Sport Unlocked
By Sports News Insiders
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Feb 19, 2022
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From the pitches to the boardrooms, the stories behind the big decisions by sports leaders affecting every fan. Featuring sports news insiders Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and more
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Banning trans women from women's football; How much should a sports CEO be paid?; FIFA warning on $60k World Cup tickets; Infantino at Pope's funeral; Barca finances; Nottingham Forest ownership
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May 02, 2025 |
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Who is English football regulator?; Will govt help Trump get Open at Turnberry? Should sport exit X?
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Apr 26, 2025 |
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Will 64 teams ruin World Cups?; Islamophobia in Spain; Lenient ban for inappropriate touching?; Is Instagram's boss challenged on online abuse?; French TV rights turmoil; Boban back in football
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Mbappé sues PSG; Chelsea owners' £1bn losses; Infantino on World Cup visa concerns; Brazil FA issues
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Women’s WC hosts; Newcastle Saudi influencer fans; Man City ticket protest; Chelsea & Barca finances
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Athletics sex testing; Doping contamination; Angel City chief on salary cap scandal & team's growth; Club World Cup prize money
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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FIFA case verdicts: Blatter & Platini cleared of fraud. Where does it leave their legacies?
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Future of Olympics - Kirsty Coventry elected IOC president. Impact on sport, Trump & Russia; FIFA's Club World Cup disarray; Tennis players challenge authorities; George Foreman remembered
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Mar 23, 2025 |
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Man Utd - Ratcliffe assessed; US before World Cup - Homophobic chants. Death by firing squad; IOC election preview; 2034 WC games in Egypt?; Motsepe welcomes scrutiny; Influencers sell out Wembley
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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FIFA halftime show; Infantino, Trump & crypto; Women's WC hosting; Saudi funds tennis maternity pay
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Infantino takes our Qs; FIFA rejects trans ban calls for now; IFAB reforms; Inside football summit; Rugby league in Vegas
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Rubiales guilty of sexual assault; Russia's sporting return?; DAZN's Saudi funding arrives; Sinner verdict fallout
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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PL rules void - Man City legal win; Tennis anger at Sinner's 3-month doping ban; Cricket's £1bn month-long competition; Rubiales trial; Al-Khelaifi investigation; Kerr cleared; DAZN issues
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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Trump's trans ban; Forced trades in NBA; Transfer spending analysis; Rwanda sponsorship
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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24-hr Olympics? More engagement with media? IOC presidential election preview - hear from candidates
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Champions League new format analysed; UFC hate speech without punishment; Norway split on VAR; Infantino meets FIFPRO
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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MAGA Infantino's Inauguration joy; Football Money League; 24-hr Olympics; Man City v PL
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Jan 25, 2025 |
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Klopp against Club World Cup; Chelsea settling PL probe?; DAZN-Saudi windfall; Dementia in football
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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Sports politics 2025 preview: FIFA v players; PL spending battle; doping funding fights; Afghanistan & Russia future in sport. And what happened to the Super League reboot?
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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2030 & 2034 World Cup hosts confirmed without vote; MBS-Infantino alliance key to Saudi; Italy's Winter Olympics in US; Australia uses rugby for diplomacy
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Guinea stadium disaster; Trump's Club WC promotion; WADA's China investigators
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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PL financial rule changes; Newcastle/PIF chief Al-Rumayyan with Trump; FIFA challenged over Club WC spot
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Nov 24, 2024 |
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Infantino name on Club WC trophy; FIFA uses Fabrizio for ads; Should referees be drug tested?; Influencer plays in Argentina league; PL clubs sue?
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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Trump re-elected: Impact on World Cups, Olympics in US & LIV Golf. PL financial rule changes; Club WC's new challenges
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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How FIFA got Messi & Inter Miami to Club WC; Infantino wants football more global than domestic
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Oct 26, 2024 |
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Paris FC's Louis Vuitton takeover; Chelsea's locked sale cash; Nigeria ordeal in Libya; Should national teams have foreign coaches?
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Oct 19, 2024 |
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Future of PL financial rules & global transfers; European clubs' summit; FIFA's gaming deal but no FIFA game; Rugby in gulf; IPL auction in Saudi?
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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Man City v Premier League - tribunal verdict & financial rules explained. Who won & what's next?
