26 de octubre de 1863.Fundación de Football Association #efemérides #octubre #footballassociation
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The FA’s director of women’s football, Sue Day, speaks on the future of the game https://www.rawchili.com/5126280/ #FA #FIFAWomen'sWorldCup2035 #FootballAssociation #Soccer #SueDay #Women'sFootball #wsl
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The FA’s director of women’s football, Sue Day, speaks on the future of the game
Collectively, we’ve come so far in women’s football, we’ve achieved so much, and at the same time, there’s…
#Football #Soccer #News #FA #FIFAWomen'sWorldCup2035 #FootballAssociation #SueDay #Women'sFootball #WSL
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1253395/ Tottenham Hotspur owed money after Big Zuu water brand Drip is liquidated with £9m debts #BCPartners #BigZuu #Business #football #FootballAssociation #Formula1 #Golf #JonRahm #LIVGolf #LukeLittler #ManchesterUnited #matchroom #Netflix #News #PremierLeague #sport #SportBusiness #Sports #TottenhamHotspur #UK #UnitedKingdom #WilliamsRacing
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Man City make decision on appealing Premier League guilty verdict
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Man City make decision on appealing Premier League guilty verdict
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FA face Mike Dean investigation calls after ex-Premier League ref's staggering confession
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/79114/ Premier League chief supports FA decision to withdraw support for Gianni Infantino #charges #fa #FIFA #FifaPresident #football #FootballAssociation #GianniInfantino #Interview #ManCity #manchester #ManchesterCity #PremierLeague #RichardMasters #SkyNews #Sport #sports #TRANSFERWINDOW #TRANSFERS #uk #world
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Full list of Gianni Infantino's supporters and critics as FIFA president faces fight for job
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/70769/ Infantino under pressure from football bodies over FIFA’s failed World Cup plan #CentralAmericaAndCaribbeanAssociationFootball #CONCACAF #ConfederationOfNorth #coverage #DonaldTrump #fa #FIFA #FifaNews #FifaPresident #FootballAssociation #GianniInfantino #INFANTINO #news #sky #SkyNews #SportsNews #Trump #uefa #UsNews #watch #WorldCup #youtube
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Gianni Infantino scraps FIFA plan to sell off World Cup
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Gianni Infantino scraps FIFA plan to sell off World Cup
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https://www.europesays.com/it/611416/ Doping Mudryk, squalifica finita: può tornare nel Chelsea #aiutarlo #AiutarloRiprendere #AiutarloRiprendereCarriera #antidoping #association #Calcio #carriera #chelsea #comunicato #effetto #EffettoImmediato #Football #FootballAssociation #immediato #IT #Italia #Italy #misha #mudryk #mykhailo #Soccer #Sport #Sports #tornare
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FIFA hits back as UEFA plan to boycott World Cup over Gianni Infantino plan
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FIFA hits back as UEFA plan to boycott World Cup over Gianni Infantino plan
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First nation supports Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell the World Cup
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First nation supports Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell the World Cup
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FA sent 'cease and desist' letter over World Cup stunt before Argentina vs England
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FA makes decision over sacking Thomas Tuchel after England World Cup defeat to Argentina
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FA makes decision over sacking Thomas Tuchel after England World Cup defeat to Argentina
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I went topless as a trans man – and finally felt like one of the lads
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Andy Burnham suggests he’ll scrap ban on pints in football stadiums
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Andy Burnham suggests he’ll scrap ban on pints in football stadiums
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The Three Lions
There are few symbols in England more instantly recognisable than three golden lions marching proudly across a field of red.
Today they adorn football shirts, cricket caps and rugby jerseys. They are painted on pub signs, stamped on passports, embroidered onto military uniforms and waved from terraces whenever England dares to dream.
Millions sing Three Lions without ever stopping to ask a simple question.
Why three?
Why lions?
And why has this particular emblem survived almost nine centuries while kings, dynasties, empires and governments have all faded into history?
Like so many ancient symbols, the answer lies somewhere between history and mythology.
The lion itself had never roamed Britain. Wolves, bears and wild boar once stalked these islands, but lions existed only in stories carried home by pilgrims, crusaders and Roman writers. To medieval Europe, the lion represented everything a king was expected to be: courageous, just, noble, watchful and fierce.
Long before heraldry became an organised system, lions appeared throughout Christian art. Medieval bestiaries claimed that lion cubs were born dead before being brought to life by the breath of their father three days later. Whether believed literally or symbolically, the tale became an obvious parallel with the Resurrection of Christ. Lions were therefore not merely dangerous beasts; they were creatures associated with kingship, divine authority and eternal life.
It is hardly surprising that Europe’s rulers eagerly adopted them.
