Football’s governing politics and business both shifted today. At FIFA, Arsène Wenger backed the retreat from Gianni Infantino’s controversial World Cup private investment plan, calling the reversal the only sensible response after a week of backlash and underlining the pressure...
Football’s governing politics and business both shifted today. At FIFA, Arsène Wenger backed the retreat from Gianni Infantino’s controversial World Cup private investment plan, calling the reversal the only sensible response after a week of backlash and underlining the pressure now facing the leadership. In the club game, Barcelona sent Marc-André ter Stegen to Ajax on loan, offering the Dutch side an elite but injury-hit goalkeeper, while Manchester United landed a lucrative new training kit sponsorship with Betway in what is being billed as a record deal for that space. Away from the pitch, sport also sits against a darker backdrop: a 14-year-old boy died after entering the Thames in east London during hot weather, renewing warnings about open-water swimming, while wider headlines were dominated by reports that the U.S. Army has nearly exhausted key long-range missile stocks in the Iran war.
Top Sport stories
- U.S. used “virtually all” long-range precision missiles in Iran war, sources say (16 sources)
- Arsène Wenger backs FIFA’s decision to drop Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan (15 sources)
- 14-year-old boy dies after entering River Thames at Millwall Outer Dock (8 sources)
- Ter Stegen joins Ajax on loan from Barcelona (7 sources)
- Manchester United name Betway as training kit sponsor in reported record deal (7 sources)
- U.S. World Cup host cities seek promised $1 million from FIFA for “legacy” payments (6 sources)
- Police offer £20,000 reward over Finbar Sullivan killing at Primrose Hill (6 sources)
- Falcons agree three-year extension making Bijan Robinson highest-paid NFL running back (6 sources)
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