Despite damning findings, Israel remains in World Cup contention - raising questions over football’s role in global accountability, writes JAMES NALTON
A glimpse from Germany reporting at Euro 2024

IT HAD gone midnight on a hot, sweaty evening when the train started to trundle off, back towards Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof.
The carriage was full, packed with football fans from the west of the continent, and football fans from the east.
Amid the post-match chatter and clatter, colour and camaraderie between both sets of supporters, a clutch of green jacketed locals stood.
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