Part 1 focuses on all the international news from Europe. Austria’s sink hole problem continues, as Ralf Rangnick rides an e-bike around the stadium. Romania’s Mircea Lucescu becomes the second-oldest international coach of all time. Kosovo are world champions – sort of. Norway beat Moldova so badly that Erling Haaland apologises in-game to the goalkeeper. And Slovakia and Iceland pick up famous World Cup qualifying wins.

In Part 2, it's on to the rest of the world. Strategic decisions from Suriname and Bolivia – sports passports and high altitude respectively – aid their WC qualifying campaigns. New Caledonia agree a friendly with…Gibraltar 17,500km away. Our upcoming trip to Nepal is put on hold due to civil unrest in the country. And the Northern Mariana Islands’ U23s face China in one of the biggest population disparities in world football.

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Hosts: Lee Wingate and Paul Watson
Editor: Ralph Foster

Chapters:

00:00 – Intro

00:58 – Austrian sink holes and bicycles

05:34 – Mircea Lucescu: Football’s oldest coach?

09:08 – The 2025 Amateur Nations Cup

11:14 – The World Tram Driver Championship

13:48 – Kosovo’s unofficial world title

16:18 – UEFA’s seven banned match-ups

21:35 – Norway’s demolition job on Moldova

26:33 – Celebrations for Slovakia & Iceland

31:03 – Suriname’s World Cup push

34:59 – Bolivia’s strategic masterclass

38:25 – New Caledonia’s Gibraltar friendly

40:56 – Uzbekistan are Central Asian champions

42:29 – Nepal’s protest-related cancellation

45:02 – China’s U23s thrash Northern Mariana Islands

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Austria's football-sized sinkholes, Kosovo’s UEFA challenges & Bolivia's altitude masterclass