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India jumps two places to 104 in latest FIFA rankings

NEW DELHI: The Indian football team reaped a good harvest of its impressive Asian Cup qualification campaign as it gained two places to jump to 104th in the latest FIFA world rankings released on Thursday.

The Times of India

Zinedine Zidane at 50: Becoming the best and Marco Materazzi's infamous World Cup insult

Zinedine Zidane is one of the most successful football players and managers of all time but will forever be remembered for his infamous headbutt on Marco Materazzi

Daily Mirror

Eden Park rebuffed for $120,000 a week grant

The financially strapped Auckland Council has resisted a late bid for millions more in funding to Eden Park

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Michelle Kaufman: Miami winning 2026 World Cup bid was a minor miracle. Here’s what we can expect next

MIAMI — If the scene at Fritz and Franz Bierhaus in Coral Gables last Thursday was any indication, Miami soccer fans are ready for the 2026 World Cup.

Miami Herald

Transgender policy 'under review' as SFA take lead from FIFA on participation in women's game

IAN Maxwell says that the SFA are taking their lead from FIFA as they look to review their policy towards transgender players taking part in…

The National (Scotland)

International Rugby League Bans Transgender Women From Participating

The ban will prevent transgender women from playing in the 2022 Rugby League World Cup.

Sports Illustrated

FIFA-AFC team meeting with CoA 'gone off well', advisory committee formed by CoA disbanded

NEW DELHI: The first round of talks between the visiting FIFA-AFC team and the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) running the affairs of Indian football has "gone off well" and the world body is unlikely to impose a ban on the country, according to well-placed sources.

The Times of India

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World Cup nations to discuss highlighting plight of migrant workers in Qatar

Amnesty International has called on Fifa to earmark at least $440 million (over £350m) to support projects to compensate the families of migrant workers in the Gulf state

The Independent UK

Transgender athletes in women’s sport: Athletics could follow swimming and rugby league with ban, hints Coe

World Athletics could become the latest sporting governing body to ban transgender women from participating in elite female competition.

Evening Standard

Fifa reviewing gender eligibility regulations for football

Swimming this week announced a ban on athletes who have gone through male puberty from competing in women’s events

The Independent UK

FIFA reviewing its gender eligibility regulations

Swimming governing body FINA this week announced a ban on athletes who have gone through male puberty from competing in women’s events.

The Independent UK

Marcus Hayes: World Cup 2026 can change Philadelphia’s reputation and profile

PHILADELPHIA — It’s never too late to make a fresh impression.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

World Athletics and FIFA reviewing transgender policies after FINA ruling

World Athletics boss Sebastian Coe praises swimming authorities for their new rules around transgender athletes, adding that the athletics policy will be reviewed at the end of the year.

ABC News

Report: FIFA to Review Trans Eligibility Policies After FINA Decision

Soccer’s international governing body said it was “currently reviewing its gender eligibility regulations in consultation with expert stakeholders.”

Sports Illustrated

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The Times of India

Kushal Das takes medical leave, Sunando Dhar made acting AIFF general secretary: CoA

NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation (AIFF) general secretary Kushal Das has gone on leave on health grounds, forcing the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) to appoint Sunando Dhar to the post on interim basis.

The Guardian - UK

Threat of Fifa ban looms over India and Chhetri’s hopes of passing Messi

Turmoil at India’s FA could lead to ban and the national coach, Igor Stimac, has warned those in charge to ‘wake up’

Birmingham Post

Missguided, Victorian Plumbing and Mills & Reeve: The 26 latest hires and promotions in the North West

BusinessLive rounds up the latest appointments and promotions across the North West

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Qatar’s migrant workers: football owes them

Editorial: The FA and the England team should back proposals to safeguard migrant workers’ rights after the World Cup in November

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Evening Standard

More than half of all players at Euro 2020 and Africa Cup of Nations abused online

More than half of all players in the finals of Euro 2020 and Africa Cup of Nations were subjected to abuse online, a Fifa report has revealed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Study Finds More Than 50% of Footballers Suffer Online Abuse

More than half of footballers playing at the European Championship and African Cup of Nations suffered online abuse, a study published by FIFA revealed on Saturday. Much of abuse came from fans of the players' home nations, AFP reported. "Homophobic (40%) and racist (38%) comments provided the majority of the…

Wales Online

Getting amorous at this year's World Cup could land you in jail for seven years

One night stands and public shows of affection are effectively banned in Qatar, FIFA warns football fans

Daily Mirror

FIFA study lays bare shocking scale of social media abuse after England stars targeted

New studies from FIFA were commissioned after Euro 2020 and the Africa Cup of Nations, with the results detailing how more than half of all players involved received abuse

Tribune News Service

Vahe Gregorian: Why Kansas City’s World Cup 2026 host duty could hasten end of Arrowhead as we know it

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Over the last few years, the Chiefs say they have spent nearly as much of their own money ($40 million) on renovations and upgrades to Arrowhead Stadium as it cost Jackson County taxpayers ($43 million through a bond i,ssue) to build both stadiums in the Truman…

Tribune News Service

Matt Calkins: Give the city's passionate soccer fans a big assist for bringing the World Cup to Seattle

SEATTLE — Those cheers you heard if you were walking down 36th Ave. in Fremont? It was only about 10% joy.

Miami Herald

World Cup solidifies vision for Hard Rock Stadium as ‘global entertainment destination’

MIAMI — Some of the curves and bends of the Miami International Autodrome were still easy to make out from the suite level at Hard Rock Stadium on Friday when representatives from South Florida’s local governments, the Miami Dolphins and the visitors bureau all gathered there to formally welcome the…

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