England’s relationship with lions began with the Norman kings. William the Conqueror himself probably bore no official coat of arms because heraldry had not yet fully developed, but by the twelfth century shields and banners had become increasingly important on crowded battlefields. Knights hidden beneath mail and helmets required instantly recognisable devices.
The first English royal lions seem to appear during the reign of Henry I. Henry married Matilda of Scotland, linking Norman and Anglo-Saxon royal bloodlines. Some historians believe one lion may have entered the royal family’s symbolism through this marriage, while another emerged through subsequent dynastic alliances.
Heraldry during this period was fluid, with symbols evolving rather than appearing fully formed. The decisive moment arrived with Henry’s son, Richard I.
Richard Plantagenet.
Richard the Lionheart.
Few English monarchs have acquired such legendary status. Ironically, Richard spent remarkably little time in England. He spoke French, regarded his continental possessions as more important than his English kingdom, and devoted much of his reign to warfare and the Crusades. Yet he became the king most closely associated with English courage.
Richard originally used seals depicting two lions passant guardant – walking with one forepaw raised while turning their faces towards the viewer. During his reign a third lion appeared, creating the royal arms that remain instantly recognisable today.
Whether Richard consciously chose three lions or inherited an evolving design remains debated by historians, but by the end of the twelfth century England possessed one of Europe’s most distinctive coats of arms. Three gold lions with blue claws and blue tongues, marching one above another upon a crimson shield.
In heraldic language the animals are not technically “lions” at all. They are described as lions passant guardant. Passant refers to the walking pose. Guardant means the head faces directly towards the observer. To medieval eyes this posture conveyed confidence rather than aggression. A rampant lion, rearing upon its hind legs, symbolised battle. A passant lion suggested calm authority – a ruler who possessed strength but had no need to prove it.
There may also have been another layer of symbolism. Throughout medieval Europe, the number three carried profound meaning. Three represented the Holy Trinity. Birth, life and death. Past, present and future. Faith, hope and charity. The symbolism would have been immediately understood by contemporary audiences. Whether Richard deliberately chose three lions because of religious symbolism remains uncertain, but medieval rulers rarely ignored such powerful associations.
Once adopted, the badge spread rapidly.Royal seals, coinage, castles, government documents,military banners. It became the visual signature of the English Crown.
As English armies marched across France during the Hundred Years’ War, three golden lions marched with them. The emblem flew above the armies of Edward III, the Black Prince and Henry V. It fluttered above muddy battlefields at Crécy, Poitiers and Agincourt, becoming associated not simply with monarchy but with English identity itself. Ironically, the badge survived periods when the monarchy itself seemed close to collapse.
During the Wars of the Roses, rival claimants fought beneath variations of royal heraldry. Under the Tudors, dragons, roses and portcullises joined the royal display, yet the three lions remained.
When James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne in 1603, the royal arms expanded dramatically. Scotland’s rampant lion and Ireland’s golden harp joined the shield, yet England’s three lions retained their place.
Empires rose. Empires fell. The lions remained.
One reason for their remarkable survival maybe lies in what they came to represent. Originally they belonged solely to the king. Gradually they became the property of the nation.The shift happened slowly over centuries. The English Civil War challenged royal authority. The Industrial Revolution transformed society. The British Empire reshaped Britain’s place in the world. Yet somehow the ancient lions adapted, and by the nineteenth century they had become less a symbol of monarchy than of England itself.
Then came football.
In 1863, when the Football Association sought an emblem, it turned naturally towards the ancient royal arms. The modern FA crest retained the three lions while adding Tudor roses between them. Few sporting badges possess such extraordinary ancestry. Every England football shirt carries a design whose origins stretch back to the Crusades. Every chant echoes nearly nine hundred years of history. Every major tournament briefly reconnects modern England with a medieval kingdom.
Of course, symbolism rarely remains fixed. To Victorian imperialists the lions represented national destiny. During the World Wars they became symbols of resilience. For football supporters they came to embody hope, frustration and stubborn optimism in equal measure.
The song Three Lions, first released during the European Championships in 1996, captured something far older than football itself. “It’s coming home” resonated not simply because the game originated in England, but because the badge itself already felt timeless. The lions seemed to belong to history rather than any particular generation.
Yet there is another, older way of looking at them.
Folklore often blurs the line between animal and guardian. Across Britain, churches possess spectral black dogs, castles harbour ghostly ravens and forests boast white stags. England’s lions occupy a similar symbolic space. Not literal creatures. Guardians. Sentinels. Beasts that exist not in the countryside but in the collective imagination of a nation.They have watched Norman knights become Tudor courtiers, Georgian soldiers become Victorian industrialists, and factory workers become football fans. They have witnessed plague, civil war, empire, Blitz, victory and defeat. Kings have died beneath them. Queens have ruled beneath them. Governments have come and gone. The lions simply continue their silent march.
