@samindrakunti.bsky.social
Journalist. FIFA, labour rights in the Gulf, sports betting. Featured in Josimar, World Soccer, Daily Mirror and The Blizzard. Author 'Brazil 1970'. Columbia J-School. Views my own.
"He doesn’t like to talk about it, but last week Gianni Infantino celebrated a decade as FIFA supremo. Hooray! It feels like an appropriate time to list some of the accomplishments of the man Donald Trump called the king of s̶y̶c̶o̶p̶h̶a̶n̶t̶s̶ soccer…"
www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
Issue 60 of The Blizzard, edited as ever by @jonawils.bsky.social, is out now and packed with wonderful long-form football writing from @philippeauclair.bsky.social, @verypopularname.bsky.social and more
More here 👇 theblizzard.co.uk/shop/issues/...
From yesterday.
01.03.2026 08:51 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Do read @anamariecox.bsky.social's first reply as well - Polymarket's response.
28.02.2026 16:33 — 👍 18 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0“.. This is your peace prize. It is also a beautiful medal that you can wear everywhere you want to go.”
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The Board of Peace is already fostering cooperation and producing results, as two of its members joined forces to launch a war today
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«Donald Trump er ingen verdig vinner av en fredspris».
Og nevner: Toll, trusler, utmelding av internasjonale avtaler, alternative organisasjoner, rasisme, ICE..
«Infantino roser Trumps ledelse» og nevner hans samkvem med diktatorer. #Tinget2026
Follow @josimarfootball.bsky.social for all the latest from the NFF congress.
Two important motions: suspension of Israel and discontinuation of the FIFA Peace Prize.
#Tinget2026
Thank God for the FIFA Peace Prize
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Throwback to November 1982.
The evergreen Mr Radnedge was associate editor at the time.
In today's Tribune de Genève.
👉 www.tdg.ch/iran-des-foo...
With accompanying editorial.
'La FIFA doit prendre position sur l’Iran, car qui ne dit mot consent'
www.24heures.ch/iran-la-fifa...
'Iran will compete in the 2026 World Cup, but kills its own players'
Story for Swiss Media (CHF).
www.24heures.ch/iran-des-foo...
“Mr Infantino says FIFA is the glue that holds the sport together“
More from Pravda, aka FIFA press release.
This promises to be a great evening. En avant!
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Futebol Picareta.
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"At a time when armed conflict has reached historic levels around the world, journalist killings also reached an all-time high primarily due to the actions of one government: Israel..."
cpj.org/special-repo...
FIFA promoting ten years of Gianni Infantino.
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Quite a statement.
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Qatargate making its way through the Belgian courts.
Appeals court rules prosecutors didn’t mishandle case. Probe to continue.
Statement from the prosecutor’s office.
“Exhaustively researched and written with both an astute awareness of the political background and great warmth”
Praise from Jonathan Wilson for Brazil 1970.
Pre-order the paperback now via Waterstones and get 25% off! Final day!
Cordial reminder of that @josimarfootball.bsky.social editorial before the 2022 World Cup: "With FIFA and Infantino at the wheel, football is nowhere near the bottom."
👉 josimarfootball.com/2022/10/26/e...
Infantino is approaching a decade at FIFA, so this is perfectly on brand.
19.02.2026 21:20 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The boys from Brazil at a discount!
Pre-order via Waterstones.
www.waterstones.com/book/brazil-...
Proper scoop by ICL and Jamil Chade - Heads of state who will attend Trump's "Board of Peace" meeting in Washington were given a "guide" specifying what they could and should say in their two minutes of allocated time. The details are...crazy.
iclnoticias.com.br/em-conselho-...
Your man may have broken his own organisation’s rules on political neutrality. But these things only matter when others seem to do it. So nothing to see here.
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Why Real Madrid's Super League "defeat" is a mere blip on the way to the rich getting richer
sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/headline-i...
And that's the FIFA president at the 'Board of Peace' right now.
19.02.2026 14:29 — 👍 15 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1
The other day the FIFA president was at Mar-a-Lago for the World Liberty Forum - the Trump family and crypto bros, kind of the perfect crowd for Infantino.
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