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How does MLS pick up the World Cup mantle? Casemiro helps, but it’ll take much more
Casemiro’s arrival is another statement signing for MLS, but Sebastian Berhalter’s departure highlights the league’s bigger challenge after a landmark World Cup
Will Gianni Infantino survive as Fifa president?
In today’s Football Daily: A tipping point for Fifa’s president?
Chelsea fined £10m and given suspended transfer ban by FA over agent breaches
The club escaped a suspended six-point deduction for the infringements after appealing against the original punishment
Andy Burnham calls on Infantino to resign over ‘outrageous’ World Cup plans
UK prime minister is the first head of a major nation to call on the under-pressure Fifa president to step down
Fifa rapidly accelerates plan to expand World Cup to 64 teams from 2030 tournament
Fifa has accelerated plans to expand the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams and opened a tender to research companies to assess the economic benefits quickly
Franco Baresi was not only the captain but the moral heart of great Milan team
The centre-back, who has died aged 66, defined an era of hard Italian defending and his collection of honours is eternal proof of his class
Uefa has formed a rare but fragile united front against Fifa in battle for football’s future
Emerging from this week with unity over Fifa’s World Cup sell off was quite an acheivement but Europe cannot rest on its laurels
Infantino increasingly embattled after senior adviser resigns over World Cup sell-off plans
Gianni Infantino’s authority has been dealt a fresh blow after Carlos Cordeiro, one of his senior advisers, resigned with immediate effect in protest at proposals to sell a stake in the World Cup
Can We Kick It?: new doc is timely take on Black history, pay-to-play and future of US soccer
Akbar Majeed’s new feature tells the story of the sport through a Black lens and asks hard questions about the barriers facing the game’s breakthrough