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Don't even get us started on the broken promises of 'affordable housing' in the Lympics Park.
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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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
As Trump Covets Nobel Peace Prize, FIFA Cozies Up to Him With Its Own Award
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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RIP Billy Bonds
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West Ham legend Billy Bonds dies aged 79
Billy Bonds, West Ham's record appearance maker who led them to two FA Cup titles, passes away peacefully on Sunday morning.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
RIP Billy Bonds
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I've also written about how the Olympics are definitely not the end game for LA boosters. There are already megaevents booked well into the 2030s. This is not going to be magically over for the city in 2028
The forever games
With fewer cities stepping up to welcome the games, the IOC is keeping a handful of previous hosts on heavy rotation. And it might mean more Olympics are on LA's horizon
www.torched.la
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I've also written about how the Olympics are definitely not the end game for LA boosters. There are already megaevents booked well into the 2030s. This is not going to be magically over for the city in 2028
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The biggest change in that area in my lifetime is more middle class white people. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
EastEnders star Anita Dobson says east London has become 'unrecognisable'
The actress has been living in Surrey since 2021 with rock legend husband Brian May
www.standard.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The biggest change in that area in my lifetime is more middle class white people. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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The Football Association of Ireland has approved a resolution to submit a formal motion to UEFA to suspend Israel.
www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Football Association of Ireland has approved a resolution to submit a formal motion to UEFA to suspend Israel.
www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
www.reuters.com/sports/socce...
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22 authors in a new OA peer-reviewed article in Soc of Sport Journal:
Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
22 authors in a new OA peer-reviewed article in Soc of Sport Journal:
Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
Israel is committing *athleticide* in Gaza, "an indispensable component of the overall genocidal campaign enforced by the Israeli settler colonial regime and bankrolled by the US."
journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...
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100 days until the 2026 Winter Olympics begin in Italy. "If the upcoming Olympics feel like the first 'normal' Winter Games since 2018, then some of the issues facing them also feel typical...overspending, gentrification & enviro impacts." By @andrewgreif.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/sports/olymp...
In 100 days, the Winter Olympics are back — bringing fans and far-flung logistics
Athletes say they are excited for the Milan-Cortina Olympics, the first truly open Winter Games since 2018.
www.nbcnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
100 days until the 2026 Winter Olympics begin in Italy. "If the upcoming Olympics feel like the first 'normal' Winter Games since 2018, then some of the issues facing them also feel typical...overspending, gentrification & enviro impacts." By @andrewgreif.bsky.social www.nbcnews.com/sports/olymp...
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Here is the story showing a line between the man who owns Manchester City to the Rapid Support Forces linked to all manner of atrocities in Sudan
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
The Sheikh Who Conquered Soccer and Coddles Warlords
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Here is the story showing a line between the man who owns Manchester City to the Rapid Support Forces linked to all manner of atrocities in Sudan
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/w...
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Galatasaray tonight. Image posted on club’s social media. Event governed by UEFA, like Villa’s game v Maccabi. Villa fans warned against “political” messaging by club with threat of stadium ban. PSG fans, others and UEFA themselves (obliquely below) have posted messages too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Galatasaray tonight. Image posted on club’s social media. Event governed by UEFA, like Villa’s game v Maccabi. Villa fans warned against “political” messaging by club with threat of stadium ban. PSG fans, others and UEFA themselves (obliquely below) have posted messages too.
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In our latest blog, we explore the flood risk associated with building on the Thames Water Depot and how the transformation of the site into @elwaterworks.bsky.social would mitigate flood risk - a fitting local response to a Climate & Nature Emergency
www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/10/14/f...
www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/10/14/f...
Flood risk building on the Thames Water Depot
Google map illustrating the site’s proximity to the Old River Lea and Lee Navigation The following text is adapted from a speech that Save Lea Marshes was intending to give last year. Waltham…
www.saveleamarshes.org.uk
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
In our latest blog, we explore the flood risk associated with building on the Thames Water Depot and how the transformation of the site into @elwaterworks.bsky.social would mitigate flood risk - a fitting local response to a Climate & Nature Emergency
www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/10/14/f...
www.saveleamarshes.org.uk/2025/10/14/f...
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Imagine: the “Peace Cup,” a 96-team event held in the demilitarized zone between two historic enemies. North and South Korea? India and Pakistan? Israel and Palestine?
For Infantino, anything is possible, so long as it is sponsored by Coca-Cola and Aramco
www.sportspolitika.news/p/nfantino-p...
For Infantino, anything is possible, so long as it is sponsored by Coca-Cola and Aramco
www.sportspolitika.news/p/nfantino-p...
Gianni Infantino, Peacemaker
Infantino’s diplomacy is not the diplomacy of treaties and compromises. It is the diplomacy of branding and spectacle. Where others see conflict, he sees opportunity.
www.sportspolitika.news
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Imagine: the “Peace Cup,” a 96-team event held in the demilitarized zone between two historic enemies. North and South Korea? India and Pakistan? Israel and Palestine?
For Infantino, anything is possible, so long as it is sponsored by Coca-Cola and Aramco
www.sportspolitika.news/p/nfantino-p...
For Infantino, anything is possible, so long as it is sponsored by Coca-Cola and Aramco
www.sportspolitika.news/p/nfantino-p...
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Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure.
By @ncgeehan.bsky.social and @antoineduval.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...
By @ncgeehan.bsky.social and @antoineduval.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...
More political theatre while Gaza burns - josimarfootball.com
Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure.
josimarfootball.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure.
By @ncgeehan.bsky.social and @antoineduval.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...
By @ncgeehan.bsky.social and @antoineduval.bsky.social
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...
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Chelsea hit with 13 years worth of charges, the majority of sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich's reign during which time the team was transformed into one of the biggest in the world. Revelations the result of not only change of ownership but work by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism too.
