World Cup speed reads

  • Argentina faces the potential disciplinary action from FIFA after its players celebrated its 2-1 World Cup semifinal win over England with a banner backing the nation’s claim to the Falkland Islands (BBC.com).
  • Several soccer officials believe that FIFA President Gianni Infantino will come out of the 2026 World Cup emboldened and that the Folarin Balogun-President Trump issue has blown over (The Athletic).
  • A German court hit FIFA with an injunction ordering it to stop “manipulative processes” in the sale of World Cup tickets (London Guardian).
  • The Bundesliga agreed to a three-year U.S. media rights agreement with Telemundo, marking the first time Germany’s top soccer league has sold its Spanish-language rights separately in the market, write SBJ’s Alex Silverman and Austin Karp.


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