Freelance journalist

Steve Menary

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PtG Article

Women's football faces integrity challenges amid betting surge

Steve Menary, Francesco Baranca
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FIFA ignores new sponsor Aramco’s dismal record on carbon emissions

Andy Brown, Philippe Auclair, Jack Kerr, Samindra Kunti, Steve Menary
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China vs. Taiwan: The battle for global influence through stadium diplomacy

Steve Menary
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Flying high: How European football clubs are exploiting fans and the environment

Steve Menary, Jack Kerr, Andy Brown, Samindra Kunti, Philippe Auclair
PtG Article

Thousands of players are part of MCO groups without regulations that protect their interests

Steve Menary
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The root of illegal betting: Britain's white label industry that not even the regulator oversees

Steve Menary, Philippe Auclair, Jack Kerr, Andy Brown, Samindra Kunti
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Welcome to Curaçao: How a Caribbean island facilitates the illegal betting boom

Samindra Kunti, Steve Menary, Philippe Auclair, Andy Brown, Jack Kerr
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The Russian doping scandal has exposed the weaknesses in the international anti-doping structure

Steve Menary
PtG Article

CEO of USADA: "There is a lot we could do to ease the burden on the athletes"

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Making mega-events more sustainable could just end in greenwashing

Steve Menary
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Money spent on investigating match-fixing cases would be better spent on education

Steve Menary
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Session on illegal gambling exposed the fallacy of betting as a victimless crime

Steve Menary
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Meet the hydras: tracing the illegal gambling operators that sponsor football

Andy Brown, Philippe Auclair, Steve Menary, Jack Kerr, Samindra Kunti
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A match made in heaven: The explosion of betting ads in European football

Andy Brown, Philippe Auclair, Steve Menary, Samindra Kunti, Jack Kerr
PtG Article

Introducing the sports betting data supply chain and the predatory integrity industry

Jack Kerr, Steve Menary, Philippe Auclair, Andy Brown, Samindra Kunti
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Mapping the territory of football's lucrative pact with illegal sports gambling

Philippe Auclair, Andy Brown, Jack Kerr, Samindra Kunti, Steve Menary
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Despite a few newcomers, UEFA's Champions League is less diverse than ever

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Spree of buying clubs threatens football integrity

Steve Menary
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UCL Diversity Index 2022/23: Qualification to group stages is impossible for new clubs

Steve Menary
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Call for nuances in media reporting of the Qatar World Cup

Steve Menary
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Greed is the order of the day in top European football clubs

Steve Menary
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Proposal for independent sports integrity body to be unveile

Steve Menary
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Investigative data project exposes dubious actions in bettin

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Looking for a good model to fund global match-fixing agency

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Play the Game 2022 opens with a call to remove Belarussian

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Clampdowns on stadia security stop football games in Africa

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Russian betting companies sponsor football after invasion

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Few European countries regulate football club ownership

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Multi-club ownership in football challenges governance

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Only four new clubs enter the Champions League this year

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Rising popularity of cricket has led to match-fixing problem

Steve Menary
PtG Article

New typology of sports manipulations broadens definition of match-fixing

Steve Menary
PtG Analysis

Time to look beyond organised crime to stop match-fixing

Steve Menary
PtG Article

The same clubs dominate Champions League despite the corona pandemic: CL Diversity Index 2020/21

Steve Menary
PtG Analysis

Friendly matches between clubs are wide open for match fixing

Steve Menary
PtG Article

FIFA governance under renewed assault

Steve Menary
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Tackling threats to grassroots sport

Steve Menary
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Mega-events and human rights: Where do we draw the line?

Steve Menary
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Athletes must be heard

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Will the Sports Governance Observer bring changes to world sport?

Steve Menary
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Premier League preseason have become a global business

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Champions League Diversity Index 2019/20

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Cricket gets smaller before it can grow?

