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Bonita Mersiades

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Gets Stuff Done | Publisher @fairplaybooks.bsky.social | Curator @manlywritersfest.bsky.social | #FIFA whistleblower | author & editor | politics, #football, #books, #dogs I #volunteer | #ausrepublic | Sydney | child of #refugees

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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 5h
Manchester City. 114 breaches. Sponsorship money. The question everyone's asking: how did we get here? Patrick Nally built the system that makes these questions possible. His book GAME CHANGER explains it from the inside. "The past doesn't just inform today's debate. It explains it." buff.ly/0F5DFhr
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Tony Abbott needs to remember that he was rejected by the people of Warringah and if he stood today, he would be again. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Taylor and Abbott say Bondi shooting drove the politics on migration
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and ally Tony Abbott have linked the Coalition’s migration clampdown to the Bondi massacre.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“Many people go through their entire lives without figuring this stuff out.” Good read re. Mary Fowler from @vincerugari.com www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...
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Mary Fowler’s latest decision tells us something we should already know about her
The Matildas star’s absence from this month’s friendlies exposes a tension between the demands of international soccer and individual autonomy to decide what matters most in a player’s life.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Perhaps Mary is moving into the Dee Why house bought by Nathan Cleary? 😂 www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...
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‘I only just found out’: Fowler’s Matildas teammates in the dark over sudden withdrawal
The Matildas star won’t participate in the team’s upcoming friendlies against Germany and Haiti, citing mysterious “personal circumstances” - and it hasn’t gone down well with Football Australia.
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Manly Writers' Festival @manlywritersfest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Help us keep #curiosity free. We’re raising $5,000 for The Curiosity Project: a free day of writing, workshops and conversation for Year 9 and 10 students at Manly Writers’ Festival in March 2027. Please give if you can: www.manlywritersfestival.org.au/schools-the-...
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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It was only 50 years ago that mega sporting organisations such as #FIFA and the #IOC had nothing. buff.ly/0F5DFhr
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And whistleblowers, Julie Inman-Grant. 👊🏼 #abc730
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JosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them. By @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2026/10/01/y...
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You're Manchester City and we know what you are - josimarfootball.com
The City case should be a starting point for naming and understanding the ways in which football has been colonised by economic and political power and how we might resist them.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Now is not the time for a government of ‘pleasers’. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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The world is changing rapidly. Albanese needs to follow suit
The government must change from pleasing the electorate to actually doing something.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A funny, feel good American story. ‘The Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was’ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u... 🎁
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The Viral In-N-Out Spatula Hero Is Exactly Who You Imagined He Was (Gift Article)
It started as a bizarre late-night standoff behind the counter of a fast food joint. It ended with no injuries — and free burgers.
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Nick Harris @sportingintel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Long before the 115 charges, there was a telex machine in Berkeley Square sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/long-befor... By Patrick Nally, the "godfather" of sports marketing
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Long before the 115 charges, there was a telex machine in Berkeley Square
Patrick Nally is known by many as the godfather of sports marketing, a man who took the IOC and FIFA from barely solvent to unbelievable riches.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unwanted FC. The Australian brothers turning football jerseys into high fashion. www.smh.com.au/business/con...
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‘I thought I was dreaming’: The Australian brothers turning football jerseys into high fashion
The boxy, vibrant silhouettes were once the domain of diehard fans. Now they’re a hot fashion item with women and men – and serious business.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
‘Something’s changed’: Why Socceroos’ confidence has gone through the roof - from @vincerugari.com www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...
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‘Something’s changed’: Why Socceroos’ confidence has gone through the roof
Australia’s World Cup campaign sparked an unprecedented wave of career-changing transfers. Against Brazil, the impact was clear for everyone to see.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Thank heavens for Mel. #Insiders
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Why does Sheridan get so much time on the #Insiders panel?
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What a goal. #Irankunda #Socceroos www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer...
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‘That’s just Nestor’: The ridiculous thing about Irankunda’s Brazil wondergoal
Nestory Irankunda says he wants to build a career with the Socceroos that will “be remembered.” After his breathtaking strike against Brazil, that shouldn’t be a problem.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From a friend who is a #Liverpool supporter.
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David Ornstein @david-ornstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester City found guilty on virtually all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations. #MCFC expected to appeal against verdict issued by independent commission. Sanctions undecided, process ongoing @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/704...
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Manchester City found guilty on almost all Premier League charges relating to financial breaches
City were charged by the Premier League in February 2023.
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FairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reform UK's funding has made headlines this year. But its ties to the UAE have largely flown under the radar. Our new report maps how an oil-rich Gulf state with no elections has built links to Farage et al, and into the wider UK far right, including Tommy Robinson. fairsq.org/petropopulis...
Report cover from FairSquare titled "Petro-populism: The UAE, Reform UK and the Far-Right". Headline reads: "Inside Reform UK's worrying ties to the UAE. New research maps a web of connections spanning Farage and the wider UK far right." The yellow-toned collage shows halftone cut-outs of Nigel Farage in profile on the left, Richard Tice at the bottom centre, and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed on the right, set against a backdrop of oil pipelines stretching across the desert.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Find me an artist in Australia who wants to “opt in”? We are unified. We opt out. Full stop.” Ben Quilty on #copyright laws and AI. www.smh.com.au/national/nic...
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Nice work on the Medicare hack, Albo, but you’re still letting AI steal my art
Come to Australia, steal and plunder. That’s the prime minister’s message to the AI giants.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The US media stood in solidarity re Trump’s ban. Why doesn’t Australian media do the same with Hanson’s? #auspol #accountability #democracy www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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The US media boycott hit Trump right where it hurts. Now it’s Hanson’s turn
Solidarity? In America? Among the media? It seems astonishing that anything quite so unified could grow from America’s famously polarised soil.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
V’Landys is right.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This is a fantastic read on #Israel's #Qatargate from @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Israel’s Qatargate Scandal
Did Benjamin Netanyahu’s aides peddle influence to a foreign power?
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ceferin and Montagliani just outed themselves: - They're not interested in reform. - Their plan is to make a rotten system even worse. - No different from Infantino www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Uefa and Concacaf ask Gianni Infantino to give Fifa’s billions to its member associations
Aleksander Ceferin and Victor Montagliani have proposed a payout of at least $10m to each association and want the plan to be considered by the Fifa Council
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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Arne Steinberg @arnesteinberg.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Kaum war die WM 2026 mit all ihren Kontroversen vorbei, sorgte der von FIFA-Präsident Gianni Infantino geplante Investoren-Deal für ein Erdbeben in der Welt des Fußballs. Machtverhältnisse, Schachzüge und Autoritarismus – bleibt Infantino trotzdem im Amt? Kurzdoku für frontal 📺⬇
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Infantino unter Druck: Machtkampf FIFA – mit Nico Heymer | frontal
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Three #Blues supporters celebrate #Everton’s win over #Wolves. #Burnham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #Carney 🇨🇦 #Cahill 🦘
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What do you need to do to get life in NSW? #MollyTicehurst
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"Emerging from the bedrooms of the sprawling mansion [of Gina Rinehart] in peak summer, were Hanson, Barnaby Joyce, and One Nation strategist James Ashby." www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Why Rinehart is pushing to make Hastie an outcast, and backing Hanson to bring him down
Gina Rinehart once supported arch-conservative MP Andrew Hastie. But now she’s thrown her support behind One Nation’s Pauline Hanson and her plan to bring him down.
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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We were immensely proud that Blanche entrusted her book to our small independent publishing house, and grateful for the opportunity to work with her. Our thoughts are with Blanche’s family and those who loved her. Vale Blanche. It was an honour to be your publisher.
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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Blanche d’Alpuget. Blanche was a remarkable Australian writer, and it was an enormous privilege for Fair Play Publishing to publish her final novel, The Bunny Club, in 2025.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Of course, #onenation should have done the modelling already, but hey 🤷‍♀️ so many people neither understand nor care. Populism rules with Gina’s money.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
So Barnaby Joyce is seeking a second salary to respond to questions from the media. #abc730
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/09/2026
Good news: he lost.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/09/2026
News Analysis: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, facing a tough re-election contest, may need a security crisis to rally voters behind him and hold on to his job.
