U.S. Soccer has joined the ever-growing list of federations frustrated with FIFA President Gianni Infantino's proposal to sell commercial stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
Infantino has faced fierce criticism for his handling of the 2026 World Cup and hit back on social media after the competition wrapped up. Infantino accused critics of spreading hate in a lengthy Instagram post.
Infantino subsequently unveiled plans to sell stakes in the World Cup, offering nations $40 million with an incentive of $20 million upfront if they accepted by mid-September. However, UEFA strongly opposed the proposal and pledged to boycott FIFA competitions, with Concacaf now joining the growing rebellion, as per The Mirror US.
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#World #growing #sell #million

St Mirren manager Craig McLeish faces being disciplined by the Scottish FA following comments made following his side's 1-0 defeat by Dunfermline Athletic in the Premier Sports Cup on Sunday.
Speaking on Premier Sports afterwards, the 36-year-old questioned decisions by the match officials and asked who referee Sean Murdoch played for.
The 39-year-old had two spells as a goalkeeper with Dunfermline before becoming an official.
McLeish has now been called to a hearing on Thursday, 27 August to hear a notice of complaint over "Disciplinary Rule 72".
That rule says no club official should criticise a match official "in such a way as to indicate bias or incompetence" or make comments "which impinge on his character".

#mcleish #dunfermline #year #match

According to SPORT, FC Barcelona have officially been notified of the complaint filed by Atletico Madrid over the club's pursuit of Julian Alvarez.
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has opened disciplinary proceedings into the matter and given the Catalan club a deadline to submit their response.
The complaint centres on allegations that the Blaugrana held discussions with the Argentine striker while he remains under contract at Atlético until 2030.
The notification from the RFEF informs Barcelona that a formal case has been opened and grants the club several days to present its arguments.
Barcelona's legal team is already reviewing Atletico's complaint and intends to submit a full response defending the club's actions.

#sport

FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against several players for a post-match brawl following Spain's 1-0 win over Argentina in the World Cup final on July 19.
Argentina players Leandro Paredes (three counts) and Nahuel Molina (two counts) have been charged with ******* ault, along with ******* istant coach Roberto Ayala (one count).
In addition, three players have been charged with unsporting behavior: Molina (one count) and Argentina teammate Thiago Almada (one count), along with Spain's Gavi (one count).
According to FIFA's Disciplinary Code, a charge of ******* ault carries a ban of at least three matches, while unsporting behavior has a ban of at least one match.
All of those charged will have the opportunity to present their case to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, which will then make a decision over sanctions.

#Argentina #disciplinary #molina #counts

Aces make surprising NaLyssa Smith roster decision after DiJonai Carrington allegations originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
NaLyssa Smith was missing from the Las Vegas Aces' active roster for Tuesday night's game against the Portland Fire, but the team did not explain the surprising absence. Smith's omission came just days after Chicago Sky guard DiJonai Carrington publicly accused her former partner of infidelity during the 2025 WNBA season. However, Las Vegas has not said that its roster decision was connected to Carrington's allegations.
The Aces did not provide an injury designation, disciplinary explanation or any other details when announcing their available players for their first game following the WNBA All-Star break.
"Tonight's Active Roster," Las Vegas wrote alongside its roster graphic.
Smith's name was not included. The timing quickly drew attention because the 25-year-old forward had appeared in all 26 games for the Aces this season. She had been a consistent contributor for a Las Vegas team that entered Tuesday with an 18-8 record.

#sporting

The fake audio used by Internacional's legal department in the defense of center-back Victor Gabriel ended up carrying decisive weight in the punishment handed down by the STJD.
This was the content that "blew up" on social media (see below).
The voting was already underway when auditor Aline Jatahy questioned the authenticity of the material released by Inter.
Messages were already circulating on social media about the likelihood that the content was not genuine, since it came from a parody page called "O VAR Brasileiro."
That information reached the members of the STJD's Sixth Disciplinary Commission. And the situation changed, as reported by Uol.

