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Samindra Kunti

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Football Journalist. Featured @BBCSport, @blzzrd, @JosimarFotball, @WorldSoccerMag, @Forbes. Author 'Brazil 1970'. Then: @columbiajourn. Views my own.
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FIFA president Infantino clocked 50,000km+ on a private jet during the World Cup group stage

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By Samindra Kunti, Nick Harris
| Sporting Intelligence Newsletter
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has called the World Cup group stages ‘crazy’ and ‘epic’. During the first round of the tournament, which ended on Saturday, 27 June, the football official’s carbon footprint had been just that - crazy and epic: Infantino racked up 50,000+ kilometres - or flying more than once around the earth. The FIFA president kicked off the World Cup with the opening game between co-hosts Mexico and South Africa at the Azteca Stadium.
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WC2026: scams, workers' rights abuses, Haiti's diaspora pain, and FIFA making a mint from TV Original

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By Samindra Kunti, Nick Harris
| Sporting Intelligence Newsletter
By Sam Kunti Public service announcement: beware of America’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and of Miami Beach, and of bakeries in the U.S. In Los Angeles, an officer of the TSA, which handles airport security, dropped my new laptop and damaged it. This hack felt devastated but will make a claim against the TSA. My despair, however, took on a new dimension when three 700ml beers, shared with two colleagues, came with a $112 price tag at Miami Beach.
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Knicks mania left the USA's opening win as a sideshow. And in LA, politics trumped football

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By Samindra Kunti
| Sporting Intelligence Newsletter
In Los Angeles, Iran played New Zealand on Monday night in the most politicitised match in World Cup history. It also ranked as one of the more bizarre matches I’ve covered. Near the press box, Sahand Vafadary, an Iranian American from Phoenix, remained seated when Iran scored, but instead celebrated New Zealand’s goals. He explained: “This is team is an instrument of propaganda. They killed thousands months ago. That’s a breaking point.
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