FIFA has joined the Board of Peace, Trump's business committee to take over #Gaza: here are the projects Infantino wants to implement (and all their contradictions). Pallonate in Faccia on Domani (in Italian). www.editorialedomani.it/sport/infant...

🇩🇪 Werder Bremen has canceled its US tour, scheduled for May, in protest against ICE crimes: "Playing in a city rife with tensions and where people are being murdered doesn't reflect the values ​​of our club," said general manager Klaus Filbry.

"Mourinho's words are something we shouldn't accept. He mentioned Eusébio's name to say that Benfica isn't racist: do you know what black players went through in the 1960s?" Vincent Kompany, today, on the #racism episode against Vinícius Jr. 👇

" #Racism is everywhere: it's in society, it's not just in football. Schools: pay a lot for the teachers. Teachers and doctors must be the most important people in society, not managers." Pep Guardiola, today in a press conference.

"Maglie and Taranto are plagued. Observatory? On tumors, not for banning away matches!" 🇮🇹 The message from the Toma Maglie ultras against the ban on away matches for the Taranto fans, who played yesterday in the Italian 5th division: the complaint also concerns the issue of tumors in Puglia. 👇

🇧🇬 "God is Bulgarian!" said a sports commentator, watching Hristo Stoichkov's exploits. Long in the shadows, #Bulgaria football suddenly reached its peak in the 1990s. 🎧Listen to the new podcast episode (in Italian): open.spotify.com/episode/4iMn... 👇

FIFA President Gianni Infantino is also attending Trump's Board of Peace meeting, currently underway in Washington. "FIFA will raise $75 million for projects in #Gaza, will take care of pitches and facilities, and will bring its stars," Trump said, explaining his presence. 👇

"It's pathetic that Mourinho makes people believe that Vinícius is responsible for the #racism he suffers. His analysis is that of a small man." Lilian Thuram, former footballer and anti-racism activist, to L'Équipe. 👇

🇨🇳 "Stadium Diplomacy": #China 's strategy to consolidate its presence in Africa through sport (and football in particular). Pallonate in Faccia on Insideover (in Italian). it.insideover.com/politica/la-...

🇮🇪 Drogheda United chairwoman Joanna Byrne supports the boycott of the Ireland-Israel Nations League match, but in recent days the club's owners have asked her to resign. 👇

🇵🇸 FIFA President Infantino and UEFA President Čeferin have been formally reported to the International Criminal Court for aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity, due to their support for Israel's actions in #Palestine. 👇

"Vinícius Jr. hasn't helped himself: he made it difficult for the referee," said Mark Clattenburg, a former English referee, in his commentary yesterday for Amazon Prime Video: Vinícius reported that he had been subjected to racist abuse.

#Racism: Lloyd Kelly, English defender for Juventus, reported a racist insult he received on social media after yesterday's defeat in the Champions League. "Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, but this I won't accept. Words and actions have consequences."

Real Madrid's Vinícius Jr. reported racist insults from Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni during last night's #ChampionsLeague match. Benfica manager José Mourinho essentially accused Vinícius of provoking. 👇

🇵🇸 Last week, the Italian Football Coaches Association (AIAC) presented the special Panchina d'Oro 2025 award to #Palestine coach Ehab Abu Jazar. “We want to dedicate this honor to the martyrs of the Palestinian sports movements,” said Abu Jazar. 👇

Manchester United against Jim #Ratcliffe 's racism:Pallonate in Faccia on Italian newspaper Domani. [Now online, tomorrow morning in print.] www.editorialedomani.it/sport/manche...

🏳️‍🌈 Last weekend, the CE Europa men and women's captains wore rainbow armbands in solidarity with Pascal Kaiser, a German referee who was recently the victim of homophobic attacks.

🇵🇸 "Black-and-white for Palestine" The banner of the Barricada Albinegra (fans of Club Deportivo Castellón), on Sunday before the Spanish 2nd division match against Deportivo La Coruña (some Galician fans also participated in the photo).

"The blood of five women workers for the bosses' profit" 🇬🇷 This banner was displayed last Saturday by fans of the Olympiakos ultras group Gate 7 to denounce a serious case of workplace deaths that occurred in Greece at the end of January. 👇

Jackson Irvine, captain of Australia and St. Pauli, imitates Cantona's kick to a racist fan (for the occasion, altered to the face of Jim #Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United and also a racist).

"Freedom for Christophe Gleizes!" 🇫🇷 During Saturday's match, Grenoble's Red Kaos 1994 called for the release of French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, detained in Algeria on highly controversial charges. #FreeGleizes 👇

Eric Cantona also shared on social media a poster by #ManchesterUnited fans, his former club, protesting the racist comments of co-owner Ratcliffe: "Immigrants have done more for this city than billionaire tax dodgers ever will." 👇

‼️This post about Gift Orban's red card has been removed: Verona, the club the Nigerian striker plays for, has reported that it is not the player's official account.

🇩🇿 On Friday, Algeria hosted a friendly match against the #WesternSahara national team, a territory occupied by Morocco. Algeria is known to support the Polisario Front, an independence movement that Morocco considers a terrorist group. 👇

🇺🇸 #Trump is trying to dominate soccer in the US and make it an important tool for his propaganda: some well-known soccer figures have decided to take his side. Read the article here (in Italian). pallonateinfaccia.com/2026/02/15/s...

