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⚽️FOOTBALL & POLITICS (Italian/English)
News about football/soccer, society and politics. On the side of Sócrates, Raymond Kopa, Marcus Rashford, Leon Goretzka, and the Spanish female footballers.

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Last week, Arsenal announced that they would end their Visit Rwanda sponsorship in June 2026, after eight years of collaboration. Bayern had previously decided to no longer feature the logo on their jerseys.

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Arsenal to end eight-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda in June 2026
Arsenal announce the club will end their eight-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season.
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November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Visit Rwanda is the tourism campaign of the Rwandan's government, which simultaneously funds the M23 militia engaged in a civil war in neighboring DR Congo.

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Il contestato sponsor di due semifinaliste della Champions League - Il Post
Paris Saint-Germain e Arsenal hanno entrambe sulla maglia la scritta "Visit Rwanda", e c'è più di un problema
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November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
You can be a man and a feminist too.
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"It is intended as a tribute to the 'Palestinian Pelé' Suleiman Al Obeid, killed this summer in Gaza while queuing to receive humanitarian aid, and to all the other 750 Palestinian athletes killed in these two years of genocide," the club explained in a post on Instagram.
November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Here's the video of Mamdani talking about his idols as an Arsenal fan: "Every day I wake up I think about Sébastien Squillaci, Pascal Cygan... Marouane Chamakh!"

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November 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"I chose social work. I'm retired and do volunteer work: I take children to school and help those in need. I still read the newspapers and think things through, but I'm disappointed."

Read the interview here: www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie...
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"I've never been a member of anything: I voted for Enrico Berlinguer and that was it. Today the Democratic Party seems weak to me. People don't participate anymore; fewer and fewer citizens go to vote."

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November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"I grew up in poor post-war Italy: we only saw meat at Christmas, a piece of boiled meat in broth." He recalls that, in the 1970s, he was often stopped by the police while traveling because he was mistaken for a terrorist.

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November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Born in Lombardy, he was known as an Italian Paul Breitner because of his role, his hairstyle, and his far-left views. "I come from a working-class family. My father, Giacomo, was a farmer and a member of the Communist Party: I still have his membership card."

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November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
LaLiga (the Spanish 1st division) and RFEF (the Spanish Football Federation) had approved the Villarreal-Barcelona match in Miami. The game was later canceled following protests from fans and the Spanish players themselves.

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Cancelled! Villarreal vs Barcelona in Miami is called off
The clash between Barcelona and Villarreal, which was scheduled to take place in Miami, Florida, on December 20, 2025, has been canceled. The details are not yet known, however, th
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November 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In recent years, Argentinian football has had a lot of cases of players accused of rape (Thiago Almada is one of them). I think it is a deep-rooted issue in the men's top sports around the world.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Things are little better in Spain, where on Sunday, during Elche-Real Madrid, two players (Raúl Asencio and Rafa Mir) on trial for cases of gender violence were holding the campaign banner.

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🇪🇸 Real Madrid's Raúl Asencio posed yesterday with a banner for La Liga's campaign against violence against women: he is currently on trial for the non-consensual distribution of an intimate video featuring two girls, one of whom is a minor.

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November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Manolo Portanova (Reggiana, 2nd Division), sentenced to 6 years in 2023.
Michael Liguori (Salernitana, 3rd Division), sentenced to 3 years and 4 months in 2024.
Carmine Cretella (Audace Cerignola, 3rd Division), sentenced to 2 years in June 2025.

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Il calcio contro la violenza sulle donne. Ma in campo...
Il calcio ha da tempo preso posizione ma non mancano le contraddizioni. Calciatori accusati e sotto in processo in campo in Spagna e Italia.
it.insideover.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ratcliffe is worth $23 billion and owns the chemicals company Ineos. Between 2023 and 2024, he purchased a 29% stake in Manchester United for a total of $1.5 billion. A Brexit supporter, he transferred his tax residence to the Principality of Monaco in 2020.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's made by the British collective Everyone Hates Elon, which began to protest Elon Musk and his role in US government, but has since expanded to criticize billionaire privileges. They were also behind the campaign against Bezos's wedding in Venice.

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November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM