42 h. ago Meet Jed Oliver, the Detroit Tigers fan from London traveling 3,500 miles to Comerica Park

Meet Jed Oliver, the Detroit Tigers fan from London traveling 3,500 miles to Comerica Park  Detroit Free Press

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6 d. ago 'World Cup's hottest fan' meets FIFA berk Gianni Infantino as his reaction spotted

The 'World Cup's hottest fan' Ivana Knoll teased her little 'chat' with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino and claimed what they discussed as football's top boss tried his best not to be caught out

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7 d. ago Gianni Infantino under pressure to release details of Gulf trip with Donald Trump

Fifa president accompanied US president in Middle EastHuman Rights Watch wants ‘meaningful accountability’Gianni Infantino should account for his trip alongside Donald Trump to the Gulf this week and “detail precisely what it achieved for football and human rights”, according to a leading critic of Fifa’s governance.Human Rights Watch says that Infantino’s trip, in which he accompanied the US president to Qatar and Saudi Arabia and missed a series of key meeting at Fifa’s annual congress, was indicative of the lack of “meaningful accountability” at the top of football’s global authority. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago UEFA release unprecedented Gianni Infantino statement after controversial Donald Trump trip

Gianni Infantino angered those present at the annual FIFA Congress in Asuncion, Paraguay on Thursday after arriving late following a trip around the Gulf states with Donald Trump

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7 d. ago FIFA president Gianni Infantino issues apology after accusation of 'putting football's interests second'

European football's leading administrators were deeply unimpressed with the FIFA president

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8 d. ago Gianni Infantino sparks fury among FIFA members as they WALK OUT of key meeting after he turned up three hours late following visit with Donald Trump

Infantino had joined Trump on the US president's trip to Qatar and Saudi Arabia this week, which he prioritised over the annual gathering of FIFA's membership in Paraguay.

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8 d. ago Uefa accuses Infantino of pursuing ‘private interests’ on Trump’s Gulf tour

Fifa boss arrives late at congress from US president’s tripEurope delegates walk out in protest at schedule changesUefa has accused the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, of pursuing “private political interests” ahead of his responsibilities to football. The shock intervention from European football’s governing body came after several national delegates walked out on the annual Fifa congress earlier on Thursday.The delegates, who included the president of Uefa, Alexander Ceferin, and the chair of the Football Association, Debbie Hewitt, did so in protest at alterations to the meeting’s schedule, caused by Infantino arriving late to proceedings after accompanying Donald Trump on a tour of Gulf states. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Uefa accuses Infantino of pursuing ‘private interests’ on Trump’s tour

Fifa president arrives late at congress after Gulf tripEurope delegates walk out in protest at schedule changesUefa has accused the Fifa ­president, Gianni Infantino, of pursuing ­“private political interests” ahead of his responsibilities to football. The shock intervention from European football’s governing body came after several national delegates walked out on the annual Fifa congress earlier on Thursday.The delegates, who included the president of Uefa, Aleksander Ceferin, and the chair of the Football Association, Debbie Hewitt, did so in protest at alterations to the meeting’s schedule, caused by Infantino arriving late to proceedings after accompanying Donald Trump on a tour of Gulf states. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Uefa accuses Gianni Infantino of putting ‘private political interests’ before game after Saudi trip with Donald Trump

Fifa president Gianni Infantino was delayed arriving at the body’s annual Congress after joining US President Trump on his tour of the Middle East

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8 d. ago FA chair joins protest against Gianni Infantino’s late arrival to Fifa Congress after Saudi trip with Donald Trump

Fifa president Gianni Infantino was delayed arriving at the annual meeting after joining US President Trump on his tour of the Middle East

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8 d. ago Delegates walk out of Fifa congress after Infantino arrives late from Trump trip

FA chair among those to walk out of annual meetingInfantino arrived late after Donald Trump tripRepresentatives from several European Fifa member associations walked out of the governing body’s annual congress in Paraguay in protest of president Gianni Infantino’s late arrival to the proceedings on Thursday. Infantino had been in the Middle East this week along with Donald Trump visiting leaders from Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and arrived in Paraguay hours late for a scheduled 10.30am start time to his organization’s annual meeting.The departing members included eight European members of the Fifa Council – the main decision-making body that sets the agenda for the wider congress. Uefa’s representatives on the Council to have walked out include Uefa president Alexander Čeferin and Football Association chair Debbie Hewitt. Other delegates to have left proceedings in protest include Norway Football Federation president Lise Klaveness, who called Infantino’s late arrival “disappointing” an...

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8 d. ago Gianni Infantino delays start of Fifa Congress by arriving late from Donald Trump tour

Infantino joined Trump on his state visits to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week

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9 d. ago Peace with Sinner: Tennis fan Pope Leo XIV meets with World No 1 during Italian Open off

Pope Leo XIV has apparently made peace with Jannik Sinner

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2 w. ago Football Daily | Inter’s grizzled mentality monsters refuse to lose in a Champions League all

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!The best Big/Bigger Cup semi-final of all time? That’s the sort of recency bias-based chat that would normally have the Daily rounding up all the young football heads to watch Bayern v Red Star Belgrade on VHS over a cool glass of turnip juice. But Inter 4-3 Barcelona (aet, 7-6 on agg) really might be the one. In recent years, we’ve seen incredible comebacks (Liverpool v Barça), goals galore (Roma v Liverpool), dramatic late plot twists (Spurs v Ajax, Real Madrid v Manchester City). Still, nothing quite like this, a game where even the eye-watering, parenthesised final score doesn’t tell the whole story.America will welcome the world. Everyone who wants to come here to enjoy, to have fun to celebrate the game, will be able to do that” – Fifa head honcho Gianni Infantino trumpets the warm reception the USA USA USA will give fans during the 2026 World Cup at a White House taskforce gathering.We want them to come, we want them to celeb...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump suggests Russia should be offered return to next year's World Cup as 'incentive' to end Ukraine war

Speaking alongside FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the first meeting of his World Cup taskforce, Trump admitted he was unaware that Russia are banned from the tournament.

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2 w. ago World Cup's hottest fan Ivana Knoll looks unrecognisable at Miami GP with daring look

Ivana Knoll, dubbed the ‘World Cup’s hottest fan’, looked unrecognisable as she appeared at the Miami Grand Prix sporting a new look

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3 w. ago Sir Sadiq Khan says London could ‘knock it out of the park’ as an Olympic host

Khan believes London could “knock it out of the park” as an Olympic and Paralympic Games host.

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