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Sam Kunti

@samindrakunti.bsky.social
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Journalist. FIFA, labour rights in the Gulf, sports betting. Featured in Josimar, World Soccer, Daily Mirror and The Blizzard. Author 'Brazil 1970'. Columbia J-School. Views my own.

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Andreas Selliaas @aselliaas.bsky.social · 50m
Merkelig styremøte i FIFA igår. Sammen med @samindrakunti.bsky.social Infantino skjøv advokatene foran seg i første FIFA-styremøte etter VM idrettspolitikk.no/2026/10/16/i...
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Infantino skjøv advokatene foran seg i første FIFA-styremøte etter VM - Idrettspolitikk
Idrettspolitikk.no: På første styremøte (Council) etter fotball-VM, beklaget Gianni Infantino prosessen bak FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), men ba om at alle kritiske spørsmål ble sendt skriftlig, slik...
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Paul Brown @pbsportswriter.bsky.social · 12h
OFFICIAL: Josh Wander, who tried to buy Everton, sat on the board of multiple football clubs and was elected on to the ECA (now EFC), is a convicted fraudster. He will be sentenced in March after pleading guilty to defrauding lenders of more than $500m.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 12h
Almost poetic when automatic transcription turns Gianni into Johnny.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 17h
C'est l'Union qui sourit?
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 18h
A win for Infantino today at the Council meeting. *Dodged all difficult questions, didn't release any FFE documents * Got development money voted through * Kicked governance into long grass with a future 'governance committee' lead by, ermm, Sheikh Salman * Uefa pretty isolated
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
"They [ESPN] had posted an interactive gambling story—a primer on how to gamble on sports. I opened it and it literally made me sick to my stomach. The animations are bouncy and bright; it’s pretty much made for kids."
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Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”
Why Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I had my issues with it at first, but, yes, works well.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Jairzinho: "It's hard to describe what it means to be a world champion. It was sensational, exciting and thrilling. Brazilians were experiencing a time of military dictatorship. For our matches, Brazilians stopped." Read all about Brazil's 1970 World Cup win.👇 www.waterstones.com/book/brazil-...
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A proper Peace Prize.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
All a bit 'awkward' this weekend in the UAE. Alfie and Erling Haaland are now homeowners in a City-branded development in Abu Dhabi. Pep Guardiola calling the city his second home.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Yes.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Meanwhile: "The Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) has shut down its online gambling portal and terminated all agreements associated with the platform, effectively ending its contract with Maltese gambling adviser Mario Galea and his company Random Consulting." www.curacaochronicle.com/post/unknown...
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Curaçao Chronicle | Curaçao Gaming Authority Shuts Down Online Gambling Portal and Ends Contract With Maltese Adviser
WILLEMSTAD – The Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) has shut down its online gambling portal and terminated all...
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
In Brazil, Flamengo and Fluminense player take to the field with a message against the ban of bookmakers in Brazil. Charming.
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Chris Weatherspoon @cweatherspoon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
English football just finds itself in a completely ludicrous, damaging situation now. And it has been a very long time coming
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Doku makes it 2-0. The meaninglessness of it all.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Unreal indeed.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Peter Drury calls it a ‘curiosity‘. Rights holders skirting around the issue is always abysmal.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Saudi Arabia to host the Future Investment Initiative this month and the Asian Cup early next year. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/10/w...
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Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Airport Attacked Again, After Days of Houthi Strikes
The strike on Saturday was the deadliest attack in a Gulf Arab country since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran began in February, and forced the airport to temporarily suspend operations.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Arsenal win 2-1. A weird game in the unreality league.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
“…the biggest story in top-tier English football is the meaninglessness of top-tier English football.” www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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The Premier League is back: welcome to the new era of post-verdict unreality | Barney Ronay
As the top flight returns, armed with the knowledge its serial champions have been the authors of a 10-year sham supremacy, the first question is simple: how is it going to feel?
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Romain Molina @romain-molina.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Arrest warrants against All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) President Pankaj Bikram Nembang and General Secretary Kiran Rai Five months after the publication of our investigation for @josimarfootball.bsky.social into the subject, this is further proof of the importance of investigative journalism
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Aleksander Ceferin wants four more years. Some thoughts on how UEFA are no better than FIFA. idrettspolitikk.no/2026/10/09/u...
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«UEFA sitter igjen med null troverdighet» - Idrettspolitikk
KOMMENTAR: På det fasjonable Ritz-Carlton-hotellet i Berlin sa UEFA-presidenten at han stiller til gjenvalg i 2027. Tre perioder er åpenbart ikke nok. Dette knuser UEFAs troverdighet når det gjelder g...
