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IOC looking like total chumps Russian strike damages football stadium day before Ukrainian Premier League game https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-latest-russia-putin-zelenskyy-12541713?postid=12192530#liveblog-body The world's ugliest stadium should be in Ukraine's crosshairs now.

A chance he could do the same in 2028. He's still going as a conductor, they'd obviously have to have a back up in place, but it would be amazing if it happened.

London has submitted its bid for the 2029 World Athletics Championships after reaching an agreement with West Ham to allow it to host the event in September. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/aug/06/london-to-face-rome-munich-and-nairobi-after-confirming-2029-world-athletics-bid?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

You're a Wolves fan @Bear?

2.27 million square metres.

^^ As well as Swiss Ramble, give David Squires a follow... https://bsky.app/profile/davidsquires.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2026/aug/04/david-squires-gianni-infantino-clinging-to-power-as-his-fifa-empire-crumbles-cartoon?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Excellent long-read analysis from Swiss Ramble, for years the best writer on money in football... https://swissramble.substack.com/p/fifas-plan-to-sell-football?r=i1ekx&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true https://bsky.app/profile/swissramble.bsky.social

Looks optimistic in terms of green space retained, concourse widths required etc. We'll see when the real designs are released, I suppose.

Gianni Infantino’s demise isn’t enough – Fifa must fundamentally change https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/gianni-infantino-fifa-exit-resign-sacked-replacement-b3025815.html

Like the long nineteenth century, this has been the long 2026 world cup. It's lasted from the "peace" prize all the way through to today, with a bit of football breaking out in the middle.

Quite the statement from FIFA's COO https://bsky.app/profile/tariqpanja.bsky.social/post/3mrxd4slt5s2l

The man who gave an adjudicated rapist a peace prize could try that one, I suppose.

Very good statement: https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/02a7-213a92896eb0-54dfbf454e3b-1000--statement-on-behalf-of-uefa-and-its-55-national-associations/