Sam Kunti
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Football Journalist. Featured @BBCSport, @blzzrd, @JosimarFotball, @WorldSoccerMag, @Forbes. Author 'Brazil 1970'. Then: @columbiajourn. Views my own.
Leuven, Belgium
Joined November 2011
It's HERE! 🚨. Brazil 1970: How the Greatest Team of All Time Won the World Cup is OUT! 📚. Gerson, Jairzinho, Dada Maravilha, Tostão, Pelé, Mario Zagallo. all in one place. Order it below 👇👇. Waterstones: Amazon:
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Farewell to the Irish capital. Too much gentrification because of the tech boys and tourism. Zurich prices in a very ordinary city.
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Sweden's Janne Andersson on LGBT: "It's a sad thing that in 2021 we have to talk about these things even. As a human being, you should be allowed to live and love whoever you want. I myself have gone to the pride parades often.". "Everyone should have equal rights." . #EURO2020
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New Zealand refused Gianni Infantino a police escort during the tournament. The FIFA president threw a tantrum.
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Jorge Jesus transformed #Flamengo. On Friday, 'Mister' departed the Rio club. A piece for @ForbesSports .
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Did Fabrizio Romano approach Valerenga via a third party to spread rumours about players in return for money?. @aselliaas with more, via @Idrettspolitik1.
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The German FA refuses to support Gianni Infantino for re-election and repeats demand that a compensation fund for migrant workers be established.
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On Thursday, #Flamengo were crowned Brazilian champions again. My piece for @ForbesSports. With some help from craque @simpraisa.
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The nephew of the legendary Johnny Warren played for Flamengo!
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Neymar: 'Bolsonaro's values are similar to those of my family and I.'. Tite: 'Win or lose, I am not going to Brasilia.'
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A heated evening in Bucharest?. Ultras marching to the stadium. Romania does not recognise Kosovo. The FRF has repeatedly warned against disorder. Last year, Romania - Kosovo was suspended for 50 minutes over chants and a banner 'Kosovo is Serbia'.
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Carlos Queiroz: 'You don't know what these kids have been living the last days just because they want to express themselves as players. Whatever they do or say, they want to kill them. Let them represent the country and play for the people. Everybody represents the people here.".
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Kasper Hjulmand was an assistant manager when Jonathan Richter was hit by lightning in a reserve match for FC Nordsjaelland. Richter's leg had to be amputated. Hence why the Danish take no risks when it comes to thunderstorms. Info via @TroelsBagerT.
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Workers - those who ushered fans to the metro stations during the World Cup - protesting because of wage abuse.
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‘Infantino has embraced Saudi Arabia like never before. He is unfit to head an organization that is supposed to serve as a custodian of the game.’ . For @ForbesSports.
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@Rob_Carr I suppose those in Dublin are a bit more defensive, which I guess is understandable. But, yes, the city’s soul is being extracted.
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Brazilian newspaper O Globo will run with four different front pages. Brilliant.
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Louis van Gaal at news conference: "I've said it before: it's ridiculous that the World Cup is being played in Qatar. It is purely based on money and commerce. But that is also why I am never on committees and such at FIFA. Because I simply say things like that.".
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So many empty seats. When was the last time a World Cup host nation didn’t sell out its own group matches?
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Tonight’s guest list: Gianni Infantino, FIGC President Gabriele Gravina, Peter McCormick, HRH The Duke of Cambridge, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, HRH Prince George of Cambridge, Boris Johnson, Sadiq Khan, President of Italy Sergio Mattarella, Geoff Hurst, Kate Moss. .
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Football in Tanzania is back, with social distancing in the stands.
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Powerful video from the Palestinian FA to open the AFC Congress, followed by a moment of silence.
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Seen Flamengo fans about everywhere this year - Frankfurt, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima. This is Istanbul, en route to. #CWC19
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Nothing says ‘climate action’ like a private jet! . Yesterday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino arrived in Baku for COP29.
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Here we go. Fabrizio Romano offers his services to clubs in return for payment. Via @tipsbladet.
Det er en meget spændende sag, @OleHoffskov her afdækker. Jeg har sagt i årevis, at man skal være meget obs på motiver og afsender på transferhistorier.
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FIFA have released the Women’s World Cup 2027 bid evaluation report. Brazil's bid gets a score of 4.0, the BNG bid 3.7.
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The Women's World Cup is over, but female players remain as vulnerable as ever. Story for @ForbesSports.
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67,372 fans in a 60,000-seater stadium. Half of them have left by now.
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Brazilian players 🤝 Bolsonaro. 🤢.
Que privilégio almoçar ao lado do presidente @jairbolsonaro . Que Deus continue abençoando sua vida cada dia mais. 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
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Official stadium announcement - match abandoned but fans have to remain seated until security services greenlight departure.
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Got detained for 15 minutes by security for taking the 'wrong' photo. Three women, including one young girl in tears, after their Persian flag was confiscated. Forced to delete.
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Walid Regragui: "The Africans and the Arab world have given us this energy. It is a feat and we have made history."
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FIFA has not been reformed. More than ever, soccer needs an outside regulator. Story for @ForbesSports.
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A girl crying because security confiscated the Persian flag at Iran - USA. Very tight security yesterday to prevent political protests. This photo earned me detention.
