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FIFA scrap Visit Saudi sponsorship of the 2023 Women's World Cup after public backlash

Following a backlash from fans, high-profile players and the co-hosts themselves, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed the Visit Saudi sponsorship deal will not be going ahead.

ABC News

Fabio Paratici's stance on Mauricio Pochettino as Antonio Conte set for Tottenham exit

JOHN CROSS COLUMN: Tottenham are hugely unlikely to extend Antonio Conte's contract and in-the-spotlight football director Fabio Paratici is identifying managerial replacements

Daily Mirror

Thursday briefing: The numbers that say it’s not ‘game over’ for Rishi Sunak in 2024 … yet

In today’s newsletter: His personal ratings may be surprisingly high, but his party faces a general election wipeout – can Sunak change his party’s fortune?

The Guardian - UK

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Can a National Second Division connect and correct Australian football's 'broken' pyramid?

After yet more criticism from a foreign head coach, Football Australia is finally correcting a major structural problem that has held the domestic game back, writes Samantha Lewis.

ABC News

Door open for Sydney United to join second-tier: FA

Football Australia chief James Johnson says the door remains open for Sydney United 58 to join a national second-tier competition despite past racist incidents.

AAP

Women’s World Cup hosts urge Fifa to reject Visit Saudi sponsorship

Football Australia and New Zealand Football, the co-hosts of this summer’s tournament, have said they would not be ‘comfortable’ with the partnership due to human rights concerns

The Independent UK

Soccer's second-tier attracts 32 interested clubs

Some 32 soccer clubs have expressed an interest in joining a national second-tier competition in Australia.

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Players must be free to speak on social issues, says Football Australia CEO

Australia will co-host this summer’s Women’s World Cup with New Zealand.

The Independent UK

Everything we know so far about the Ja Morant – Pacers incident, which allegedly may have included a gun

The NBA could not corroborate that any individual threatened others with a weapon.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Socceroos boss Graham Arnold lays out vision for Australian football following reappointment

Following his appointment as head coach until after the 2026 World Cup, Graham Arnold reveals out his plans for Australian football — and he needs the government's help.

ABC News

Football Australia hands down final ruling on Melbourne Victory's show cause notice after A-League Men pitch invasion

Football Australia chief executive James Johnson delivers the final determination and punishment after the Melbourne Derby pitch invasion.

ABC News

Tory plans for anti-strike law covering NHS and teachers ‘wrong and illegal’, says TUC – as it happened

The proposed legislation aims to enforce ‘minimum service levels’ in six key public services

The Guardian - UK

A-Leagues, fans 'must reach GF resolution'

A-Leagues fans remain disgruntled by the APL selling the next three years' grand finals to Sydney, with Football Australia urging the parties to come together.

AAP

Two lifetime bans issued by Football Australia as police charge more people over A-League violence

Victoria Police says 13 people have been charged with offences and 20 people involved in a violent pitch invasion on Saturday have been identified. Two men have been banned from football for life.

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The Guardian - AU

Three men charged over mass pitch invasion at A-League Men Melbourne derby

Melbourne Victory could be hit with heavy sanctions for the behaviour of their fans

The Guardian - AU

Two men come forward in search for Melbourne A-League pitch invaders, police say

An ‘angry and irritated’ FA boss declares ‘there is no place in our sport for this’

ABC News

Football Australia chief executive James Johnson says organisation will weed pitch invaders out of football

As the dust settles on one of the darkest days in Australian football history, FA chief executive James Johnson promises rapid action against the Melbourne pitch invaders.

AAP

Matildas based in Brisbane for WC titlt

Football Australia says Matildas players were consulted before deciding to base the team in Brisbane for the duration of next year's Women's World Cup.

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Daily Mirror

'I dye my toddler's food blue to get him to eat it - trolls mock me but it works'

Brianne Cahoon had to get creative in the kitchen when her blue-obsessed toddler refused all foods of different colours - but her daughter is freaked out by the tactic

The Guardian - AU

Australian government continues talks over human rights with Qatar at World Cup

The federal minister for sport, Anika Wells, says the Australian government has opted to engage with rather than snub Qatar over its controversy-plagued World Cup

AAP

Australia stops short of FIFA boss support

Football Australia has baulked at whether it will vote for FIFA's embattled president as European nations heighten protests at the World Cup in Qatar.

The Guardian - UK

Jackson Irvine unsure of the merits of OneLove armbands at World Cup

The midfielder said the LGBTQ+ community think message is ‘vague’ while Football Australia was noncommittal on Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid

The Guardian - AU

UK Tory leadership contest: what we know so far about the race to be the next PM

Boris Johnson dropped out of the race, and Rishi Sunak has secured at least 165 supporters

Wales Online

Hair stylist is first man to appear in an Ann Summers campaign

The campaign also features Love Island Alumni, Lucie Rose Donlan

Axios

U.K. Prime Minister Truss abandons her agenda to stem market meltdown

Truss is still officially in charge, but hardly seems to be in control.

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