Why always them? From Super League to World Cup sell off — JPMorgan finds itself in another football fiasco www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/w...

JPMorgan Again Entangled in a FIFA Fiasco (Gift Article)

After promising to learn from its role in a failed “Super League” that fueled fan anger, the Wall Street bank is involved in FIFA’s latest meltdown.

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Professor Miguel Maduro knows the problems at FIFA better than anyone. Infantino is the product of a rotten system and only political intervention can fix it www.ft.com/content/76d2...

Infantino is not the problem

Fifa’s regulatory functions must be separated from its commercial activities

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As reported, this is now happening. Wales the first to move and others are a matter of time.

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European countries prepare to formally withdraw support for Infantino’s re-election with announcements likely soon. Pressure tightening. Story: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

As the ship sinks, everyone will try and build their own story, a narrative for why what has happened should never have happened. But figures like Cordeiro and some of these national and regional football leaders have enabled this behaviour for quite some time. Their roles will have to be considered

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called on the Fifa president Gianni Infantino to resign over his “outrageous” plans to sell a stake in the World Cup. Via @theguardian.com - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Burnham calls on Fifa president Gianni Infantino to resign over World Cup sell-off plans – UK politics live

The prime minister says that the current Fifa general secretary is ‘the wrong man to lead the organisation’

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Reflecting today on how far ahead of the curve @fairsq.bsky.social and @ncgeehan.bsky.social have been on Infantino and FIFA. Would strongly suggest anyone who's had eyes opened to the awfulness of football's global leadership checks out FairSquare's excellent body of work on this. fairsq.org

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BREAKING: Gianni Infantino's senior adviser Carlos Cordeiro has quit in protest over the FIFA president's plans to sell World Cup stakes. Via @talksport.com - talksport.com/football/448...

FIFA advisor quits with raging statement in 'beginning of the end' for Infantino

Gianni Infantino’s senior adviser Carlos Cordeiro has quit in protest over the FIFA president’s plans to sell World Cup stakes. A footballing civil war has unfolded in recent days after…

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The conversation seems to still be geared around the scheme Infantino was trying to push. That ship has sailed. The real question now seems to be whether it is days, weeks or months for him in this job. It is a completely untenable situation now all these various actors are scurrying away from him

Uefa's 55 member associations have voted to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions to private investors. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through

Uefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions.

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Senior European lawmakers have announced they will call FIFA to appear at the European Parliament "at the soonest possible date" In their statement @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social and Nela Riehl say "the World Cup is not anyone's to sell". Another very significant political intervention.

No one owns football. It is the common property of humanity. FIFA plans to sell off its tournaments to private equity. It is not FIFA's to sell. Our statement: rebootfifa.com/news/reboot-...

🚨Terrible news from Saudi Arabia, as 5 Ethiopian migrants have been executed for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, without due process. Since the beginning of 2026, at least 17 Ethiopian nationals have been executed on drug-related charges. New from @hrw.org ⤵️

Saudi Arabia: New Executions of Ethiopian Migrants

Saudi authorities executed five Ethiopian migrants for nonlethal drug-related offenses on July 27, 2026 without due process.

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FIFA's plan to sell the game off to private equity is the result of serial misgovernance. Dissent. Sign here. rebootfifa.com/sign/

Infantino isn’t fit to lead FIFA. 
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, has asked FIFA to provide all of its records on its contacts with Trump, his administration and the Trump Organization by August 9, 2026. Big story from @adamcrafton.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/747...

Infantino requested to appear before House committee over Trump relationship

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🚨Did you know that the UAE has invested billions of pounds into both the city of Manchester & @mancity.com? A prime example of sportswashing / citywashing. Questions for the candidates for mayor of Manchester, via @hrw.org & @fairsq.bsky.social⤵️ www.hrw.org/news/2026/07... #HumanRights

The Times corrects its splash story headlined "Migrant care workers bring dozens of family members." The Times got this totally wrong. It then used its own error as the basis for an editorial calling explicitly for forced expulsions of people living here legally. www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...

On the left is the oath that Gianni Infantino took when he joined the IOC: "I will always act independently of political interests. I will fully comply with the IOC Code of Ethics" On the right is the IOC Ethics Commission's explanation of why Gianni Infantino will be allowed to break these rules.

IOC har gennemgået klagen over Infantino fra NGO’en FairSquare og IOC vil ikke undersøge Infantino for brud på principperne for politisk neutralitet. IOC mener ikke, det falder inden for deres jurisdiktion. Som FIFA-præsident er Infantino automatisk medlem af IOC.