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Transfers ruling - what it means; World Cup decisions - how transparent is FIFA?; Doping stories pulled after WADA media chief's golf access; Kick It Out founder Lord Ouseley remembered
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Wembley ban over Saudi boxing criticism?; FIFA video gaming challenges; Streamers owning events
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Sep 29, 2024 |
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FIFA tries to sell Club World Cup; Man City case begins; MI6 Newcastle sale link; New Champions League formats; FIFA concussion; English regulator; IOC presidential candidates
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Sep 21, 2024 |
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Man United finances & Chelsea ownership; English football regulator; China match corruption; Thrown out reporting on WADA; Olympics - Japanese sponsors out, Indian firms in?; IOC presidency
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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FIFA & IOC PRs fightback against media by tweets. How trusted is FIFA & where are Club WC sponsors?
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Spending rules focus - how Leicester won PL case; What's Chelsea's ownership & transfer strategy?; Dynamic pricing; NFL opens to private equity investors; Lucrative influencer fan rants
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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PL starts with uncertainty - Man City & Chelsea cases; Will Textor save Everton?; Saudi CONCACAF deal; Club WC sales pitch; Hayatou FIFA legacy; US doping; Who replaces Bach at IOC?; Olympics fallout
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Olympics insiders: China doping dispute; gender eligibility challenges, chaos & Russia links; culture wars; Paris food flops; IOC shows how to be accountable daily. Saudi World Cup stadiums revealed
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Olympics buildup: How to avoid doping bans - in Britain, US & China; Russia's disinformation campaigns against IOC; Cyber attack fears; Empty seat concerns
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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Miami Copa America final mayhem & World Cup concerns; Argentina racism; Euros verdict; Club World Cup struggles; Chelsea & Everton finances; IShowSpeed encounter; Infantino's wedding dancing
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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Euro 2024 Germany-Türkiye-UEFA diplomatic tensions; UK election sports fallout; World Cup qualification slipped out?; Olympic disinformation?; Chinese swimmers case; AI & sports reporting
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Jul 07, 2024 |
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Euro 2024 - Georgia joy, influencers & logistics; PL transfers & spending rules; Man United women's team issues; Can new series boost athletics?; Dutch volleyball Olympics controversy; WADA comms
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Players' unions sue FIFA over men's Club World Cup; Saudi Arabia's new lavish boxing plans
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Man City's new legal battle with PL, 115 charges update & spending rules explained; Germany football poll - racism; Lucrative athletics event; Cricket in US; Pakistan football plan; AFCON; Salt Bae
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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From UCL final - Dortmund arms sponsor; FIFA facing player strikes & boycotts?; Saudi 2034; Super League ruling; PL financial rules; Olympic terror plot; French Open alcohol ban
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May 31, 2024 |
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Investigating Roman Abramovich; Manager quits after racist abuse of ref; Premier League spot-fixing case - Paqueta; Inter Milan ownership; Saudi's new tennis deal with WTA
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May 27, 2024 |
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From Bangkok FIFA Congress - anti-racism plans; domestic matches overseas; Infantino's media snub; Women's Club WC; Israel ban decision delayed; football chiefs for life with term limits scrapped
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May 17, 2024 |
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FIFA threatened over new Club World Cup by players & leagues; Private equity investment in NFL?; Everton's 777 takeover turmoil; Man City deal for 14-year-old; IOC ban for Kuwaiti sheikh
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May 11, 2024 |
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Infantino in DC but no Biden meeting; Premier League's new financial rules; Women's WC hosting; How independent is WADA's China case investigator?; Qatar & rugby
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May 04, 2024 |
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Is FIFA harming football? Premier League's concerns; World Cup Saudi sponsor; Infantino on agents; Spain warned by FIFA & UEFA; LaLiga games overseas; Chinese swimmers - WADA investigation update
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Doping scandal - why weren't Chinese swimmers banned?; New Club World Cup on Apple?; FIFA's new committees going back on corruption reforms?; When clubs rage against refs & VAR; Olympics AI; Everton
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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State of Chelsea finances; Agent spending; Cash for Olympic gold - should ever sport follow athletics?; Opposition to Russians competing collapses; Israel shift to SAmerican football?; Running Africa
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Tech helping or hindering sport? Interview - Hawk-Eye founder behind VAR, GLT & more; Premier League club finances analysed; IOC hoax call
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Apr 06, 2024 |
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World Cup host nation concerns - Spain racism & Mexico homophobia; Media's selective discrimination outrage?; Abramovich-era Chelsea investigations; UEFA's Liverpool fans' dispute; Bach IOC future
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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FIFA finances - Infantino 33% salary rise; Spain's Saudi deal investigated; Russia's hoax call to IOC?; Transgender policies; European football racism
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Mar 24, 2024 |
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UEFA automated Champions League draws; FIFA gives Qatar & Morocco 5 years of World Cups; States can own English football teams but not papers?; Can FIFA produce an anti-racism plan?; Paris Olympics
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Chelsea's financial challenges; Paris 2024 issues & IOC speaking out on Russia; Women’s football - dangerous playing conditions for U20s Asian Cup, Euros draw a month before qualifiers, UK WWC bid
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Are Premier League financial rules broken?; Why has former Saudi critic Javier Tebas become a backer?; Is sport overlooking China concerns?; Does football need FIFA Series?; Who is watching athletics?
