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Inglaterra lidera un puñado de federaciones europeas contrarias a la reelección de Infantino como presidente de la FIFA

Un puñado de federaciones europeas, con la poderosa Inglaterra a la cabeza, han comenzado a retirar su apoyo al presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino. Además de los ingleses, que según varios medios prestigiosos británicos como The Times, The Telegraph o la BBC darán pronto el paso públicamente de rechazo al mandamás del fútbol mundial, Finlandia, Serbia y Suecia lo han expresado ya a través de comunicados en los que son muy claros: quieren un nuevo dirigente al mando de la FIFA. Según Reuters y varios principales medios europeos y estadounidenses, Gales también quiere lo mismo, que Infantino se marche.

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Marquez compares career to Gibernau

Alex Marquez has drawn parallels between his MotoGP career and that of fellow Catalan rider Sete Gibernau, highlighting how both were overshadowed by generational greats. While Alex has contended with his older brother Marc, Gibernau raced during the Valentino Rossi era. goldparty.lat

Gibernau finished as MotoGP runner-up to Rossi in 2003 and 2004, while Alex has experienced similar challenges against his brother's dominance in the sport.

Lars Volden klar for Vålerenga

Vålerenga forsterker keeper-teamet med Lars Volden, som etter 16 års opphold i utlandet vender hjem til Oslo.
Nå har han signert kontrakt med Vålerenga som løper over totalt tre sesonger.
Volden forlot Norge i 2010, og har siden spilt i Finland, Sverige, Slovakia, Tsjekkia og Østerrike. Han kommer sist fra BIK Karlskogai Allsvenskan (Sverige), der det ble tap for Björklöven i opprykksfinalen forrige sesong.

Otmar Szafnauer blames Aston Martin's F1 struggles on five-year problem

Former Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer has suggested that the root cause of the team's current Formula 1 struggles can be traced back five years.
Speaking on the High Performance Racing podcast alongside broadcaster Jake Humphrey and former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley, Szafnauer discussed the Silverstone outfit's trajectory under the ownership of Lawrence Stroll.
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Football transfer rumours: Chelsea’s Mudryk to reunite with Lampard at Coventry?

Today’s rumours broke you once, made you strong

Cody Gakpo’s performances went south last season and now his entire personage might follow, with Tottenham Hotspur reportedly preparing an offer in the region of £70m to bring him to north London. There appears to be some mixed messages floating around about this potential deal. The Mail say Liverpool “have no plans to sell Gakpo” and that “it would take a huge sum to change their stance”, but these things are fluid. The Athletic say “Liverpool have no intention of selling”, but also, and in the same sentence, that they “would judge his value relative to other deals this summer, including Morgan Rogers’ transfer to Chelsea”. So, in short, Spurs will have to whip out their recently-discovered XXL chequebook if they want to get this one over the line.

Talking about Chelsea, “multiple Premier League clubs” have contacted them to ask about the availability of Mykhailo Mudryk, recently freed from a doping ban, says the Mirror. They name only one of them: Coventry City, coached by two-time former Stamford Bridge manager Frank Lampard. The Sun specify that “two more Prem sides are believed to have enquired, while there is interest from three clubs in Europe”. The Mirror’s report on the battle for the Ukrainian’s services is inevitably, but pleasingly, headlined “Mud Fight”.

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Wenger om Fifa-bråket: – Jeg ble ikke involvert Arsène Wenger er siste Fifa-topp til å gå imot planene til Gianni Infantino, hvor han ville selge VM til eksterne investorer. I en uttalelse hevder Wenger at han ikke var med i prosessen som til slutt ble skrotet etter massiv kritikk. – Jeg ble ikke involvert i den strategiske planen

Concacaf countries considering withdrawing support for under-fire Gianni Infantino Confederation which represents Americas unhappyPressure growing on the beleaguered Fifa president A number of Concacaf countries are considering following Europe’s lead by formally removing their support for the Fifa president Gianni Infantino.All 41 members of Concacaf, the confederation which represents North Americ…

Despite World Cup success, controversy-marred Infantino faces tough election Gianni Infantino is in a dogfight to save his FIFA presidency. The national soccer federations of Sweden and Wales have withdrawn their support for his re-election bid, with the English Football Association reportedly set to do likewise. Those follow similar rebukes from Europe's UEFA and North America's CONCACAF. Foo…

Sepp Blatter vil ha Lise Klaveness som Fifa-president Den tidligere Fifa-presidenten Sepp Blatter (90) peker på Lise Klaveness som den beste kandidaten til å ta over fra kontroversielle Gianni Infantino som Fifas øverste sjef. Blatter, som i sin tid måtte gå av som Fifa-president etter flere kontroverser og etterlate tronen til Infantino, har vært en sterk kritiker av

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