BREAKING: Klay Thompson is expected to sign with the Miami Heat after he clears waivers upon a contract buyout with the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell ESPN.
BREAKING: UEFA sources tell @talkSPORT all 55 Member Associations have decided to boycott the men's and women's World Cups in protest at Gianni Infantino's Fifa Forward Enterprise plans.
UEFA members agreed on an emergency call that began around 2pm today that they will not support any FIFA-run tournament.
🎩 @martynziegler, who first broke the story.
To be clear: Whether it is or isn’t a red to Balogun is now irrelevant. Government interference is a violation of FIFA Article 2 & 15, and the punishment is disqualification and suspension. Nepal was suspended.
This is an admission of the violation.
Red cards are not overturned by political phone calls. They are overturned by rules, evidence and independent bodies. If a U.S. President intervenes with the FIFA President — and a player is suddenly cleared before a World Cup knockout match — the question is unavoidable: Quo vadis, FIFA?
Football must never become a playground for political power. #FIFA #WorldCup #GianniInfantino #DonaldTrump
🚨⚠️ Belgium coach Rudi Garcia: “I didn’t know that at the World Cup as at FIFA the 5th of July is actually the first of April. It’s April Fools”.
“We’re not defending the national team or federation, we are defending football and integrity”.
I had great sympathy for USA journey to get as far as they can at World Cup.
But not like this, I’m sorry.
There has never been any similar precedent.
Changing the rule while a competition is ongoing, in the most important competition on planet.
Just to favour USA.
I thought the Dame trade was the end of me but losing a top 3 player to one of our biggest rivals AFTER witnessing the Knicks win a championship is humiliation to the fullest. Only fanbase we can beef with at that point is Nets and Kings fans
The minute the FO decided they had no interest in giving Jimmy the max they should’ve traded him for assets immediately and start planning on who is the next star to target. Two years is enough time to build assets. These dudes allergic to being proactive