#Media #victor #gabriel #aline

After 14 years with FIFA World Cup-winning player and coach Didier Deschamps at the helm, the French national team is now officially under the stewardship of ex-captain Zinedine Zidane.
An appointment which had been largely expected for months, this marks the 54-year-old's first head coaching role since leaving Real Madrid in 2021, where he won La Liga twice and the UEFA Champions League three times across two stints in charge,
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Zidane, who won the World Cup alongside Deschamps in 1998 and reached the Final in 2006, during which he was sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi, admitted that taking charge of Les Bleus was a lifelong dream come true.
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#real

UEFA has taken a firm stance against FIFA, declaring that soccer is 'not theirs to sell' in response to the governing body's controversial proposal. Global soccer's top authority is considering selling stakes in "event operations," presumably such as the World Cup, to private investors, as confirmed in a statement on Tuesday.
The scheme could see FIFA president Gianni Infantino pocket millions should a deal be approved. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly been brought into the discussions via the Kushner family.
While the proposal is still being deliberated internally, it has been met with significant opposition from UEFA, as per The Mirror.
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#president

Lionel Messi has secured an honor just days after Argentina fell short in the FIFA World Cup Final against Spain.
Last weekend witnessed the conclusion of the World Cup, with Spain defeating Argentina 1-0 in extra time courtesy of Ferran Torres' 106th-minute strike at MetLife Stadium. The final was tarnished, however, by Argentina's attempts to disrupt proceedings throughout, with Lionel Scaloni's team trying to undermine Spain's dominance through deliberate fouls at every turn.
They were also reduced to 10 men when Enzo Fernández received his marching orders for a second yellow card following his reckless and needless tackle on Spain's Pau Cubarsi in the 93rd minute. After the final whistle, the unsightly incidents persisted, with Leandro Paredes caught throwing punches at several Spain players, including Barcelona star Gavi, who has stated he doesn't wish to see the former suspended despite what occurred, via The Mirror US.
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#Argentina #minute #card

The dust may have settled on the FIFA World Cup with players and coaches all settling back into their regular routines back home, but the memory of Sunday's Final, and particularly the post-game brawl sparked by some of Argentina's players, lives long in the memory.
Following Enzo Fernandez's 93rd-minute red card, Argentina held on to a goalless draw to force the game into extra time, having failed to register a single shot compared to Spain's 20.
Lionel Scaloni's side continued to hold Spain at bay through the first half of extra time, before substitute Ferran Torres finally broke down their defenses, winning the game early in the second half and sealing a second World Cup crown for La Roja's men's team.
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#fifa

A former special educational needs co-ordinator at a school who had a ******* ual relationship with a former pupil has been banned from teaching following a professional conduct hearing.
Joseph Marriott, who worked at Eckington School in Derbyshire, resigned in September 2024 following a disciplinary meeting, after the school was informed about the relationship with the ex-student.
A report, published following a Teacher Regulation Agency (TRA) panel hearing, said the pupil - named as person A - asked for Marriott's phone number on her last day at school, which he provided.
The panel found Marriott was "dishonest" during the disciplinary investigation meeting about when their relationship started.
According to the TRA, in July 2024 the school received an anonymous telephone call, alleging Person A was in a relationship with Marriott, and that it started while she was still at the school.

#former #pupil

U.S. women's national team legend Megan Rapinoe said the U.S. men's national team had a good vibe at the 2026 World Cup — until Donald Trump got involved.
Earlier this month, the U.S. president revealed he pushed FIFA president Gianni Infantino to reverse Folarin Balogun's red card suspension ahead of the Belgium match in the round of 16.
Though Infantino has insisted that Trump did not influence FIFA's Disciplinary Committee, which operates independently, Balogun's suspension was lifted at the 11th hour in controversial fashion.
Even with its best forward available, the USMNT turned in a dismal performance against Belgium, losing 4-1 to crash out of the tournament.
"It didn't give them the boost that they were thinking it would or that Trump was hoping that it would," Rapinoe said on The Daily Show this week. "It seemed like it threw them off their game."

