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Is the US ready for President Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
“They assume that my ambition is positional. They assume that my ambition is a title or a seat. And my ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is...
Oceania declares support for Infantino in boost for Fifa president but New Zealand breaks ranks
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has declared their support for Gianni Infantino following demands for the Fifa president to resign from Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation in...
President Xi never wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip | Simon Tisdall
Imagine what would happen if a British prime minister in London told the Scots they could not have their own parliament, national football team or fly the saltire. Or...
Fifa president Gianni Infantino denies claims Uefa paid off alleged ‘lover’
Uefa has confirmed a “departure payment” was made to a female employee who is alleged to have been in a relationship with Gianni Infantino while he was the organisation’s...
Norway’s Klaveness tells Fifa president Infantino to resign: ‘There is no trust now’
The Norwegian FA will ask Gianni Infantino to resign with immediate effect after his doomed attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors. Norway is the...
Iran’s president denies threatening to resign during talks over strait of Hormuz
Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s president, has been forced to deny claims that he has repeatedly threatened to resign as he battles hardline factions opposed to reaching a settlement with the...
Wales become first nation to drop support for Fifa president Gianni Infantino
The Football Association of Wales has withdrawn its support for the Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid over his bungled effort to sell off stakes in the World Cup...
UCI president backs night-time drug testing after Tour de France controversy
The UCI president, David Lappartient, has said there will “always be suspicion in cycling” and insisted this year’s men’s Tour de France was clean. Lappartient, speaking at the start...