Steve Menary
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Fan tokens and cryptocurrencies make their way into sport

Steve Menary
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FIFA looks to change players’ agents regulations

Steve Menary
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European Leagues and ECA in disagreement over possible third competition

Steve Menary
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ECA presses for overhaul of international match calendar

Steve Menary
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Domestic domination cemented through Champions League funds

Steve Menary
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“Even before the process began it was biased”

Steve Menary
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The rise of esports and the challenges that lie ahead

Steve Menary
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Dangers of sports journalism

Steve Menary
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Better sanction mechanisms needed in the anti-doping system

Steve Menary
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Professional cycling is at risk of losing pace

Steve Menary
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Window undressing: Stories from international sport

Steve Menary
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Crime and corruption – from one c-word to another

Steve Menary
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US betting deregulation one of several threats to sport’s integrity

Steve Menary
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First mega-event to have specific human rights included pre-bidding yet to come

Steve Menary
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Tebas calls for European Union probe into Neymar transfer

Steve Menary
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Player contracts – too little protection, too much variation

Steve Menary
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Code compliance methods cause concern in the UK

Steve Menary
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CONCACAF looking to increase football activity in the Caribbean

Steve Menary
PtG Article

More new clubs but domestic hegemonies continue - Champions League Diversity Index 2017/18

Steve Menary
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Immigrants and football among subjects at Football Collective conference

Steve Menary
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Widespread support for inquiry into London Olympic Stadium

Steve Menary
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Integrity in football needs compliance and collaboration

Steve Menary
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Race for expansion could weaken national leagues

Steve Menary
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West Ham's Olympic deal

Steve Menary
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Domestic hegemonies continue across Europe: Champions League Diversity Index 2016/2017

Steve Menary
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Commercialisation and corruption challenge the pre-season friendlies

Steve Menary
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Too few athletes in the Olympics to ensure gender equality

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Sporting soft power is cheaper than hard power but not always successful

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Confederations contribute to the FIFA crisis

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Corruption is blocking the power of sport

Steve Menary
PtG Article

To be or not to be… a FIFA President

Steve Menary
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Failure of Olympic promises forces the government to revise sports strategy

Steve Menary
PtG Article

More money to the same old clubs - Champions League Diversity Index 2015/2016

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Non-FIFA football in quarrel

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Champagne plans to raise FIFA's financial assistance payment

Steve Menary
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Controversies over how to enforce TPO ban

Steve Menary
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Garcia report expected to criticise dual award process for World Cups

Steve Menary
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Interpol: Effective global legislation on match-fixing is unlikely

Steve Menary
PtG Article

FIFA reforms could have gone further

Steve Menary
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Repetition increased in 2014/2015 Champions League

Steve Menary
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Calls for more reforms in FIFA

Steve Menary
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Champagne runs for FIFA presidency

Steve Menary
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The Brazilian challenge

Steve Menary
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Sports reform: How to change the tone at the top?

Steve Menary
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On tackling match-fixing and illegal betting

Steve Menary
PtG Article

New Champions League Index shows less diversity

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Gibraltar no longer an Outcast

Steve Menary
PtG Comment

Gibraltar farce

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Players launch attack on Caribbean football leaders

Steve Menary
PtG Article

New Champions League Index shows improved diversity

Steve Menary
PtG Article

FIFA urges Israel’s Football Association to intervene in the case of detained Palestinian footballers

Steve Menary
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Financial Fair Play in the Premier League?

Steve Menary
PtG Article

New British bribery legislation will also affect international football transfers

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Eaton reveals changes in FIFA's programme against match-fixing

Steve Menary
PtG Article

UEFA gives ground to Gibraltar's fight to join international football

Steve Menary
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Champagne intervenes in debate on FIFA reform

Steve Menary
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FIFA and Jennings clash over claims that FIFA is like the mafia

Steve Menary
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Brazil is set to repeat mistakes from previous mega-events in 2012 and 2014

Steve Menary
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On the eve of Financial Fair Play, 55 percent of clubs post a loss

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Football hooligans rule in the streets and in right-wing extremism

Steve Menary
PtG Article

CAS ruling puts new focus on small football nations

Steve Menary
PtG Comment

Champions League 2011/12: more of the same

Steve Menary
PtG Article

Supporters Direct’s loss of funding turns political

Steve Menary
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Financial Fair Play rules not yet ‘set in stone’

Steve Menary
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Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish players urged to play in a United GB Olympic football team

Steve Menary
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Fans not included in EC social dialogue

Steve Menary
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European Commission to study transfers

Steve Menary
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GB United? British Olympic Football and the end of the Amateur Dream.

