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States of Play: making sense of football’s descent into the morass

In charting the game’s transformation into a geopolitical weapon, new book serves an urgent and crucial purpose

The Guardian - UK

Oceania looks to Australia for new Pacific League

As World Cup qualifying resumes in Oceania, global football's minnows have also invited participation from Australia in a new professional Pacific league.

AAP

The World Cup meetings which saw Sepp Blatter’s Nobel Peace Prize dream turn to a nightmare

Now 88, Blatter’s ban from holding a Fifa position ends in 2027 after he served as president of the organisation for 17 years

The Independent UK

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How Donald Trump and the election changed the direction of football

THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: The president-elect will be in power when the USA co-hosts the 2026 World Cup and, as Miguel Delaney writes, has already played a key role in Saudi Arabia’s future plans for the game

The Independent UK

Talent, Toil And Pleasing Kim Bring N. Korea Women's Football Glory

Talent, discipline and a desire to please leader Kim Jong Un have helped propel North Korea's youth footballers to two Women's World Cup crowns in a matter of weeks, experts say.

International Business Times

Michael O’Neill urges Northern Ireland to build on momentum of Bulgaria win

Northern Ireland host Belarus a week on Friday before travelling to Luxembourg for their final Nations League fixture on November 18.

The Independent UK

Saudi oil and betting firms? Women’s football must not lose its moral compass

Investment is needed to maintain growth but recent deals go against the values women’s game has worked hard on

The Guardian - UK

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Real Madrid is so popular, Real Madrid vs. Real Madrid outranks nearly every other matchup in EA Sports FC 25

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PC Gamer

Weston-super-Mare’s heartbreak, Arsène Wenger and the debate over football governance

Decision to scrap FA Cup replays reopens discussion about what buckles next in an increasingly unsustainable calendar

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s created an internal shitstorm’: turmoil at UK law firm accused of ‘whitewashing’ Saudi World Cup report

Sources say key people at Clifford Chance were not consulted, as it emerges another company refused job due to reputational concerns

The Guardian - UK

Jamaica FA falsely claims women’s team coach was cleared of alleged sexual misconduct

Hubert Busby has returned to his former post with his employers saying he was cleared of allegations against him. That does not appear to be the case

The Guardian - US

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Fifa accused of contributing to ‘very serious’ human rights abuses in damning new report

The sport’s governing body has been accused of ‘a lack of transparency’, under mounting pressure amid pushback on the expanded Club World Cup and Saudi Arabia’s growing influence

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia World Cup bid report accused of ‘whitewashing’ rights abuses

Law firm AS&H Clifford Chance failed to include alleged abuse of migrant workers in assessment for Fifa 2034 bid, say rights groups

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‘One big mess’: Fifa not fit to govern football, claims human rights group

Fifa is not fit to govern and should be the subject of widespread reform, a new report from advocacy group FairSquare has argued

The Guardian - UK

Fifa in dispute with Adidas and Coca-Cola over Club World Cup sponsorship

Fifa is in dispute with its long-term partners Adidas and Coca-Cola over sponsorship rights for next year’s Club World Cup in the United States

The Independent UK

VAR will be sponsored at Fifa’s new Club World Cup - but broadcast deals still missing

The tournament starts in little more than half a year and Fifa have no TV agreements in place

The Guardian - UK

Saudi Arabia’s World Cup bid gathers pace – but at what cost to human life?

After the horrors in Qatar we are somehow heading for an even bigger scale of tragedy for migrant workers in the run-up to Saudi Arabia 2034

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The Conversation

Is FIFA’s sponsorship deal with a Saudi-owned oil giant really ‘a middle finger’ to women’s soccer?

Athletes’ voices are a necessity in the matrix of good sports governance, a message reinforced at last week’s annual Australia New Zealand Sports Law Association conference in Sydney, attended by some of the world’s best – and busiest – sports lawyers.

Sports Illustrated

USWNT Predicted Lineup vs. Iceland: International Friendly in Nashville

On Sunday, Emma Hayes's USWNT will play at Geodis Park in the second of three friendlies during the October FIFA window.

The Guardian - UK

Marcel Desailly: ‘I don’t know if I was a star, but I’m now a legend’

The World Cup winner shows Jonathan Liew that he has a firm grip on the game’s pulse and praises those players taking on the right in his native France

The National (Scotland)

Ex-top FIFA ref says Rangers Europa official made TWO mistakes amid Butland howler

A former top FIFA ref has slammed the Rangers FCSB official, citing TWO mistakes during phase of play that chopped off opening goal

FourFourTwo

How to watch England v Germany from anywhere in the world

England v Germany will see the rivalry re-ignited at Wembley

The Guardian - UK

The regulator is coming – but is football even governable any more?

Modern club owners, from states to oligarchs, have the financial might to bully the body into submission

The Guardian - UK

Pitches imperfect and bus blues: player fury at 17-day Libertadores Femenina

A congested schedule, last-minute venue changes and empty stands all marred what is supposed to be the pinnacle of South American women’s club football

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