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MARTYN ZIEGLER
Efforts to oust Infantino mount as Fifa president clings to power

Support is flooding away from the Swiss, who is likely to be asked to resign at emergency meeting and is scrambling to establish a base of backers

Football
Collage of Gianni Infantino with other men, including Donald Trump and a soccer player, posing with the World Cup trophy.
ANALYSIS
MARTYN ZIEGLER
How Infantino engineered World Cup to sell his doomed plan

From President Trump’s peace prize to the Folarin Balogun saga, the US tournament was the perfect opportunity for Fifa president to impress investors

Football
COMMENT
DAVID WALSH
Core fans priced out already . . . imagine if Infantino got his way

Nothing beats the experience of watching sport live, but top-level events are becoming the preserve of the most affluent as ticket prices soar

Football
Collage of a man holding a cricket trophy, a cricket player in a white uniform, and cricket players celebrating a victory.
COMMENT
MIKE BREARLEY
Finger-clicking is near the top of any scale of cricketing sin

It’s not shrewd or cunning but rather an egregious piece of cheating, writes England captaincy great and author of a book on the Spirit of Cricket

Cricket
A man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a black t-shirt, smiles while looking at another person sitting across the table.
DAVID WALSH
‘I don’t enjoy grunt’ — Pidcock on why he’d rather be ‘killer’ hunting stage wins

British rider on Tour de France frustrations, why he still wants answers about Ineos snub and how new role as team leader is motivating him like never before

Cycling
Collage of a young footballer dribbling a ball and José Mourinho looking stern.
Collage of a young footballer dribbling a ball and José Mourinho looking stern.
TOM ALLNUTT
Will Mourinho and Bellingham bring best or worst out of one another?

Make-or-break partnership adds to the intrigue of Portuguese’s return to the Bernabéu but whatever happens, the England star’s mum will be happy

Football
A man with short brown hair and a beard, wearing a black t-shirt, smiles while looking at another person sitting across the table.
DAVID WALSH
‘I don’t enjoy grunt’ — Pidcock on why he’d rather be ‘killer’ hunting stage wins

British rider on Tour de France frustrations, why he still wants answers about Ineos snub and how new role as team leader is motivating him like never before

Cycling
Collage of a young footballer dribbling a ball and José Mourinho looking stern.
Collage of a young footballer dribbling a ball and José Mourinho looking stern.
TOM ALLNUTT
Will Mourinho and Bellingham bring best or worst out of one another?

Make-or-break partnership adds to the intrigue of Portuguese’s return to the Bernabéu but whatever happens, the England star’s mum will be happy

Football
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal

Brazil midfielder, 28, closing in on move to north London club from Newcastle on a five-year deal, with Norgaard expected to make £7m move to Everton

Football
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
ANALYSIS
SIMON WILDE
Culture shock leaves troubled Hundred in race against time
Cricket
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Staveley gazumps Kretinsky to agree £150m deal for 25% stake in West Ham
Football
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
ANALYSIS
SIMON WILDE
Culture shock leaves troubled Hundred in race against time
Cricket
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
ANALYSIS
SIMON WILDE
Culture shock leaves troubled Hundred in race against time
Cricket
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Staveley gazumps Kretinsky to agree £150m deal for 25% stake in West Ham
Football
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Staveley gazumps Kretinsky to agree £150m deal for 25% stake in West Ham
Football
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal

Brazil midfielder, 28, closing in on move to north London club from Newcastle on a five-year deal, with Norgaard expected to make £7m move to Everton

Football
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
ANALYSIS
SIMON WILDE
Culture shock leaves troubled Hundred in race against time

Standard of cricket is up but friction with new owners, falling crowds and sponsorship ‘mess’ put heat on ECB before talks over next media rights deal

Cricket
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Staveley gazumps Kretinsky to agree £150m deal for 25% stake in West Ham

Deal puts future of club ownership in doubt, with David Sullivan’s 38.8% share needed for Staveley or Czech businessman to take majority control

Football
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
ANALYSIS
SIMON WILDE
Culture shock leaves troubled Hundred in race against time
Cricket
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Staveley gazumps Kretinsky to agree £150m deal for 25% stake in West Ham
Football
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
ANALYSIS
SIMON WILDE
Culture shock leaves troubled Hundred in race against time
Cricket
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
ANALYSIS
SIMON WILDE
Culture shock leaves troubled Hundred in race against time
Cricket
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Staveley gazumps Kretinsky to agree £150m deal for 25% stake in West Ham
Football
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Staveley gazumps Kretinsky to agree £150m deal for 25% stake in West Ham
Football
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Newcastle United's Bruno Guimaraes in action with Arsenal's Martin Odegaard.
Guimarães set for Arsenal medical as club near £80m deal
Football
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
England player Joe Root smiles during nets.
COMMENT
ALASTAIR COOK
Root can finally win Ashes as captain — if coaches take pressure off him
Cricket
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
Scotland's Josh Kerr celebrates winning the Men's One Mile Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES | RICK BROADBENT
Kerr shows he can beat rivals as well as clock — two weeks after world record
Athletics
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
Ravi Shastri, Jude Bellingham, Joe Clarke, and Phil Salt at the coin toss for The Hundred match.
ANALYSIS
SIMON WILDE
Culture shock leaves troubled Hundred in race against time
Cricket
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Newcastle United Co-Owner and CEO Amanda Staveley smiling and clapping.
Staveley gazumps Kretinsky to agree £150m deal for 25% stake in West Ham
Football
Pieter-Steph du Toit of South Africa runs with the ball.
Stuart BarnesNo Englishmen in my World XV — and only one makes the bench
Brendon McCullum and Stephen Fleming celebrating a wicket.
Simon WildeThe closest of mates — but McCullum thought Fleming’s team lacked ‘soul’
Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe celebrating at full-time during the Carabao Cup Semi Final match.
Alyson RuddNow Howe is available, FA have no excuse for sticking with Tuchel
FIFA President Gianni Infantino looking on with the FIFA World Cup trophy in the background.
COMMENT
ALYSON RUDD
Only resigning can stop Infantino being most despised man in football history