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Mar 03, 2024 |
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Meeting Jim Ratcliffe - hearing plans for Manchester United; Protests force Bundesliga u-turn; Russia’s football friends; Putin's Games; Kiptum, Betani & Brehme tributes
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Ceferin UEFA exit plan - term limits & test of loyalty; UEFA rebuffs Israel ban; Blue card frenzy; PL rules row; PSG leaving stadium; Paris 2024 pay probe; LIV's consultants; Super Bowl conspiracies
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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World Cup 2026 final venue; Can sports chiefs accept term limits?; Why transfer spending was low in Premier League; Valieva doping - can a 15-year-old be liable?; Paris 2024 challenges; Fans as media
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Why Boban quit UEFA & what's the impact on Ceferin? Klopp & Xavi exits; Man United's new CEO; Shevchenko becomes Ukraine FA chief; Cricket drama; Trans athletes - swimmer's challenge & golfer's win
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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How Premier League handles financial investigations into Man City, Everton, Nottingham Forest; Man United sale details revealed; Around FIFA awards; Saudi's golden snooker ball; Rugby players to NFL
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Jan 20, 2024 |
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Beckenbauer tributes & troubles - the media challenge; Where FIFA has opened up transparency; Stars leaving Saudi?; Asian Cup & AFCON; Newcastle finances; Doping corruption case; Cricket racism
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Jan 13, 2024 |
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2024 big issues: Super League fallout; PL financial probes; Man U ownership; UEFA CL revamp & Euros; Saudi World Cup countdown; Russia FIFA ban; Paris Games challenge; Darts lessons for other sports
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Jan 06, 2024 |
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Super League case verdict - can there be a breakaway & what the ruling means for UEFA & the future of football; From Saudi Arabia on Club World Cup & Infantino's FIFA meetings; Women's WC fallout
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Dec 23, 2023 |
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European football unrest: Turkish ref punch & Greece shuts out fans; Ceferin's UEFA future; FIFA move to Paris and Miami; Money game: Football agents $888m, Ohtani $700m, Rahm $500m; 1st PL female ref
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Premier League TV rights; Asian men's CL becomes Saudi tournament; UEFA women's CL revamp; Rubiales - new details; Infantino at COP; No Commonwealth Games host; Brazilian football drama
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Dec 09, 2023 |
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Inside summit of football lawmakers & ref chiefs; Cristiano Ronaldo crypto; Sheikh Mansour newspaper bid; Olympic hosts decided; Paris2024 issues; Venables & media; Women's leagues changes in England
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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PL clubs' big split & how proportionate is Everton's sanction; Does Wembley arch now not being lit vindicate FIFA on armbands?; Brazil fan violence; Ukraine frustration with UEFA; Bulgaria FA turmoil
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Nov 25, 2023 |
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Man City finances examined; Real Madrid AGM - new Super League push; Abramovich's Chelsea dealings investigated; FIFA's new Saudi sponsor - new questions over 2034 World Cup process; F1 Vegas chaos
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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How Saudi Arabia secured 2034 World Cup - alliance with Infantino, Bin Salman's success, helpful curtailed FIFA process, side-lining congress and difficulties caused for FIFA comms team by Insta posts
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Infantino back in Saudi Arabia & Swiss investigation dropped; African Football League launch; Rugby World Cup changes & impact of France 2023; Everton investigation; Sir Bobby Charlton remembered
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Football's struggle mourning Israel-Hamas war victims; Interview - FIFA VP Montagliani on World Cup host changes, 2034 Saudi deal, comms, inside decisionmaking; UEFA Russia reversal; Bach's IOC future
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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FIFA's sudden 2030 & 2034 World Cup decisions - behind-the-scenes deals & Saudi's loyal support; FIFA relaxes Russia ban; Comms analysed; UEFA VP loses Swedish role over Russia; Euros; Beckham Qatar
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Russia's readmission - UEFA splits European football; Osimhen abuse - why is it turned into transfer speculation?; English club's 17bn on social media claim; Marathon shoes; Running from drug testers
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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FIFA focus: 2026 World Cup struggles; Infantino at UN; Where's FIFA game as EA launches FC?; Samoura's award. MBS on sportswashing. 777 & Everton. PL TV rights. Spain update.
