Is there anything good about the 2034 World Cup going to Saudi Arabia?
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Ken Early on World Cup draw: Ireland face task to overcome Hungary, their football opposites
If Irish football has been subsisting on the poverty line, Hungarian football has had billions pumped into it
The Irish Times view on Saudi Arabia’s World Cup: sportswashing in the desert
That this decision has happened so easily is a dispiriting sign of the Saudis’ increasing hold over world sport
World Cup 2026 draw: Team-by-team guide to Ireland’s opponents
Ireland face Portugal, Denmark, Hungary and Armenia in their quest to get to the World Cup
Ireland to open World Cup qualifying campaign at home to Hungary
Ireland drawn alongside Portugal or Denmark, Hungary, and Armenia for next year’s World Cup 2026 qualifiers
Ireland to face Portugal or Denmark, Hungary, Armenia in World Cup 2026 qualifying
Follow the draw from Zürich with the Republic of Ireland in pot 3 for next year’s qualifiers
Saudi Arabia confirmed as host for the 2034 World Cup
News confirms outcome expected for more than a year since Fifa expedited its bidding process for the 2034 event
World Cup 2026 European qualifiers draw: All you need to know about Ireland’s potential group
16 European countries will qualify for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States
Manchester City to face Juventus in Club World Cup group stage
Expanded 32-team competition will take place in the United States next summer
Lily Agg unsurprised by lack of Fifa engagement over Saudi deal
Midfielder is one of five Republic of Ireland players to have signed letter objecting to sponsorship deal
Chilean football club owner settles defamation action over Amazon Prime show
Spanish businessman Jorge Segovia Bonet took case in Irish High Court against streaming TV giant over its drama series El Presidente
The ‘mistake’ that is Fifa’s Club World Cup looms large. But will it even happen?
Sponsors and broadcasters are biding their time while the players’ union has filed a lawsuit over plans for 2025 event
Gianni Infantino to avoid spotlight with 2026 World Cup draw held virtually
Controversy remains over decision to give the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia
Fifa is ‘ignoring human rights report’ into Saudi Arabia’s 2034 World Cup bid
Lawyers say Fifa is ‘dealing with the devil’ with Saudi bid
Diarra verdict a landmark day that could alter balance of football power
There may not be wholesale reform but ruling by European Court of Justice over transfers makes change more likely
Court verdict on Fifa’s transfer rules will ‘change football landscape’
World players’ union Fifpro welcomes European Court of Justice ruling in Lassana Diarra case
Fifa investigates Israeli ‘discrimination’ after Palestinian FA calls for sanctions
Two new investigations were announced at a meeting of the Fifa council in Zurich on Thursday
Ken Early: Ever-increasing demands ensure players mere pawns in the game
Ken Early: Football authorities and players on a collision course as burnout becomes a real issue due to incessant schedule
Copa 71: ‘These women were gaslit. Imagine playing a sport at the highest level and then being told, that didn’t exist’
Two decades before the first Fifa Women’s World Cup, six teams competed in front of huge crowds in Mexico City in an almost-forgotten tournament
Blue cards to be introduced into football for sinbins under Ifab trials
International Football Association Board to sign off on plans to trial blue cards which would remove a player to the sin-bin for 10 minutes for dissent or cynical fouls
Ken Early on Fifa, Infantino and football’s racism problem
In the News podcast: Could threat of forfeiting game over fan behaviour finally stop abuse
Franz Beckenbauer obituary: Footballer who radiated an iconic status
The German became the kind of central defender that football had never seen before
European Super League project gets huge boost after court of justice ruling
Fifa and Uefa found to be ‘abusing a dominant position’
Football’s shift of power tilts again to Saudi Arabia at Club World Cup
Manchester City are favourites but the 2025 revamp could give meaningful football for Saudi clubs against Europe’s best
Saudi Arabia confirmed as sole bidder to host 2034 World Cup
A statement from Football Australia said it had ‘explored the opportunity’ of a bid but had decided against it
World Cup in 2030 to be played in Europe, Africa and South America
Decision looks to have paved the way for Saudi Arabia to host the tournament in 2034
EA Sports FC 24 review: Familiar ground in first game post split from Fifa
EA Sports sensibly do not try to reinvent the wheel in the series’ new edition after losing rights to the Fifa name
Ireland slip down to 55th in latest Fifa world rankings
Steady decline for Stephen Kenny’s men as they nudge closer to their worst Fifa ranking
Joanne O’Riordan: Sports’ rulers need to just stop ruining the world
Unless sports help offset climate change, the end of play could be nigh
Ken Early: Salah could be playing in the Saudi league next season
LIV Golf has already shown us the power of money in sport and entry to Uefa’s top club competitions would be a game changer for the ambitious Saudi Pro League
Ken Early: Victory for the gifted Spanish due to their national coaching system – not the coach
The work of thousands of youth coaches is evident now in the textbook technique the Spanish have turned into a national style
Ireland 0 Nigeria 0 FT: Ireland conclude their World Cup with a point as Australia go through
Solid performance by Vera Pauw’s women but could not find a way through to score
Ireland 1 Canada 2: Vera Pauw’s side out of the World Cup with one group match to go
World Cup - Ireland v Canada: Katie McCabe scores early goal but Ireland cannot hang on in Perth
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