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Gold Cup 2025

Mexico open Gold Cup defence against aspiring Dominican Republic

June 13 – Mexico approach the 2025 Gold Cup with typical confidence, having secured early silverware through March’s Concacaf Nations League triumph – a psychological boost that sets them up beautifully for the right to be called Kings of the Region.

Mexican supporters groups fearful of ICE agents

Caliente.mx bets on GC being a winner

‘This is Ours’: Concacaf kicks off Gold Cup campaign

Pochettino’s American Nightmare: When $6m buys you four straight defeats

Los Angeles’ immigration crisis threatens city’s Gold Cup and Club World Cup involvement

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All happy-clappy in FIFA-land as legends launch Football Unites the World campaign

November 15 – Never mind the reported 5,000+ dead bodies that have created the infrastructure for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, or the reported $385 million spent on Qatari espionage campaigns to discredit and/or buy influence, or the unwelcome LGBTQ folk (you can come but we’d rather you didn’t you poor mentally afflicted people), or even the gagging order on all you stupid players that might have the power of independent thought…(we own you even if we don’t pay for you).

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Ecuador drop Colombian-born Castillo from Qatar squad ‘to avoid future problems’

November 14 – In an ironic twist, Byron Castillo, the player at the centre of the bitter, long-running dispute over his World Cup eligibility, has been left out of Ecuador’s squad for the finals tournament.

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Saudis cut Al-Mulwallad from Qatar 2022 after WADA go to CAS to extend doping ban

November 14 – Saudi Arabia has been forced to pull one of its leading World Cup players because of an ongoing doping case.

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German World Cup winner Lahm says World Cup 2022 ‘doesn’t belong’ in Qatar

November 14 – Germany’s 2004 World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm (pictured) has re-iterated his stance that Qatar should never have been allowed to host the World Cup and is boycotting the tournament.

Taxi for Ronaldo? Superstar says Man Utd ‘betrayed’ him and he has no respect for ten Hag

November 14 – Cristiano Ronaldo’s long relationship with Manchester United appears to be drawing to a close after the Portuguese superstar publicly accused the club of betrayal by not playing him.

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Commonwealth Bank signs on for WWC2023 as official supporter

November 14 – Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has signed as a Women’s World Cup 2023 Official Supporter. The tournament will be joint hosted by Australia and New Zealand next summer.

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Fernandes and Eriksen express reservations over Qatar 2022 but are ready to play

November 14 – Manchester United’s Bruno Fernandes has expressed his reservations about the winter World Cup in Qatar, which kicks off next weekend with the hosts playing Ecuador in the tournament’s curtain raiser.

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FIFA boosts data provision to enhance World Cup viewing experience

November 14 – Under the auspices of FIFA’s global football development chief Arsène Wenger, the world federation will roll out a new set of insights, metrics and performance data to enhance the experience of the World Cup’s global audience.

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EA Sports hooks up with love.fútbol for ‘Thread The Future’ promo

November 14 – EA Sports has inked what it is describing as a ‘special collaboration’ with non-profit organisation love.fútbol to help raise awareness of safe play and to engage communities and promote the universal social values of sports.

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Lack of form for countries in England’s World Cup Group B keep bookies wary

November 14 – With the World Cup kicking off in just six days, some of the groups are packed full of teams that are in good form. That’s not the case in Group B where England take on the USA, Iran and Wales.

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FIFA orders Danes to keep ‘human rights for all’ message off their training shirts

November 11 – The Danish FA (DBU) have said that FIFA has rejected their request to train at the World Cup in shirts with the words ‘human rights for all’ – a protest at Qatar’s controversial rights record.

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Southgate says England won’t be muzzled by FIFA, but they are in Qatar to play football

November 11 – FIFA’s plea that World Cup teams concentrate purely on football without referencing Qatar’s human rights record and treatment of migrant workers is likely to be ignored, according to England manager Gareth Southgate.

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England striking options get a new look with Maddison and Wilson in Qatar 2022 squad

November 11 – Hit like many countries by a number of injuries, especially in defence, England unveiled their World Cup squad on Thursday with manager Gareth Southgate (pictured) optimistic he has struck the right balance.

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FIFA brokers deal for Israelis and Palestinians to share travel to Qatar

November 11 – Israelis and Palestinians will be allowed to travel together to the World Cup following an agreement brokered by FIFA who met with representatives from the Qatar 2022 organising committee, and from Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Culture and Sport.

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Blatter says Iran should be kicked out of Qatar 2022 and Infantino needs to take a position

November 11 – Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter has added his voice to those who believe Iran should be kicked out of the World Cup because of the country’s brutal crackdown against anti-government protests.