Month: July 2026

In “United Passions” — which really should have been called “Balls” — Blatter is played by Tim Roth, a fine actor who admitted he took the role to pay for his kids to go to college. If the movie was, heaven help us, ever updated to include Infantino’s tenure, surely the role would go to either […]

The Labour Party and the Co-operative Party are distinct organizations — but a pact agreed in 1927 allows candidates to stand on behalf of both parties. In practice, Co-operative MPs tend to follow the Labour line — but the party has a distinct focus on mutual ownership, community businesses, and credit unions. It argues for […]

But Moscow has treated sports as a crucial instrument of state prestige and soft power for decades, making Russia’s full return to the international competition a major political priority, said Ukraine’s former Greco-Roman wrestling champion Fevzi Mamutov, who left Crimea after its annexation in 2014. Vladimir Putin visits a multifunctional sports complex of the Anatoly […]