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💪 Kicking fossil fuels out of football! #DropAramcoFIFA ⚽ Join us on TikTok, Instagram and LinkedIn 🔗 linktr.ee/fossilfreefootball

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Fossil Free Football@fossilfreefootball.bsky.social · 9h ago

🚨 EVENT: How can sport save itself from climate change? Join us this week! (Details and sign up below) 👇 Netherlands international Tessel Middag as well as journalists and campaigners will come together to discuss the threats sport faces and what we can do to fight back! 💪

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Badvertising@badvertising.bsky.social · last wk.

🏆 THE ‘BAD AWARD’ AWARD: FIFA FIFA announced its own Peace Prize. Gianni Infantino then presented it himself at the World Cup draw. The recipient? The USA's war-hungry, climate-wrecking President. 😬

President Donald J. Trump awarded “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World”

The President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, was presented with the inaugural “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World” by FIFA President Gianni Infantino during the Final Draw for the FI...

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Badvertising@badvertising.bsky.social · last wk.

🥇 THE ‘PODIUM POLLUTER’ AWARD: ENI But Eni hasn't disappeared - it was a major sponsor of a Winter Olympics at a time when snow sports has never had less snow. Yet research by New Weather found that the 2026 Winter Games contributed to the problem, generating 930,000 tonnes of CO2e.

Polluting sponsors of the Winter Olympics are melting the snow the games depend on - new research — Cool Down

Polluting sponsors of the Winter Olympics are melting the snow the games depend on - new research by Scientists for Global Responsibility and the New Weather Institute reveals how the climate impact o...

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Badvertising@badvertising.bsky.social · last wk.

👕 THE ‘SHIRT OF SHAME’ AWARD: ITALIAN NATIONAL FOOTBALL The Italian Football Federation has gone back for a second helping of fossil money. It has signed a deal making SOCAR - Azerbaijan’s state oil company - the sponsor of Italy’s national teams from 2027 to 2030. 🤢

Badvertising@badvertising.bsky.social · last wk.

🏆 BAD SPORT OF THE YEAR: FIFA FIFA sold its top sponsorship tier to Aramco — the world’s largest corporate emitter. According to Carbon Majors, Aramco was responsible for 4.28% of global CO2 emissions in 2024 - more than any other company. But the damage doesn’t stop there.

Philippe Auclair@philippeauclair.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms." New op-ed for @josimarfootball.bsky.social by @ncgeehan.bsky.social of reboot.fifa and @fairsqprojects.bsky.social.

Mob Rule - josimarfootball.com

Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms. By Nick McGeehan, the dir...

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FairSquare@fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Norwegian Football Federation has submitted two parallel filings to FIFA concerning the FIFA Peace Prize, the Balogun affair, and the FIFA Forward Enterprise (“FFE”) project. One addresses conduct of Gianni Infantino, the other governance and process. 👏👏👏 www.fotball.no/tema/nff-nyh...

NFF Submits Ethics Complaint and Governance Referral to FIFA

The Norwegian Football Association (NFF) has formally submitted two separate filings to FIFA.

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Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · 3w ago

If ever there was a moment to understand who owns Manchester City and why things have gone the way they have, now seems as good as any. The Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...

The Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords (Gift Article)

The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of Manchester City, a top English soccer team. Behind the scenes, he has been described as the “handler” guiding his country’s secret foreign wars...

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The Green Runners@thegreenrunners.bsky.social · 4w ago

Sportswashing is an oily stain on our sports. We campaign for all running events drop high-carbon sponsors. We’ve identified 41 races with high-carbon sponsors. 24 gas & oil, 14 airline & three car manufacturers. No doubt we’ve missed many more. @badvertising.bsky.social

Sportswashing: Drop polluting sponsors - The Green Runners CIC

The Green Runners say that taking sponsorship money from high-carbon industries to support a running event or fund local charities isn’t ethical. We’ve called

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Cool Down@cooldownnetwork.bsky.social · last mo.

NEW PIECE: Football said it couldn’t afford to lose gambling sponsors. Then twenty Premier League clubs started this season without a front shirt betting sponsor Football did not collapse. So why do many view high-carbon industries so differently? 🧵

The Premier League banned gambling sponsorship on shirts. Could polluting sponsors be next? — Cool Down

For twenty years we were told it couldn't be done. Football needed the bookmakers and gambling companies’' money. Take it away and clubs would go under, the pyramid would crumble, the product would su...

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