Tag: Soccer

August 12 – The Australian FA, Football Australia, has aligned with continental governing body AFC in opposition to FIFA boss Gianni Infantino.  A member of the AFC since 2006, Australia has added to the pressure on Infantino and his aborted privatisation plans for the World Cup by demanding “clear and credible action”. Football Australia aligned […]

Choosing gymnasium flooring is not simply a matter of selecting the material that looks best in a brochure. A school gym, private training center, community sports hall and professional arena can all use the word gymnasium, yet their schedules, loads, sports, maintenance teams and budgets are very different. The right floor is the system that […]

August 7 – South America and Mexico, splitting the Concacaf region, have backed FIFA president Gianni Infantino to continue in post, despite his attempt to sell off the World Cup commercial and organisational rights to a private equity business backed by Thrive Capital, led by by the brother of Jared Kushner, US president Donald Trump’s […]

Basketball court flooring affects ball response, player movement, fatigue, maintenance and the visual identity of a venue. The best system for a professional indoor arena is not the same as the best system for an outdoor school court, a temporary 3×3 event or a community center that hosts several sports. A useful comparison starts by […]

August 4 – FIFPRO’s Secretary General Alex Phillips has departed the organisation, the world players’ union said on Monday.  In a brief statement, FIFPRO wrote that Phillips “played an important role in implementing the reforms approved by FIFPRO’s member unions following the organisation’s governance review.   “Working closely with the Board, member unions and staff, he helped strengthen FIFPRO’s structures, executive management and operational […]

A basketball court budget is often misunderstood because a single price per square meter cannot describe the whole project. A flooring quotation may exclude civil work, slab repair, drainage, freight, line marking, equipment, installation supervision or taxes. Two courts of the same size can therefore have very different final costs. The correct approach is to […]

July 31 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his FIFA administration are becoming increasingly isolated by their members with the announcement by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) this morning that it “stands in solidarity with UEFA and Concacaf”. In a hard-hitting rebuke of the proposed sell-off of FIFA’s flagship competition rights and organisation to a […]

Interlocking basketball court tiles are often grouped together as if they were one product category with identical performance. In reality, material formulation, tile geometry, support structure, surface texture and connection design can create major differences in comfort, heat, expansion and durability. Two common material families are polypropylene, usually abbreviated as PP, and thermoplastic elastomer, or […]

July 27 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has hit back at critics of his leadership and the 2026 World Cup, urging them to “meditate, pray or watch a football match” instead of “spreading hate and false rumours” about the governing body. In a lengthy post published on his personal Instagram account and shared with FIFA’s […]

As of today, July 25, 2026, the Lukasz Fabianski retirement has been announced, as the legendary Polish goalkeeper who played for the likes of Arsenal, Swansea City and West Ham United has ended his footballing career. The 41-year-old initially looked set to retire from the sport in 2025; however, with West Ham in need of […]