68 h. ago 'Gamechanger' moment for Scottish football proclaimed as major tournament update released

UK set to host competition in ten years time

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3 d. ago UK set to host FIFA Women's World Cup after Gianni Infantino statement

There has only been one "valid bid" for the 2035 tournament according to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, coming from the Home Nations

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3 d. ago UK to host World Cup as FIFA chief Gianni Infantino says 'one valid bid'

The UK is set to host the 2035 World Cup after FIFA president Gianni Infantino called the nation's interest in hosting the finals as the 'one valid bid'

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3 d. ago UK almost certain to host Women’s World Cup 2035 as ‘one valid bid’

Fifa president Gianni Infantino described the UK as ‘one valid bid’ for the finals, with the USA set to host the 2031 Women’s World Cup

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3 d. ago UK poised to host 2035 Women’s World Cup and US lands 2031 tournament

Fifa president Infantino says UK is the ‘one valid bid’US may host in 2031 alongside other Concacaf nationsThe United Kingdom appears certain to host the 2035 Women’s World Cup after Gianni Infantino, the Fifa president, announced it is the sole bidder for the tournament.Infantino confirmed in an address to Uefa’s annual congress in Belgrade that the UK had a clear path to staging the event. He also named the USA, probably alongside other Concacaf members, as the only candidate for the 2031 edition. Fifa intends to expand the Women’s World Cup to 48 teams, mirroring the new look of the men’s competition, from 2031. Concacaf covers North and Central America and the Caribbean. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Trump 'finalizing' TikTok sale proposal as total ban looms in just FOUR days

President Trump is set to host an Oval Office meeting with investment groups who could purchase TikTok, after he directed a pause in a legal ban on the company on his first day in office.

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4 d. ago Massive JFK files dump set to release everything CIA knows about Lee Harvey Oswald

Congress is set to host a hearing Tuesday to further examine how former President John F. Kennedy was killed half a century ago.

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4 d. ago The stunning Victorian pub set in four acres of woodland to host special wedding event

The hidden venue has become known for its private functions and weddings

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4 d. ago JFK files under fresh scrutiny as Congress drags in filmmaker Oliver Stone and examines CIA's ties to assassination

Congress is set to host a hearing Tuesday to further examine how former President John F. Kennedy was killed half a century ago.

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6 d. ago Matheus Cunha's release clause revealed as Arsenal and Liverpool put on red alert

Matheus Cunha is set to have a host of teams chasing his signature this summer after publicly stating his desire for a new challenge - and the Wolves star is said to have a £62.5million release clause

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6 d. ago Jack Black reveals his 'terror' ahead of SNL hosting return after 20 years

Actor and musician Jack Black is set to host long-running stateside sketch show Saturday Night Live for the first time in 20 years, but admitted he is fearing the appearance

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8 d. ago Infantino’s $1bn prize: act of commercial disruption disguised as benevolence | Barney Ronay

Fifa president’s talk of the Club World Cup promoting access and equity is simply double-think to disguise another land grabIt takes a while for the voice to emerge from the background haze, a mist of generically noodling electronic music, the kind of music that comes filled with a comforting sense of death, hold music from the executive euthanasia clinic.Finally the voice emerges, whispering through your headphones in that familiar rich, reverent Euro-tone, like being spoken to by the sun. This is a voice that says: I am here to command. But I am also just a conduit for a divinity that flows through me and into you. Although mainly, and let’s be absolutely clear, through me. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jack Stein brings seafood mastery to Linn House supper series

Hidden in Speyside, Linn House blends whisky heritage with luxury and is set to host a new culinary experience

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1 week ago Afghanistan women players fight to compete in World Cup qualifying after fleeing Taliban rule

Afghanistan’s women’s football team fled from their country after the Taliban takeover of 2021

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1 week ago Fifa close on recognising Afghanistan women’s team but players say it is too late

Team closer to representing country four years after exilePlayers express frustration at Fifa’s slow progressFifa has cleared the way for the exiled Afghanistan women’s national team to represent the country but has been criticised for moving too slowly, four years after players fled the country when the Taliban returned to power.Football’s global governing body said it was committed to supporting players outside Afghanistan and would organise training camps, provide staff (including qualified coaches and technical and medical staff) and coordinate friendly matches. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fifa closes on recognising Afghanistan women’s team but players say it is too late

Team closer to representing country four years after exilePlayers express frustration at Fifa’s slow progressFifa has cleared the way for the exiled Afghanistan women’s national team to represent the country but has been criticised for moving too slowly, four years after players fled the country when the Taliban returned to power.Football’s global governing body said it was committed to supporting players outside Afghanistan and would organise training camps, provide staff (including qualified coaches and technical and medical staff) and coordinate friendly matches. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Scottish star is set to host TV BAFTAs for the first time as Romesh Ranganathan and Rob Beckett are replaced for 2025 ceremony

The actor is renowned for his celebrated career in the arts, spanning television, film, and theatre.

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2 w. ago The stunning hall and gardens near Greater Manchester set to host big food festival

It will already be familiar to Netflix and Peaky Blinders fans

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2 w. ago Fifa is losing its dignity as Infantino bows to Trump’s ‘Maga World Cup’ dream

Gianni Infantino is having his ‘dignity’ questioned, explains chief football writer Miguel Delaney, as the Fifa chief cosies up to Trump ahead of the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico

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2 w. ago Edinburgh and Yorkshire set to host Tour de France Grand Départs in 2027

Men’s and women’s races will both visit UK for three days‘The biggest free spectator event ever hosted in the UK’The men’s Tour de France will return to Britain in July 2027 with a spectacular city-centre Grand Départ in Edinburgh and three stages that trace a route from Scotland through England and into Wales.It will be the third Tour race start in Britain in the last 20 years, after London in 2007 and Yorkshire in 2014, and the most logistically demanding Grand Départ in the century-long history of the race. Continue reading...

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