Fair play to Aleksander Ceferin. He stood up to the Super League and won and has now - very quickly and with no prior warning - assembled a full boycott of FIFA. Very impressive.
New: #dcfc are moving closer to finalising an investment deal with Saudi billionaire Turki Alalshikh. Independent football regulator expected to make final decision next week but there is growing optimism that Derby will receive the green light on a major cash injection https://t.co/cOUbC1byFT
Let me say this very directly.
Football does not belong to investors. It belongs to the people who fill the stands and who stand on the touchline week in, week out, rain or shine.
The World Cup is not a product. It is the greatest competition in world sport, and it was never anyone's to sell. Dress the deal up however you like. Once you have sold a piece of it, you have sold out.
Football belongs to the fans. It always has, and it always will.
BREAKING
Reform had its bank account frozen at height of general election after potentially illegal donations from George Cottrell's mother and Richard Tice
We reveal Arbuthnot Latham, its bank, blocked payments for two weeks after suspect transactions https://t.co/2xPKI827mO
We're delighted to confirm the signing of Filip Bilbija, subject to international clearance. ⚡️🇩🇪
The versatile German attacker has put pen to paper on a three-year deal with the Rams, joining as a free agent following the expiry of his contract with SC Paderborn. 📝
Pour rappel, la sélection haïtienne 🇭🇹 n'a pas eu le droit de jouer avec un maillot qui rappelait symboliquement la bataille de Vertières décisive avant l'indépendance du pays car la FIFA a jugé que cela était un "message politique"
C'est à la carte ou à la volonté de la Maison Blanche désormais la "politisation" à la FIFA...
We watched Trump's dangerous and deranged speech so you don't have to. Here are the moments you need to know about:
— He openly laid groundwork to challenge the midterms. He claimed our elections were "compromised," clearly setting up the justification to tamper with results before a single vote is counted.
— He said he'll "correct vulnerabilities" in our elections. Translation: he told you exactly what he plans to interfere with.
— He contradicted himself on China in real time. He first claimed China was "working to influence" and "undermining confidence" in him, then said he was doing a "great job" with them back when he made the claim. He couldn't keep his own conspiracy straight.
— He claimed China rigged the 2020 election, this time by getting journalists to write bad stories about him, because China supposedly wanted Biden to win since Trump was "wise to them."
— He said they found "burn bags" from the Obama Administration full of supposedly incriminating material, without ever saying what was actually in them.
— He said he needs "urgent measures" to stop our elections from being "hacked," citing Maduro's rigged machines in Venezuela in 2020 as his "evidence."
— He attacked networks for not airing him live, accusing them of being "part of the conspiracy to rig elections" and suggesting they should lose their broadcast licenses.
— He announced he wants to seize voter data from states he's deemed "vulnerable" ahead of the midterms.
This was a sitting president telegraphing, step by step, how he plans to undermine the 2026 midterms with egregious lies and conspiracy theories.
Giovani Lo Celso has brought out a banner saying ‘Las Malvinas son Argentinas’ — ‘The Malvinas are Argentine.’
He held it with Nicolas Otamendi and then briefly put it away before laying it out on the pitch at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Las Malvinas is the term used in Argentina for the Falkland Islands, a British dependency which lies about 300 miles (480 km) off the east coast of mainland Argentina.
In 1982, Argentina’s military government invaded in an attempt to take the territory from the United Kingdom. The conflict lasted from April 2 to June 14 and ended with an Argentine surrender. In all, three civilians, 255 British and 649 Argentine troops died.
The Athletic has contacted FIFA for comment.
England 1-2 Argentina live blog: https://t.co/V6vsfDZJWj
🚨🇦🇷 NEW: The Vice President of Argentina has urged the national team “to claim what’s ours” and “put the brakes on the invaders” ahead of the England-Argentina Semi Final
We have completed the signing of defender Charlie Taylor. ✍️
The 32-year-old left-back joins on a one-year deal, adding extensive Premier League and Championship experience to our ranks. 💪
Fun fact. The Falklands islands have never belonged to Argentina nor was ever settled by Argentina.
It’s been a British territory, named since 1765 when claimed by an expedition by Captain John Byron for George 3rd.
It has been British longer than America has existed.