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Amazing that FIFA created a tax free bubble during the World Cup in South Africa.

They're basically now allowing the USA govt free reign to do what they wish.

[Maher Mezahi @MezahiMaher]

The US denying entry to Somali referee Omar Artan feels like a sign of things to come

'Just' an official today, but it's an open secret the Trump admin has blocked visas for athletes like Algerian boxer Imane Khelif

With the 2028 Olympics around the corner, this could get worse

[Michael Talks Football @talks_michael]

New matchups we will see at the World Cup
South Korea🇰🇷 vs South Africa 🇿🇦
Canada🇨🇦 vs Bosnia🇧🇦
Haiti🇭🇹 vs Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Haiti🇭🇹 vs Morocco🇲🇦
Germany🇩🇪 vs Curacao🇨🇼
Côte d'Ivoire🇨🇮 vs Ecuador🇪🇨
Ecuador🇪🇨vs Curacao🇨🇼
Côte d'Ivoire🇨🇮 vs Curacao🇨🇼
Belgium🇧🇪 vs New Zealand🇳🇿

[Square One Football @squareoneftbl]

@ars3423 @Solomon14_Eb @Cianevans280702 Not classed as a host nation because none of the games are in Northern Ireland.

[Football Rankings @FootRankings]

🆕 14 DEBUTANTS in 2026/27 European competitions:

🇮🇹 Como
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bournemouth
🇵🇹 Torreense
🇧🇪 Sint-Truiden
🇸🇪 Mjällby
🇷🇸 Železničar Pančevo
🇺🇦 LNZ Cherkasy
🇸🇮 Aluminij
🇮🇸 Vestri
🇰🇿 Yelimay
🇦🇱 AF Elbasani
🇱🇺 Atert Bissen
🇱🇺 Mondorf-Les-Bains
🇧🇾 ML Vitebsk

[UEFA Obscura @UEFAObscura]

🇬🇮 The last time Gibraltar scored four or more goals in a match was against Portsmouth FC in 2012.

In fact, every one of Gibraltar’s previous 4+ goal games came before they became a FIFA-recognised nation in 2013.

Since joining FIFA, Gibraltar had never scored four goals against FIFA opposition, until a 4-0 victory over the British Virgin Islands was followed by a 4-1 win against the Cayman Islands this week.

Before this international break, Gibraltar had scored just 39 goals in their recognised history.

After scoring eight this week, 17% of every goal Gibraltar have ever scored has come in the space of just three days.

[The Sweeper @SweeperPod]

🏆 Yes, yes, we know you're excited for the World Cup - but wait until you hear about the Baltic Cup, a biennial international tournament featuring Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia that kicks off today.

The trio will be joined by guest participant the Faroe Islands, who will be taking part in the oldest still-active international football competition on the continent (first edition: 1928) for the second time.

[Square One Football @squareoneftbl]

#Italia90

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#Italia90

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#Italia90

[The International Window @windowintlpod]

We did our best to keep track of a revolving door, so as far as we know these are the national teams who are not in action this window:

AFC: 🇲🇴🇲🇾🇳🇵🇰🇵🇹🇲🇹🇼🇦🇪🇻🇳
CAF: 🇨🇬🇹🇩🇨🇲🇩🇯🇪🇷🇬🇦🇬🇼🇱🇾🇳🇦🇸🇨🇸🇩🇸🇴🇸🇹🇸🇸🇸🇿🇿🇲
CONCACAF: 🇦🇮🇦🇬🇧🇸🇧🇿🇧🇧🇨🇺🇩🇲🇬🇵🇬🇫🇬🇾🇱🇨🇲🇸🇲🇶🇰🇳🇫🇷🇸🇷🇹🇨🇻🇨🇻🇮
OFC: 🇦🇸🇨🇰🇳🇨🇵🇬🇼🇸🇸🇧🇵🇫🇹🇴

🇺🇬🇹🇿🇲🇬🇷🇼 were scheduled to play in Morocco, but health concerns closed them down and they also will not play.

