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Rob Suddaby @robsuddaby.bsky.social · 1h

Today FIFA have released the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Post-Tournament Technical Report. I'm very proud to have had a part in creating what is, without a doubt, some of the most comprehensive technical and tactical analysis we have produced to date. Have a browse, enjoy and let us know your feedback👇🏻

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Tournament page: FIFA World Cup 2026

Your home for technical coverage of the FIFA World Cup 2026™.

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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Asked to respond to whether his team were 'not German enough' or 'not white enough', Klopp said there was no point in giving room to 'such people and their utterances', adding: 'I have little time in everyday life for idiocy'. Story: @kateconnolly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Jürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’

Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 28/09/2026

Quite a US-focused edition of the newsletter this week, with notes on men’s and women’s volleyball, women’s softball, women’s soccer and more. Read and subscribe below! 🇺🇸

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social ! Talking about Manchester City, their reported violation of Premier League rules 114 times over and what comes next youtu.be/Cvao9RGU4z0?...

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Emergency Manchester City Pod! What happens next?

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 28/09/2026

Quite a US-focused edition of the newsletter this week, with notes on men’s and women’s volleyball, women’s softball, women’s soccer and more. Read and subscribe below! 🇺🇸

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Hypocaust @hypocaust.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This will be the first time since 1976 that there hasn't been a WI regional men's 50 over competition, and comes on the back of last season's drastic reduction of men's First Class cricket, and cancellation of the women's Test. In short, West Indies cricket is in last roll of the dice territory.

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Bill Connelly @espnbillc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Wrote about Klopp, Xavi, our Cape Verdean friends, the MLS Kids, the one non-toxic window for following the USMNT and the 10 international matches I'm most looking forward to in this big window. (Ronaldo still clogging the Portugal attack? You betcha!) www.espn.com/soccer/story...

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Connelly's must-see international soccer: Klopp vs. Xavi

FIFA has served up a veritable feast of soccer with the first-ever three-week September international window. So what should you look out for? Bill Connelly casts his eye across the fixture list.

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The Transfer Flow @thetransferflow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

No striker, no problem. Barcelona are 8 for 8 with a +24 goal difference and 4.5 goals a game, and they did it without replacing Lewandowski or Ferran Torres. • Rodri's arrival freeing up Pedri • Yamal's improved movement • Raphinha's 14 goals leading the line Plus: How long can this last?

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No striker, no problem: How Barcelona’s attack is tearing up defences around Spain

Barcelona lost both of their lead strikers in the summer transfer window and failed to replace them with a top target. As it turns out, they have somehow gotten even better at creating and scoring.

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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Football v pseudoscience: 'It’s the science-practice gap, which is widening in my experience,' Dr Claire-Marie Roberts tells @samcunningham.bsky.social. 'I think it’s getting much worse. There’s so much sparkly marketing behind all these things. It’s bordering on exploitation'

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‘It’s bordering on exploitation’: how pseudoscience is duping football

Cryotherapy chambers and other practices in the elite game have little evidence behind them, says Dr Claire-Marie Roberts, a top performance director

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 20/09/2026

Rayan Cherki you disgusting little man

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 20/09/2026

This is probably right but people who only like good soccer when it's their team don't really like soccer

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 16/09/2026

Joao Cancelo just scored these two goals less than half an hour apart, please send help

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 14/09/2026

It was a really busy week of international sport last week. In today’s edition of the newsletter, I’ve written about the FIBA World Cup final, some 3×3 basketball, beach soccer and much more. You can read in full and subscribe at the link below:

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 14/09/2026

Here's my take on the basketball yesterday:

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Andy Tulin (Subscribe to The Post Presence version) @andytulin.net · 10/09/2026

If you’re awake for today’s FIBA World Cup quarterfinals, which start in about 25 minutes with the U.S. and Hungary, I’ve got a preview of the whole four-game slate for you at the Post Presence the-post-presence.beehiiv.com/p/world-cup-...

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World Cup Roundup, September 10: U.S. and Hungary Open Quarterfinal Quadrupleheader

Just four games will be left in the World Cup after today’s quartet of quarterfinals

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Sean Shapiro @seanshapiro.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mikhail Yegorov has been one of my favorite goalies to speak with, even before he built out his own public stats site to track his season. My latest for @eliteprospects.com on the Devils prospect and his search for a fuller picture of his game www.eliteprospects.com/news/ncaa/be...

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Beyond the save percentage: Mikhail Yegorov's search for the full picture

Why the New Jersey Devils prospect launched his own goalie statistics website.

