Declan Link, Paul Schmidt-Troschke & Jon Bonfiglio come together to discuss stories emerging from the national team selections of Argentina, Germany & Colombia.

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Continuing our special series on leadership, sports & business, Declan Link interviews special guest & former professional footballer Jeremy Christie. 

Declan Link, Paul Schmidt-Troschke & Jon Bonfiglio come together to discuss stories emerging from the national team selections of Spain, USA, Norway & Ghana. 

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Ciarán McArdle is the CEO and co-founder of XL Soccer World and the author of The Soccer of Success: How The Beautiful Game Can Help You Achieve Goals In Business & Life. McArdle’s company operates 10 sports facilities in the U.S. and serves over 3 million visitors annually. He sits on the board of Coaches Across Continents and has received the “40 under 40” and “CEO of the Year” awards from the Orlando Business Journal.

Paul Schmidt-Troschke & Jon Bonfiglio discuss the latest news from Mexico.

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In this excerpt of the first part of a mini-series ahead of the World Cup, available in full to subscribers on Patreon, the team look at the most egalitarian football leagues on the planet. The full episode is available on the World Cup Football Etc/World Sports Etc Patreon page: 

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Paul Schmidt-Troschke's Sunday column on all things football and the World Cup. 

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Declan Link, Paul Schmidt-Troschke & Jon Bonfiglio come together to discuss stories emerging from the national team selections of England, Brazil, Belgium and South Africa. 

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Jon Bonfiglio interviews Mikkel Bruun Christensen about Danish football, failing to qualify for the World Cup, the 'Danish Dynamite' team of 1986 and much more.

Christensen has just released a book (in Danish) called: "World Cup - How the world's biggest sporting event became the world's biggest power game".

The book explores the dark side of football and tells the story of how the leather ball has become entangled in a web of corruption, control and political cynicism. But also of its unmistakable power to unite. For better or worse.

https://www.saxo.com/dk/vm-i-fodbold_bog_9788785372123?srsltid=AfmBOoq4oIcxXdubVrVxLUYnjq2eOtm2Yqq7L9jgk0AfUjIMyf0URs32

Declan Link, Paul Schmidt-Troschke & Jon Bonfiglio come together to discuss the surprising and not-so-surprising selections of some of football's ageing stars for the 2026 finals. 

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