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151 - 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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151 - 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

Sat, 11 May 2024
150 - 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

Sat, 04 May 2024
149 - 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

Sun, 28 Apr 2024
148 - 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

Wed, 24 Apr 2024
147 - 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

Sat, 13 Apr 2024
146 - Tech helping or hindering sport? Interview - Hawk-Eye founder behind VAR, GLT & more; Premier League club finances analysed; IOC hoax call

Sat, 06 Apr 2024
145 - 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

Fri, 29 Mar 2024
144 - FIFA finances - Infantino 33% salary rise; Spain's Saudi deal investigated; Russia's hoax call to IOC?; Transgender policies; European football racism

Sun, 24 Mar 2024
143 - 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

Sun, 17 Mar 2024
142 - 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

Sat, 09 Mar 2024
141 - 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?

Sun, 03 Mar 2024
140 - Meeting Jim Ratcliffe - hearing plans for Manchester United; Protests force Bundesliga u-turn; Russia’s football friends; Putin's Games; Kiptum, Betani & Brehme tributes

Sun, 25 Feb 2024
139 - 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

Sat, 10 Feb 2024
138 - 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

Mon, 05 Feb 2024
137 - 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

Tue, 30 Jan 2024
136 - 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

Sat, 20 Jan 2024
135 - 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

Sat, 13 Jan 2024
134 - 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

Sat, 06 Jan 2024
133 - 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

Sat, 23 Dec 2023
132 - 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

Sun, 17 Dec 2023
131 - 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

Sat, 09 Dec 2023
130 - 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

Sun, 03 Dec 2023
129 - 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

Sat, 25 Nov 2023
128 - 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

Sun, 19 Nov 2023
127 - 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

Fri, 03 Nov 2023
126 - 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

Sat, 28 Oct 2023
125 - 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

Fri, 20 Oct 2023
124 - 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

Sat, 07 Oct 2023
123 - 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

Tue, 03 Oct 2023
122 - 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.

Sat, 23 Sep 2023
121 - 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

Fri, 08 Sep 2023
120 - 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

Mon, 04 Sep 2023
119 - 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?

Tue, 08 Aug 2023
118 - 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

Sat, 29 Jul 2023
117 - 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

Fri, 21 Jul 2023
116 - 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

Sat, 08 Jul 2023
115 - 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?

Sat, 01 Jul 2023
114 - 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

Sat, 24 Jun 2023
113 - 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

Sat, 17 Jun 2023
112 - 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

Fri, 09 Jun 2023
111 - 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

Sun, 04 Jun 2023
110 - 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?

Thu, 25 May 2023
109 - 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

Sun, 14 May 2023
108 - 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?

Sat, 06 May 2023
107 - 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

Sat, 29 Apr 2023
106 - 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?

Sat, 01 Apr 2023
105 - 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

Sat, 25 Mar 2023
104 - 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

Mon, 20 Mar 2023
103 - Infantino investigations; FIFA case verdict in US; UEFA homegrown player rules challenged; No Visit Saudi for Women's WC?; Russians in athletics

Sun, 12 Mar 2023
102 - 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

Sun, 05 Mar 2023

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