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Sep 23, 2023 |
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Spain scandal - missing outcry from football's male leaders; Jordan Henderson struggles with Saudi issues; UEFA cash deal with clubs; Man United's decision-making woes; Quicker English FFP cases
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Spain scandal - Rubiales yet to resign and assessing football's response to the forced kiss on Jenni Hermoso. Saudi Arabia transfer splurge & World Cup bid plan; World Athletics Champions impact
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Infantino - fair scrutiny?; Challenge reporting FIFA funding; UEFA FFP decisions lack detail; Euro 2028-32 bidding; Interview with British Cycling chief; End of Commonwealth Games?
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Infantino leaves World Cup; FIFA tries to block sexual abuse questions; Mbappe rejects Saudi; Kuwaiti Olympic powerbroker banned; World Aquatics HQ to Hungary; Who owns Tottenham? Joe Lewis indicted
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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World Cup pay battles, Infantino & sponsor shortcomings; Jordan Henderson & Saudi; Commonwealth Games future after Australian rejection; Olympics climate change impact; Messi in Miami - assessing MLS
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Jul 21, 2023 |
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Saudi sports investment - golfers respond; UEFA multiclub ownership changes; Women's WC pay & armbands; PL gaining FA Cup control?; PSG owner troubles; Russians return to Wimbledon; Cricket's future
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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New New Manchester City allegations; English cricket racism, sexism, elitism; Sports events for dopers?; UEFA acts on long contracts; Is UEFA too close to a fans' group?
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Saudi transfer spree; Is Man City's group worth $6bn?; What's happening to cash from Chelsea's sale; Racism & homophobia in football - what's FIFA doing?; Raid on Paris 2024 Olympics HQ
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Impact on UEFA & Turkey Euros bid after Istanbul CL final disarray; Premier League clampdown on leveraged takeovers & wage bills; Fatma Samoura's FIFA exit; Man City's treble; Mbappe & PSG; PIF golf
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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Saudi Arabia's sporting dominance - takeover of men's golf & nationalising leading domestic football clubs. Messi rejects Saudi & Barca for Miami; Olympics boxing dispute Snooker match fixing bans
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Salary cap for European football?; Abuse of referees; FIFA Women's WC rights; Chelsea execs exit; Paris Olympics chaos; Djokovic's Serbia-Kosovo clash at French Open; Isle of Man motorcycling dangers
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Spanish football racism: Vinicius Jr's suffering, La Liga's criticism & protocol shortcomings. Manchester City: Investigation delays as title's won. 2026 FIFA WC logo. Qatar for Rugby League WC?
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May 25, 2023 |
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Athletics struggle for attention - what's wrong; European football finances revealed - how UEFA's spreading cash; Cricket expansion - is there space for more T20 competitions?; Funding Wrexham stadium
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May 14, 2023 |
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Infantino's Women's World Cup TV blackout threat & his women's football commitment; Qatar's PSG woes with Messi suspended; New transgender policy for cycling?; Was Abramovich cash hidden?
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May 06, 2023 |
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European football's new split among clubs; UK opposes Russians at Olympics but not Wimbledon; Newcastle ownership questions; New football visa regulations in England?; Rugby World Cup changes
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Apr 29, 2023 |
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Russians as neutrals in sport - Olympic chiefs slammed; Has China cooled on football?; FIFA's cash agreement with clubs; U20 World Cup taken from Indonesia amid Israel row; Who controls Newcastle?
