November 4, 2013
Cycling’s transparency puts football to shame
While other sports seem capable of cleaning up their act, football, despite all the talk of transparency, remains resistant to real reform.
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Keir Radnedge
A former editor of World Soccer, Keir Radnedge is a highly respected and well-connected commentator on the global game.
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October 29, 2013
Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini continue their game of political pingpong
A forty team World Cup, talk of cutting down on the number of European teams at the finals, these are just the opening exchanges in what promises to be a bruising campaign to become the…
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October 24, 2013
Head of players union to treat all footballers as equal
Philippe Piat has returned as president of the international players’ union, and made a pledge to treat all players on an equal basis, regardless of their status.
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October 21, 2013
FIFA chief favours December World Cup in Qatar
As the debates rages on about the 2022 World Cup, FIFA's secretary general, Jerome Valcke, states the case for a December tournament.
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October 14, 2013
While the world obsesses over Qatar, another Gulf state is preparing to host a World Cup
Barely noticed abroad amid all the hysterical paranoia about Qatar 2022, FIFA will be staging a World Cup in the Gulf over the next three weeks
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October 10, 2013
Premier League not alone in its concerns over a winter World Cup
The Premier League is not the only league concerned about the 2022 World Cup being staged in winter. Across the football world, many countries are worried about the ramifications of a switch. Keir Radnedge on…
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October 7, 2013
Sepp Blatter shows that he is still The Man at FIFA
Showing a deft political touch that has sustained him down the years, Sepp Blatter wrong-footed many of his critics at last week's FIFA Exco.
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October 4, 2013
Qatar 2022 decision: FIFA kicks the can down the road
FIFA's 'big decision' about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at its executive committee in Zurich was 'no decision' - beyond a reiteration that it will be played in the Gulf.
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October 2, 2013
Qatar may not have been the right choice for 2022, but FIFA is stuck with it
Amid all the controversy over when the 2022 World Cup should be played, one thing seems certain: regardless of the merits of the decision to award the finals to Qatar, there is no real case…