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Netanyahu’s Israel Is Looking for a Fight in Every Direction
The Israeli leader, facing a tough re-election contest, may need a security crisis to rally voters behind him and hold on to his job.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
“…the president of the United States is engaged in a conspiracy against the voting rights of the American people, which is to say that the president is engaged in a conspiracy against the Constitution itself.” Via @nytimes.com 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is in Open Revolt Against the Constitution (Gift Article)
The mail-in voting fiasco is the latest proof that we have another reconstruction ahead of us.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Talking about #FIFA, its I democratic and unaccountable ways (in 🇫🇮). yle.fi/a/74-20240633
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”Infantino ei ole tarinan roisto” – tutkijat avaavat, miksi Kansainvälinen jalkapalloliitto rypee jatkuvasti skandaaleissa
Fifan kesä on ollut täynnä kiisteltyjä tapauksia. Asiantuntijat painottavat, ettei ydinongelma ole kritisoidussa puheenjohtajassa Gianni Infantinossa.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The Auticracy Index from @nytimes.com ‘Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy’ www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 🎁
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Opinion | Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy (Gift Article)
The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I get that politicians think they need to ‘talk to people where they are’, but who in the PMO thought this podcast was worthwhile? www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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Albanese made a terrible mistake. But for Taylor, it’s worse
The opposition leader has only a short period to prove himself. This week showed that both sides are wasting time.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Oh dear #ABC www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-a...
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What apology over Rinehart skit tells us about Hugh Marks’ ABC. It’s not good
It’s always OK to try to prick hugely inflated egos and status bubbles. We should always be about decapitating tall poppies.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
David Gallop. On #football. Really #abc730?
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Exactly, Kevin Rudd. #abc730
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
We Prefer Pete Buttigieg's Perspective.......💪🏻
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Fair Play Publishing @fairplaybooks.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
What's it like trying to reform #football? Just ask Lise Klaveness from 🇳🇴⚽️ who has tried to so from within (spoiler alert: it doesn't work). Journalist & author, Marius Lien, spent a year following her as she tried to do so. buff.ly/fZ4NjTv
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Well said George Brandis. As a child of #refugees, my experience of #Australia has no understanding of Tony Abbott’s view or boring experience - but then again, he is an English migrant, www.smh.com.au/national/ton...
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Tony Abbott recalls a whiter Australia than I do. Menzies rejected his version, as do many Liberals
Abbott upset a lot of Liberals by pronouncing multiculturalism a failure. Our party’s founder ridiculed the notion that we should be a “species of drab uniformity”.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
By all means, focus on Gianni #Infantino's future, but it's really not the main game. What comes next is the big test for #football. More of the same, or real change? www.sportandpolitics.de/after-fifa-f... #FIFA
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After FIFA Forward Enterprise, the real test begins
By scrapping FFE, Gianni Infantino is trying to save his own skin. The reaction to his plans has been overwhelmingly negative worldwide, and within FIFA itself, a key figure – COO Kevin Lamour – has…
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Evonne Goolagong Cawley (b. #OTD in 1951) broke systemic barriers as one of the most prominent #Indigenous Australian athletes in history. #tennis + 14 Grand Slam titles (1971-1980) + World No. 1 ranking, 1976 + First mother to win Wimbledon in the Open Era, 1980 #WomenInSport
Side-by-side photographs of Australian tennis trailblazer Evonne Goolagong Cawley (born July 31, 1951), celebrated as a 14-time Grand Slam champion and a historic Wiradjuri icon. On the left, a close-up shot captures her head and shoulders as she glances warmly toward the camera with a joyful, toothy smile. Her curly, dark brown hair frames her face against a blurred green tennis court background. She holds a vintage wooden tennis racket resting near her left shoulder. On the right, an action shot captures her dynamic athletic poise mid-match on a lush grass court. Leaning forward into a powerful stroke, her focused expression contrasts with the fluid grace of her movement. She wears a classic sleeveless white Fila tennis uniform detailed with a thin red or navy trim along the neckline and a matching layered skort. The composition blends an intimate glimpse of her charismatic personality with her legendary on-court agility.
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Bonita Mersiades @bonitamersiades.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Resistance is one thing; now the real test begins for #football, because the problem is not just one person. A piece in @jensweinreich.bsky.social www.sportandpolitics.de/after-fifa-f... #FIFA #FIFAcomedy
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After FIFA Forward Enterprise, the real test begins
By scrapping FFE, Gianni Infantino is trying to save his own skin. The reaction to his plans has been overwhelmingly negative worldwide, and within FIFA itself, a key figure – COO Kevin Lamour – has s...
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SPORT&POLITICS @jensweinreich.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
By scrapping FFE, Gianni Infantino is trying to save his own skin. He must go. If the only outcome of the FFE farce is that he is replaced, now or in spring 2027, then football will have missed an important opportunity, writes @bonitamersiades.bsky.social www.sportandpolitics.de/after-fifa-f...
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After FIFA Forward Enterprise, the real test begins
By scrapping FFE, Gianni Infantino is trying to save his own skin. The reaction to his plans has been overwhelmingly negative worldwide, and within FIFA itself, a key figure – COO Kevin Lamour – has s...
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