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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World athletics ban on transgender women from female events; Man United - covering bids & confusion; UEFA investigation into Barcelona; Super League tries to win over small nations
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Inside FIFA Congress: Infantino re-elected & compares first campaign to Rwanda genocide recovery. Women's WC: prize money rises & Visit Saudi dropped. Men's World Cup: 104 games & Morocco's 2030 bid
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Infantino investigations; FIFA case verdict in US; UEFA homegrown player rules challenged; No Visit Saudi for Women's WC?; Russians in athletics
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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FIFA - supermodel appointment row & French scandal; Infantino on Le Graet, One Love armbands & more 100-minute matches; Saudi's Newcastle ownership - new scrutiny; Man City, FFP & image rights
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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English football regulator - will it harm or help?; Boxer's eggs defence in doping case; Qualifying for enlarged FIFA Club WC; Sport & Russia - Ukraine war anniversary; UK sports broadcasting change
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Manchester United bidders; UEFA Paris CL final review - panel member interviewed; FIFA's bumper finances; Saudi awarded Club World Cup; IOC resisting banning Russians; DAZN plans; Athletics challenges
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Super League's latest relaunch attempt; Man City investigation; FIFA's betting and Saudi sponsorship; Backlash over Russians at Olympics; Yorkshire cricket racism case
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Manchester City charged: The Premier League's financial wrongdoing case against the Premier League champions explained & analysed. What the commission will assess & potential actions against the club
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Transfers window finances & rules - La Liga chief attacks England & Chelsea splurge; Sponsorship backlash - Saudi-Women's World Cup & South Africa-Spurs; Transgender policies; Olympic boycott threats
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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IOC plans for Russians at Olympics; Norway FA chief Lise Klaveness interviewed on Ukraine's plea being snubbed, concerns about Infantino, Club World Cup expansion & why she's running for UEFA ExCo
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Jan 28, 2023 |
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Juventus docked points; Inside IFAB meeting; Ratcliffe's Man United interest; English football racism case; Rights for pregnant players; Bolt's missing money; Snooker fixing; Olympic coach charged
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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French controversy - FA chief Le Graet steps down; Infantino investigated; Qatar buying into PL?; Snooker match-fixing cases; Pique ends Davis Cup partnership; WWE for sale
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Pele remembered - interviews & encounters; Infantino's selfie at the wake. Ronaldo’s Saudi move. 2023 lookahead - football politics battles; club takeovers; Russians in sport
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Qatar World Cup verdict; Salt Bae disrupts trophy celebrations - why is Infantino so close to him?; Infantino in power until 2031?; FIFA's disbanded human rights board; Row over 32-team Club WC plan
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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From Qatar World Cup: Tributes to Grant Wahl; Worker death; No room for Islamophobia armbands; 48-team WC issues. Plus British tennis fined for banning Russians; US rowing transgender policy
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Inside World Cup week 2: New Qatar death numbers; Free tickets?; Doha Olympics 2036?; Infantino & Salt Bae. Plus Juventus turmoil; Arsenal finances
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Inside World Cup week 1: Infantino's outburst; FIFA's messaging; One Love armbands row; Qatar issues; Saudi sports minister interview analysed, Man United for sale
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Nov 25, 2022 |
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New boss for Super League breakaway bid; Reporting anonymous briefings; Qatar wins another football bid & eyes 2036 Olympics; Paris 2024 plans Paralympic opening among landmarks; Halep doping positive
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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Qatar World Cup build-up latest from Doha; Inside UEFA meetings as Ceferin seeks another term as president; South America backs Infantino to stay as FIFA president; English rugby union turmoil
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Indonesia stadium disaster; US soccer abuse; From Rio on football, Brazil's presidential election & World Cup splits; Ukraine's 2030 WC bid; Saudi's winter sports event; Rugby finances; Boxing scandal
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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Live panel at Leaders conference: Qatar World Cup sponsorship issues, UEFA power battles, future of boxing at Olympics and more
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Spanish football racism & women's team dispute; Olympics corruption; European Club Association meets in Turkey; UEFA tournament plans; English football regulator plans to be dropped?
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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David Dein interviewed; NBA team owner's racism & sexism; Chelsea chair Boehly's ideas for football; PSG player charged linked to attack on teammate; UEFA on anthem singing; Man City's new investment
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Sep 17, 2022 |
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Sport responds to the Queen's death; 50 years since Munich massacre; 2030 World Cup in Saudi-Greece-Egypt?; No Qatar rights Q to Mbappe; WC alcohol policy; Chelsea chiefs make biggest decision
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Transfer window analysis & big-spending Premier League; AC Milan takeover; $3bn cricket rights for Indian TV; Paris Olympics cost-cutting; Ryder Cup & LIV Golf
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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European clubs' cash talks; Why did PSG chief Al-Khelaifi avoid UEFA action; Where could the 2036 Olympics be held?; New golf plans; Football returns in Ukraine
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Future of Glazers & Man United investment; English refereeing row; Boxing in Saudi Arabia; When should Russians return to sport?
