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Martyn Ziegler

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sports journalist for The Times

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🚨 POD: FIFA raids 10 years
@robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social

🇨🇭How we saw arrests
🇺🇸 What happened in US prosecutions
🎧Archive audio of Sepp Blatter, Jeffrey Webb and Greg Dyke
🌍Blatter’s exit & Gianni Infantino’s rise

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31.05.2025 10:41 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

A look back with the @martynziegler.bsky.social and @robharrisreports.bsky.social
on an incredible episode 10 years ago. A sensational event we thought of as the lowest point for FIFA. A decade on? In some ways, yes. In others way, maybe not. Have a listen

31.05.2025 10:49 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
Sport Unlocked From the pitches to the boardrooms, the stories behind the big decisions by sports leaders affecting every fan. Featuring sports news insiders Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and more

🚨POD at FIFA Congress
@robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social

🇵🇾Gianni Infantino late arrival & apology. Was prioritising Trump Gulf tour right?
🇪🇺European chiefs walk-out
🇺🇸UEFA accuses Infantino over “personal political interests”
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17.05.2025 18:23 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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Sport Unlocked From the pitches to the boardrooms, the stories behind the big decisions by sports leaders affecting every fan. Featuring sports news insiders Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and more

POD
@robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social

🇮🇳World cricket boss fighting talk on India military
🏆Women’s WC expanded
🇺🇸VP on WC visas
✈️FIFA impact as Infantino joins Trump Gulf tour
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿MPs question football regulator
🇻🇦Pope’s team

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10.05.2025 09:43 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

FIFA Council meeting has just wrapped up. Had to be held virtually earlier than planned because Gianni Infantino will miss the first few days of his/FIFA’s own Congress week so he can travel to the Gulf as part of Donald Trump’s visits to Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia.

09.05.2025 15:53 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 2
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Man Utd lost out on Eden Hazard after refusal to pay agent backhander Chelsea eventually won race for Belgian who developed into one of world’s best players, with Sir Alex Ferguson instead forced to settle for Shinji Kagawa

Revealed - How Man Utd lost out on Eden Hazard after refusal to pay agent huge backhander

www.thetimes.com/article/f787...

24.04.2025 12:57 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Sport Unlocked From the pitches to the boardrooms, the stories behind the big decisions by sports leaders affecting every fan. Featuring sports news insiders Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and more

POD
@robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social
🇫🇷Mbappe sues PSG
🔵 Chelsea UEFA case
🏆Club WC tickets push. @jtannenwald.bsky.social asks Infantino on visas
🇺🇸Foreign matches in US
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Trans policy

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Watch youtu.be/a79tSy2IRbc?...

12.04.2025 12:40 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Sport Unlocked From the pitches to the boardrooms, the stories behind the big decisions by sports leaders affecting every fan. Featuring sports news insiders Rob Harris, Martyn Ziegler, Tariq Panja and more

🎙NEW
@robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social

🏆Club World Cup prize money & impact on competitive balance
🏃‍♀️ Athletics sex eligibility testing
💉Doping contamination cases
🇺🇸Angel City chief on salary cap scandal & team's growth

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31.03.2025 15:37 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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Sport Unlocked Sports Podcast · Updated Biweekly · From the pitches to the boardrooms, the stories behind the big decisions by sports leaders affecting every fan. Featuring sports news insiders Rob Harris, Martyn Zi...

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@robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social

🇬🇷IOC election behind the scenes - what Kirsty Coventry’s win means for Olympics, Trump & Russia

🏆What links Club WC & fighter jets? And disarray with Leon thrown out

🎾Tennis infighting
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23.03.2025 18:04 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Kirsty Coventry's election as the first female president of the IOC may seem like a positive step for the organisation, but she is very much the establishment's choice, with Thomas Bach lobbying hard for her (against the rules, it should be said).
Do not expect reform or change.

20.03.2025 15:37 — 👍 26    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 2

Samuel Eto’o is on the case!

16.03.2025 20:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Whatever you think about Saudi/PIF/ sportswashing it’s still possible to feel happy for all those Newcastle fans who have waited all their lives for a day like this.

16.03.2025 20:38 — 👍 46    🔁 7    💬 10    📌 16

Mad scoop by @tariqpanja.bsky.social

06.03.2025 15:27 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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TNT agrees to deal to televise 24 Club World Cup games this summer The cable channel will show games in the group stage and knockout rounds, including the final, while streaming platform DAZN will carry all 63 games. Philadelphia is one of the host cities.

Breaking news:

TNT gets the English sublicense deal for the Club World Cup.

