Chelsea's Regulatory Escape: Points Deduction Dodged, Gambling Ban Bites, and Infantino's World Cup Revolt

Chelsea have pulled off one of the great escape acts in Premier League history. The club was staring down a six-point deduction after an independent commission found them guilty of 74 breaches of FA rules related to secret payments to unregistered agents. The violations, spanning 2011 to 2018 under Roman Abramovich, involved £47m in illicit payments for players like Eden Hazard, Willian, and Samuel Eto'o. But on appeal, the points penalty was quashed entirely. Instead,...