IOC says complaint over Infantino role in Balogun’s World Cup ban outside its scope

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The International Olympic Committee has responded to FairSquare's ethics complaint against FIFA President and IOC member Gianni Infantino. "These are my principles...if you don't like them, I have others"

FairSquare and @hrw.org have today written to candidates in the upcoming Manchester mayoral calling on them to publicly commit to engaging with the government of the UAE on its human rights record and support for the abusive Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. fairsq.org/fairsquare-a...

FairSquare and Human Rights Watch call on Manchester mayoral candidates to condemn UAE abuses

FairSquare and Human Rights Watch have today sent a joint letter to candidates standing in the upcoming Manchester mayoral election calling on them to publicly commit to engaging with the Emirati gove...

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Today @hrw.org & @fairsq.bsky.social call on Manchester's mayoral candidates to condemn the UAE's abuses esp the UAE support of RSF in Sudan. Manchester City Council has a close financial relationship with senior figures in the UAE govt in particular Sheikh Mansour. www.hrw.org/news/2026/07...

Joint Letter to Greater Manchester Mayoral Candidates on the United Arab Emirates and Human Rights Concerns

We are writing ahead of the upcoming Greater Manchester mayoral by-election to outline our concerns over links between Manchester City Council and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government, which is r...

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The World Cup might be over, but the issues remain. Football has been taken from us – and we're leading the fight to take it back. Our director @ncgeehan.bsky.social spoke with @mspopok.bsky.social on @legalafmtn.bsky.social. Watch the full show here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCLV...

McGeehan: The first thing to understand is that World Cups are a scam, right? They’re a complete scam because the U.S. pays for everything, and FIFA walks away with all the profits.…

Popok is joined by FairSquare co-founder Nick McGeehan to discuss the group's ethics complaint accusing FIFA president Gianni Infantino of letting Trump use FIFA for political gain, including allegedly allowing him to overturn a red card issued to a U.S. player.

Trump SWEATS as New WORLD CUP FRAUD Charges REVEALED!

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FIFA made $9,000,000,000.00 from World Cup 2026, with this year's tournament the most heavily commercialised and politically biased ever. More via @cnbc.com - www.cnbc.com/2026/07/20/w...

FIFA emerges as the $9 billion winner as the biggest, brashest World Cup ever draws to a close

The football governing body presided over the most lucrative sporting event in history and is poised to net over $9 billion in revenue for 2026.

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Trump (it appears) was given access to #FiFA fan data for his own political purpose. #FIFA & #OlympicCommittee must answer these questions by @fairsq.bsky.social Nick McGeehan spells out the power of football socially & economically & why integrity matters www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcad...

Trump SWEATS as New WORLD CUP FRAUD Charges REVEALED!

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My first post-World Cup report: the discussion centers on broken rules and political arrogance, in true Trump style. With contributions from @fairsq.bsky.social and from a @sportrightsall.bsky.social briefing. kritica.it/societa/spor...

Il Mondiale di Trump, di Infantino e delle regole violate - Kritica

La vittoria della Spagna riscatta solo in parte un Mondiale in cui le regole sono state sovvertite dalla tracotanza di Trump e Infantino.

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FIFA has been accused of providing an “open door to fraud” and allowing political influence to cast doubt on the integrity of the World Cup in a stinging rebuke by the Council of Europe’s secretary general. More via @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Fifa gives fraud ‘an open door’ with betting, says Council of Europe chief

Alain Berset said Fifa’s deal with a prediction market company and Folarin Balogun’s reprieve meant urgent work was needed on ‘the integrity of the sport’

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The UK Liberal Democrats party have called for the English FA and Uefa to withdraw from Fifa, accusing football's global governing body of "destroying the integrity of the beautiful game". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lib Dems urge FA and Uefa to withdraw from Fifa

Sir Ed Davey says Gianni Infantino and world football's governing body is "destroying the integrity of the beautiful game".

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"Aramco is a supervillain": I wrote about the Saudi Aramco ads plastering the World Cup, and how they're part of Mohammed bin Salman's master plan to make you love Saudi Arabia and stay hooked on its oil — with help from FIFA and Trump: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/world-cup-...

'Aramco is a supervillain': How the Saudis weaponized soccer

Mohammed bin Salman has a master plan to make you love Saudi Arabia. Trump and FIFA are helping.

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