September 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Chelsea hit with 13 years worth of charges, the majority of sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich's reign during which time the team was transformed into one of the biggest in the world. Revelations the result of not only change of ownership but work by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism too.
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The Metropolitan Police says it arrested 857 people under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 yesterday, with the number transported to custody suites totalling 519.
Additionally 33 people were arrested for other offences, including 17 for alleged "assaults on police officers"
Additionally 33 people were arrested for other offences, including 17 for alleged "assaults on police officers"
September 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Metropolitan Police says it arrested 857 people under Section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 yesterday, with the number transported to custody suites totalling 519.
Additionally 33 people were arrested for other offences, including 17 for alleged "assaults on police officers"
Additionally 33 people were arrested for other offences, including 17 for alleged "assaults on police officers"
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Mike Higgins, who is blind and wheelchair bound, has joined the Parliament Square protest, to once again oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
He, and over a thousand others, face a 'terror arrest' because of the draconian proscription of a direct action group.
He, and over a thousand others, face a 'terror arrest' because of the draconian proscription of a direct action group.
September 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Mike Higgins, who is blind and wheelchair bound, has joined the Parliament Square protest, to once again oppose genocide and the Palestine Action ban.
He, and over a thousand others, face a 'terror arrest' because of the draconian proscription of a direct action group.
He, and over a thousand others, face a 'terror arrest' because of the draconian proscription of a direct action group.
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The conflicts of UEFA being a governing body and event organiser returns this week. Its executive committee votes on domestic leagues playing games overseas with Barca-Villarreal set for the US, and Milan-Como in Perth. The backer of the La Liga game is Relevent, UEFA’s €4bn TV rights partner.
September 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The conflicts of UEFA being a governing body and event organiser returns this week. Its executive committee votes on domestic leagues playing games overseas with Barca-Villarreal set for the US, and Milan-Como in Perth. The backer of the La Liga game is Relevent, UEFA’s €4bn TV rights partner.
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We're weeks from seeing La Liga & Serie A given approval to stage games overseas – next big step on Thurs. I'm not sure many realise how close we are to a move that will change football forever. This is the state of play, including detail on FIFA's working group: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Uefa has last chance to keep genie of domestic matches abroad in its bottle
Domestic football risks being ripped from its fabric as La Liga and Serie A seek approval from Uefa to play fixtures abroad
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We're weeks from seeing La Liga & Serie A given approval to stage games overseas – next big step on Thurs. I'm not sure many realise how close we are to a move that will change football forever. This is the state of play, including detail on FIFA's working group: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Absolutely brilliant, well done Team GB Paralympians.
August 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Absolutely brilliant, well done Team GB Paralympians.
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Full-time
CCFC 2-3 Burnham Ramblers
CCFC 2-3 Burnham Ramblers
August 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Full-time
CCFC 2-3 Burnham Ramblers
CCFC 2-3 Burnham Ramblers
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Kick off
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Clapton CFC 0 Burnham Ramblers 0
August 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Kick off
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Clapton CFC 0 Burnham Ramblers 0
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Important context: HE WAS MURDERED BY ISRAELI FORCES WHILE WAITING FOR AID. Fuck UEFA.
August 9, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Important context: HE WAS MURDERED BY ISRAELI FORCES WHILE WAITING FOR AID. Fuck UEFA.
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Save Whitewebbs Park!
This beautiful park in Enfield is under threat from the bullldozers.
Donate to help fund the Judicial Review of Enfield Council's decision to let Spurs take over this public park: www.crowdjustice.com/case/savewhi...
This beautiful park in Enfield is under threat from the bullldozers.
Donate to help fund the Judicial Review of Enfield Council's decision to let Spurs take over this public park: www.crowdjustice.com/case/savewhi...
Save Whitewebbs Park - Fund Our Judicial Review!
Whitewebbs Park, Enfield, is under threat from development by Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Join us in protecting this beautifully, naturally rewilded park from destruction. 💚🌱
www.crowdjustice.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Save Whitewebbs Park!
This beautiful park in Enfield is under threat from the bullldozers.
Donate to help fund the Judicial Review of Enfield Council's decision to let Spurs take over this public park: www.crowdjustice.com/case/savewhi...
This beautiful park in Enfield is under threat from the bullldozers.
Donate to help fund the Judicial Review of Enfield Council's decision to let Spurs take over this public park: www.crowdjustice.com/case/savewhi...
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"With al-Obeid’s death, the number of athletes & their family members killed in the Strip since the start of Israel’s war has risen to 662. The number of football-related deaths now stands at 321, inc. players, coaches, administrators, referees & club board members" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
‘Palestinian Pele’ Suleiman al-Obeid killed while seeking aid in Gaza
Al-Obeid was known as the ‘Pele of Palestinian football’ and was one of its brightest stars.
www.aljazeera.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"With al-Obeid’s death, the number of athletes & their family members killed in the Strip since the start of Israel’s war has risen to 662. The number of football-related deaths now stands at 321, inc. players, coaches, administrators, referees & club board members" www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...
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The IDF shot and killed "The Pele of Palestine", Sulaiman al Obaid, while he waited on line for food. No comment from FIFA. So we've made calls to FIFA. Whatever good that will do, at minimum aren't going to afford them the privilege of looking away. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
'Pele of Palestine' killed by Israeli fire in Gaza aid queue | The National
Suleiman Al Obaid played for local football clubs as well as Palestinian national team
www.thenationalnews.com
August 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The IDF shot and killed "The Pele of Palestine", Sulaiman al Obaid, while he waited on line for food. No comment from FIFA. So we've made calls to FIFA. Whatever good that will do, at minimum aren't going to afford them the privilege of looking away. www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...