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Once again the football public the loser here. UEFA and Real announce some undisclosed agreement to end hostilities. Some guff about technology in there otherwise reads as a completely opaque agreement between the most powerful club in football and UEFA. Zero transparency here.

Interstesting email sent by Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced paedophile, to a man only identified as Jabor Y., a day after the FBI-led raids on the luxury Swiss hotel where FIFA’s top brass were staying. He appears to offer this Jabor chap legal help if needed. #timing

#FMA #Nowcast
Boa noite,
Já temos a primeira frente prestes a entrar em Portugal Continental 💦e vemos como os Açores já estão em pleno pós frontal com bastante ar frio e instabilidade. ⚡️

Another group that has recently made its way into European football

Rezemos para que isto não passe de um devaneio do modelo europeu!
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The World Cup’s Missing Mouthpiece (Published 2022)

Perhaps an appropriate moment to post this one again

The World Cup’s Missing Mouthpiece www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/s...

The departure of Rosenior from Strasbourg to Chelsea exposes multi club ownership for what it is: All of that once independent clubs are in service of the top one. They will lose talent at the click of a private equity investor’s finger. Governing bodies allowed this inevitability to happen.

The John Textor effect rolls into 2026.

FIFA appears to have somehow diminished/scrapped its own awards for football’s best in favour of selling their brand to Dubai.

Villas-Boas envolvido nas negociações diretas pelo jovem avançado polaco Oskar Pietuszewski Mateusz Borek, jornalista polaco do canal de YouTube ‘Kanał Sportowy‘, revelou no final da manhã desta segunda-feira vários detalhes sobre o futuro imediato de Oskar Pietuszewski, jovem promessa do Jagiellonia Bialystok que desperta o interesse do FC Porto, depois de ter contactado o seu representante, Mariusz Piekarski. “Eu sei que houve uma proposta muito específica … Read more...

Mateusz Borek, jornalista polaco do canal de YouTube ‘Kanał Sportowy‘, revelou no final da manhã desta segunda-feira vários detalhes sobre o futuro imediato de Oskar Pietuszewski, jovem promessa do Jagiellonia Bialystok que desperta o interesse do FC Porto, depois de ter contactado o seu…

“The risk, investors say, is that the insular nature of these sales — where the private equity firm is both the buyer and seller — is leading to questionable valuations and unrealistic projections, leaving investors vulnerable to painful surprises.”

Great/troubling story by Maureen Farrell

Investors Warn of ‘Rot in Private Equity’ as Funds Strike Circular Deals

Football fans will be familiar with Chelsea turning a profit by selling things they own — hotels, women’s team — back to themselves. This strategy is very familiar to its majority owner Clearlake Capital, and investors are worried.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...

Interesting data from FIFA: Clubs in men’s professional game paid USD 1.37 billion in service fees for club agents, an increase of over 90% compared to last year.

There have been significant transfer fees this year of course and wages, particularly in England and KSA, are huge.

Say No to Mass Deportations in Europe The EU could adopt Trump-style rules that would allow home raids and deporting people to countries they’ve never set foot in. If we don’t speak up now, this could become the new normal. Sign the petit...

The EU could adopt Trump-style rules that would allow home raids and deporting people to countries they’ve never set foot in. If we don’t speak up now, this could become the new normal. Sign the petition! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...

16GB RAM phones' existence threatened by memory shortage The reason is the rising memory chip prices. The memes about RAM prices are funny and all, but the consequences of the memory supply crunch are anything...

16GB RAM phones' existence threatened by memory shortage - https://www.gsmarena.com/16gb_ram_phones_will_soon_be_a_luxury_due_to_memory_shortage-news-70709.php

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

In 1957 nine Black students tried to enter Little Rock Central High after the Supreme Court struck down segregation.

Saturday those same steps became a stage for about two dozen out of state neo Nazi white supremacists.

America under Trump.

As Trump Covets Nobel Peace Prize, FIFA Cozies Up to Him With Its Own Award

The day of a World Cup draw is a day of uncertainty and possibilities when teams discover who they’ll play and where they’ll be in their bid for football’s ultimate prize. There is little uncertainty about another prize: FIFA’s hastily arranged peace prize

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...

Diogo Rêma renova até 2029 e afasta rumores da saída: “Tenho mais quatro anos para mostrar o meu valor” Diogo Rêma vinha há muito a ambicionar prolongar a sua ligação ao clube: “Há muito tempo” que tinha o desejo de “ficar durante mais anos no FC Porto e continuar o progresso” que o colocou entre os melhores do mundo. Com o contrato agora firmado até 2029, o guarda-redes quer sobretudo seguir a linha de … Read more...

Diogo Rêma vinha há muito a ambicionar prolongar a sua ligação ao clube: “Há muito tempo” que tinha o desejo de “ficar durante mais anos no FC Porto e continuar o progresso” que o colocou entre os melhores do mundo. Com o contrato agora firmado até 2029, o guarda-redes quer sobretudo seguir a linha…

G. Infantino, Nov. 2025: "I would organise the next 10 world cups all here in Qatar."

Three lessons in unethical media behavior Plus: Some moments that made me proud to be a journalist

Margaret Sullivan discusses the abysmal ethics of NYT's Epstein coverage, including the paper's radio silence following disclosure of the fact that its lead Epstein correspondent was seeking money from Epstein. The corruption goes far in explaining NYT's editorially deranged Epstein coverage.

Timeline.

🔴13 Nov - Ronaldo gets red card in Portugal’s game v ireland. (Should miss opening 2 games of World Cup.)

🟠18 Nov - Ronaldo meets Donald Trump at White House.

🟢25 Nov - FIFA clears Ronaldo to play in World Cup from start.

„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.

FIFA and Saudi Arabia announce joint $1bn fund for infrastructure for FIFA members. Unclear why this is needed. FIFA already distributes huge sums to FAs. Oversight of that existing spending is mixed.

Terrific

The moment a missile hit a residential building in Ternopil.

For now, Russia has killed 25 people in Ternopil, including 3 kids, and injured 73 more, including 15 kids.

The president of the United States said this today: “A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen.”

Context: journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered by a Saudi hit squad and his body parts dispersed.

Ronaldo who has stayed from US since 2017 now set to get red carpet treatment: White House visit with Donald Trump on day when paymaster Saudi Arabia and its leader Mohammed bin Salman also meeting Trump at Oval. Vivid Ronaldo's relationship with Saudi extends well beyond football.

Don’t let Big Tech lobbyists exploit our data! An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision:

An ex-Facebook lobbyist has been put in charge of Ireland’s data watchdog. This risks making Europe’s privacy laws meaningless. Sign today to tell the EU to reverse this decision: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-11...