exotic locations. You’re flown business class. You stay in five-star hotels on Copacabana Beach." Sam Knight in the @newyorker.com on Gianni Infantino's FIFA www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

FIFA gave a Peace Prize to Trump, who then launched an illegal war. Its president has repeatedly broken its own rules on political neutrality. Its billions are distributed without proper oversight, while the game is run for corrupt elites and authoritarian states. #football #soccer #worldcup

I support this, it’s not just issues of safety, ticket pricing and Trump brown nosing, how about who on earth decides to have a football tournament spread across three countries, that top and tail an entire continent. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Honored to serve on the advisory board for @fairsq.bsky.social and this timely campaign. As my fellow advisory board member @okwonga.bsky.social put it, "Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. 
And FIFA isn’t fit to govern football. Agree? Add your name to this mass complaint." rebootfifa.com/sign/

Eine Woche vor der WM hat @fairsq.bsky.social die "Reboot"-Kampagne gestartet - eine Beschwerde gegen Infantinos FIFA, an der sich jeder beteiligen können soll. @ncgeehan.bsky.social hat dabei auch Bernd Neuendorf und dessen Lob für Trumps Friedenspreis im Blick. www.faz.net/aktuell/spor...

This summer, North America is forecast to experience severe temperatures driven by climate change. Fans will be sitting in extreme and dangerous heat inside stadiums with no way to refill their water bottles. #football #soccer #worldcup

FIFA gave a Peace Prize to Trump, who then launched an illegal war. Its president has repeatedly broken its own rules on political neutrality. Its billions are distributed without proper oversight, while the game is run for corrupt elites and authoritarian states. #football #soccer #worldcup