An allegation that World Cup ref Omar Artan has links to terror groups made with no public proof by an administration that shredded its intelligence capacity and overseas aid work. What is the quality of its information from Somalia? Maybe try to prove it? apnews.com/article/worl...
It's especially hard to remove a sports body's president with one-member-one-vote used by others - like FIFA, taking a random example. FIS voting system gives extra votes to heartland nations. The margin Thursday was one vote.
That time in 2017 when Infantino said 2026 World Cup teams, fans and officials “need to have access to the country, otherwise there is no World Cup. That is obvious."
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The World Cup referee from Somalia was picked by FIFA 2 months ago and still could not enter the U.S. with a valid visa. This is so farcical from a World Cup host and has potential to get even worse for the 2028 LA Olympics when bona fide people from every country are coming.
Maybe no US federal agency ever saw this…
You would have to be out of your depth as a World Cup host to treat the Tartan Army as a problem.
The fallout from FIFA raids, investigations, trials since May 2015 at the Baur au Lac will never be over, ever. apnews.com/article/plat...
Proof that it's possible to democratically oust the president of a sports governing body. Ski leader Eliasch beaten by just one vote with a parting shot at the IOC for alleged election influence. apnews.com/article/fis-...
The UN human rights agency in Geneva is seeing the “racial profiling, surveillance and immigration enforcement” around the World Cup and has concerns. Also 2 Olympics and a Women's World Cup coming to the US by 2034. apnews.com/article/worl...
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On the day it finally went live, regulators in several countries immediately moved to block ADI Predictstreet, Fifa’s $150m prediction market sponsor, for operating illegally. (Free to read for 24 hours, then paywalled.)
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A World Cup referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States has returned to Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, where he was received by a crowd of supporters and officials.
On the day it finally went live, regulators in several countries immediately moved to block ADI Predictstreet, Fifa’s new prediction market sponsor, for operating illegally.
Proof that it's possible to democratically oust the president of a sports governing body. Ski leader Eliasch beaten by just one vote with a parting shot at the IOC for alleged election influence. apnews.com/article/fis-...
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been targeted by a revived criminal complaint in France by his former boss Michel Platini.
World ski federation leader Johan Eliasch has been ousted in a tight presidential election. It has come after a campaign led by the sport’s heartland nations in Europe and North America that was backe...
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The United Nations’ top human rights official called Wednesday for a “massive rethink” of immigration policies especially in the United States ahead of the World Cup.
Scotland fans’ US travel permits revoked days before World Cup
World ski federation leader Johan Eliasch has been ousted in a tight presidential election. It has come after a campaign led by the sport’s heartland nations in Europe and North America that was backe...
