Euan

Excellent read. www.theguardian.com/football/202...?

This thread is my Odyssey

Absolutely fascinating stuff. I had no idea. Really looking forward to the book.

www.theguardian.com/football/202... How? The lack of accountability throughout national associations that enable this is unreal...

Infantino a total disgrace and a stain on the sport from beginning to end. Soured this whole tournament

And here she is, adding a few $$$$$ to her account (and Ed Sheeran's). All pre-recorded of course.

Why is Tom Cruise on the pitch? Does anyone even like that guy?

This should have been a drop ball.

Norway's goal kick hit the spider cam wire which knocked it down and led to England's goal

It’s really mental how every football commentator seems to have never seen Haaland play football before. Lads, he largely does fuck all, then scores quite a few goals. There is quite a large body of evidence to back this up. No need to sound surprised that he’s barely touched the ball.

Feels weird wanting Halaand to do well.... Not in a nice way either...

#shitebeingscottish

Balogun and Robinson grew up in England Dest grew up in the Netherlands Tillman and McKennie learned to play in Germany Pepi grew up between El Paso and Juarez Weah's dad was the fucking president of Liberia I don't think one nation means what they think it does

At least our fans are giving Hakimi some abuse...

As the awful Shakira teases her awful new World Cup anthem, a reminder than we still don't know what happened to the millions her "Waka Waka" ("borrowed" from a Cameroonian band) was supposed to make for charity. Well, we do, She got a very large part of them.

This is the first technically brilliant piece of comedy I’ve ever seen this fraudulent toxic buffoon do. Nigel Tufnel good. A masterclass. Also: props to the team in the production booth who take his casual diss and then double down on making the joke work harder, using vision mixing.

Why Liam Rosenior is just the latest victim of Chelsea’s grotesque mismanagement. #chelsea #rosenior #wilsonsworld jonawils.substack.com/p/there-used...

Our new report: Richard Tice signed accounts wrongly claiming £98,000 of tax exemptions A 🧵 with the evidence:

There's so much to hate about The Masters but it is generally a good watch

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Did you see this headline? Did you feel the requisite anger and rage at asylum seekers that The Sun was asking of you? Did you maybe blame Starmer because.... um... it was probably his fault🤷‍♀️ Would you like to know the reality behind the headline? Course you would!😜 Let's take a look 🧵 1/25

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/here-we-go...

An expat in Dubai has a startling revelation: the Stephen Collins cartoon

Orson Welles in The Third Man is the classic example IMO

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oh look it's how boomers went to school in the winter-

Really hate headlines like this. Is this news item also what is driving gains in the CAC40 and the DAX this morning?

Glasgow Warriors are such a fantastic side. Even this B team is brilliant.

It's like someone doing an impression of Tom Waits doing an impression of The Beatles.

It's quite mad to live in a world where you come across something and think 'That's the worst thing I've ever seen.' Until tomorrow, when a new thing is worse than the last thing. Every. Day.

Not only is it a shame there is so little international rugby on free to sit TV, it's a massive shame it's on TNT with this commentary team. Absymal, one-eyed crap.

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump - brilliant stuff from @davidallengreen.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/emptycit...

What the fucking fuck?

“And now, officially, something essential is lost” Spot-on stuff from Leander Schaerlaeckens for @theguardian.com on Uefa’s supposedly reluctant decision to allow European league games to be played abroad and how this is fully the Americanisation of football. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

tempt them back to room with banana

Grateful I only have to see an English side play rugby a couple of times a year... #scrums #somanyscrums

An antidote to the cloying hype, by @joolzdenby.bsky.social. The last paragraph is especially good.

Boom! Evie Gallagher one of the players of the tournament so far

I can't quite put my finger on which hypocrisy is greater here, but perhaps James would have had the opportunity to ask him about it had he not been banned from attending Reform's "free speech" conference.

As much as I can't stand Newcastle United, Liverpool losing this would be extremely funny...

Well. That was novel. A critical tournament match and Scotland were genuinely brilliant....

For anyone travelling to Salford for #RWC2025 today. The shuttle bus is taking much longer than advertised. Road very busy. Leave early.