24 games, joint production of studio shows with DAZN… and a bit of a change of course by DAZN? Or not?

www.inquirer.com/soccer/club-... via @phillysport.bsky.social @inquirer.com

05.03.2025 15:02 — 👍 23    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0
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Somewhat buried in an FT piece about DAZN’s wish to become the N̶e̶t̶f̶l̶i̶x̶ Spotify of Sports, is another monumental loss, this time growing to $1.4bn (!!) for the year to 2023, was $1.2 bn in 2022, $2.3bn in 2021 and $1.3bn in 2020. Eye watering numbers but now in business with KSA so …

24.01.2025 11:12 — 👍 35    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 6
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Prince Harry settles case with publisher of The Sun The publisher apologised to the Duke of Sussex for intrusion into his life and the life of his mother

Prince Harry wins apology and £10m settlement

www.thetimes.com/article/7be4...

22.01.2025 22:26 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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«Kjøper seg tid i VAR-spørsmålet» - Idrettspolitikk Solskjær-losjen, Ullevaal Stadion (Idrettspolitikk.no): Djevelen ligger i detaljene. Også i VAR-saken. Formuleringen i vedtaket på eiermøtet i Norsk Toppfotball (NTF) og som nå sendes over til styret ...

Min rapport fra NTFs pressekonferanse om VAR. idrettspolitikk.no/2025/01/22/k...

22.01.2025 19:16 — 👍 69    🔁 14    💬 5    📌 5
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Infantino beside himself with happiness for being name-checked by Trump

20.01.2025 08:38 — 👍 34    🔁 9    💬 13    📌 19
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Sport Unlocked Sports Podcast · 5 Seasons · Updated Monthly

🚨 POD
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@robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social

🏆Workload: Klopp opposes Club World Cup despite Red Bull team qualifying
🔵Chelsea settling historic Premier League investigation without points deduction?
🇸🇦DAZN-Saudi
💶Betting cases
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19.01.2025 08:58 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Chelsea in talks to settle secret payments case without points deduction Club negotiating with Premier League over proposed financial settlement after new owners discovered irregularities during 2022 takeover process

Chelsea in talks to settle secret payments case without points deduction

www.thetimes.com/article/8a48...

16.01.2025 09:14 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 16    📌 10
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No clubs charged with PSR breaches — but Leicester City still at risk All top-flight teams declared compliant for 2023-24 but Leicester remain in legal dispute with Premier League over spending during 2022-23

No clubs charged by Premier League with PSR breaches for last season — but Leicester City still at risk

www.thetimes.com/article/7fdf...

14.01.2025 10:44 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
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Players and Manchester clubs unite to fight Premier League spending cap PFA set to oppose top flight’s plans to introduce first limit on spending from next season, with Manchester City and Manchester United also against the scheme

Players and Manchester clubs unite to fight Premier League spending cap

www.thetimes.com/article/9a7b...

09.01.2025 19:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 3
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West Ham in £4m legal battle with London Stadium landlords Club trying to claw back sum paid to stadium owners after Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky bought 27 per cent, while taxpayers continue to shell out millions

West Ham in £4m legal battle with London Stadium landlords

www.thetimes.com/article/1e73...

08.01.2025 09:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Three Premier League chiefs: Football regulator will damage top flight Martyn Ziegler speaks to Arsenal’s Tim Lewis, West Ham’s Karren Brady and Brighton’s Paul Barber, who have fears about the impact of the Football Governance Bill

Three Premier League chiefs: Football regulator will damage top flight

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/foot...

06.01.2025 23:12 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 2
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Olympic heroes snubbed after New Years Honours List rule change Climbing and shooting gold medallists miss out after long-held policy of champions receiving at least MBEs is ditched in a move that has raised eyebrows

Olympic heroes snubbed after New Years Honours List rule change

www.thetimes.com/article/ac5b...

31.12.2024 11:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Chelsea’s Enzo Fernández looks to have escaped charge over ‘racist’ song Chelsea’s Enzo Fernández looks to have escaped charge over posting video of ‘racist’ song, while Fifa announces that Netflix will show Women’s World Cup matches

Enzo Fernández + Argentina look to have escaped charge over racist song - Kick It Out’s inquiries draw a blank.

Also:
- FIFA celebrates Netflix deal - but refuses to rule out dynamic pricing for 2026 WC
- Rashford, Cristiano, Sancho all sharing same publicist
www.thetimes.com/article/70f9...

20.12.2024 21:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Newcastle’s Bin Salman will have to go through tougher new owners’ test One peer says it is ‘a farce’ that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince will face the higher degree of influence test set by the independent football regulator

Newcastle’s Bin Salman “will have to go through tougher new owners’ test” - says minister

www.thetimes.com/article/c4e2...

19.12.2024 07:11 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 7    📌 3
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Sport Unlocked Sports Podcast · 4 Seasons · Updated Biweekly

🚨NEW
🎙 @robharrisreports.bsky.social @martynziegler.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social

🏆World Cups hosts confirmed without a vote
- why FAs don't dispute Infantino
- how key is MBS to Saudi 2034

❄️Italy's Winter Olympics in US
🏉Rugby for diplomacy

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14.12.2024 11:23 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

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