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Liverpool FC are the latest club to partner with a polluting airline. ✈️
Here’s why we need to stop airlines buying our love of the beautiful game.👇
thefootballweek.com/2026/10/…
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A recent sponsor switch-up for Liverpool FC is keeping polluting industries in the lead.
Here’s how we can change the game. ⚽️👇
theguardian.com/football/202…
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Another Vuelta a España stage has been adapted due to extreme weather.
And riders are rightly questioning this new normal.
theguardian.com/sport/2026/s…
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Extreme heat is causing serious injury and postponed seasons in grassroots football.
While elite football promotes harmful industries, players at other levels are left to suffer.
nytimes.com/athletic/7528820…
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Stage 3 of the Vuelta a España race was cancelled yesterday as extreme weather threatened rider safety. 🌧️
As climate chaos impacts cycling’s biggest events, polluting sponsors remain in the lead. 🚴♂️
cyclingweekly.com/racing/vue…
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Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 opening game on Sunday was relocated due to extreme heat.⚽️
Meanwhile PSG’s owners are still one of the world’s most prolific fossil fuel producers. 🛢️
theguardian.com/football/202…
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🚨 Petition: Infantino must go.
Under Gianni Infantino, football's crowning tournament has become a political vehicle and advertising platform for polluters and the power hungry.
⏪ Let's revisit some of his lowlights. 🧵 1/5
Sign: change.org/infantino-out-now
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Football carries many hidden environmental costs.
And moving a player between clubs can shed light on the wider issues the game has with carbon emissions. ⚽️
football365.com/news/hidden-…
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The controversial and failed bid by FIFA president Infantino to sell stakes in future football tournaments goes beyond football, and raises an important question: who does sport really belong to?
theconversation.com/who-does…
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🌡️ Over TWO THIRDS of the UK is in drought.
Sports pitches have hardened while athletes are struggling to perform in the heat.
Yet, decision makers continue to bury their heads in the arid sand by partnering with polluting sponsors. 📺💨
An explainer on sportswashing. 1/2 🧵
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🚨 Grassroots football league forced to delay the start of its season due to heat wave.
While elite teams and Fifa promote fossil fuel interests, the climate crisis is having significant consequences for grassroots football.
Here's the state of play. 🧵
theguardian.com/environment/…
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🚨 Big Oil made $93 BILLION in three months.
As war pushed oil prices up and fossil-fuelled heatwaves, fires and drought devastated communities, oil giants cashed in. 🫰
And they’re still allowed to advertise like they’re part of the solution. 🧵
theguardian.com/business/ng-…
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This week, FIFA has come under fire for trying to privatise the World Cup.
And now, FIFA president Infantino aims to rush through an expansion of the 2030 World Cup to a whopping 64 teams.
This is a short-sighted, money-making, climate-wrecking plan. 🧵
theguardian.com/football/202…
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FIFA president Gianni Infantino is facing heavy leadership challenges after he ditched his controversial World Cup sell-off plan. 💰
Now more than ever, FIFA must drop their polluting sponsors and start protecting the future of football.
theguardian.com/football/202…
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⏪ This week Ekaterina Alexandrova collapsed in 34C heat at the Memphis Classic.
This marks the third high-profile heat safety incident in elite tennis this year. 🧵
bbc.com/sport/tennis/article…
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🚨 The World Cup is officially for sale. 🏆💰
Fifa President Gianni Infantino is trying to sell a 20% stake in Fifa competitions to private investors.
Here's how FIFA corruption, a strange orange man and petrostates all intersect. 🧵
bbc.com/sport/football/artic…
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The 2026 World Cup directly increased demand for fossil fuels.
In a new report, the World Cup is revealed to have increased the brand value of the world's largest fossil fuel company by 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝗦 𝗱𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀.
Here's the story. 🧵
maaal.com/en/news/details/ar…
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"Concerning the climate crisis... there is a rule of silence, as deeply rooted in cycling culture as the old omertá about doping.”
In a seismic interview, a pro cyclist speaks out under condition of anonymity on the sport's fossil fuel sponsor problem. 🧵
cyclingweekly.com/news/youre…
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Spain may have lifted the trophy, but the real World Cup winners are the polluting companies whose adverts filled every stadium during the tournament.
cooldownclimate.org/latest/w…
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In a historic first, a recent stage of the Tour de France was shortened due to extreme heat. 🔥🚴♂️
Yet the tournament is still sponsored by polluting industries fuelling this crisis. ⛽️
theguardian.com/sport/2026/j…
