15 h. ago Arab states push back on Tony Blair role in overseeing postwar Gaza

Some countries voiced concerns over Donald Trump’s decision to name former UK prime minister to ‘board of peace’

Events

8 d. ago Bitter Jimmy Kimmel brands Trump 'dumb dumb' and suggests president, 79, needs 'walk

Jimmy Kimmel torched Donald Trump's decision to send the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, in a blistering opening monologue on Wednesday.

Politics

1 week ago FIFA 'attempting to ban' overseas league games after huge clash approved

Barcelona's clash with Villarreal in the La Liga has been given the green light by UEFA and FIFA are now trying to close the loophole for overseas matches

Sport

1 week ago FIFA wants to BAN league games staged overseas after Barcelona decision

Barcelona’s La Liga clash with Villarreal in December is set to make history as the first league game to be played abroad, but it appears that the game’s organisers are not too pleased

Sport

2 w. ago Fifa seeks advice over banning league games staged overseas amid regulations redraft

Rules could be updated for the first time since 2014La Liga and Serie A set to play in Miami and PerthFifa has begun redrafting its regulations on staging domestic league games in foreign countries and is seeking legal advice over whether it can ban them. World football’s governing body would like to outlaw the practice but will be guided by legal opinion in its first review of the relevant regulations for 11 years.A source involved in the process said Fifa was working towards making its rulebook more robust with a view to new regulations being ready early next year. This week Uefa blamed the “relevant Fifa regulatory framework” for its decision to allow Villarreal v Barcelona to take place in Miami in December and Milan v Como to go ahead in Perth in February. That is understood to have caused considerable irritation at Fifa because under existing regulations it is not their decision to make. Continue reading...

Sport

2 w. ago White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’

President has ‘heart of humanitarian’, spokesperson says after unsuccessful bid for prize amid Gaza ceasefire dealTruly, madly, deeply: Trump’s desire for a Nobel peace prize is driving diplomacy – analysisThe White House has denounced the Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Nobel peace prize to someone other than Donald Trump.Following Friday’s announcement that the Venezuelan opposition politician María Corina Machado had been awarded the prize, senior aides to the US president attacked the Norwegian committee as politicised while Norway braced itself for a potential diplomatic response from the White House. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago National guard remains in Chicago area as judge to rule on Trump deployment

President attacks Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as extra troops at army training site south-west of cityHundreds of national guard troops remained in the Chicago area as city and Illinois officials awaited a judge’s decision to stop Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement operation in the nation’s third-largest city.It was still unclear where specifically the Trump administration would send the troops who reported to an army training site south-west of Chicago, which was laden with extra fencing and tarps put up to block the public’s view of the facility late on Wednesday evening. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Fifa president Gianni Infantino says holding league games abroad is a ‘big risk’

La Liga and Serie A have both been granted Uefa permission to host a domestic match abroad for the first time, although Fifa’s approval is required for them to go ahead

Sport

2 w. ago UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin says moving games abroad risks ‘breaking’ football

Approval has been granted by UEFA for one LaLiga and one Serie A match to be played overseas.

Sport

2 w. ago Uefa’s ‘reluctant’ agreement to league games abroad has blown the future of football wide open

The governing body has agreed to two ‘exceptional’ requests and warned they will not set a precedent - but ripping up the rulebook opens the door to every disruptor to come

Sport

3 w. ago Donald Trump told ‘FIFA makes those decisions’ amid World Cup cities uncertainty

The United States President spoke last week about the possibility of moving games away from cities he considered “dangerous”.

Politics

3 w. ago Fifa set to dodge discussion on suspending Israel from international football

The issue of banning Israel from international competition is not on the agenda for Thursday’s Fifa Council meeting

Politics

3 w. ago Amnesty International calls on Fifa and Uefa to suspend Israeli Football Association

The letter, signed by Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard, argues the Israeli Football Association have breached Fifa statutes, amid growing calls for its exclusion

Politics

3 w. ago Israel in line for World Cup qualifying reprieve even if Uefa imposes ban

Ban would take in Nations League and Europa LeagueWorld Cup, co-hosted in 2026 by US, is Fifa competition Uefa is expected to avoid trying to block Israel from World Cup qualifying as it considers measures against the country’s football association.Under plans being worked out by the European game’s governing body that are expected to be voted on by its executive committee this week, the Guardian understands Israel would be banned only from competitions that Uefa directly controls. That means Israel’s men’s and women’s national teams would be excluded from the Nations League and Maccabi Tel Aviv would be removed from this season’s Europa League. Continue reading...

Politics

4 w. ago UEFA and FIFA on collision course over Israel decision after Donald Trump call

A panel of United Nations advisers has called on UEFA to suspend Israel, after a UN Commission of Inquiry decided the nation is committing genocide in Gaza

Politics

4 w. ago European soccer body UEFA moves toward vote to suspend Israel

European soccer body UEFA is moving toward a vote to suspend its member federation Israel over the war in Gaza, people familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Thursday

Politics

last month Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald takes swipe at USA team over 'prize money'

European captain Luke Donald has been vocal in his opposition to the US decision to pay their players for the first time in the history of the Ryder Cup

Politics