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Gianni Infantino playing the victim here. He was a migrant in Switzerland. He was bullied at school. FIFA is having it tough. No, I am not making this up.
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A migrant worker just texted me that his employer is threatening to terminate his contract. because he plays football after hours. Yes, that's the host nation of the World Cup for you.
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Norwegian club Frederikstad FK have voted to boycott the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia. Via @aselliaas.
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Just talked to my friend @dexglenniza from @Box2BoxBola about the Kanjuruhan tragedy. The victims were remembered here tonight. Let’s hope this tragedy is thoroughly investigated.
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Football theory of the highest order. Marcelo Bielsa delivers a masterclass. For @insidewldftball: #AspireSummit16.
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Patrice Motsepe: 'I have got a company. I sell certain goods and services. I want to be associated to football because football will give me greater exposure to my clients, to my customers.'. And there you have it - the reason why he became CAF president.
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@groundrelated1 Went to Kildare and saw a bit of the beach north of Dublin. Next time, I need to aim for the countryside proper.
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From Delhi to Kolkata. From @Minerva_AFC to @AizawlFC. Read my story on youth development and grassroots in #IndianFootball for @JosimarFotball:
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Here it is! The international edition of @JosimarFotball and maybe the most important work of journalism you will read this year! . Order here 👉
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On the way to England vs Iran. Whole metro singing about Ali Karimi.
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Indian FA secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran defends the decision of having organized the Santosh Trophy in Saudi Arabia, but the tournament won't return to Riyadh next year.
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David, 17, and Paul, 18, work at World Cup venues, have gone unpaid for two months and live in one of Qatar's worst labour camps. Story for @JosimarFotball. 👉
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Mohammed Saleh breaks down in tears when asked if he thinks news of the qualification will reach Gaza. “I hope my family knows…”
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"The findings, first reported in the Norwegian football magazine Josimar, call into question the Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s pre-tournament claim that Qatar had made “incredible” progress on workers’ rights.".
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"'Dadou' was very clear about the way we had to behave.". Sepp Blatter implicated in the Haiti sex scandal. Bravo @Romain_Molina and @JosimarFotball.
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"Nothing has changed. Nothing. Nonono. Those who say things have changed have missed the point completely.". Your half-time read presented by @JosimarFotball.
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#Ajax fans in fine voice. Atmosphere building nicely down town Stockholm. #EuropaLeague #UELfinal #Stockholm #AJAXMUN
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“I feel rather humiliated and unworthy because if I don't work I will starve to death and the kinds of work I do get are just taking me to an early grave.”. Story for @ForbesSports .
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"If I go to the World Cup to see a match? To watch a game? Ha ha ha. We will go to clean it. Washing toilets. ". Your half-time read presented by @Josimarfootball.
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Swedish FA chairman Frederik Reinfeldt calls the news ‘devastating’, says it was joint decision by Belgium and Sweden to abandon match and says the security situation might last for hours.
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Delighted to see 'Brazil 1970' shortlisted for Football Book of the Year!
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"Aramco sponsorship is a middle finger to women’s football" . In an open letter, more than a hundred international women's players want FIFA to drop its sponsorship deal with Aramco. They point to Saudi Arabia's human rights record and sustainability.
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'We don't have food. We haven't eaten in two days. The court doesn't take action (against unpaid wages). We don't have nothing.'. World Cup workers, a month after the tournament.
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A source tells me a few hundred World Cup workers have been detained and face deportation after they had protested against unpaid wages. But, yes, kafala no longer exists. .
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I followed Palestine's national team during the recent Asian Cup. Here's the story for @JosimarFotball.
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Swedish FA security officer Martin Fredman leaves possibility open game might be abandoned at HT. Swedish FA chairman Frederik Reinfeldt (a former pm) has left the stands, presumably for security reasons.
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On the importance of preserving Pele’s memory for the next generation. From yesterday, on @BBCWorld.
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BJ Callaghan on Arsenal’s Matt Turner: “We gave him the captain's armband. That's a great starting point for us to see how valuable he is to the group. He's a player that came to us and wanted to play in both tournaments. I always say big players make big plays.”
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The Iceland manager on playing Israel later this month in the Euro 2024 play-offs. Via @visir_is.
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Infantino always claims that the new FIFA know where their money ends up. Can't even guarantee players in the Women's World Cup will get to see their prize money.
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Mbs and Infantino at the boxing. It’s all building up to a Saudi bid for the World Cup,
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Gianni Infantino now accuses the press of not caring for the disabled. This is an extraordinary press conference.
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They may have lost the Copa Libertadores final, but Flamengo remain a club to keep an eye on. An in-depth piece for @OffThePitch_com on the Rio club's place in the global hierarchy. (€). With insight from @mottamarcos and @Tim_Vickery.
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In a submission to FIFA's independent legal committee, the Palestinian FA has demanded the Israeli FA be suspended and banned. A FIFA extraordinary council meeting is scheduled for July 20.
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I had a chat with @BrankoMilan about one of the burning issues in the game. For @ForbesSports .
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United World is the multiple-club ownership group behind Sheffield United, Beerschot, Kerala United and Al Hilal United. The group is led by @Saudi49er. I had a chat with @janvanwinckel to find out more about United World.
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