Steve Menary
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European football worth up to €12 billion a year says new report

Steve Menary
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Play the Game Champions League Diversity Index

Steve Menary
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Need for change in Turkish football governance

Steve Menary
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New reports show increased club debts in Brazil and England

Steve Menary
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Alternative World Cup finds its winner

Steve Menary
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FIFA lifts suspension on El Salvador

Steve Menary
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FIFA working group to help small unrecognized nations and territories

Steve Menary
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Viva World Cup Draw

Steve Menary
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Match-fixing arrests and allegations continue

Steve Menary
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UK government proposes fan ownership of clubs

Steve Menary
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FIFA approves World Cup stadia

Steve Menary
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FIFA lets Iraq back in but Brunei faces expulsion

Steve Menary
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Clubs get UEFA board spot

Steve Menary
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UEFA ECA agree financial fair play concessions

Steve Menary
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FIFA issues statement to answer SA media concerns

Steve Menary
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SA investigates alleged World Cup airline price-fixing

Steve Menary
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FIFA calls negative portrayal of South Africa insane

Steve Menary
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South African media concerned over FIFA press accreditation rules

Steve Menary
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Opening of World Cup stadium delayed

Steve Menary
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FIFA's Iraq ban has no impact

Steve Menary
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FIFA Communications Director quits after 18 months

Steve Menary
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Kurdistan to host 2012 non-FIFA World Cup

Steve Menary
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More countries under FIFA monitoring for government interference

Steve Menary
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FIFA call in Interpol to combat illegal betting

Steve Menary
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AFC condemns Iraqi NOC interference

Steve Menary
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FIFA steps in to regulate Kosovan transfer market

Steve Menary
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Iraqi member of parliament calls FIFA ban ridiculous

Steve Menary
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Inconsistency in FIFA's suspensions over government interference

Steve Menary
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Iraq face FIFA ban

Steve Menary
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Up to ten years before international recognition of Kosovo FA

Steve Menary
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FIFA brings together FAs of Kosovo and Serbia

Steve Menary
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Padania win Viva World Cup

Steve Menary
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Institutional deceit reason for mega event debt

Steve Menary
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"Let our players compete internationally," Kosovo sport stake holders urge

Steve Menary
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Foreign players are not flooding Premier league

Steve Menary
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The battle for control of international Twenty20 cricket in the United States has stepped up

Steve Menary
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Mega events: nations battle to host the 2015 or 2019 rugby world cups

Steve Menary
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Olympic host: London 2012 will change the role between sport and governments

Steve Menary
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Alternative countries meet at the Viva World Cup

Steve Menary
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North Mariana exit weakens Oceania Football Confederation

Steve Menary
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England unsure of rugby bid due to £80 mio. guarantee

Steve Menary
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Bidding dropped due to financial crisis

Steve Menary
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Teams struggling to be allowed to play

Steve Menary
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Clash between FIFA and the EU

Steve Menary
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Exclusive research: PTG Champions League Diversity Index

Steve Menary
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Football clubs not fit for stock markets

Steve Menary
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The 2012 Olympics in London unlikely to meet IOC’s aims

Steve Menary
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Can developing economies bid for major sports events during worldwide economic crisis?

Steve Menary
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Will the most powerful man in Asian football leave FIFA?

Steve Menary
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Fans take stake in their team

Steve Menary
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Youth Olympic Games expected to cost 25 times more than similar events

Steve Menary
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Premier League wealth masks football league poverty

Steve Menary
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Review of ‘Football With The Foe – Danish sport under the Swastika'

Steve Menary
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National team or National teams? British Olympics football may return to London 2012

Steve Menary
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G14 disbands as Platini’s plans to shift balance of power in European football gather pace

Steve Menary
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FIFA and UEFA to decide Turkish Cypriot team’s fate

Steve Menary
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Outcasts! The Lands That FIFA Forgot

Steve Menary
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Kingdoms disunited over British Olympic football team

Steve Menary
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Standing order

Steve Menary
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Wild Cup may set precedent for non-members of FIFA

Steve Menary
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European football review will encourage fan ownership of clubs

Steve Menary
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When Is a National Team Not a National Team?

Steve Menary
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The Impact of Champions League on European Clubs: Big Money Talks - Small is Not Beautiful

Steve Menary
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Election of New UEFA President Postponed to the Relief of Europe's Minor Nations

Steve Menary
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The First Football World Cup for Nations that Do Not Exist

Steve Menary