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FIFA & DAZN Agree $1bn Deal Over 2025 Club World Cup

FIFA and DAZN have agreed a staggering $1 billion deal over the broadcasting rights to the 2025 Club World Cup.

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FIFA agrees free-to-view broadcast deal with DAZN for Club World Cup 2025

British streaming service DAZN has agreed a deal with FIFA to broadcast the 2025 Club World Cup.

The National (Scotland)

FIFA To Reveal Club World Cup Draw Amid Apathy, Legal Threats

The draw for the expanded FIFA Club World Cup takes place in Miami on Thursday, offering a first glimpse into the fine detail of a tournament that has been viewed with indifference or even outright hostility across parts of the football world.

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FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Prize Money Breakdown

Analysis of the FIFA Club World 2025 and the prize money that participating teams and the winner will receive.

Sports Illustrated

Migrant workers face ‘cycle of abuse’ in Saudi Arabia before World Cup, UN told

ITUC-Africa has raised ‘severe concerns’ over labour practices in Saudi Arabia and has called on the Confederation of African Football to press Fifa on its human rights commitments

The Guardian - UK

The ‘mistake’ that is Fifa’s Club World Cup looms large. But will it even happen?

Sponsors and broadcasters are biding their time while the players’ union has filed a lawsuit over plans for 2025 event

The Guardian - UK

Saudi Arabia’s World Cup: how close could Fifa get to corporate manslaughter?

In a country where thousands of migrant workers have died since 2016 a huge building project lies ahead. December’s coronation will stand as surely the most wretched, bloody, damaging act in the history of global organised sport

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Gianni Infantino to dodge spotlight with 2026 World Cup draw held virtually

The 54-year-old Fifa president has been put under pressure to explain a number of controversial recent decisions

The Guardian - UK

Football beats Tyson to the punch in the world of shameful publicity stunts

In today’s Football Daily: The Argentinian top flight gets busy influencing

The Guardian - UK

What kind of host will Donald Trump be for the World Cup and Olympics?

The president-elect could spark tension between the culturally open cities staging events and a national government promoting insularity

The Guardian - US

FIFA and IOC hold different track records with Trump ahead of World Cup and Olympics in US

The two biggest events in world sports are coming to America

The Independent UK

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

‘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

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

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The Guardian - UK

‘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 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

FourFourTwo

Saudi oil sponsorship: Why have more than 100 women's footballers opposed the deal?

106 women's footballers from 24 different countries have signed an open letter opposing the sponsorship deal

The Independent UK

Fresh allegations bring renewed scrutiny on Saudi state involvement in Newcastle takeover

Leaked WhatsApp messages appear to contradict the ‘legally binding assurances’ of separation between the Public Investment Fund and the Saudi state

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The Guardian - UK

Fasten your seatbelts because Gianni Infantino is at it again

In today’s Football Daily: Shock news before Bigger Club World Cup

Sports Illustrated

Inter Miami Qualifies For the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

Inter Miami booked its place in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup following its win over New England Revolution.

The Independent UK

Rwanda shrugs off 'sportswashing' criticism in pursuit of a winning development formula

He may be the president of a small, landlocked state in central Africa, but Paul Kagame has always had outsize dreams

The Independent UK

Players and leagues accuse Fifa of ‘abuse’ in landmark legal battle over football calendar

The newly expanded Club World Cup has proved a tipping point for action as Fifpro and Europe’s major leagues launch their case against Fifa and how it regulates the game

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FIFA Urged For Human Rights Scrutiny In Saudi World Cup

FIFA urged to ensure Saudi Arabia meets human rights obligations as 2034 World Cup host. Concerns raised over migrant workers' conditions and human rights ...

The Independent UK

FIFA urged to put more human rights scrutiny into 2034 World Cup deal with Saudi Arabia

In two months' time FIFA is set to confirm Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 World Cup

The Guardian - UK

Fifa is ‘ignoring human rights report’ into Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup bid

Lawyers identified four areas Saudis are breaching Fifa policies but they have had no response from world governing body after five months

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