Unlike flags, or borders, which shift. Unlike politicians, who disappear into history. The three lions remain reassuringly constant. Almost nine hundred years after Richard the Lionheart’s reign, children still draw them in school exercise books. Soldiers still wear them into battle. Sportsmen still carry them onto the world’s biggest stages.
Most never think about where they came from.But perhaps they should because hidden inside those three ancient beasts lies the story of England itself. And it’s a story of crusaders and kings, of heralds and holy symbolism, of battlefields and belief, of history transformed into legend.
And that is one of the greatest mysteries of all.
Not that three lions came to symbolise England.
But that, after nearly nine centuries, England still instinctively recognises them as its own.
#BritishHistory #castles #chivalry #ChristianSymbolism #coatOfArms #Crusades #England #EnglandFootball #EnglishFolklore #EnglishFootball #EnglishHistory #EnglishIdentity #EnglishMonarchy #Folklore #FootballAssociation #HenryI #HenryII #heraldicLions #heraldry #historyOfEngland #knights #lionSymbolism #medievalBestiary #medievalEngland #medievalHistory #medievalKings #medievalSymbolism #nationalSymbols #NormanEngland #passantGuardant #Plantagenets #RichardI #RichardTheLionheart #royalArms #royalHeraldry #royalHistory #StGeorge #symbolism #ThreeLions #ThreeLionsEmblem -
https://www.europesays.com/africa/287247/ Former Jersey FA president secures Nigerian citizenship after 26-year search for roots #AfricaFootballFoundation #FootballAssociation #Nigeria #NigerianCitizenship #RickyWeir
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England fan, 53, drank banana milkshake because US wouldn’t accept driving licence as ID
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1029528/ 2026 World Cup: How England went from misery to magnet for blue chip brands #2026FIFAWorldCup #Britain #BT #Business #England #EnglandFootballTeam #Euro2016 #FIFA #FIFAWorldCup #football #FootballAssociation #GarethSouthgate #GreatBritain #lionesses #MarkSampson #News #Nike #RealMadrid #RoyHodgson #SamAllardyce #sport #SportBusiness #UEFA #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Selección de Inglaterra recupera las botas y balones robados en Kansas City
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World Cup hit by more controversy after Iranians and fans denied visas
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World Cup hit by more controversy after Iranians and fans denied visas
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Ireland-Qatar friendly stopped twice as fans throw tennis balls to protest Nations League games with Israel https://www.byteseu.com/2061463/ #AvivaStadium #dublin #FootballAssociation #InternationalFriendly #Ireland #Israel #IsraelDefenceForces #LeagueOfIreland #NationsLeague #protest #Qatar #RepublicOfIreland #TennisBalls
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My abusive ex strangled me for buying my son a rival football kit
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39,000 free places up for grabs at Kellogg’s kids’ football camps
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Kerr adds to call for FAI to boycott Israel games
Former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr is one of 39 signatories of an open letter calling on…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #BobbyGillespie #breakingnews #BrianKerr #CapeVerde #FAI #FootballAssociation #HedvigLindahl #IrishSport #Israel #LouiseQuinn #Palestine #republicofireland #RobertoLopes #southernIsrael #uefa
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/940130/ Members of the Junior England Amputee Football Team Are Trying to Get Their Heroes to Play in the World Cup #Britain #ElaineOakley #England #FootballAssociation #GreatBritain #KidsWithDisabilities #Oakley #SonJamie #team #TheWorldCup #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Gianni Infantino’s attempt at forcing Israel-Palestine handshake backfires at Fifa Congress
Gianni Infantino’s attempt to force a handshake between representatives of the Israel Football Association and the Palestine football…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #BasimSheikhSuliman #breakingnews #Fifapresident #FootballAssociation #footballfederation #GianniInfantino #Iran #Israel #IsraelFootballAssociation #JibrilRajoub #Suliman
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Ex Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey pleads not guilty to fresh rape allegations
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/184526/ Al-Ahly has formally accused the Football Association of violating the constitution in the Ceramica affair #AdministrativeOfficials #AlAhly #CeramicaCleopatra #Egypt #EgyptianConstitution #EgyptianFootballAssociation #FootballAssociation #Representatives #SayedAbdelHafiz #TechnicalArea #VideoAssistantReferee
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UK: Football Association Accused of Breaching Neutrality Rules with Gender Politics
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/180599/ Al Ahly of Egypt escalates its complaint against referee Mahmoud Wafa.. 4 official accusations and demands for an urgent investigation #AlAhly #Egypt #FootballAssociation
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Betting scandal in the Czech Republic two days before the World Cup play-offs: six clubs implicated, including one from the top flight
Chaos breaks out in Moravia News from the Czech website iSport.cz has sent shockwaves throu…
#CzechRepublic #Czechia #CZ #Europe #Europa #EU #Česko #CzechFootballAssociation #czechrepublic #Czechwebsite #czechia #DavidTrunda #denmark #FootballAssociation #ireland #OlomoucRegionalPublicProsecutor’sOffice #organisedcrime #zprávy