#Belgium #national #team #president

Argentina fly half Tomas Albornoz has been charged with misconduct and faces a disciplinary hearing after "remonstrating with match officials" follow his side's defeat to England in Santiago del Estero.
Albornoz was denied a chance to kick for a potential draw after a last-minute try was ruled out by referee Angus Gardner in consultation with television match official (TMO) Brett Cronan.
The officials ruled that Bautista Delguy had grounded the ball simultaneously on the try-line and corner flag, and thus not scored, as England held on for a 31-24 victory.
Albornoz appeared to approach Gardner and his ******* istants aggressively thereafter, and has now been charged by World Rugby under its Match Official Abuse Sanction Process,
The details of his disciplinary hearing will be released in due course.

#england #gardner #official #ruled

The New Saints chairman Mike Harris has been charged by the Football **** ociation of Wales (FAW) with multiple disciplinary offences for a social media post.
The charges relate to a post the owner of the Cymru Premier champions made on the platform X on 21 July.
The post, which has since been deleted, appeared to AI-generated video of topless women.
Harris is accused of publishing offensive, insulting and derogatory content that brought Welsh football into disrepute and offended the dignity of individuals or groups through material deemed contemptuous, discriminatory or denigratory.
Harris has seven business days to respond to the charge.

#saints #wales

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reportedly engaged in discussions about investing in Liverpool FC as negotiations with owners FSG progress.
Mr Bezos, believed to be the world's fourth-wealthiest person, has been contacted by a consortium headed by Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, who stepped away from his controlling interest at Queens Park Rangers to pursue a deal for the Reds.
A spokesperson for FSG previously told the ECHO: "An investment consortium led, managed, and represented by Amit Bhatia has expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club."
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#World #consortium

Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert has been hit with a misconduct charge by the Football ******* ociation in connection with the 'Spygate' scandal that shook the Championship playoffs last season.
Southampton were thrown out of the playoffs back in May despite defeating Middlesbrough across two legs, after a staff member was caught covertly observing an opponent's training sessions.
The Saints were also handed a four-point deduction for the 2026-27 season, with Middlesbrough subsequently reinstated for the play-off final, which Hull City claimed 1-0 at Wembley.
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#final #playoffs #season #Football

Spain midfielder Gavi does not believe Argentina's Leandro Paredes should be suspended for his part in the confrontation following the World Cup final.
Argentina players Paredes, Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada and ****** istant coach Roberto Ayala all appeared to be involved in the fracas on the pitch as Spain celebrated their 1-0 win.
Paredes seemed to push Spain's Eric Garcia by the throat and unused substitute Gavi tried to intervene but was forced to the ground by Almada.
Paredes pushed the Barcelona midfielder to the turf by putting his hand in the Spaniard's face.
Fifa has appointed a disciplinary and ethics prosecutor to ****** s what happened and any player or coach involved could receive a suspension while the Argentine Football ****** ociation could also be fined.

#spain #involved #Argentina

Spain midfielder Gavi does not want Argentina's Leandro Paredes to be suspended for his part in the altercation at the end of Sunday's World Cup final.
Paredes, along with team-mate Nahuel Molina and Argentina coach Roberto Ayala, were involved in the brawl seconds after the final whistle blew on Spain's 1-0 victory at the MetLife Stadium.
Fifa has confirmed that no red card was shown to Paredes on the field, but on Monday evening Fifa announced that its disciplinary committee had appointed a disciplinary and ethics prosecutor to investigate possible breaches of the Fifa disciplinary code during the incident.
Gavi told El Partidazo de COPE: "I don't think (Paredes) should be suspended. I understand it's not a good image for children, but I think there's also that side to football, which is a bit more physical, more aggressive.
"The most logical thing would have been to send him off during the match, and that's it. In the end, I think it's all football, and it has to be that way."

