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theguardian.comBournemouth enjoy night to remember as 10-man Milan fail to weather stormWhen it rains, it pours for Ruben Amorim as his Milan side were beaten 3-0 by Bournemouth after Mike Maignan’s mad red card

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Famous night for Bournemouth, who swamped an awful AC Milan and deserve to enjoy it. But we can’t ignore the elephant splashing around in the room. Report: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comBournemouth enjoy night to remember as 10-man Milan fail to weather stormWhen it rains, it pours for Ruben Amorim as his Milan side were beaten 3-0 by Bournemouth after Mike Maignan’s mad red card

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Famous night for Bournemouth, who swamped an awful AC Milan and deserve to enjoy it. But we can’t ignore the elephant splashing around in the room. Report: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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Bournemouth been great here but, even against 11 men, they'd have had a much better game vs Coventry or Hull.

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Really nice look and feel to Shakhtar-AEK just now. Crowd of 29k for probably the hardest group fixture to sell was decent feat too. And fine result for a team that now has a real chance. Future games well worth a go if you’re in the area.

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theguardian.comJoining Shakhtar as they make base in London: ‘We’re here to show the world that we are alive’With no ‘home’ games possible in Ukraine, Arda Turan’s side hit the road again, with Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge hosting their Champions League campaign

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Shakhtar play their first "home" game at Stamford Bridge in a few hours. I travelled there with them from Ukraine – a journey any other Champions League side would recoil at, but one that has become part of life: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comJoining Shakhtar as they make base in London: ‘We’re here to show the world that we are alive’With no ‘home’ games possible in Ukraine, Arda Turan’s side hit the road again, with Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge hosting their Champions League campaign

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Shakhtar play their first "home" game at Stamford Bridge in a few hours. I travelled there with them from Ukraine – a journey any other Champions League side would recoil at, but one that has become part of life: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comJoining Shakhtar as they make base in London: ‘We’re here to show the world that we are alive’With no ‘home’ games possible in Ukraine, Arda Turan’s side hit the road again, with Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge hosting their Champions League campaign

Air raid sirens at dawn, a new base in the UK by night. Joined Shakhtar Donetsk for their journey from Lviv to London as they prepare to host European games at Stamford Bridge – their perpetual reality at a time when Ukraine needs more help than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comJoining Shakhtar as they make base in London: ‘We’re here to show the world that we are alive’With no ‘home’ games possible in Ukraine, Arda Turan’s side hit the road again, with Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge hosting their Champions League campaign

Air raid sirens at dawn, a new base in the UK by night. Joined Shakhtar Donetsk for their journey from Lviv to London as they prepare to host European games at Stamford Bridge – their perpetual reality at a time when Ukraine needs more help than ever: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comViking’s two head coaches on Champions League adventure: ‘For us, it’s the best team in the world’Norway’s champions, who host Bayern Munich on Tuesday, have excelled under Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen. We paid them a visit

"We're going to be the best coaches you ever had". A day in Stavanger with Morten Jensen and Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim, the double act leading Norway's latest success story at Viking: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comViking’s two head coaches on Champions League adventure: ‘For us, it’s the best team in the world’Norway’s champions, who host Bayern Munich on Tuesday, have excelled under Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim and Morten Jensen. We paid them a visit

"We're going to be the best coaches you ever had". A day in Stavanger with Morten Jensen and Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim, the double act leading Norway's latest success story at Viking: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comEuropean FAs pushing for three-week international break to be abandonedEurope’s football associations have raised serious concerns about the impact of the extended international break and will ask Uefa to push for a reversion to the previous scheduling

Virtually unanimous anger among European FAs about “disaster” of three-week international break - overwhelming number want the old calendar back: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comEuropean FAs pushing for three-week international break to be abandonedEurope’s football associations have raised serious concerns about the impact of the extended international break and will ask Uefa to push for a reversion to the previous scheduling

