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Iran’s national team returns to American soil today after 26 years.
This is the story of what happened last time. The movie just needs to be filmed. bbc.co.uk/sport/football…
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Mani Djazmi
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Mani Djazmi
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BBC world Service sport journalist covering global football. Iran-born. @sheffjournalism graduate. Tell me things at [email protected]
🎙🚃✈️🗺 Katılım Ağustos 2010
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Huge respect to those nations who have no chance of World Cup qualification but still chose the greater good over a lottery win.
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@draper_rob And potentially controlling who plays and who doesn’t. EG the calls for Italy to replace Iran this year.
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If you knew FIFA you would know that selling even a 20% stake is equivalent to selling football
It means corporate investors (the Trump family) will control World Cup
Which means dynamic pricing/$10,000 tickets become the norm
Sweating the assert every way possible
👋 to ordinary fans
USA hosting every World Cup (no more European/African/Sth American World Cups)
Biennial World Cups, 64 teams, player welfare minimised
Even more money to FIFA members with unaudited accounts
The worst kind of capitalism
And obviously they ‘can’ do that
The question is whether they ‘should’?
And whether 21st century capitalism has any moral moorings whatsoever?
Andrew Lilico@andrew_lilico
FIFA isn't proposing to sell "football". What would that even mean? It's proposing to sell a stake in the organisation & management of specific tournaments - the FIFA World Cup & Club World Cup. I can't see the slightest reason it shouldn't do that if it wants to.
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I had the pleasure of interviewing @SidnyLopesCabra a couple of times during the World Cup.
His rise has been incredible and entirely down to hard work.
His strike being voted goal of the World Cup is just the latest accomplishment. Many more to follow, I’m sure.
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Fantastic get and Fergy sounding great.
Track Radio@wearetrackradio
🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨 Sir Alex Ferguson joined @VassosA this morning to pay tribute to Kevin Keegan. 🏆 THAT 1995 title chase 🏆 🎹 A chance encounter 🎹 💥 ‘He gave Newcastle their best ever team’ 💥 Listen NOW in full, OR get the app to listen again at trackradio.com
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I know decades have passed, and the Premier League is awash with money, but I still remember Alan Shearer signing for Blackburn for £3.6m and everyone asking if the weight of the price tag would be too great.
Now, kids with no real experience are going for £4-8m.
👨🦳
Laurie Whitwell@lauriewhitwell
Manchester United announce signing of Tynan Thompson from Tottenham. Left winger, 18, set to go into first-team training. Similar to Ayden Heaven deal. #MUFC paying £4m guaranteed + £4m in add-ons depending on senior progress. Spurs have 15% sell-on ⬇️ nytimes.com/athletic/74579…
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One of the features of this World Cup has been people’s inability to boo properly. The Moroccan fans, who are the market leaders, are of course exempt from this observation.
Monica Alba@albamonica
What it sounded like when President Trump walked onto the field with FIFA head Gianni Infantino for the World Cup trophy presentation
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Say what you like about fifa but they’ve done brilliantly to gather this amount of star footballers to appear at their concert.
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2025 Champions League final referee from Slovenia who also refereed Saudi Arabia’s 2-1 win over Argentina in 2022.
Arrested in 2020 for alleged ties to a drugs ring and prostitution which he’s always denied and no charges were brought.
FIFA@FIFAcom
Introducing your referee for the @FIFAWorldCup 2026 Final....🥁 Congratulations, Slavko Vinčić! 👏
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Tottenham finished fourth from bottom two seasons in a row with Porro, Romero (sometimes) and Spence in the back four 😂
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Performing what? Who is he?
EuroFoot@eurofootcom
🚨🇺🇸 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | IShowSpeed will be performing at the World Cup final closing ceremony. 🏆✅
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An appropriate victory on the day that’s regarded as England’s birthday marking the moment, 1099 years ago, when England was formed and the powers of the vikings were checked.
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Isn’t knockout football fun?
Can’t wait for the Champions League league phase …
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So all three co-hosts are out before the quarter finals. Let’s see how the SIX hosts get on in 2030.
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RIP @fifamedia
With President Trump now saying Brazilian ref Brazilian referee Raphael Claus is ‘very suspect’ I assume we can expect FIFA to come out fighting defending the integrity of its refs? 😬
Every word Trump says sinks Gianni deeper in mire
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At least halftime interrupted that thrilling action and not a water break. Can you imagine? 🤬
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No suspensions for Ronaldo and Flo, no red card for Messi’s challenge on Mandi … presumably the diplomatic immunity will extend to Harry Kane tonight?
At the World Cup, rules apparently don’t count when they get in the way.
Rob Harris@RobHarris
Breaking: FIFA suspends US star Folarin Balogun's one-match ban for a year so he is eligible to play their last-16 match against Belgium, Sky News understands
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In case you’d like something to listen to, here’s a piece of mine from the glorious Azteca about its glorious past, featuring the memories of Carlos Alberto and Melquiades Sanchez, the stadium announcer for half a century.
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