The European Football Association (Uefa) announces that it will boycott Fifa tournaments as long as the plan to sell shares in the World Cup is in place. It is a brutally open power struggle over who will decide. Uefa has resorted to its toughest threat, says Olof Lundh, a columnist for TV4 and Fotbollskanalen.
FootballThousands of people have crossed the border into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta and the situation is described as "total chaos". The government in Madrid has decided to send in the military and a pressured Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is going there on Friday. At the same time, signals are coming from Italy that Spain could be excluded from the Schengen zone.
WorldThousands of people have been evacuated on Crete due to fires on the Greek island. In France, people are being allowed to return to their homes near the giant fire in Gironde.
WorldArgentina is at risk of being punished for two incidents during the World Cup, FIFA's disciplinary committee announced on Wednesday.
FootballBTS will not submit their music for next year’s Grammy Awards, the group announced via its social media accounts.
MusicAlmost 675,000 hot dogs and more than 5.5 million beers were purchased by the more than 6.8 million spectators who attended this summer's World Cup at stadiums in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
SportsThe major fires around Madrid have stabilized, and in France there are reports of a somewhat calmer situation ahead of the upcoming high temperatures. At the same time, new fires are spreading around the eastern Mediterranean. In Crete, two firefighters have died fighting a forest fire.
WorldThe fires raging in Southern Europe will affect both the availability and price of French and Spanish wines, according to analysts. It will be difficult to find Bordeaux wine in Sweden in the future, says Elisabeth Due at the Swedish Spirits and Wine Suppliers Association.
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