ON THIS DAY in 1936 the great Jesse Owens won the third of his four Olympic gold medals in Berlin (in the 200m)
Keir Radnedge
@keirr.bsky.social
Author World Football Records, now in 16th year; World Soccer long-time columnist and former editor; Kicker correspondent; World Cup and Euro guides, books, TV, radio; AIPS football delegate
FIFA development director Arsene Wenger joins in the chorus of disapproval over World Cup sell-off . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/08/04/w...
FIFA U-turn as president Gianni Infantino scraps his World Cup sell-out proposal -- now to save his job . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/08/01/i...
Milan in mourning for club legend Franco Baresi, 66 . . . and . . . FIFA blames the media for sparking angry reaction to World Cup sale plot / keirrradnedge.com
Another setback for Infantino as CONCACAF follows UEFA in rejecting World Cup sell-out . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/07/30/c...
UEFA pulls the nuclear option on Infantino . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/07/30/u... . . . and full statement keirradnedge.com/2026/07/30/u...
UEFA holding emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss FIFA president Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off proposals.
ON THIS DAY in 1929 Brazil, Fiorentina and Palmeiras right winger Julinho was born (died 2003)
ON THIS DAY in 1948 King George VI opened the 14th modern Olympic Games in London
Now we can really cash in on the World Cup, says Infantino in plotting FIFA rights sell-off . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/07/28/c...
ON THIS DAY in 1987 Stephen Roche became the one and only Irishman to win the Tour de France
ON THIS DAY in 1966 England defeated Portugal 2-1 to reach the World Cup Final for the one and only time
ON THIS DAY in 1966 England defeated Portugal 2-1 to reach the World Cup Final for the one and only time
ON THIS DAY in 2017 FIFA and UEFA powerbroker Angel Maria Villar was banned from sport for a year by the Spanish sports council
I stood in a corner eating my bacon sandwich at a high table when someone came and joined me. "Alright," the man said, eating his own sarnie. It was Kevin Keegan. "Oh! Hi!" I said, a little nervously and taken aback that a footballing great was joining me for a little morning munch. 2/7
ON THIS DAY in 1950 Brazil lost 2-1 in Maracana to Uruguay in the final match of the World Cup
FIFA WORLD CUP: Argentina drive on as an inevitable Messi leaves it late to unpick the England dream . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/07/15/w...
England and Argentina poised to write another chapter of football history . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/07/14/c...
ON THIS DAY in 1930 Australia’s Don Bradman was dismissed for a then Test record 334 against England at Headingley
ON THIS DAY in 2010 Spain beat Netherlands 1-0 after extra time to win the World Cup in Johannesburg
ON THIS DAY in 2014 Brazil lost 7-1 to Germany in Belo Horizonte in the semi-finals of ‘their’ World Cup
IOC opens Olympic door to Russia - neatly smuggled out during a dramatic day at the World Cup . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/07/07/r...
ON THIS DAY in 2005 celebrations of London’s 2012 Olympic award were cut short by the 7/7 bombings which killed 52 people and injured 700
So Balogun also broke the rules by joining in the pitch celebrations.
Sam Kunti@samindrakunti.bsky.social · last mo.Statement from the Chairperson of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee - 6 July 2026
Infantino, Trump and a betrayed referee -- maybe Michel Platini was right all along . . . keirradnedge.com/2026/07/06/b...
ON THIS DAY IN 2005 London was awarded the 2012 Olympic Games by the IOC in Singapore