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The car, which became synonymous with a certain type of British motorist, will be phased out next year.

Norwegian clubs and players have taken a stand for migrant workers, but who is prepared to follow them? While we should expect no better from the ghouls at Fifa, it remains an enduring ignominy that over a decade after their decision to grant World Cup 2022 to Qatar, apparently widespread global indifference means the tournament remains fully on course to take place in the new-build stadiums of the Arab state. So much so that a qualification process some thought might never happen began this week. Thousands of migrant workers have died in Qatar since Sepp Blatter gifted them their Fifa-approved golden ticket. The state’s own official figures for deaths specifically related to construction for World Cup stadiums are small – three “work-related” and 34 “non-work related” fatalities, it says – but the danger in this building boom feels present and very real. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2021/mar/25/qatar-world-cup-moral-co...

Euro U-21 updates on the action in Slovenia, kick-off 2pm GMT England get chance to slay ghosts at U-21 Euros with a twist Any comments? You can email Barry | tweet @bglendenning 1.43pm GMT 1.40pm GMT An email: “Boothroyd’s baffling selections continue,” writes Robert Lin. “How does Curtis Jones not get the nod in midfield? A regular starter for Liverpool but not good enough for the Under-21s?” Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2021/mar/25/england-v-switzerland-european-under-21-championship-live

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng tells MPs he hopes to support the steelmaker "in its entirety".

Japanese firm Shoei Kisen Kaisha says dislodging the Ever Given is proving "extremely difficult".

Break-even measure declared ‘purposeless’ by Uefa New rules likely to focus more on wages and fees Football’s financial fair play rules are to undergo dramatic change, with the key break-even measure declared “purposeless” by Uefa. With Covid-19 creating a crisis “very different from anything we have had to tackle before”, according to officials, they believe new rules should concentrate on clubs’ wage levels and the scale of fees in the transfer market. Speaking on Thursday at a meeting between Uefa and European Union officials, Andrea Traverso, Uefa’s director of research and financial stability, said a solution was “not easy” and there should not be an assumption that new rules would be more relaxed. Continue reading... from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/25/football-financial-fair-play-rules-to-be-ripped-up-after-covid-crisis

Reggae Boyz squad contains six new England-born players and more look set to follow as country plots World Cup course “It’s not quite what we are accustomed to, but we are making the most of it,” says Michael Ricketts of the climate in Wiener Neustadt, 30 miles south of Vienna. The president of the Jamaican Football Federation is with his team in Austria for a prestige friendly with the United States and Covid is not the only thing that has necessitated adjustments. “It’s really cold, but we are managing,” he says. “We are of course clad to handle the weather.” In these most uncertain times, Fifa has drafted emergency regulations that allow for international fixtures to be played in the most unlikely locations. So it is that two of Concacaf’s biggest hitters are playing off in central Europe on Thursday. But given the European makeup of both squads, there is a logic to it, one that has only grown stronger since Jamaica recently expanded their selection pool by recruiting heavily amon...