Includes the punchline “sounds like someone’s about to become the FIFA Secretary of Homeland Security”. That peace prize has turned "FIFA" into an adjective meaning silly and of no value.
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"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano
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New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social. I wish to express thanks and my admiration to Zohreh Abdollahkhani, who found the courage and the strength to write this heart-rending piece, commissioned before Iran was attacked by the US and Israel.
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A decade-long zone so flooded that some of the highlights had been forgotten.
Olympic Truce breached by the next Olympics host nation and holder of the FIFA peace prize.
At Crans-Montana, in World Cup ski race week that is why the Swiss resort should be famous. The mood is subdued and respectful of the community's trauma since the New Year's Day fire tragedy. The time for celebration should be the world championships next year. apnews.com/article/skii...
Maybe Britain is totally broken after all.
Separate from Senegal, some of Morocco’s conduct around a home Afcon final – from ball kids to asking CAF, FIFA to re-litigate a ref’s field of play decisions – isn't really worthy of a future World Cup co-host.
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A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
Donald Trump and the European football economy. The falling US dollar value early last year put a $55M foreign exchange loss into UEFA’s annual accounts.
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UEFA confirms PSG’s 144.4M euros/$168M topped the Champions League prize money list in last season’s richer new format. 7 teams got 100M euros compared to 5 in the final season of 32-team, group-stage format. Also, a pay freeze last season for UEFA president Ceferin.
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The Olympic women’s downhill on Sunday, Feb. 8 with 41-year-old Lindsey Vonn looks the must-see event, at least until a Canada-USA ice hockey medal game becomes a series of 20-player brawls.
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Checking the Winter Olympics schedule to see what might bring Donald Trump to Italy, and there is men’s ice hockey on the middle Saturday, Valentine’s Day…
Enough to buy AC Milan again just for fun?
Coaches who were fired from their jobs this season - Mourinho, Solskjaer, Ten Hag, Amorim.
"Cancel all influencer tickets" has a nice ring to it.
about 500 per team per game
If FIFA listened to real world fans in the first place then this damage limitation would not have been needed. It still remains a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of $21 tickets pledged by the co-host FAs when bidding years ago. apnews.com/article/fifa...
Something worked today. A massive climbdown by FIFA and now there will be some $60 tickets for every game, including the World Cup final, for the most loyal fans of the teams playing in those games.
Who can say in which order McTominay, Tierney and McLean will go 1-2-3 in next year's Puskas Award voting? Until then... www.fifa.com/en/the-best-...
FIFA hosting in Qatar all member federations now on these many newly created committees about a year before the next presidential election campaign. Also an ideal chance to raise the subject of World Cup ticket prices.
One week after the World Cup draw, now the teams' most loyal fans have been hit with their ticket price list, and FIFA has united the world in outrage. Some achievement.
Lindsey Vonn is a truly amazing athlete. apnews.com/article/skii...
Russia making real progress in sports politics without making any concessions in real world politics. apnews.com/article/ioc-...
On Egypt-Iran anger at Seattle for having to play during PrideFest, also in Seattle 2 days earlier is Qatar and that game can be vs. Wales. Rainbow-tinged karma for 2022? Also having Pride festivals each June - Madrid and Lisbon. So, more of this at 2030 World Cup.
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Ahead of World Cup draw, recall when the FAs in US, Canada, Mexico bid in 2018 their aim/promise was to sell 7% of tickets – about 5,000 in each stadium – in lowest category priced at $21 in group stage. For the final, $128. FIFA did it differently.
Recall that the White House task force leader Andrew Guiliani already called it the MAGA-FIFA World Cup.
A college freshman trying to fly from Boston to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving was deported to Honduras in violation of a court order.
If FIFA has been unable to get a visa to enter the US for a member of its own competitions organizing committee, it doesn't bode well for fans at the World Cup. apnews.com/article/iran...
Occam’s Razor seems to agree.