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Qatar World Cup starting earlier; Barcelona's financial turmoil; LIV Golf's legal defeat; Serena Williams retiring and her impact
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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Heatwave safety; Brain injuries in rugby; Football cuts headings; World athletics champs; LIV Golf; Unjabbed Djokovic misses US Open; Pulisic sidesteps guns Q; TV channels combine; Euros audience high
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Super League battle in court; Is PGA action against LIV golf anticompetitive?; Platini & Blatter cleared of fraud; Naming suspects; Jim Thorpe's gold reinstated; Russia loses ban appeals; Heatwave
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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Chelsea death - investigation into club's culture; Champions League TV rights sale; Preventing "progress washing" around Women's Euros; Everton investment; Scene at Wimbledon
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Jul 02, 2022 |
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Transgender swimmers banned from women's competitions; Premier League club finances analysed; Cricket racism; Chelsea chiefs exit; PSG's leadership; Saudi Arabia - boxing & golf updates
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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British gymnast on abuse scandal review; 2026 World Cup host cities selected; MLS & IPL TV rights deals; Barcelona finances; UCI transgender policy; Russians allowed at US Open tennis
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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At the inaugural Saudi golf series event, questioning the breakaway players; French admissions over Champions League final failures; Blatter & Platini on trial; Ecuador keeps World Cup spot
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Inside Champions League final disarray in Paris - hear from the fans & what went wrong; French Open sexism & scheduling; Golfers sign up for Saudi golf series; AC Milan takeover
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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From Paris: Mbappe's PSG stay sparks new Franco-Spanish football feud; Boehly's Chelsea deal finally done; Fallout from Wimbledon's Russia ban & changes to the Ladies' winners' board
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May 28, 2022 |
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Equal pay for US soccer teams; Gay footballers; Female refs for men's WC; Pitch invasion unrest in England; No ranking points at Wimbledon over Russia ban; Departure from Saudi-backed golf series
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May 21, 2022 |
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New-look UEFA Champions League; Future of football gaming as FIFA splits with EA; Saudi controversies in golf and football; Rugby World Cups head to US; Wagatha Christie update
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May 13, 2022 |
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Agent Mino Raiola's death & premature reporting; Champions League format changes to be scaled back?; Football regulator for England?; Latest on Saudi-funded golf series
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Was Wimbledon right to ban Russians?; Furious response to questioning Fury; Audio leaks embroil Spanish FA chief Rubiales & Pique in Saudi controversy; 1 year since Super League, the Madrid ruling
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Boxing & crime gangs - promoter Daniel Kinahan sanctioned; FIFA launches streaming platform as top exec exits; Blatter & Platini trial; Sale of Chelsea & AC Milan; Russia update
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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Man City investigation claims; Playing during Ramadan with Premier League doctors' chief; New UEFA financial rules; More Qatar worker abuses uncovered; Transgender policies in cycling under scrutiny
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Apr 09, 2022 |
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From Qatar: World Cup draw & song; Scrutiny of worker & gay rights; FIFA VP Montagliani interviewed on biennial WC plans being dropped, 2026 WC, future of football & Infantino's presidency
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Does trans swimmer Lia Thomas have an unfair advantage? Sharron Davies debates; Ex-Finland captain Tim Sparv on human rights; FFP overhaul; FIFA & crypto; Russia bids for Euros; Attack near Saudi GP
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Chelsea bids; Saudi questions for Newcastle/Howe; Wimbledon ban for Russians not denouncing Putin?; CAS Russia rulings; Barca's Spotify deals; Blackmore's landmark racing win; Rugby & F1 rule changes
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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What's the future for Chelsea & Abramovich after being sanctioned by UK govt?; Infantino silent on Russia but visits Saudi crown prince; UEFA disciplinary case into PSG president Al-Khelaifi
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Abramovich's Chelsea exit; Premier League CEO Masters & Newcastle's Staveley on CFC sale; Paralympics Uturn to ban Russians. Super League row resurfaces between Ceferin & Agnelli at FT summit
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Russia banned from world football; UEFA drops Gazprom; IOC gets tough on Putin; Abramovich's plans for Chelsea control & peacemaker claims
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Mar 01, 2022 |
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Russia invades Ukraine: Sporting implications of war in Europe with concerns about players, events moved & sponsors cut. Infantino questioned on cozying up to Putin. How Russia corrupted sport
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Doping verdicts from Tokyo Olympics; 15-year-old Russian's doping case at Beijing Olympics; UEFA's crypto fan tokens; Rugby future & investment; Djokovic breaks silence but still Qs; F1 changes
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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Premier League overseas cash surpasses domestic TV; World Cup & Euros bidding; Russian Olympic doping case; Comm Games esports; Barca resignation; Zouma cat controversy; the Rooneys; F1 sponsorship
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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Saudi golf cash splits; BT-Discovery sports TV partnership; Barcelona financial investigation; Beijing Olympics; Players forced to freeze in US World Cup qualifier; Transgender swimming policies
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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AFCON deadly stadium crush; Infantino offends w/African migrants comments; FIFA sexual harassment case; Staveley's Newcastle funding scrutinised; China latest before Olympics; PL clampdown on NFTs
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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Qatar World Cup tickets prices revealed as ballot opens; Curious FIFA Best decisions; Infantino's player talks on workload; UEFA €5bn rights sale; Newcastle to Saudi; Beijing Olympics right issues
