Sam Kunti
@samindrakunti.bsky.social
Journalist. FIFA, labour rights in the Gulf, sports betting. Featured in Josimar, World Soccer, Forbes and The Blizzard. Author 'Brazil 1970'. Columbia J-School. Views my own.
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New from me:
A big interview with Mauricio Pochettino as the #USMNT gets to work in Philadelphia.
On the team's progress so far, his values, and his praise for the Union's impressive contributions to the national team player pool:
www.inquirer.com/soccer/mauri... via @phillysport.bsky.social
A big interview with Mauricio Pochettino as the #USMNT gets to work in Philadelphia.
On the team's progress so far, his values, and his praise for the Union's impressive contributions to the national team player pool:
www.inquirer.com/soccer/mauri... via @phillysport.bsky.social
Mauricio Pochettino reflects on the USMNT’s progress, and looks forward to his first game in Philly
The U.S. manager sat down with The Inquirer to talk about the highs and lows of the journey to the World Cup along with his admiration for the Union's contribution to the national team program.
www.inquirer.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New from me:
A big interview with Mauricio Pochettino as the #USMNT gets to work in Philadelphia.
On the team's progress so far, his values, and his praise for the Union's impressive contributions to the national team player pool:
www.inquirer.com/soccer/mauri... via @phillysport.bsky.social
A big interview with Mauricio Pochettino as the #USMNT gets to work in Philadelphia.
On the team's progress so far, his values, and his praise for the Union's impressive contributions to the national team player pool:
www.inquirer.com/soccer/mauri... via @phillysport.bsky.social
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Gianni Infantino etablerer sin egen fredspris og sier om Donald Trump: – Alle bør støtte det han gjør! idrettspolitikk.no/2025/11/06/g...
Gianni Infantino etablerer sin egen fredspris og sier om Donald Trump: – Alle bør støtte det han gjør! - Idrettspolitikk
Idrettspolitikk.no: USAs president Donald Trump var svært misfornøyd med at han ikke fikk Nobels fredspris for 2025 for sitt bidrag til fredsavtalen mellom Israel og Hamas. Nå ser det ut som FIFA – ik...
idrettspolitikk.no
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Gianni Infantino etablerer sin egen fredspris og sier om Donald Trump: – Alle bør støtte det han gjør! idrettspolitikk.no/2025/11/06/g...
Trump calling on his boy 'Jooohnny'.
November 6, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Trump calling on his boy 'Jooohnny'.
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This is extraordinary.
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is extraordinary.
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NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
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End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
NEW: The End of the Line: the centrepiece of Saudi Arabia’s Neom gigaproject - a 500m tall, 170km long wall-like building intended ultimately to house 9 million people - can’t get out of the ground, say more than 20 former Neom architects, engineers and senior executives.
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
From last night’s America Business Forum.
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
From last night’s America Business Forum.
Barcelona in control now.
View from the world’s worst press box.
View from the world’s worst press box.
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Barcelona in control now.
View from the world’s worst press box.
View from the world’s worst press box.
Barcelona's finances dissected.
Great work by @cweatherspoon.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Great work by @cweatherspoon.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
The BookKeeper: Exploring the dizzying world of Barcelona's finances, levers and debts
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Barcelona's finances dissected.
Great work by @cweatherspoon.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
Great work by @cweatherspoon.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/675...
A sample from the America Business Forum.
Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez interviewing WeWork's Adam Neumann.
Neumann: "MBS is a visionary."
"If we come with unity and if we treat other people the way we want to be treated, we can do business anywhere - and that's why we are in Saudi."
Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez interviewing WeWork's Adam Neumann.
Neumann: "MBS is a visionary."
"If we come with unity and if we treat other people the way we want to be treated, we can do business anywhere - and that's why we are in Saudi."
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A sample from the America Business Forum.
Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez interviewing WeWork's Adam Neumann.
Neumann: "MBS is a visionary."
"If we come with unity and if we treat other people the way we want to be treated, we can do business anywhere - and that's why we are in Saudi."
Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez interviewing WeWork's Adam Neumann.
Neumann: "MBS is a visionary."
"If we come with unity and if we treat other people the way we want to be treated, we can do business anywhere - and that's why we are in Saudi."
"With FIFA and Infantino at the wheel, we’re nowhere near the bottom."
Cordial reminder of @josimarfootball.bsky.social's editorial.
Cordial reminder of @josimarfootball.bsky.social's editorial.
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"With FIFA and Infantino at the wheel, we’re nowhere near the bottom."
Cordial reminder of @josimarfootball.bsky.social's editorial.
Cordial reminder of @josimarfootball.bsky.social's editorial.
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What can you give your mate who’s desperately upset on missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize?
FIFA announce new peace prize to be handed out in * can I shock you * Washington 🙀
FIFA announce new peace prize to be handed out in * can I shock you * Washington 🙀
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What can you give your mate who’s desperately upset on missing out on the Nobel Peace Prize?
FIFA announce new peace prize to be handed out in * can I shock you * Washington 🙀
FIFA announce new peace prize to be handed out in * can I shock you * Washington 🙀
How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"Qatar's cynicism is unbelievable," writes @frankctangberg.bsky.social on the eve of the World Social Summit.
"It is difficult to imagine a country where the government's policies stand in sharper contrast to the UN's ambitions for decent work than Qatar."
www.panoramanyheter.no/amnesty-gulf...
