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Nigerian fans at Wembley last weekend
IT’S been an interesting week in sport for various reasons so where better to offer my take on what’s been happening than in these pages?
It’s best to start off with England’s media in the build up to the World Cup. Much has been made of their open access day on Tuesday, where all 23 players of Gareth Southgate’s squad were available.
It was unprecedented to see all the players talking freely and the journalists loved it.
JAMES NALTON writes on the bizarre Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv scandal
Joao Pedro’s emotional goals against Fluminense captured the magic of an international club competition. But even as fans bring colour and passion, the Club World Cup’s deeper issues loom large, writes JAMES NALTON
JAMES NALTON writes how at the heart of the big apple, the beautiful game exists as something more community-oriented, which could benefit hugely under mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani