DOMINIC LAWSON: Angela Merkel has suffered three striking defeats

How optimistic should England supporters be about tomorrow’s match against Germany in the knockout stage of the UEFA Euro 2020 Football Championship? As we haven’t won against them in a ‘winner takes all’ match of any significance since the FIFA World Cup Final of 1966, apprehensiveness on the part of the home fans — this … Read more

Mexico fans BANNED from attending home World Cup qualifiers due to homophobic chanting

Mexico fans BANNED from home World Cup qualifiers against Jamaica and Canada due to homophobic chanting… as Mexican FA chief fears supporter conduct might damage their role as 2026 World Cup co-hosts Mexico fans have been banned from two home 2022 World Cup qualifiers   Supporters made homophobic chants during two Olympic qualifying games  Games against … Read more

Britain targeting ‘greatest decade’ of sport with hosting 2030 World Cup and 96 other major events

UK Sport eyeing 2030 World Cup bid along with hosting 96 other major events for Britain’s ‘greatest decade’ of sport… but there are NO discussions about bringing Olympics back to London Plans for until 2031 have been revealed for Britain’s ‘greatest decade’ of sport The proposals are led by a bid to bring the FIFA … Read more

JP Morgan APOLOGISES for backing European Super League bid

JP Morgan has apologised for its role in plans for the failed breakaway European Super League.  The American investment bank said on Monday it had committed around £2.8billion as start-up capital for the league which posed a direct challenge to UEFA’s Champions League and also threatened to devalue Europe’s top domestic leagues. Twelve clubs announced they … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: The Super League is only ‘suspended’, so we must prepare for the resurrection

So we start with a blank sheet of paper, and on it we write: ‘[INSERT NAME] is a football club playing in the English football pyramid, and, as such, can only participate in competitions sanctioned by the English Football Association, UEFA and FIFA. ‘Any agreement or attempt to participate in a competition not recognised by … Read more

Furious football fans demand the ‘Big Six’ are punished for European Super League role

Angry football fans are calling for English clubs involved in the formation of the now scrapped European Super League to be punished, insisting their own clubs have been fined or had points deducted for lesser offences.  Every member of the Premier League‘s so-called Big Six has now withdrawn from plans to form a breakaway competition, … Read more

Ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter handed new SIX-YEAR ban after investigation into World Cup bribery scandal

Disgraced ex-FIFA boss Sepp Blatter handed new SIX-YEAR and eight month ban from football and £780,000 fine for multiple breaches of their ethics code after investigation into World Cup bribery scandal Sepp Blatter has been handed a new six-year ban from football-related activities The former FIFA boss was investigated over bribes to secure World Cup … Read more

‘More than 6,500 migrant workers have died’ building Qatar’s World Cup infrastructure

More than 6,500 migrant workers have died during Qatar’s football World Cup preparations over the last decade, according to a report. On average 12 migrants from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have died each week since December 2010 when Qatar was awarded the 22nd FIFA tournament. The findings were compiled from government sources … Read more