#suspended

Southampton head coach Tonda Eckert has been charged by the Football ***** ociation for his role in the Spygate scandal.
Saints were kicked out of the Championship play-offs in May after admitting they spied on three clubs during the campaign.
An independent disciplinary commission ruled at the time that the espionage was authorised by Eckert and was a "contrived and determined plan from the top down".
Since then the club has been the subject of an investigation by the FA, looking into who participated in the spying and ***** sing the culpability of those who knew it was happening.
Southampton expelled from play-offs for spying

#offs #tonda #Football #association

Fenway Sports Group have acknowledged that an investment group, spearheaded by British-Indian entrepreneur Amit Bhatia, has expressed interest in acquiring a stake in Liverpool FC.
Sources indicate the consortium is supported by the Mittal family, whose wealth was recently estimated at over £26 billion ($34.8 billion) by Forbes. No deal has been finalized, and discussions remain in preliminary phases, according to those familiar with the situation.
On Tuesday, Bhatia was announced as having stepped down from his position as co-owner of EFL Championship club Queens Park Rangers, with the London team releasing news of his exit on their official platform.
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#World #sports #Liverpool

It took four months to land but, when it did, the independent review of crowd disorder at the Old Firm Scottish Cup quarter-final at Ibrox in March arrived with a mighty thud.
Across 37 pages everybody gets it in the neck - Rangers and Celtic, the Scottish FA and the SPFL, the police, the ultras from both sides.
Both clubs face disciplinary charges, with the review warning that the ugly scenes "came within a very small margin of becoming a violent mass confrontation".
The lead author, Mark Blackbourne - a sports event consultant with experience of Uefa match delegation and stadium inspection - is withering in his ****** sment of every conceivable facet of what went on that day and in the days before.
His over-riding conclusion is that the time has come for the football authorities to stop playing around in the margins of sanctions against bad behaviour.

#scottish #firm #march #mark

It was obvious to anyone watching last Monday night's World Cup Round of 16 game between the U.S. and Belgium that the Folarin Balogun red-card suspension controversy helped one team — and hurt the other.
Although the team tried to downplay the impact of the presidential effort to suspend Balogun's one-game suspension in the immediate aftermath of the game, Balogun admitted on Tuesday that it had an impact on the players.
“When I kind of started to reflect, I knew it was going to cause a lot of controversy and I could almost see within my teammates a bit of nerves because it’s something that’s so unique," Balogun said in an appearance on CBS This Morning, via Sports Business Journal.
"The closer we got to the game, I tried to just focus as best as I could," Balogun said. "But it was difficult. A lot of outside noise, and that’s hard to avoid."
It was more than a lot of noise. The sudden reversal, ostensibly decided by FIFA's Disciplinary Committee but reportedly handled by one person, was largely unprecedented. It shifted the chip on the U.S. shoulder from an unwarranted red card to Belgium for the unwarranted erasure of its consequences.

Jul. 14—Plenty of Illinois athletes didn't generate many headlines or social media interaction during the past 12 months, but they still racked up accomplishments in their respective fields (and oftentimes in the classroom, too). Beat writer Scott Richey spotlights 10 Illini who deserved more pub from the 2025-26 school year:
Miyoshi got it done on the court and in the classroom. The Illini senior secured his 100th career singles win in the second round of the NCAA tournament and ended the year ranked as the No. 17 singles player in the country. Off the court, the Tokyo native was Illinois' Big Ten Medal of Honor winner, earned Second Team Academic All-American status and claimed the Midwest Region's Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award.
Schaefbauer made it a clean sweep for Illinois tennis as the university's other Big Ten Medal of Honor winner. Schaefbauer progressed from the Illini's No. 6 singles player after transferring from South Carolina to playing No. 1 singles exclusively her junior and senior year. The political science major was just as proficient in the classroom and earned her third straight CSC Academic All-District and third straight ITA Scholar-Athlete honor this year.
Luuk Pelkmans' standout freshman season did outshine his fellow Dutch multi-event star to some degree. But de Greef did put up a third-place finish in the heptathlon at the NCAA indoor championships and followed that up by qualifying for the decathlon in the NCAA outdoor championships. De Greef held the Illinois decathlon record briefly before Pelkmans took it after de Greef scored 8,039 points at the Illini Deca-Jam on April 10-11 at Demirjian Park.
Cho's 4.0 GPA in interdisciplinary health sciences helped her share Illinois' Outstanding Scholar-Athlete award for the sophomore class with Kylie Eaton (women's golf) and Ava Moore (softball). Something she accomplished while also leading the Illini women's gymnastics team. Cho was ranked as high as No. 2 on the uneven bars and No. 3 in the all-around on the national level during the 2026 season.

