Peter Filopoulos

Managing Director @ Bastion | C-Suite Leader & Board Director | Commercial Growth | Stakeholder Engagement | Policy & Advocacy | Sport, Business & Major Events

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

Excited to be joining Bastion as Managing Director – Experience in April.

Great to spend time with Group CEO Cheuk Chiang kicking things off. Looking forward to building integrated platforms where brand, experience, partnerships and performance come together to drive growth.

Onwards.

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[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

@4totera 👌🏼💪🏼

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

It just dawned on me that the @AustraliaCup is starting tomorrow night. Must have been sleeping under a rock. Can’t wait #MagicOfTheCup

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

64 teams is FIFA chasing more inventory, not better football. 48 already stretched qualifying to breaking point. Ceferin’s right to call it out. Growth for growth’s sake isn’t strategy - it’s dilution

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Gianni Infantino has said FIFA will examine expanding the World Cup by a further 16 nations to a 64-team tournament ahead of its next edition in 2030.

The 2030 tournament will be spread across six nations and three continents: Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay are scheduled to host one match apiece at the start of the competition, with the remaining games split between Morocco, Portugal and Spain.

More from @Millar_Colin

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[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

This just happened at a World Cup. Inexcusable really.

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

Thomas Tuchel was awesome post England match. Whilst fans and players celebrating a win taking them to the semi finals (as they should) Thomas expressed complete dissatisfaction with England’s game. Too many mistakes, not fast enough, technically not good enough, not repetitive enough and made it very hard for themselves. This is what high performance and an elite environment looks like. Always striving to improve and be better. Bravo Thomas. 👏🏼👏🏼

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

@mitchduke8 Congrats Mitchell. You wore the jersey with pride and dignity. All the best 👏🏼🙌🏼💪🏼

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

Making football more affordable is important, but it’s not the silver bullet. We also need to stop viewing football purely as a cost and start recognising its enormous social, economic and participation value. The biggest barriers are infrastructure, access and capacity. As Australia’s largest and fastest-growing participation sport, we need more places to play, not just cheaper fees.

[10 Sport @10SportAU]

"You've got to make football free in this country."

Former Socceroo and 10 Football expert Erik Paartalu says there needs to be changes from the top down in Australian football to see our national teams flourish.

Including making the sport cheaper to play at grassroots to unearth gems from "all walks of life" - do you agree?

For more from the Weekly Kick Off's World Cup show on Sports Tonight, click here: https://t.co/yDkBO7eO8i

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

A really good analysis from @scout_aussie on @football360au. It captures both the excitement and the challenge ahead for the @Socceroos.

The biggest takeaway? Australia has arguably its best young generation in decades, but the next evolution is clear.

The key stat: just one big chance created in four World Cup matches, the second-lowest total at the tournament.

The defensive foundations are there. Now it’s about developing a more proactive, creative attacking identity to unlock the enormous talent coming through. Bring on the Asian Cup #Socceroos

[AussieScout @scout_aussie]

Wrote up a Socceroos World Cup review with a look ahead to the Asian Cup and the next cycle as a whole for @football360au.

Read it here. https://t.co/7UYfXnozjQ

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

@philipdalidakis @neal_symons Congrats Philip.

[FIFA Media @fifamedia]

Statement from the Chairperson of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee - 6 July 2026

🗞️🔗➡️ https://t.co/KqNfqBJZoT

#FIFAWorldCup

[Football on TNT Sports @footballontnt]

Jurgen Klopp was asked about the White House calling FIFA’s Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card 🗣️

[Piers Morgan @piersmorgan]

Wow… very strong statement from UEFA… we’ll be debating this, and England’s historic win, on a new episode of World Cup Uncensored later today.
You won’t want to miss this!

[Martyn Ziegler @martynziegler]

BREAKING: UEFA issues statement slamming FIFA over its decision to lift Balogun suspension for USA's match against Belgium.

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

@FrancisAwartefe Absolutely 💯

[Joseph S Blatter @SeppBlatter]

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

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

England through to the quarter-finals after an epic contest. The bigger question now: has FIFA set a precedent? If the suspension of the USA’s Folarin Balogun could be overturned after his red card, will England now seek the same outcome for Quansah? Or does it only take a call to the FIFA President? 🤔

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨⚠️ OFFICIAL: Belgian Federation statement on Folarin Balogun red card case, saying they are “astonished”.

“The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) is astonished by FIFA's decision to declare suspended United States player Folarin Balogun eligible to play in the USA–Belgium match on Monday, 6 July at 5:00 p.m. (Seattle time).
FIFA bases its decision on Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code.

This provision states that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee may decide to suspend the enforcement of a previously imposed disciplinary sanction.
However, Article 66.4 of the same FIFA Disciplinary Code clearly provides that a red card (sending-off) automatically results in a suspension for the team's next match, as has been the case for all previous red cards issued during this FIFA World Cup.
Furthermore, and irrespective of the above, the decision is in direct contradiction with the provisions of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Competition Regulations, as set out in Article 10.5:
"If a player or team official is sent off as a result of a direct or indirect red card (second caution), they will automatically be suspended from their team's subsequent match. In addition, further sanctions may be imposed.”
The automatic nature of such a suspension was also explicitly reaffirmed in FIFA World Cup 2026 Circular No. 16, which was distributed to all participating member associations on 12 May 2026.
The same rule is reiterated at every FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Coordination Meeting prior to each match and is included in all FIFA World Cup 2026 workshop presentations.

❗️In order to safeguard the legitimate rights of all participating teams and to protect the fundamental principles of fair play in our sport, both at this FIFA World Cup and at future editions of the tournament, the RBFA is investigating all potential options.”

[Peter Filopoulos @peterfilopoulos]

The Boss is in the house. All the best Ange 💪🏼

[AlNassr FC @AlNassrFC_EN]

The first message from the boss 🎙️💛