Parody alert! 🚨 The Atlantic Council is honouring Gianni Infantino with a global citizen award.

Is anything actually going to plan in Neom? www.ft.com/content/5b61...

Utgave 3/2025 er sendt til trykk! Women's Afcon, farewell to Goodison Park, Mestalla, Nadderud Stadium, Larvik Turn and the Club World Cup. The new @josimarfootball.bsky.social is on the way.

Two out of two for Belgian clubs in the CL?

The story of Brazil’s greatest conquest. Order below or in your local bookshop. 👇 www.waterstones.com/book/brazil-... 👇 guardianbookshop.com/brazil-1970-...

Strange how legal experts keep concluding the same thing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1XBet is banned in France, but that's not a dealbreaker for PSG.

“É a primeira vez que que um ex-presidente é condenado por tentativa de golpe de Estado na História do país.” Placar: 3-1 oglobo.globo.com/politica/not...

Statement from Belgium's federal prosecutor. Qatargate dying the slowest of deaths.

From Uefa - no decision yet.

From No Kings marches to the Ramblers, from Turki Al Jasser to Gianni Infantino, I wrote 7500 words on the Club World Cup. In the latest issue of @theblizzard.bsky.social. 👉 theblizzard.co.uk/shop/issues/...

An extract from my new book on the World Cup. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The conflicts of UEFA being a governing body and event organiser returns this week. Its executive committee votes on domestic leagues playing games overseas with Barca-Villarreal set for the US, and Milan-Como in Perth. The backer of the La Liga game is Relevent, UEFA’s €4bn TV rights partner.

David Goldblatt, John Duerden and Kunti among the contributors. I reported from the Club World Cup in the US. The latest issue of @theblizzard.bsky.social is out.

New. Giacomo Angelini may be the new owner of Standard de Liège but his ‘takeover’ was funded entirely by A-CAP. How is this possible, and what does it mean for the Pro League club? By @pbsportswriter.bsky.social and @philippeauclair.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2025/09/03/s...

Time to dig in.

Issue 58 of The Blizzard, edited as ever by @jonawils.bsky.social is out now and full of brilliant long-form football writing from @firdosem.bsky.social, Johnny Duerden, @samindrakunti.bsky.social, @shelatneel.bsky.social, David Goldblatt and more More here 👇 theblizzard.co.uk/shop/issues/...

Imagine a Republican legislature gutting public transport and a gambling operator taking over operations on selected match days. Yes, that is what is happening in Philly. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/...

Man of the people.

I was a regular at the Cosmos 2.0. Here's a piece on the newest incarnation of the club. For @worldsoccermag.bsky.social

US administration is cutting $107 million from the International Labor Organization (ILO), which it calls "a group that works to unionize foreign workers and punish U.S. corporate interests abroad." You can find the entire, demented statement here: www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

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In the latest issue of @worldsoccermag.bsky.social

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Farewell to Hov1!

A few words on the Cosmos. In @worldsoccermag.bsky.social.

Samuel Eto'o included details of his personal bank account on invoices for match fees of Cameroon's national team. A story on the Fecafoot president. With @sportingintel.bsky.social sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

New by @stevemenary.bsky.social for @playthegame-org.bsky.social: the tsunami of sports betting sponsorships which is engulfing cricket worldwide. www.playthegame.org/news/new-res...

New for Eurosport (en français): worrying rumours about UEFA looking set to approve the staging of domestic league matches abroad at its 11 September ExCo meeting in Tirana. www.eurosport.fr/football/del...

EXCLUSIVE: Cameroon legend Eto'o facing US probe for fraud after 'stealing' $600k (With @samindrakunti.bsky.social sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Bye, Doha.

The MAGA World Cup. So far, only one convicted felon in the photo.

"Figures from a classified Israeli military intelligence database indicate five out of six Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza have been civilians, an extreme rate of slaughter rarely matched in recent decades of warfare." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Delays to Saudi Arabia’s snow mountain put 2029 Asian Winter Games at risk on.ft.com/4oK5Chp

The Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) to donate profits from the World Cup qualifier against Israel to emergency relief efforts in Gaza.

New. The 2010 Fifa World Cup official anthem “Waka Waka” was meant to raise a fortune for African charities, but no money has been forthcoming since 2014. Josimar can tell where some of the missing millions have gone. By @philippeauclair.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2025/08/19/l...

Flabet is no longer the shirt sponsor of Flamengo, but the betting platform, run by Pixbet, remains operational. www.uol.com.br/esporte/fute...

The full programme of the next @playthegame-org.bsky.social conference (Tampere, Finland, 5-8 October) is now online. It's a cracker. www.playthegame.org/conferences/...

Uefa's PR this week in reaction to Salah's question has been abysmal. At the last Uefa congress, no one gave a flying hoo-ha about Palestine.

Total and utter impunity news.sky.com/story/settle...

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF. #NotATarget Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

No condolences from FIFA president Gianni Infantino following the killing of Suleiman al-Obeid, former national team player of Palestine.

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In the latest issue of @worldsoccermag.bsky.social.

Qatar, Abdullah Ibhais, Saudi Arabia, FIFA... Documentary by La Media Inglesa from Spain. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

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Incredible detail on the story about Dundee United seeking R&D tax relief. The club claimed, in effect, that 24% of players' time, 80% of the chef's time and 21% of lighting and heating costs were spent on R&D - when the true figures were most likely 0%, 0% and 0%. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/31/d...

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