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Andreas Selliaas @aselliaas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
@samindrakunti.bsky.social med nådeløs dom over UEFA. «UEFA sitter igjen med null troverdighet» idrettspolitikk.no/2026/10/09/u...
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«UEFA sitter igjen med null troverdighet» - Idrettspolitikk
KOMMENTAR: På det fasjonable Ritz-Carlton-hotellet i Berlin sa UEFA-presidenten at han stiller til gjenvalg i 2027. Tre perioder er åpenbart ikke nok. Dette knuser UEFAs troverdighet når det gjelder g...
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JosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin wants four more years. It's an affront to good governance. We have partially taken down our paywall for you to enjoy some of our reporting about the Slovenian. josimarfootball.com/2016/09/16/t...
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The Curious Case of Čeferin’s CV - josimarfootball.com
Newly elected UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin has risen from obscurity to the peak of football power in record time. But did he have the necessary credentials when he became president of the Sloveni...
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Aleksander Ceferin, the UEFA president, said he would “lead by example” and not stand more than three terms to set a good example. Now that third term is coming to an end, guess what? Aleksander Ceferin is standing four a fourth term at the same time he has called for better governance at FIFA. 😵‍💫
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Motsepe in Cape Verde: "We will stand by him for the next elections. I want all of you to stand up and we clap hands for Gianni."
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The Blizzard @theblizzard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Football’s growing struggle between sporting integrity and commercial ambition How Balkan emigration shaped identity, belonging and national teams How the 2027 World Cup offers Brazil a chance to transform women’s football for good And more ⬇️ Order: theblizzard.co.uk/shop/issues/...
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
😅
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Time to brush up your Norwegian! In the latest issue of @josimarfootball.bsky.social, @philippeauclair.bsky.social writes about Marseille, @stevemenary.bsky.social details Greenland's struggle for recognition and I reported on club ownership in Belgium. 👉 josimar.no/artikler/utg...
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Print 👌
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Norwegian FA has submitted those ethics complaints. www.fotball.no/tema/nff-nyh...
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NFF Submits Ethics Complaint and Governance Referral to FIFA
The Norwegian Football Association (NFF) has formally submitted two separate filings to FIFA.
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Gavin Cooney @gcooney93.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Piece wrapping up experience of a crazy international window Ireland v Israel was no ordinary work assignment. Irish journalists were being watched www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...
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This was no ordinary football assignment. Irish journalists were watched at every turn
Recurring presence of out-of-place people combined with blatant filming of reporters made for a deeply uncomfortable week
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JosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ny! New! Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms. By @ncgeehan.bsky.social josimarfootball.com/2026/10/05/m...
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Mob Rule - josimarfootball.com
Manchester City is run by, and in the interests of, the United Arab Emirates, a state whose appetite for conflict and violence is matched by its contempt for rules and norms. By Nick McGeehan, the dir...
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Via Hong Kong and Macau.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Where's Gianni?
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Brazil votes today. Back in 1970, General Medici and the military ran the country. They exploited the World Cup win in Mexico. Read all about it. 👉 www.waterstones.com/book/brazil-...
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Grande materia. In which João Moreira Salles asks why the Brazilian elite is entertaining Flavio Bolsonaro. piaui.uol.com.br/web/o-que-es...
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O que esses brasileiros sabem
Sobre o que cada um faz diante daquilo que vê
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Farcical friendly in Kolkata. From the poor TV production to the tons of empty seats and Gurpreet Singh's blunders, the Indian FA has burned a hole in its finances to invite Brazil, and for what?
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Sclessin.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On a lighter note, a few words on Van Bommel. For @worldsoccermag.bsky.social
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On the agenda of the FIFA Council in a fortnight.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.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 for @josimarfootball.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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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Where's Gianni?
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Union of Arab Football Associations backs Gianni Infantino. uafa-ac.com/en/20647/
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Approves Supporting Committees at Meeting in Jeddah.. UAFA Board Praises FIFA President’s Efforts, Welcomes Steps to Strengthen Global Football Unity
His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki Al-Faisal, President of the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA), chaired the 81st meeting of the
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JosimarFootball @josimarfootball.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ny! New! 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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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
tom verducci www.si.com/mlb/yankees-...
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Remember that the Mongolian FA, breaking ranks with AFC, support him. In February, Infantino received the Friendship Medal, Mongolia's highest state honour for a foreign citizen.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Where's Gianni?
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Infantino's flight details. A busy few days.
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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You can read more about Elkhan here. sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/will-mamma...
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EXCLUSIVE: Can Mammadov, an operator “in the shadows”, be Infantino’s fixer and saviour?
Elkhan Mammadov has prompted fury from some European officials, who want him out of FIFA. The Azeri is viewed by Gianni Infantino as the man who might save him.
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