Fifa president wants to be a type of messiah, but really the sole way this hated figure can claim a vestige of self-respect is by quitting now

Football
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Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell of Team Great Britain react after the Women's 800 Metres Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
‘World’s best training partner’ Hunter Bell eying the Kelly Holmes double
Athletics
Radio commentator Martin Carney reacting excitedly with his mouth open, wearing headphones and a microphone.
INTERVIEW
‘I was embarrassed when I heard it’ — meet the viral Mayo commentators
Mykhailo Mudryk in a blue Chelsea soccer uniform, running during a match.
ANALYSIS
PETER RUTZLER
Training alone, playing padel but now can Mudryk finally prove he’s worth £89m?
Football
William Buick riding Talk Of New York after winning the Federation Of Bloodstock Agents EBF Conditions Stakes.
UPDATED
Rob Wright’s Sunday racing tips
Horse racing
Keely Hodgkinson and Georgia Hunter Bell of Team Great Britain react after the Women's 800 Metres Final.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES
‘World’s best training partner’ Hunter Bell eying the Kelly Holmes double
Athletics
Radio commentator Martin Carney reacting excitedly with his mouth open, wearing headphones and a microphone.
INTERVIEW
‘I was embarrassed when I heard it’ — meet the viral Mayo commentators
Mykhailo Mudryk in a blue Chelsea soccer uniform, running during a match.
ANALYSIS
PETER RUTZLER
Training alone, playing padel but now can Mudryk finally prove he’s worth £89m?
Football
William Buick riding Talk Of New York after winning the Federation Of Bloodstock Agents EBF Conditions Stakes.
UPDATED
Rob Wright’s Sunday racing tips
Horse racing
Collage of Lewis Hamilton celebrating with champagne, two men embracing, a man in glasses looking right, and a Formula 1 car.
Molly HudsonAttitude, innovation and an unsung hero — inside story of Ferrari’s revival
Collage of girls playing rugby and a man in a suit.
Elgan Alderman‘The ball must breathe’ — English kids learning to play like the French
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Football

Franco Baresi playing soccer for AC Milan.
FRANCO BARESI 1960-2026 | IAN HAWKEY
Baresi was swan among ducks and heart of Milan side that changed football

Defender, who has died at the age of 66, was part of Serie A club’s ‘Invincibles’ and one of the greatest players in a golden age of Italian football

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe walks off the field.
ANALYSIS
MARTIN HARDY
Inside Howe’s exit: Shattered but not bitter — he made his decision weeks ago
Gianni Infantino of FIFA in the stand at a quarter-final match.
COMMENT
ALYSON RUDD
Deluded Infantino can’t read room — he must be kicked out
FIFA President Gianni Infantino with hands clasped, sits next to the FIFA World Cup trophy.
MARTYN ZIEGLER
We’ve lost confidence in Infantino, say Uefa and FA
Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte and owner Roman Abramovich pose with the Premier League trophy.
Chelsea escape suspended six-point deduction over secret payments to agents
FIFA President Gianni Infantino holds the World Cup trophy while speaking at a podium.
ANALYSIS
MARTYN ZIEGLER
How only 43 nations could trigger no-confidence vote in Infantino
Collage of soccer players in action on a yellow background.
Analysing England’s 1966 triumph with the tools of today
FIFA President Gianni Infantino with hands clasped, sits next to the FIFA World Cup trophy.
MARTYN ZIEGLER
We’ve lost confidence in Infantino, say Uefa and FA
Chelsea Manager Antonio Conte and owner Roman Abramovich pose with the Premier League trophy.
Chelsea escape suspended six-point deduction over secret payments to agents
FIFA President Gianni Infantino holds the World Cup trophy while speaking at a podium.
ANALYSIS
MARTYN ZIEGLER
How only 43 nations could trigger no-confidence vote in Infantino
Collage of soccer players in action on a yellow background.
Analysing England’s 1966 triumph with the tools of today
Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe walks off the field.
ANALYSIS
MARTIN HARDY
Inside Howe’s exit: Shattered but not bitter — he made his decision weeks ago
Gianni Infantino of FIFA in the stand at a quarter-final match.
COMMENT
ALYSON RUDD
Deluded Infantino can’t read room — he must be kicked out

Rugby union

England head coach Steve Borthwick and rugby player Maro Itoje at Aviva Stadium.
COMMENT
STUART BARNES
England must rest first-choice players all year to have any chance at World Cup

Heading into longest season in memory, Steve Borthwick should be willing to omit first-choice selections to keep squad fresh for Australia 2027

England head coach Steve Borthwick and rugby player Maro Itoje at Aviva Stadium.
COMMENT
STUART BARNES
England must rest first-choice players all year to have any chance at World Cup
MARK PALMER
Scottish Rugby chief executive Williamson sacked after misconduct probe

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