Craig Foster

Former @socceroos • Broadcaster @stansportfc EPL, Champions League • AM, LLB, HonLLD • •

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has visited Gaza aid operations in Egypt, touring the Rafah crossing and Red Crescent warehouses to see how supplies are coordinated.

The 41-year-old has spoken out about ending conflicts and supporting those in need.

[World Food Programme @WFP]

#Sudan faces one of the world’s worst hunger crises. Half the population needs humanitarian help.

Yet as the crisis deepens, the world’s attention is fading and funding for humanitarian response is shrinking.

Today, funding is the single biggest constraint on WFP’s response.

[United Nations @UN]

“Fossil fuel interests keep making a killing - while killing our planet.”

At the #COP31 Climate Conference in Türkiye, @antonioguterres demands that those who profit most from fossil fuels must help foot the bill for the damage they have caused.

“Polluters must pay.”

[Match of the Day @BBCMOTD]

The verdict ⏬

The Key Match Incidents Panel voted 4:1 that a penalty should have been awarded on the field when Jurrien Timber pulled Alexander Isak's shirt, with a 3:2 vote that the VAR should have intervened and sent the referee to the pitchside monitor.

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

At #COP31, the Netherlands announced it would invest up to $500 ​million in the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, an initiative that could play a key role in tackling tropical deforestation.

This is a major step towards protecting the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems and the rights of millions. https://t.co/qGm08XvCBR

[Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign @GMJCampaign]

BREAKING: Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani wins the 2026 Magnitsky Award: Outstanding Human Rights Activist.

An Iranian martial arts and boxing champion and coach, he is on death row for taking part in anti-government protests and supporting the political opposition.

#MagnitskyAwards

[Minky Worden @MinkysHighjinks]

“For global football, never waste a good crisis, I say”—@UEFA’s @LauraMcAllister on @FIFAcom governance crisis, speaking at @SportandRights #SCF26 on #HumanRights and responsible sports w/@RobHarris.

“If you ask yourself why we are in this position in football, I think you can trace it to a few things: sport generally has kind of accepted the status as being exceptional—that it doesn't have to abide by the rules and regulations of other sectors. And I think that was always problematic.”

https://t.co/1X3VEbr3Yu

[Telegraph Football @TeleFootball]

EXCLUSIVE: Gianni Infantino faces congressional subpoenas within weeks as his most powerful US critic expands investigations into Fifa’s ties with Donald Trump.

Senior Fifa insiders, speaking to The Telegraph on condition of anonymity, say legal demands to give evidence are likely as soon as January.

@Tom_Morgs and @connorstringer report ⤵️
https://t.co/BNMPagNwZ9

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

The United States has failed for the second time to participate in its United Nations Universal Periodic Review, setting a troubling and unprecedented record in the UPR’s nearly 20-year history.

UN member states should ensure there are consequences for the United States’ persistent non-cooperation. https://t.co/gPZfmZz9sc

[Craig Foster @Craig_Foster]

The game needs reform.

Not collaboration with a flawed system of governance that keeps placing the game in peril of being sold off, undermined, corrupted, red cards being overturned, and World Cup integrity placed in question.

The players need to push and shape reform.

Not shake hands.

[FIFPRO @FIFPRO]

FIFPRO and FIFA are working together to reinforce collaboration between their regional confederations and divisions as part of a new inclusive and progressive era of professional football governance.

Learn more: https://t.co/VkKdOFJua3

[Craig Foster @Craig_Foster]

‘“The decision to withdraw the project was absolutely necessary and beyond question, because I firmly believe in an independent FIFA that serves our game with commitment, transparency, and integrity,” Wenger’s statement added.’

Commitment, transparency and integrity are much abused terms in football.

Any respected figure from the field of play must use their power to protect the game’s best interests at all times, not just when it’s easy, and especially when it carries personal or professional risk.

Because their risk is less than others without that reputational shield.

That’s the true measure of commitment, transparency and integrity.

https://t.co/haIKLrnq09

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

At least five Palestinians, including four children, have been killed after a sand embankment collapsed onto tents sheltering displaced families in Gaza.

A resident recounted digging with his bare hands to try and rescue people.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/tdBpcvLIjn

[James Elder @1james_elder]

Nowhere for children to hide: Drones in Sudan

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Heavy rains in recent days have flooded tents across the Gaza Strip – the latest threat to children’s lives.

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Manchester United intend to relieve Michael Carrick of duties. #MUFC say no final decision & nothing set in stone but work undertaken on replacements + multiple sources anticipate change before Liverpool. W/ @lauriewhitwell @AdamCrafton_ @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/E1W3QbGYx1

[Jacob Whitehead @jwhitey98]

New: UN investigators find that the UAE hired Colombian mercenaries to fight in Sudan's civil war.

Amid ongoing PL case, this, from May, looks at why there are calls for #MCFC owner Sheikh Mansour to face sanctions over his alleged role in the conflict:

https://t.co/dLKsgq2bSc

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

There are 3.5 billion people around the world whose lives have already been affected by sea level rise and other coastal hazards.

In some communities, populations have been forced to flee their homes.

At #COP31, the 31st UN Climate Change Conference, we urge governments participating to urgently act to protect relocating communities.

[FIFPRO @FIFPRO]

Lamine Yamal becomes the first player in history to make the FIFPRO #World11 twice as a teenager 🏆2️⃣

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

The world is not running out of climate warnings. It is running out of excuses. After more than 30 years of climate negotiations, governments can no longer hide behind promises of future action or avoid confronting their fossil fuel industry allies.

The climate crisis is not a failure of knowledge, but a failure of political courage. It is time to break the stranglehold of corporate power over political decision-making and end the fossil fuel era before it ends us.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Let us #PrayTogether for the proper use of wealth, that not succumbing to the temptation of selfishness,
it may always be put at the service the common good and solidarity of those who have less. Be a part of this prayer: https://t.co/1ZBHfoUbYl #PrayerIntention @clicktopray_en