"It is difficult to imagine a country where the government's policies stand in sharper contrast to the UN's ambitions for decent work than Qatar."
www.panoramanyheter.no/amnesty-gulf...
Arbeiderpartiet på tur til Qatar – som utnytter arbeidsfolk
En skulle tro at en Arbeiderparti-regjering ville ta et klart oppgjør med land som utnytter arbeidere. Men denne uken deltar utviklingsminister Åsmund Aukrust (Ap) på FNs toppmøte om sosial utvikling ...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Qatar's cynicism is unbelievable," writes @frankctangberg.bsky.social on the eve of the World Social Summit.
"It is difficult to imagine a country where the government's policies stand in sharper contrast to the UN's ambitions for decent work than Qatar."
www.panoramanyheter.no/amnesty-gulf...
"It is difficult to imagine a country where the government's policies stand in sharper contrast to the UN's ambitions for decent work than Qatar."
www.panoramanyheter.no/amnesty-gulf...
For the lovers of the Cooper test.
Brazil in 1970 and 1972 - Brito top twice.
Brazil in 1970 and 1972 - Brito top twice.
November 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
For the lovers of the Cooper test.
Brazil in 1970 and 1972 - Brito top twice.
Brazil in 1970 and 1972 - Brito top twice.
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A great read on the Kinahan family.
When Brexiters say we should emulate Dubai, are they including the bit where you allow murderous drug traffickers to live freely and money-launder?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
When Brexiters say we should emulate Dubai, are they including the bit where you allow murderous drug traffickers to live freely and money-launder?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
November 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A great read on the Kinahan family.
When Brexiters say we should emulate Dubai, are they including the bit where you allow murderous drug traffickers to live freely and money-launder?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
When Brexiters say we should emulate Dubai, are they including the bit where you allow murderous drug traffickers to live freely and money-launder?
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
No Champions League final in the US then for the time being.
October 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
No Champions League final in the US then for the time being.
Neom increasingly looking like a failure.
Remember, The Line is supposed to house a 2034 World Cup Stadium.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Remember, The Line is supposed to house a 2034 World Cup Stadium.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia plans to refocus $925 billion fund after gigaproject delays, source says
Saudi Arabia is preparing to shift its $925 billion sovereign wealth fund away from a focus on real estate gigaprojects that have dominated its development goals for the last decade, a source with direct knowledge of the plans told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Neom increasingly looking like a failure.
Remember, The Line is supposed to house a 2034 World Cup Stadium.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Remember, The Line is supposed to house a 2034 World Cup Stadium.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
And via Morocco back to Miami.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
And via Morocco back to Miami.
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New.
Celtic proudly promotes itself as a football club with a social consciousness. For nine years the club’s main sponsor has been a betting company breaking laws, defrauding customers and wrecking lives.
By Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
Celtic proudly promotes itself as a football club with a social consciousness. For nine years the club’s main sponsor has been a betting company breaking laws, defrauding customers and wrecking lives.
By Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
Dirty money - josimarfootball.com
Celtic proudly promotes itself as a football club with a social consciousness. For nine years the club’s main sponsor has been a betting company breaking laws, defrauding customers and wrecking lives.
josimarfootball.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New.
Celtic proudly promotes itself as a football club with a social consciousness. For nine years the club’s main sponsor has been a betting company breaking laws, defrauding customers and wrecking lives.
By Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
Celtic proudly promotes itself as a football club with a social consciousness. For nine years the club’s main sponsor has been a betting company breaking laws, defrauding customers and wrecking lives.
By Nathan Paul Southern and Lindsey Kennedy
josimarfootball.com/2025/10/29/d...
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All in one night.
"Gaza's health ministry said a total of 104 people were killed, including 46 children and 20 women, and that more than 250 others were injured."
"Gaza's health ministry said a total of 104 people were killed, including 46 children and 20 women, and that more than 250 others were injured."
October 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
All in one night.
"Gaza's health ministry said a total of 104 people were killed, including 46 children and 20 women, and that more than 250 others were injured."
"Gaza's health ministry said a total of 104 people were killed, including 46 children and 20 women, and that more than 250 others were injured."
DAZN's Blavatnik joins the gang.
October 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
DAZN's Blavatnik joins the gang.
Interview with the co-founder of Wikipedia, the private sector in Afghanistan, remembering Srebrenica, climate change in Somalia...
The joys of listening a morning to World Service radio.
The joys of listening a morning to World Service radio.
October 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Interview with the co-founder of Wikipedia, the private sector in Afghanistan, remembering Srebrenica, climate change in Somalia...
The joys of listening a morning to World Service radio.
The joys of listening a morning to World Service radio.
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This should be considered the gambling industry's equivalent of when the CEOs of cigarette manufacturers went before the US Congress and claimed they did not believe that nicotine was addictive.
They are immoral people, lying about the actions of their industry.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They are immoral people, lying about the actions of their industry.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs
Head of UK’s Betting and Gaming Council was asked to repeat claim as she spoke against increasing taxes on sector in November budget
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This should be considered the gambling industry's equivalent of when the CEOs of cigarette manufacturers went before the US Congress and claimed they did not believe that nicotine was addictive.
They are immoral people, lying about the actions of their industry.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
They are immoral people, lying about the actions of their industry.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Just another day in Riyadh.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Just another day in Riyadh.