"I think the Football Federation of Ireland can show a real bit of balls and refuse to play Israel." 🇮🇪 Brian Kerr, former Ireland manager, last night discussed the two matches the Irish national team will play against Israel this autumn. 👇

🇵🇸 Éric Cantona reiterates his support for Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, who has been attacked for a comment about Israel that she didn't actually make. (The photo is from a few months ago; Cantona reshared it on Instagram today.) 👇

"We treat immigrants like they are the ones causing problems for our country. It is a problem all around the world. The more we tryly embrace other cultures, then we will have a better society. I don't have any doubts about that." Pep Guardiola responds to Jim Ratcliffe's racist remarks.

"Immigrants have done more for this city than billionaire tax dodgers ever will." Message today outside Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, protesting the racist remarks against immigrants made by Jim #Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United.

🇵🇸 Pep Guardiola autographed the jersey of Gaza Al-Irada FC, a Palestinian football team of amputees. In recent days, Al-Irada had symbolically named Guardiola their honorary coach, in recognition of his support for the Palestinian cause.

"No one is illegal. Soccer is for everyone." 🇺🇸 Minnesota Aurora, a women's football club in Minneapolis, has announced it will donate a portion of this season's ticket and merchandise proceeds to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. @mnaurorafc.bsky.social 👇

🇵🇸 The IDF is threatening to demolish another football field in #Palestine: the pitch in the village of Umm Al-Khair, near Hebron, in the West Bank, is at risk. The demolition order was communicated to the community last Tuesday. 👇

🇺🇸 Abby Wambach, former US soccer player and icon, has left Casey Wasserman's agency due to his involvement in the #EpsteinFiles. Wasserman also heads the organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

#Ratcliffe pretends to apologize for his racist statements against immigrants, but in reality he reiterates: "It is important to raise the issue of controlled and well-managed immigration that supports economic growth." 👇

"Football here would be nothing without immigration." This is how Anita Asante, a former England player, responded to racist comments from Manchester United co-owner Jim #Ratcliffe. 👇

🇬🇧 "UK has been colonized by immigrants," said billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of #ManchesterUnited. Ratcliffe, a Brexit supporter from the very beginning, moved to Monaco after the referendum to pay lower taxes. 👇

🇸🇦 Mohammed Arshad was a migrant worker who died in #SaudiArabia in March 2025, falling from scaffolding at the Al-Khobar stadium (one of the potential venues for the 2034 World Cup). Almost a year later, his family has yet to receive any compensation. 👇

🇵🇸 Football is back in #Gaza: among the destroyed buildings of the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, last weekend the first match in the last two years was organized, a five-a-side football match between Jabalia Youth and Al-Sadaqa. 👇

🇮🇷 Striker Mehdi Sharifi sat on the ground to celebrate a goal, replicating the symbolic gesture of a demonstrator during the #Iran protests. It happened last Friday, during the Iranian league match between Fajr Sepasi and Tractor. 👇

🏳️‍🌈 St. Pauli has expressed its solidarity with Pascal Kaiser, a gay German referee who was recently the victim of a homophobic attack. "We are united against this hatred and want to show that solidarity and humanity are stronger. Love whoever you want!" @fcstpauli.com 👇

"The National Rally wants to divide the people: for this reason, it is and always will be our enemy." 🇫🇷 With these words, Grenoble's Red Kaos 1994 distanced themselves from Valentin Gabriac, a former member of the group who ran for the far right in the next local elections. 👇

" #Antifascism is not a crime. Free Maja and all antifa!" 🇮🇹 The banner of Livorno's Curva Nord Fabio Bettinetti for Maja T. and the antifascist activists on trial in Hungary (yesterday in Serie C, in the match against Bra). 👇

🇵🇹 Former Portuguese striker Ricardo Quaresma celebrates the election of socialist Ántonio Seguro as President of #Portugal: Seguro won the runoff against right-wing extremist André Ventura. 👇

🇯🇵 "Japan will change drastically" wrote Keisuke Honda, former Japanese midfielder on X, celebrating Sanae Takaichi's victory in the #Japan parliamentary elections held on Sunday. 👇

" #Antifascism is not a crime! Free all Antifa! Free Maja!" 🇩🇪 The message from the St. Pauli ultras, displayed on Saturday in the Bundesliga, in support of German activist Maja T., recently sentenced to 8 years in a show trial in Hungary. @fcstpauli.com 👇

"The Jews of Munich played football behind the cemetery wall. They refused to let the Nazis ban them." 🇩🇪 Bayern Munich fans commemorated Holocaust Remembrance Day today against Hoffenheim. 👇

"Free antif! F**k Orbán!" Message from Virtus Verona fans against the sentencing of anti-fascist activists Maja T., Gabriele Marchesi, and Anna M. in Hungary (yesterday, during the Italian 3rd division match against Giana Erminio). #antifascism 👇

Palestine, Ukraine, Sudan, the USA: #Guardiola doesn't hold back when it comes to defending human rights. It also earns him a lot of criticism, but at least he doesn't stay silent. Read the article here (in Italian): pallonateinfaccia.com/2026/02/08/g...

"Create a problem, provoke a crisis, and then offer the solution so that the public will accept it as a necessary evil." 🇮🇹 Carrarese fans' banner protesting the Italian government's new Security Act, today before the match against Südtirol (Italian 2nd division). 👇

"Presa, go away!" #RayoVallecano fans protest against owner Raúl Martín Presa, following the cancellation of today's match due to the indecent conditions of the pitch and the complaint filed last night by players and coaching staff. 👇