[Out of Context Football Manager @nocontextfm1]

How many wonderkids every country at the World Cup has:

🇰🇷 South Korea - 0
🇺🇸 USA - 0
🇨🇼 Curacao - 0
🇯🇵 Japan - 0
🇳🇿 New Zealand - 0
🇨🇻 Cape Verde - 0
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 0
🇺🇾 Uruguay - 0
🇮🇶 Iraq - 0
🇳🇴 Norway - 0
🇦🇷 Argentina - 0
🇨🇴 Colombia - 0
🇨🇩 DR Congo - 0
🇵🇹 Portugal - 0
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England - 0
🇵🇦 Panama - 0
🇨🇿 Czech Republic - 1 (Hugo Sochurek)
🇨🇭 Switzerland - 1 (Johan Manzambi)
🇶🇦 Qatar - 1 (Tahsin Jamshid)
🇿🇦 South Africa - 1 (Mbekezeli Mbokazi)
🇨🇦 Canada - 1 (Luc de Fougerolles)
🇭🇹 Haiti - 1 (Keeto Thermoncy)
🇵🇾 Paraguay - 1 (Alexandro Maidana)
🇹🇷 Turkey - 1 (Can Uzun)
🇪🇨 Ecuador - 1 (Kendry Paez)
🇩🇪 Germany - 1 (Lennart Karl)
🇳🇱 Netherlands - 1 (Jorrel Hato)
🇸🇪 Sweden - 1 (Lucas Bergvall)
🇹🇳 Tunisia - 1 (Rayan Elloumi)
🇧🇪 Belgium - 1 (Mike Penders)
🇪🇬 Egypt - 1 (Hamza Abdelkarim)
🇮🇷 Iran - 1 (Amirmohammad Razzaghinia)
🇫🇷 France - 1 (Warren Zaire-Emery)
🇩🇿 Algeria - 1 (Ibrahim Maza)
🇦🇹 Austria - 1 (Paul Wanner)
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - 1 (Bekhruz Karimov)
🇭🇷 Croatia - 1 (Luka Vuskovic)
🇬🇭 Ghana - 1 (Caleb Yirenkyi)
🇲🇽 Mexico - 2 (Obed Vargas, Gilberto Mora)
🇧🇷 Brazil - 2 (Endrick, Rayan)
🇦🇺 Australia - 2 (Nestory Irankunda, Lucas Herrington)
🇪🇸 Spain - 2 (Lamine Yamal, Pay Cubarsi)
🇸🇳 Senegal - 2 (Bara Sapoko Ndiaye, Ibrahim Mbaye)
🇯🇴 Jordan - 2 (Odeh Al-Fakhouri, Ibrahim Sabra)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland - 3 (Findlay Curtis, Ben Gannon-Doak, Tyler Fletcher)
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 3 (Mladen Jurkas, Kerim Alajbegovic, Nidal Celik)
🇲🇦 Morocco - 3 (Ayyoub Bouaddi, Samir El Mourabet, Gessime Yassine)
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast - 3 (Yan Diomande, Bazoumana Toure, Christ Inao Oulai)

[The Sweeper @SweeperPod]

🏆 The 2026 edition of the CONIFA European Football Championship, a biennial tournament for teams with no UEFA or FIFA affiliation, kicks off today in Insubria, a cross-border region between Italy & Switzerland.

The participants in Group A are Padania, Raetia and Greenland, while Group B consists of Canton Ticino, Rouet Provence and Northern Cyprus.

[Uri Levy @Levyninho]

75 out of the 1,248 players who will play in the upcoming World Cup were born in France, but will represent other national teams.

Together with France’s own squad, that’s almost 100 players in the tournament who were born in France. That’s about 8% of all World Cup players. Insane.

There is no other country that produces more national team players in this tournament than France. Most of them, by the way, come from Paris and its suburbs.

[Square One Football @squareoneftbl]

Such a good graphic 🌎

[Jaime F. Macias @Jaimefmacias]

Los 289 jugadores que no representarán a su país de nacimiento en el Mundial