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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From Australia, Andy Murray's agent on Novak Djokovic's damaging visa case & why Murray won't take Saudi cash; Man City finances; AFCON refereeing; US Olympics doping probe; Andrew Jennings remembered
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Djokovic Australia deportation saga; Man United leadership change as Woodward's replaced by Arnold; Barca finances; UK-Ireland out of World Cup bidding; $550M takeover by NYT of The Athletic
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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2021 analysed - FIFA, Super League & Olympics. Plus Chelsea financial results; Qatar hotel shortage; Chinese football tattoo ban; NFL great John Madden dies; No NHL players at Winter Olympics
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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FIFA’s $180bn claims pushing biennial World Cups - do the numbers add up?; African football chief on AFCON attacks; Arsenal crypto adverts banned; Inter Milan raided; Slow vaccine uptake in PL
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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F1 season-ending chaos; Omicron disruption; UEFA Euros bidding; LaLiga bumper TV rights; FIFA changes women's football sales; Investment in Australian leagues; New policies for transgender swimmers
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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Diplomatic boycotts of Beijing Winter Olympics; Concerns about gambling firms; La Liga's contentious private equity investment; New coronavirus concerns for European football; Chess world championship
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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Euros final violence review - who's to blame?; WTA events suspended in China over Peng Shuai; Moya Dodd on future of women's leagues; Ex-athletics chief Diack dies; TV pundit's homophobia; FIFA update
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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Regulator for English football?; Qatar 1 year to World Cup; Peng Shuai latest; Cryptocurrency sponsorship concerns; Vote buying for Rio 2016 Olympics; New IOC transgender guidelines
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Welfare in football after suicide of a released Man City prospect; Aaron Rodgers NFL vaccination row; Staveley on Saudi-owned Newcastle with new PL sponsor rules; Yorkshire racism update; Wenger film
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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English cricket racism scandal: Interviews & analysis on the failures of accountability & how Azeem Rafiq was let down. Premier League American TV rights sale latest & changes to an Olympic sport
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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UEFA action on competitive balance issues in women's qualifiers; IFAB decisions; Taking a knee & racism in cricket; $1.6bn IPL franchises sale; Goodell $128M NFL pay; Saudi golf; + F1, rugby, Olympics
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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FIFA's biennial World Cup plans dying?; Hear from Gianni Infantino; African football leadership analysed; New PL sponsorship rules target Newcastle; NBA China-Tibet row
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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English FA international & diversity chief interviewed; FIFA losing EA game?; Week of Saudis at Newcastle; Commonwealth Games changes; Olympic medals for swimmers cheated by dopers?; Vaccine mandates
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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NFL global & Newcastle takeover: Realties of Saudi control of Newcastle despite Premier League claims. Big interview with NFL exec VP on international expansion as the London games return
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Live from Leaders: Saudi Newcastle takeover & Gulf states buying clubs; Olympics challenges & ethics, impact of FIFA's plans on the Games & technological changes in sport
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Corruption buster on exposing Olympic boxing fixing; US women's football abuse; Europe v SAmerica matches; Europa League racism; Ex-stars slam FIFA World Cup push; Super League update; F1 to Qatar
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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Behind origins of FIFA-UEFA spat & how world football should be regulated; Insight from Premier League owners' meeting; Juventus turmoil; Derby administration; DAZN's bid for BT & streaming sport
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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From the US, reporting on Emma Raducanu's improbable US Open title & Simone Biles' abuse testimony on FBI failings; Women's football opportunities & challenges; FIFA's curious World Cup survey
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Inside FIFA's biennial World Cup plan: Ceferin, Wenger, Ellis, Bale on the battle splitting football; Brazil-Argentina chaos; Cricket racism & COVID row; Afghanistan women's sport ban
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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Hungary racism - why fans should have been banned for England game; Transfer window finances; UEFA slams FIFA PR push for biennial World Cups; Burrito doping case
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Sep 04, 2021 |
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FIFA defied by clubs over mandatory player release for World Cup qualifiers; fresh Qatar rights scrutiny; transfers' intrigue; pandemic Paralympics concerns
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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Inside the running of Leeds Utd, the 49ers & USA Cricket - Paraag Marathe interviewed. Plus concerns for Afghanistan's footballers, Barca's growing debt, curious transfers & cricket racism report
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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New-look FFP revealed as Messi joins PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaifi's many football roles & a European Leagues official on new season challenges. Plus Tokyo Olympics doping fallout for GB
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Aug 14, 2021 |
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Messi to PSG? Impact on La Liga & its planned investment. Plus assessing the Olympics from Tokyo and the big issues as the Games close
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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From Tokyo, the challenges facing the pandemic Olympics as Tokyo organisers are hit by another scandal. Also, Ruby League World Cup turmoil & updating on Man City's court case with the Premier League
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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Inside Euro 2020 final violence as it unfolded: UEFA investigation & 2030 World Cup bidding impact. UK govt accused of hypocrisy over concerns about England players facing racist abuse
