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Reform accused of seeking to insert ‘toxic politics’ into English football https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/mar/24/reform-accused-of-seeking-to-insert-toxic-politics-into-english-football #ReformUk #Politics #TheFa #Football #SuellaBraverman #LisaNandy #FootballPolitics #UkNews
Reform accused of seeking to insert ‘toxic politics’ into English football

Suella Braverman presses the FA to scrap diversity and inclusion policies, which she claims are ‘racist’

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Headlines AfricaMar 19
African football body president defends decision to strip Senegal of AFCON title http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRZflx #AFCON #CAF #AfricanFootball #Senegal #FootballPolitics
US news | The GuardianMar 11
Infantino insists Trump has assured him Iran are ‘welcome’ to play at 2026 World Cup https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/11/donald-trump-iran-welcome-2026-world-cup-gianni-infantino #WorldCup2026 #Iran #DonaldTrump #GianniInfantino #Fifa #FootballPolitics #Football #UsSports #WorldCup #Sport #UsisraelWarOnIran
Infantino insists Trump has assured him Iran are ‘welcome’ to play at 2026 World Cup

Donald Trump has said Iran are ‘welcome’ to play at the upcoming World Cup, despite the ongoing war in the Middle East, according to Fifa’s president

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US news | The GuardianMar 6
While Trump monetises war, Iran women’s team deliver great act of sporting heroism | Barney Ronay https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/06/donald-trump-monetises-war-iran-womens-team-deliver-great-act-sporting-heroism #WomensFootball #WorldCup2026 #Football #Sport #Iran #DonaldTrump #FootballPolitics
While Trump monetises war, Iran women’s team deliver great act of sporting heroism

In refusing to sing the national anthem these athletes have placed themselves in grave danger while Gianni Infantio sides with the American war machine

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US news | The GuardianMar 4
‘It’s not acceptable’: Foxborough board and World Cup officials spar over funding gap https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/04/foxborough-boston-world-cup-stadium-funding-board-meeting #WorldCup2026 #WorldCup #FootballPolitics #Football #Sport #UsSports
‘It’s not acceptable’: Will a small town be left $7.8m on the hook for the World Cup?

At a meeting of the board that governs the World Cup stadium in Foxborough, promises were made if not accepted

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US news | The GuardianMar 2
Infantino’s idolisation of Trump has left football with blood on its hands | Barney Ronay https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/02/fifa-gianni-infantino-idolisation-donald-trump-football-world-cup-us-israel-middle-east #Football #GianniInfantino #DonaldTrump #Fifa #Iran #WorldCup2026 #WorldCup #FootballPolitics #Sport
Infantino’s idolisation of Trump has left football with blood on its hands

The Fifa president’s sycophancy towards the US president has left the organisation facing a new nadir, but any reckoning seems a distant prospect

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US news | The GuardianMar 2
Iraq and UAE could take Iran’s World Cup finals spot due to Middle East crisis https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/02/iraq-united-arab-emirates-uae-iran-fifa-world-cup-tournament-us-mexico-canada #WorldCup2026 #Fifa #Iraq #UnitedArabEmirates #Iran #WorldCup #FootballPolitics #Football #Sport #UsSports
Iraq and UAE could take Iran’s World Cup finals spot due to Middle East crisis

Fifa’s regulations are unclear on the process to replace a country in a World Cup finals and withdrawal would be the first since 1950

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World news | The GuardianFeb 11
Family of worker killed on Saudi World Cup site still waiting for compensation a year on https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/11/family-worker-killed-saudi-world-cup-site-still-waiting-compensation-year-mohammad-arshad #GlobalDevelopment #WorkersRights #Fifa #WorldCup2034 #SaudiArabia #WorldNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #FootballPolitics #SaudiArabiaAndSport
Family of worker killed on Saudi World Cup site still waiting for compensation a year on

Lengthy delays in compensation are ‘emblematic’ of what many relatives of migrant workers go through in the Gulf kingdom, say rights groups

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US news | The GuardianFeb 10
ICE director refuses to commit to pausing operations for 2026 World Cup https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/feb/10/ice-director-testimony-world-cup-2026-operations #WorldCup2026 #UsSports #Sport #Football #WorldCup #FootballPolitics
ICE director refuses to commit to pausing operations for 2026 World Cup

Acting ICE director Todd Lyons told a congressional committee that his agency was ‘key’ to World Cup security plans

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World news | The GuardianJan 31
Lord Triesman, former Labour minister and FA chair, dies aged 82 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/31/lord-triesman-former-labour-minister-and-fa-chair-dies-aged-82 #Labour #TheFa #TottenhamHotspur #FootballPolitics #Politics #UkNews
Lord Triesman, former Labour minister and FA chair, dies aged 82

Former prime minister Tony Blair paid tribute to Triesman as a ‘vital part of the New Labour movement’

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