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https://www.europesays.com/2870224/ Betting scandal in the Czech Republic two days before the World Cup play-offs: six clubs implicated, including one from the top flight #Česko #CzechFootballAssociation #CzechRepublic #CzechWebsite #czechia #DavidTrunda #denmark #FootballAssociation #ireland #OlomoucRegionalPublicProsecutor’sOffice #OrganisedCrime #zprávy
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https://www.europesays.com/africa/103482/ Senegal prime minister decries Morocco’s jailing of fans after AFCON final #AFCON #AfricaCupOfNations #FootballAssociation #Morocco #OusmaneSonko #PrisonSentences #Sénégal #SenegalFootballAssociation
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First calls for a boycott of the World Cup over Trump’s Greenland threats
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Goalkeeper punches rival fan as mass brawl erupts in front of young children at non-league match
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Chelsea was hit with 74 charges by the Football Association after the club was accused of breaching regulations covering soccer agents, intermediaries and third-party investment in players. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/12/soccer/chelsea-fa-74-charges/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #soccer #chelsea #footballassociation #romanabramovich
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1921: VIETATO IL GIOCO DEL FOOTBALL ALLE DONNE
Nel 1921 la Football Association vieta il gioco del calcio alle donne: la notizia è ripresa anche da La Gazzetta dello Sport nel numero del 10 dicembre di quell'anno.
https://storiedifootballperduto.blogspot.com/2025/08/1921-vietato-il-gioco-del-football-alle.html
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔'𝗦 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗟𝗘
✧ 1925 FA Cup final ✧
The 1925 FA Cup final was an association football match contested by Sheffield United and Cardiff City on 25 April 1925 at Wembley Stadium in London, England. The final was the showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), organised by the Footba...
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#FootballAssociation #fines #Tottingham #Hotspurs over #homophobic #chants.
The #chanting apparently took place during a #PremierLeague #game at #OldTraffordStadium on September 29, leading to Spurs condemning the “abhorrent #homophobic #chanting” heard as being “#unacceptable, hugely #offensive, and no way to #show #support for the #team”.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Sports #Soccer #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia #HateSpeech
https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/11/10/football-association-fines-spurs-over-homophobic-chants/
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Thomas Tuchel was named England's new manager on Wednesday, with the German set to start in the role from Jan. 1, 2025. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/10/16/soccer/england-manager-thomas-tuchel/ #soccer #thomastuchel #england #footballassociation
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#LeedsUnited hit with #record #fine for #fans’ #homophobic #chanting.
#England’s #FootballAssociation has hit the #club with a £150,000 #sanction after the #incident in a #PremierLeague #game against #Brighton in March.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Sports #Soccer #Hate #Bigotry #Homophobia
https://www.outsports.com/2023/8/17/23835779/leeds-united-premier-league-homophobic-chanting-fine
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Under the new framework, match officials will have more power to act against unacceptable behavior, while captains will be "expected to take responsibility for their teammates." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023/08/01/soccer/england-behavior-measures/?utm_content=buffer96669&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #soccer #footballassociation #grassrootssoccer #facup #premierleague
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`It hurts’ – #LeedsUnited group responds to #FootballAssociation #charge but insist #improvement has been seen.
#LeedsUnited supporters group #MarchingOutTogether have expressed #sadness at an FA charge for #homophobic #chanting at #EllandRoad but believe #discrimination is on the wane.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Sports #Soccer #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia
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Pink News: Football fans charged and banned from live events over homophobic abuse https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/04/30/football-brighton-and-hove-bournemouth-nottingham-forest/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #FootballAssociation #NottinghamForest #Homophobia #football #Millwall #Chelsea #Sport #News #UK
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Pink News: FA condemns use of homophobic ‘Chelsea rent boy’ chant by Manchester City fans https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/09/homophobic-chants-man-city-frank-lampard/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #FootballAssociation #ManchesterCity #Chelsea #News
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Pink News: FA condemns use of homophobic ‘Chelsea rent boy’ chant by Manchester City fans https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/09/homophobic-chants-man-city-frank-lampard/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #FootballAssociation #ManchesterCity #Chelsea #News
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Algorand becomes first US blockchain sponsor of FIFA World Cup
https://cointelegraph.com/news/algorand-becomes-first-us-blockchain-sponsor-of-fifa-world-cup
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Crypto.com Chosen as an Official FIFA World Cup Sponsor
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