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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Is marijuana performance-enhancing as sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson is banned?; New Olympic protest rules; Euro update; Jorge Mendes influence; New execs oversee FFP; World cricket leadership turmoil
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Jul 03, 2021 |
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First transgender athlete qualifies for the Olympics; Euro 2020 rainbow flag row; UEFA scraps away-goals rule; Swimming & weightlifting doping cases; New crowd decisions for Euros & Olympics
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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Eriksen's recovery & heart checks; Threat to Wembley hosting Euros final; Ex-UK sports minister against her own Tory ministers on England players' criticism; Plus what burritos ... and doping
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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Football's need to better protect players: Attacked for tackling racism, fatigued from long seasons as the Euros & Copa America begin & requiring more action to prevent brain injuries
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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Footballers booed taking a knee; Copa America hosting turmoil; Future of pressers after Osaka's French Open withdrawl; England cricketer's past racist tweets; Charlie Sale's career reflections & more
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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From Porto at the UCL final on a future Final 4 tournament; Neymar sexual assault allegation; Should sport be in Belarus?; Naomi Osaka's media ban; 2030 World Cup bidding & FIFA's new comms chief
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May 29, 2021 |
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Infantino & FIFA - World Cups every 2 years?; president on Super League collusion claims; new Qatar human rights Qs. Plus UEFA's FFP changes & Tokyo Games update
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May 22, 2021 |
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New La Liga & PL TV deals; Champions Man City & Sporting analysed; Anti-Olympics protest & the Euro 2020 song
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May 15, 2021 |
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Fines for Super League rebels as protests turn violent; Istanbul's CL final in jeopardy; Another Super League row - in golf; Vaccines for all Tokyo athletes & the rest of the week's sports news
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May 08, 2021 |
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Social media boycott; Super League fallout as Spanish clubs cling on & what's next; PL TV rights; Tokyo Olympics update; Indian Premier League COVID concerns
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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Super League implosion: Inside analysis of how the European football breakaway was crushed inside 48 hours
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Apr 24, 2021 |
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Super League special: Breakaway by 12 clubs analysed + hear from UEFA President Ceferin, Liverpool manager Klopp & British PM Johnson on opposing the split
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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Newcastle takeover row explained - Saudi-UK govt roles & Amnesty’s human rights concerns; Qatar v UAE in Champions League; Seedorf on racism; Coleman's Olympic ban & the week's other key sports news
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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Inside Olympic decision-making & doping scandals with IOC’s Craig Reedie; Social media racism boycotts; Sport's response to Prince Philip's death; New Euros hosting details; Man City finances and more
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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Latest Champions League revamp row; ex-Coke exec on morality & pandemic challenges for sponsors; anti-doping probe into British Cycling; Spain-Kosovo dispute in football; agents' fees rise
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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F1 director interviewed on new season challenges; Qatar protests in WC qualifiers; new TV deals in Serie A & WSL; FIFA's bumper pay; combative concussion hearing and more
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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English football child sex abuse inquiry report; $113BN NFL TV deals; Belgium-Netherlands league merger; vaccines for England squad?; another Tokyo Olympics sexism resignation
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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Doping scandal in British cycling with doctor guilty; Man United's $100M share sale; radical transfers plan; vaccines secured for Olympics as IOC President Bach's lavished with praise on re-election
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Mar 13, 2021 |
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Hear from football lawmakers IFAB, Infantino Africa meddling, Johnson World Cup bidding intervention, Euros hosts' doubts, Barca crisis, Inter cash fears, horse racing scandal & 2032 Olympics update
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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How Australia quietly got the 2032 Olympics, calls to boycott 2022 Beijing Games, FIFA drops Beckenbauer bribery case, latest on Euros hosting & how India's PM got a stadium named after him
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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British horse racing & the Sheikh Mohammed controversy, "cash-burning" elite football clubs, the Arsenal CEO questioned on Ozil, the new Tokyo Olympics president and more
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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Football demands action on social media racism, Tokyo Olympics chief resigns over sexism, UEFA's new Chinese sponsor & did you notice the Club World Cup? It's the week in sports news
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Feb 13, 2021 |
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Transfer spending analysis, French TV rights turmoil, Olympics sex ban, new Champions League format, boxing probe and it's FIFA Council election time
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Feb 06, 2021 |
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New details of Olympics & Euros hosting plans, bleak football financial forecasts, new investment at Leeds, another Russia doping cover-up and TV rights talks in cricket & France
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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2021's big issues: Will a breakaway Super League be launched and will the Euros and Olympics go ahead?
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Jan 22, 2021 |