A complaint alleging FIFA president Gianni Infantino has breached rules on political neutrality in his dealings with United States President Donald Trump has been submitted to the International Olympic Committee.
Human rights group FairSquare says Infantino – who became an IOC member in 2020 – has repeatedly breached the Olympic Charter and the IOC’s code of ethics, most recently in his handling of the Folarin Balogun affair.
The United States striker’s one-match ban was suspended by FIFA’s disciplinary committee, freeing him up to play in their World Cup last-16 match against Belgium.
That followed a phone call from President Trump to Infantino, with the Swiss insisting FIFA’s committees are entirely independent.
The Times has reported that the disciplinary committee chair Mohammad Al Kamali made the key decision to suspend the ban alone, having never been the sole arbiter in any previous published disciplinary cases.

The U.S. men's national team crashed out of the World Cup in the Round of 16 against Belgium, but the controversy around the match remains ongoing.
The day before the match, USMNT striker Folarin Balogun had his red card suspension rescinded, making him eligible to play against Belgium. FIFA didn't offer many specifics behind the decision, but it did say that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee came to that conclusion via Article 27.
FIFA president Gianni Infantino tried to deflect from the obvious political interference involved in the decision by emphasizing that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee was an independent body.
It turns out that it wasn't much of a committee at all.
According to a report from The Times of London, FIFA Disciplinary Committee chairman, Mohammad al-Kamali of the United Arab Emirates, made the Balogun decision on his own without bringing the issue to the other 17 members.

Although it feels more like a year, it's been only one week since it became crystal clear that President Trump called FIFA president Gianni Infantino regarding the one-game suspension that U.S. striker Folarin Balogun was due to serve for the Round of 16 match against Belgium.
Infantino issued a statement insisting that “FIFA’s judicial bodies are independent," creating the unmistakable impression that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decided the case.
It was reportedly a committee of one.
Via Martyn Ziegler of the Times of London, the decision was made by the chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee, Mohammad al-Kamali of the United Arab Emirates — with no input from any of the other 17 members.
Ziegler notes that "many" decisions of the Disciplinary Committee have been made by one member, but that in important cases three members are "often" involved. Also, the decisions made by one member of the committee are usually made by the deputy chairman, Jorge Palacio of Colombia. Al-Kamali, per Ziegler, has not been the sole decision-maker based on published findings from more than 100 prior cases decided by the committee.

The pardon of Folarin Balogun's expulsion ahead of the United States vs. Belgium Round of 16 match was one of the episodes that caused the biggest impact during the 2016 World Cup. And today, more information is being revealed about the controversial decision.
According to a report by The Times, the decision was made by Mohammad Al-Kamali, president of FIFA's disciplinary commission, from the United Arab Emirates.
But the scandal continues, as the same source claims that his decision did not go through the Committee, since he made it without the other seventeen members of the commission taking part in the matter.
"Mohammad Al-Kamali, president of FIFA's disciplinary commission, made the controversial decision to overturn the suspension of U.S. forward Folarin Balogun without the other seventeen members of the commission taking part in the matter," The Times reports.

