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You got there eventually but it is very much contradicted by the question at the bottom - but I’ll let that slide As to the wider point, this is a global news event that is down in history. If critical journalists don’t go, there is no one on the ground to challenge the official PR version…
We have the screenshot - it’s specifically in a conversation talking to me, about me, and my work, and your own responses. You could just have a bit of decency here, be civil and walk this back a bit.
A statement from @WeAreTheFSA and the prime minister on the European finals being behind a paywall Finals should really be free to air, as cultural events
Euroconsumers & Football Supporters Europe file complaint to the European Commission against FIFA over 2026 World Cup ticket practices
Tonight launching my friend @philippeauclair.bsky.social’s brilliant book ‘The Mbappe Project’ - not a biography but a study on the impact and legacy of a uniquely “curated” career
Premier League statement on Chelsea case There is a Football Association outcome still to come
PFA head Maheta Molango scathing about the elite calendar, says he was at Chelsea’s post CWC camp and “they looked shattered”
Just going to discuss KPIs and margins - what the game is all about!
The Deloitte Football Money League is out today, which takes figures from accounts that Uefa has access to Given that decades of research show a 90% correlation between wage bill and league position, it's interesting as regards club performance
Very much not a rehash, and this point is in the piece I mean, even fans must see it’s absurd it’s gone on this long?
A Fifa climbdown? A new cheaper ticket tier has been introduced for qualified teams
In my Friday newsletter: how the Liverpool hierarchy work, how they’re seen, how there’s more to this than Slot www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
Infantino thanks the media, “who are doing such a fantastic job, of course” for coming to the schedule reveal
The World Cup coaches in for the World Cup match schedule event - Tuchel sat beside Croatian counterpart Dalic
Errr… in Washington, someone has parker something called the “Siuuu! Machine” outside the Bosnian embassy
A joyous one for those who HATE the media: hour queue to get in in the snow due to the Secret Service
Media attending tomorrow’s World Cup draw in Washington pick up their accreditation at… the Watergate