Virtually unanimous anger among European FAs about “disaster” of three-week international break - overwhelming number want the old calendar back: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.com‘I wanted to depart in the best way possible’: Kieran McKenna on Ipswich exit and future plansIn an exclusive interview, former Ipswich manager talks of his lasting affection for the club, savouring time out with family and friends and ideas for his next move

Interview with Kieran McKenna - on leaving Ipswich, when & why he decided to put a stellar career on pause, and his vision for what comes next: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.com‘I wanted to depart in the best way possible’: Kieran McKenna on Ipswich exit and future plansIn an exclusive interview, former Ipswich manager talks of his lasting affection for the club, savouring time out with family and friends and ideas for his next move

Interview with Kieran McKenna - on leaving Ipswich, when & why he decided to put a stellar career on pause, and his vision for what comes next: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comUnited States lined up to host first Women’s Club World CupThe United States is poised to host the first women’s Club World Cup in January 2028, becoming the latest in a series of Fifa tournaments staged in North America

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United States poised to host first Women’s Club World Cup in January 2028 - FIFA takes a major tournament across the Atlantic once again: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comUnited States lined up to host first Women’s Club World CupThe United States is poised to host the first women’s Club World Cup in January 2028, becoming the latest in a series of Fifa tournaments staged in North America

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United States poised to host first Women’s Club World Cup in January 2028 - FIFA takes a major tournament across the Atlantic once again: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comEurope’s top-flight clubs to get share of £185m from Club World CupEurope will share the money in a 50-50 split with the rest of the world and the decision is likely to be confirmed after a Fifa meeting in October

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Finally breakthrough in Club World Cup solidarity saga - as Europe gets 50% cut of the £185m fund, with high achievers in Champions League/other continental comps getting more: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comEurope’s top-flight clubs to get share of £185m from Club World CupEurope will share the money in a 50-50 split with the rest of the world and the decision is likely to be confirmed after a Fifa meeting in October

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Finally breakthrough in Club World Cup solidarity saga - as Europe gets 50% cut of the £185m fund, with high achievers in Champions League/other continental comps getting more: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comGakpo denies Klopp perfect start as Xavi’s Netherlands rescue draw against GermanyThe forward’s 92nd-minute equaliser secured the Netherlands a 1-1 Nations League draw against Germany in a clash of two new head coaches

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Wild and lively were what Klopp expected, and they’re what he got. Report from Amsterdam: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

13 Sept

Must be nearing the time when Leif Davis finally gets an England call-up. Incredible athlete with a unique profile and just keeps getting better.

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theguardian.com‘That’s how it started’: Dambrauskas’ journey from Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to Champions LeagueValdas Dambrauskas takes Sabah to Manchester United after journeying from Lithuania and a game show win, via London pub work

10 Sept

Interview with Sabah head coach Valdas Dambrauskas before they face Man Utd. To Old Trafford from pub work & paper rounds in Muswell Hill, community sessions in Finsbury Pk, and the appearance on Lithuania's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" that fuelled his journey www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comInfantino installs loyalist to oversee Caribbean as he splits Fifa managementFifa president’s move is widely regarded by his opponents as an attempt to split the Concacaf nations working with Uefa to remove him from office

9 Sept

Exclusive - Infantino installs loyalist Gelson Fernandes to oversee Caribbean nations for FIFA in effort to split CONCACAF alliance. One source calls it “administrative war” on Montagliani. Story (with Matt Hughes): www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comInfantino installs loyalist to oversee Caribbean as he splits Fifa managementFifa president’s move is widely regarded by his opponents as an attempt to split the Concacaf nations working with Uefa to remove him from office

9 Sept

Exclusive - Infantino installs loyalist Gelson Fernandes to oversee Caribbean nations for FIFA in effort to split CONCACAF alliance. One source calls it “administrative war” on Montagliani. Story (with Matt Hughes): www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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5 Sept

I think Gianni is now done. You can do anything. But never go against the family www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comUefa legal case may be beginning of the end for Infantino as Trump’s support evaporates | Barney RonayThe order of discovery related to Fifa’s failed plan to sell the World Cup will worry the American president, a situation that tends to end badly for the culprit

uecplayerreward.euSee how much clubs would receive under the UEC's proposed Player Development RewardUEFA has a unique opportunity to reshape the future of European football by creating incentives that reward the development of players and homegrown talent. That is why the UEC is calling on UEFA to a...