The head of Fifa's disciplinary committee has refused to answer BBC questions about the decision-making process which led to England's Jarell Quansah being banned for two World Cup games while United States striker Folarin Balogun avoided the same sanction.
Defender Quansah was sent off in England's 3-2 win over Mexico following a high challenge on Jesus Gallardo.
It was classed as serious foul play, meaning the Bayer Leverkusen player was handed an extra match on top of the automatic one-game suspension by Fifa.
But the same committee waived a ban for Balogun, who was sent off for serious foul play against Bosnia-Herzegovina. He should also have received a ban for two games.
That decision prompted widespread condemnation - particularly when it emerged US President Donald Trump and White House officials had lobbied Fifa about the American's ban.

NASCAR has officially closed the book on one of the most talked-about incidents from last weekend's Cup Series race at Chicagoland Speedway.
Despite the on-track clash between Austin Hill and Shane van Gisbergen that ignited debate across the garage and among fans, neither driver will face penalties from NASCAR. The sanctioning body determined there was not enough evidence to conclude the contact was intentional or deserving of disciplinary action.
The ruling means both drivers head into Sunday's Quaker State 400 Available at Walmart at EchoPark Speedway without any points deductions, suspensions, or fines. But while the penalty report is complete, the rivalry is anything but.
The controversy began on Lap 48 at Chicagoland when van Gisbergen's No. 97 Chevrolet made contact with Hill's No. 33 Chevrolet entering Turns 3 and 4.
Hill spun into the outside wall, ending his afternoon. Under the ensuing caution, Hill drove alongside van Gisbergen and made contact with the Trackhouse Racing driver's car, a move that immediately fueled speculation that NASCAR could hand down penalties to one or both competitors.

Chase Briscoe didn't wreck anybody to make his point this week. He just went on a podcast and said the thing every driver in the Cup Series garage already knows but almost ****** ody puts on the record: NASCAR's disciplinary process has a don't-ask-don't-tell problem, and it keeps turning the sport's biggest stars into bad actors every time a fresh wreck gets reviewed.
The remarks came on the Rubbin' is Racing podcast, days after NASCAR closed the books on two separate Chicagoland Speedway incidents without issuing a single penalty. Briscoe's issue isn't that NASCAR lets drivers settle scores on the racetrack - he's fine with that part. His problem is what happens after the checkered flag, when a driver who obviously wrecked somebody on purpose has to stand in front of reporters and call it a racing incident, because that's the price of staying out of the penalty report. "Everybody knows you're lying about it," Briscoe said, describing the bind NASCAR's own process puts drivers in.
He's not wrong about the bind. He's also sitting on more supporting evidence than he probably realized, because NASCAR has spent this entire season demonstrating, in exhaustive public detail, what actually earns a driver a fine, and intent alone has never been enough.
Rewind to Texas Motor Speedway in early May, before any of the Chicagoland drama existed. Ryan Preece got frustrated with Ty Gibbs, announced his intentions over his own team radio, and turned Gibbs into the outside wall about half a lap later. NASCAR's response was swift and public: a $50,000 fine and a 25-point penalty, among the stiffest behavioral penalties handed out all year. NASCAR's vice president of racing communications walked through the reasoning himself: officials reviewed the team radio, the in-car video and the car's SMT telemetry data, and the combination of Preece stating his intentions and then following through on them was enough to cross into what the rulebook labels actions detrimental to stock car racing. RFK Racing appealed. The National Motorsports Appeals Panel upheld the penalty in late May, and Preece was left admitting it no longer mattered what he thought, the fine and the points were staying gone.
This wasn't Briscoe's first brush with NASCAR's points ledger this year either. His own speeding penalty back in March already put a dent in his playoff cushion, which makes his willingness to needle NASCAR's officiating now feel less like a driver picking a random fight and more like someone who has personally paid the price of the system he's describing.