*|DATE:F j, Y|* Good morning! Today is another big soccer day with games on 17 different outlets (network, cable and streaming), demonstrating, if one didn’t already know, how prevalent soccer is on American television. They include […]
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Foreign league and cup matches on U.S. soil move one step closer to becoming a reality
Relevent Sports’ antitrust lawsuit against U.S. Soccer and FIFA took a new twist when Relevent Sports agreed to dismiss FIFA from the suit.
Monday morning: What We’re Reading
Mexico and FIFA go back to sports court in decade-long dispute over curbing soccer fans’ gay slurs … FIFA rules may cost MetLife $80M … New Mexico United soccer stadium faces setback.
Monday morning: What We’re Reading
FIFA convictions are imperiled … Emily Fox at Arsenal … Women’s Bundesliga: A league to leave?
The expanded Club World Cup: To hell with player welfare, give us the revenue!
The envious, avaricious eye of FIFA President Gianni Infantino has for several years been wandering to the zeros at the end of the revenue streams generated by UEFA’s successful and globally popular Champions League (UCL). The almost complete […]
A fake FIFA president could be soccer's savior
I interviewed Hope Sogni this morning. In case you haven’t heard of her, she’s running for the FIFA presidency. Sogni is available to answer questions from anybody, no matter where you live, and you can reach […]
FIFA's official film: Putting the Sheen on Qatar 2022
“Written in the Stars: The Official Film of the 2002 World Cup.” Available on FIFA+ (free registration) You went to your cousin’s wedding and you thought you’d done your bit by showing up in your best […]
Indonesia in FIFA talks after U-20 World Cup protests over Israel's entry
On Tuesday, Indonesian president Joko Widodo said that he was sending his country’s soccer association chief to talk with FIFA about its hosting of the Under-20 Men’s World Cup after the draw was nixed following protests […]
What They're Saying: Gianni Infantino
“FIFA is stepping up not just with words but with actions. Unfortunately this is not the case of everyone across the industry. Broadcasters and sponsors have to do more in this respect.” — Gianni Infantino, in […]
Antitrust suit against FIFA and U.S. Soccer revived
More than 16 months after a U.S. District Court judge threw out a lawsuit challenging the authority of FIFA and U.S. Soccer to regulate the soccer market, the case has been revived. The 2nd U.S. Circuit […]