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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: How Tory minister aided Saudi takeover of Newcastle UnitedGerry Grimstone vowed to take Premier League plan to top of Saudi government, documents seen by openDemocracy show
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureHow trans footballers are finding community in grassroots sportVicious backlash against trans people in sport hasn’t stopped players finding supportive, nurturing teams
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Published in: 50.50: NewsHomophobic petition defending PSG footballer is pulled – after 50,000 signThe petition for Idrissa Gueye, who opted out of an anti-homophobia match in France, is deemed ‘hate speech’
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionJake Daniels’ bravery will change the lives of other young LGBTIQ athletesBlackpool’s teenage striker says coming out will allow him to be “free and confident”. I wish I had been able to do the same
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: Russian army’s football club channelling cash through LondonSanctioned CSKA Moscow is chaired by Putin’s personal adviser, but a significant stake in the club is still owned by...
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Published in: oDR: OpinionFootball has for too long been in Putin’s pocket. It’s time for reformSport had the chance to speak out against Russia in 2014 and 2018. It has only acted now because it has been forced to do so
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionFootball needs to stop condoning violence against womenRaith Rovers reversed its decision to hire David Goodwillie after protests, but the game as a whole needs to change...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must realise the threat posed by Saudi Arabia’s Newcastle ‘sportswashing’Sportswashing launders the reputations of thugs and despots, but it also diminishes our democratic institutions
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhat Lionel Messi tells us about Qatar’s global ambitionsThe Argentine star’s move to Qatari-owned Paris Saint-Germain is the latest jewel in the Gulf state’s football...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: OpinionGame on for the Premier League in the Balkans?How Telekom Srbija’s push to buy TV rights to major European tournaments could undermine media freedom in the region
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTyrone Mings is right about Priti Patel: she emboldened the worst of usThe England footballer’s criticism of the home secretary punctures the hypocrisy of divisive politicians who attach...
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Published in: Home: OpinionLet’s talk less about UEFA – and more about Hungary’s new anti-LGBT lawWhere discrimination leads, corruption often follows. We need a combined strategy to tackle both
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBy not taking the knee at the Euros, Scotland exposes its national mythMany in Scotland believe racism is for the English and Americans. We, after all, are the underdogs. We’re the good...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe Euros haven’t started, but Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is already a winnerThe far-Right Fidesz government has invested heavily in football to consolidate its power. But is change on the way?
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionEnglish football fans point the way to changeThe proposed reform of club ownership is an opportunity for a wider debate about society, so let’s make the most of it
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsEuropean Super League hired former Tory spinner as PR just hours before launchRevealed: Ex-Number 10 communication chief was hired only on Sunday to run PR strategy for ill-fated ‘comms...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureVenezuela’s ‘warrior women’ fighting for equality on the football fieldWomen players go without salaries, sometimes without water in the showers, but their drive and determination remain...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo see how the European Super League will change football, look to AmericaThe only alternative to the hyper-commercialisation of football is to put ownership and control in the hands of...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightAre Poland’s football ultras really supporting the Women’s Strike?Did Poland’s notorious far-right football fans find solidarity with a popular protest stemming from the liberal...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightHoly war in the city of knives: anti-semitism and football on the streets of KrakowIn Krakow, what seems like blatant anti-Semitism is often normalised as nothing more than football-related banter.
