World Soccer

Keir RADNEDGE THE INSIDER

So, now that the 2022 World Cup is history, what to expect in the long-awaited post-Qatar era? All peace and light, love and joy in the cause of the beautiful game? After all, a human rights clause has been slotted into World Cup regulations. A box ticked. A wrong righted. So that’s OK then?

The rainbow armband storm prompted three of the Nordic federations to say that, like Germany, they would not vote for Infantino in the FIFA election… It will not make any difference. The deadline for candidates has come and gone

The World Cup should have drawn a line under the scrapping and scuffling

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