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Illtud Dafydd @illtuddafydd.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

They’ve sold more than 58,000 tickets for Saturday’s game at the 70,000 capacity ground Decent going

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 09/09/2026

Can't stop thinking about this play in the lede. This was literally his first ever national team practice and he pulled out this shit, kid is different

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 08/09/2026

For years Cavan Sullivan has been more a prophecy than a player. That changed this summer. We have pro data on him now and it's very, very exciting — by some measures he might already be the best teenager MLS has ever seen. Wrote about his game for @theguardian.com:

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Man City-bound 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan is MLS’s chaotic revelation

The Philadelphia Union midfielder has gotten his longest run of game time since turning pro, and the data is tantalizing

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 07/09/2026

This week’s newsletter is out now! For any Americans considering watching the All Blacks take on the Springboks in Baltimore this weekend: I wrote about what sort of rugby you should expect to see from each team. That — and much more — at the link below:

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 31/08/2026

Included are some thoughts on the upcoming women’s basketball World Cup. Can anyone actually challenge the USA? A few months ago — after the FIBA global qualifiers — I picked out France as a team to keep an eye on. What sort of team are they bringing to Germany this week?

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 31/08/2026

This week's edition of the newsletter is out now! You can read and subscribe at the link below:

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Richard Cohen @richardcohen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Not even counting Team USA players, I make it 13 players in uniform for their WNBA team today who are expected to be playing in Berlin in five days. Hell of a quick turnaround, and very limited preparation for what's supposed to be one of the most important tournaments in the sport. #WNBA #FIBAWWC

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Rayan Cherki is just a magical "make an attack occur" button on a football team

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John Muller @johnspacemuller.com · 27/08/2026

Soccer is easy, why doesn't everyone do it like Pedri

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Aaron Briggs @aab1871.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Seems a poignant time to repost this blog post with all the chat around 'conditions' at the toss for the #EngVsPak Test today: swingdoctor.substack.com/p/look-up-no... #cricket 🏏

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'Look Up, Not Down' - The Cost of Trusting Clichés

A discussion of overhead conditions, inefficient decision making, and the advantages of breaking away from status quo thinking

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 17/08/2026

Will flag football just be two automatic gold medals for the USA at the 2028 LA Olympics? Not on current evidence. That and more in this week’s edition of the newsletter — read and subscribe below!

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 17/08/2026

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Jeff Kassouf @jeffkassouf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Malawi lost to Cameroon in the WAFCON final, but still qualified for the World Cup for the first time. Led by the Chawinga sisters, it's hard to understate how incredible it is that the WAFCON debutants ranked No. 153 in the world made the final. Ed Dove dove in on ESPN:

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Is Malawi's WAFCON run the most remarkable major tournament performance ever?

Malawi, ranked 153rd in the world, have reached the 2026 WAFCON Final in their tournament debut.

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

TODAY! IN! SPORTS! 📈💸🏀 what's going on with the Lakers getting sold twice in a year? 🇺🇸🏈 Team USA heads to the flag football world championships 💫⚾️ a women's baseball star is born

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Today in Sports! Sell Time Lakers

The Lakers have been sold twice in 10 months, what's going on? PLUS, Flag Football World Championships are here, the Women’s Pro Baseball League has its breakout star, and more!

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Neel Shelat @shelatneel.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

MALAWI ARE THE FIRST DEBUTANTES TO REACH THE WAFCON FINAL! The Scorchers have beaten Algeria 3-1 to continue one of the most incredible tournament runs we've ever seen. #MWIALG

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cata @catabush.com · 05/08/2026

What happens when everyone starts chasing the same thing? What happens when the means start becoming less relevant? What happens when everyone, everywhere, is working in shades of Anthropic orange? In today's PMR: what it means to build a post-match report (this isn't about post-match reports).

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August 5: Sameness

Lake Como, anyone?

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One Percenters @onepercentas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The new AFLW season begins in three days. Ahead of it kicking off, I spoke to the excellent @glbastiani.bsky.social about the progress that's been made in 10 years, the progress that's yet to be made, and whether anyone can lay a glove on North Melbourne. www.onepercenters.net.au/p/a-league-o...

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A League of One's Own

I speak with Gemma Bastiani about 10 years of the AFLW, the progress that’s yet to be made, and whether anyone can lay a glove on North Melbourne.

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Michael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

new @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social the FIFA-UEFA cold war, how Infantino's private equity bungle created an opening for change at FIFA, and what that change actually might look like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHJg...

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FIFA vs. UEFA: The cold war behind Gianni Infantino's downfall

YouTube video by Double Pivot Podcast

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Ben Wylie @plottheball.com · 03/08/2026

I really enjoyed putting this week’s special edition of the newsletter on the Commonwealth Games together — even though team ball sports were significantly impacted by the decision to reduce the scope of the 2026 event.

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