1 Sept

Very smart tool by the Union of European Clubs showing how clubs could benefit from distributing 5% of Uefa competition money to reward player development: uecplayerreward.eu

27 Aug

Uefa are preparing to launch criminal proceedings against Gianni Infantino and have applied for release of documents related to FFE – more soon.

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theguardian.comUefa poised to lift boycott threat after Fifa promises no World Cup sale repeatUefa is poised to drop its threatened boycott of Fifa competitions after receiving concrete guarantees that the global governing body will never attempt a repeat of Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell sta...

26 Aug

Exclusive – Uefa poised to lift threat of boycott after Fifa provide concrete guarantees of no FFE repeat: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comGianni Infantino angers Concacaf nations by hijacking Caribbean Football Union meetingGianni Infantino has angered many of the Concacaf nations, whose support he is seeking in his re-election campaign, by hijacking a meeting of the Caribbean Football Union

22 Aug

Infantino angers Caribbean FAs with behaviour when hijacking meeting in Dominican Republic - latest: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comGianni Infantino angers Concacaf nations by hijacking Caribbean Football Union meetingGianni Infantino has angered many of the Concacaf nations, whose support he is seeking in his re-election campaign, by hijacking a meeting of the Caribbean Football Union

22 Aug

Infantino angers Caribbean FAs with behaviour when hijacking meeting in Dominican Republic - latest: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comGianni Infantino eyes junior tournament in Dominican Republic as potential route out of crisisFifa’s president Gianni Infantino may target meetings around the tournament as a chance to lobby for votes

20 Aug

Infantino plans to court crucial support from Caribbean islands in visit to Dominican Republic this weekend - aiming to fracture Uefa/Concacaf coalition. Story with Matt Hughes: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comEurope’s top clubs threatened Club World Cup boycott before Fifa plan collapsedEurope’s leading clubs threatened not to participate in future Club World Cups unless Gianni Infantino withdrew his Fifa Forward Enterprise scheme, issuing their ultimatum hours before the plan was sc...

14 Aug

Exclusive - Europe’s top clubs threatened not to participate in future Club World Cups in incendiary letter sent to FIFA just before FFE collapsed. Tone & demands show increased weight and leverage of EFC: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comKvaratskhelia and Madjo show that beautiful game can wash away Infantino’s stain | Nick AmesUefa showed off some its crown jewels through European champions PSG but the turmoil engulfing Fifa is still the main topic on the menu

13 Aug

As European football's power brokers discussed the Infantino/FFE crisis in Salzburg, Kvaratskhelia and Madjo supplied reminders that it doesn't have to be this way: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.comKvaratskhelia and Madjo show that beautiful game can wash away Infantino’s stain | Nick AmesUefa showed off some its crown jewels through European champions PSG but the turmoil engulfing Fifa is still the main topic on the menu

13 Aug

As European football's power brokers discussed the Infantino/FFE crisis in Salzburg, Kvaratskhelia and Madjo supplied reminders that it doesn't have to be this way: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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theguardian.comNorway’s Klaveness tells Fifa president Infantino to resign: ‘There is no trust now’‘There is no way back for him’ says the NFF president as Infantino battles for support around the world

7 Aug

New – Norwegian FA to formally demand Infantino's resignation: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

theguardian.com‘Fifa Super League’: Infantino discussed having governing body’s name on European breakawayA document has shown how Fifa staff were involved in the European breakaway and that the global governing body was prepared to sideline member associations

6 Aug

"FIFA Super League" – that's what Gianni Infantino and FIFA discussed calling the doomed breakaway before stepping back from involvement late on. Exclusive: www.theguardian.com/football/202...

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