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.
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Monday morning: What We’re Reading
FIFA convictions are imperiled … Emily Fox at Arsenal … Women’s Bundesliga: A league to leave?
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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 lack of public interest in FIFA’s Club World Cup (a seven-team tournament currently taking place in Saudi Arabia, the […]
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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 her online here. These are some of the themes we discussed: SA: What can FIFA do to increase transparency […]
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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 suit. Now it’s one year later and you’re sitting at Aunt Jennifer’s dinner table. Do you want to see […]
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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 over Israel’s participation. The two countries do not have formal diplomatic relations, and support for the Palestinian cause in […]
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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 his address following his re-election as FIFA president, on the disparity in revenues for the men’s and women’s World […]
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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 Court of Appeals ruled Relevent Sports (owned by Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross) could move forward with its case […]
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Women's World Cup hosts want 'urgent' answers over Saudi sponsorship
Co-hosts New Zealand and Australia said Thursday that they “urgently” want answers from FIFA over a report that Saudi Arabia’s tourist board will sponsor the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Visit Saudi is reportedly poised to be named among the sponsors of the 32-team soccer tournament to be held in New Zealand and Australia from July […]
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Uncovering FIFA's all very well, but what about the future?
REVIEW: FIFA Uncovered (Netflix documentary, 4 episodes) If you want to remind yourself just how insanely corrupt world soccer’s governing body FIFA has been since the mid 1970s, then the new four-part Netflix documentary, “FIFA Uncovered,” is a very well re-constructed history from the time that Joao Havelange took over the FIFA presidency in 1974, […]