FIFA officials turning on Gianni Infantino. Now FIFA’s chief operating officer Kevin Lamour tells Graham Dunbar @AP that he feels staff were “deceived” by Infantino’s lack of openness over inviting venture capitalists to take stakes in the World Cup and staff “deserve better than contempt and intimidation”. Lamour adds via AP that, “It is the project of one person. Not only must this project not go ahead…but the time has now come for football political leaders to ask themselves the right questions and make the right decisions.”
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Day 4 of the Top 50 Players list!
There’s a LOT of different ways you can order 21-50, but I don think my Top 20 will be extremely controversial.
Think Matthews will bounce back and non ball knowers will sleep on Fox like always.
"England had Argentina EXACTLY where they should have wanted them." 😔
@Tim_Vickery says Thomas Tuchel's substitutions were to blame for their defeat to Argentina 💔
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The Belgians, however, continue to fire warning shots.
They say they continue to contest the “eligibility” of Balogun and say they have told US Soccer they reserve all options if he is on the team sheet tonight.
FIFA sources confirm there is no mechanism to appeal a World Cup red card in their Disciplinary Code. Which seems quite surreal. But it means Balogun will not be able to play Belgium.
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The crux of the decision facing Utah: If they match Barrett Hayton's offer sheet from New Jersey, they're not allowed to trade for one year, which would walk him right to unrestricted free agency next summer.
The Egyptian and Iranian Football Associations have reportedly informed FIFA that their teams will walk off the pitch immediately if any of their players or staff are subjected to unauthorized LGBTQ-related symbols or displays.
The full Terrion Arnold story, according to Tampa Police, is stunning:
Police say this all started after Terrion Arnold and several others had property stolen from an Airbnb Arnold rented in Largo in early February. Investigators say Arnold believed some of the eventual victims were responsible, even though police later determined they were not involved in that theft.
On February 3, police say Arnold and Boakai Hilton — who investigators say helped coordinate the alleged setup — directed Arianna Del Valle and Jasmine Randazzo to contact one of the victims and lure him to an apartment in Tampa.
Around midnight on February 4, investigators say the victims arrived at the apartment. Once they entered a bedroom, police say Christion Williams and Lyndell Hudson — who had been hiding in a closet — jumped out, grabbed the victims, held them at gunpoint, and attacked them.
Investigators say the incident was streamed to Arnold, Hilton, and Freddie Hughes while they were traveling to the apartment. Police also say there was a group chat involving the defendants, and that Arnold and Hilton gave directions through that chat while the attack was happening.
About an hour later, police say Arnold arrived at the apartment with Hilton, Hughes, and another person, and that he directed them to go inside while the robbery was still going on. Investigators say property was stolen from the victims during the attack.
At around 1:40 a.m., police say the victims were escorted out of the apartment by armed suspects and forced into their vehicle before leaving the scene. Police say Del Valle, Williams, and another individual then got into a vehicle driven by Arnold and left the area.
The victims later reported the incident to Tampa Police and identified the suspects. After search warrants were executed and the investigation continued, detectives arrested multiple people in the case over the following weeks.
Police say Arnold was the primary conspirator in the alleged robbery/kidnapping plot. He turned himself in Wednesday night and is now facing 4 counts of kidnapping and 4 counts of armed robbery.
Jonathan Toews is hanging up his skates. The Winnipeg Jets have scheduled an 11am CT press conference for Friday (tomorrow), where Toews will announce his retirement.
3 Cups. 1,149 career games. 912 points. 2010 Conn Smythe winner. 2013 Selke winner. 2015 Messier Awards. Great career.