Blaximus Thor

He's not my son, but he's my boy. #LLNH #TMC

[Blaximus Thor @BumyB]

@FCBayern Happy Birthday to the greatest club there ever was and ever will be!!! #FCBayern120

[Bayern & Germany @iMiaSanMia]

FIFA referees chief Pierluigi Collina issued an explanation for Jonathan Tah's disallowed goal against Paraguay:

"To increase the tempo of the match, referees were recommended not to punish normal football contact and to pay attention to some specific situations which may occur in relation to the tactics of certain teams.

An example is when attacking players try to prevent defending players from moving. Although keeping a position is not a foul per se, when an attacking player is not interested in the ball and deliberately moves, even marginally, with the clear intention of obstructing opponents’ movement and prevents him from defending, then referees, and VAR when needed, should carefully analyse the incident and intervene. This is especially the case when the tactic aims to prevent the opposing goalkeeper from being able to defend the goal.

Coaches and players were informed so it should come as no surprise that referees will punish these fouls."

[Dr. Del Mar 🇯🇲 @delmarsquireja]

I’m now a doctor at the hospital where I was born 🦦🦥🎊✨

[Zito @_Zeets]

First time I had a margarita:

[Blaximus Thor @BumyB]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[⋆ @lowkeyalbert]

How it feels living in a household where one persons mood determines the mood for the whole house.

[No filter Skin @NoFilterSkin]

STREET ADDRESSES & THEIR MEANING
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1. Court: Dead end street.
2. Crescent: Curved road with both ends connecting to the same street.
3. ​Boulevard: Wide street with greenery in the center and along the sides.
4. ​Avenue: Straight street that runs north-south or east-west.
5. ​Drive: A road that follows a natural feature (park, ocean, hills, or lake).
6. ​Alley: Narrow street between, behind, or within buildings.
7. Place: A short street.

[Blaximus Thor @BumyB]

You realise he's Black? The English tend not to like "those".

[Nihal | نهال @nihalist___]

England really fumbled Olise

[Zito @_Zeets]

English press would have killed him for being nonchalant and said that he’s not as good as some random midfielder who plays for Burnley.

[FC Bayern @FCBayernEN]

𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆, 𝑰𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒆𝒍! 👋

FC Bayern signs Ismael Saibari ✍️🔴⚪️

🔗 https://t.co/3ji86UmpWU

[Blaximus Thor @BumyB]

You can't leave Harold Kane unmarked in the box. When will ppl learn?

[Richie | AI Engineer & SEO Specialist @RDRembert]

Ford veteran engineers walking back into the office knowing that they couldn’t be replaced by AI

[Blaximus Thor @BumyB]

This is the only clever joke I've seen

[rimi @JessicaStolen_]

Los jugadores de Alemania viendo que su avión aterriza en Núremberg en vez de en Berlín

[Blaximus Thor @BumyB]

If we're being honest, nobody is taking any of these players over Boateng, Müller, Özil, or the only white god I know...Schweinsteiger.

[Bayern & Germany @iMiaSanMia]

🇩🇪 The infamous '95/96 generation' that was hailed to succeed the 2014 World champions

• 3 World Cups
• 2 group stage exits
• 0 Round of 16 reached
• 1 knockout game played (lost to Paraguay)
• 0 clean sheet

[pepper @CasaDupre]

Germany beaten on penalties is another sign of climate change

[TC @totalcristiano]

Germany used to be serious.

[Blaximus Thor @BumyB]

Only Nmecha and Musiala should mek the next world cup.

[The Voice Newspaper @TheVoiceNews]

Grenada’s first Olympic champion to replace Queen Elizabeth on Eastern Caribbean currency 🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩

The new Eastern Caribbean notes are expected to come into circulation by 2027 and will feature prominent regional figures

By @S_Fleary1

https://t.co/0yYl8Et3zW

[Andeta🇨🇴🇭🇷 @ba6ern]

me watching this Germany team from my couch:

[Bayern & Germany @iMiaSanMia]

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOR HAVERTZ!

[Blaximus Thor @BumyB]

Doh fvck wid Kai 💪🏿

[Abhishek AB @ABsay_ek]

Kemar Roach was born stubborn.

At 5'8" he should have been a batter or maybe a spinner. In Caribbean, fast bowlers are supposed to look like they fell out of a coconut tree & kept growing. Roach just ran in faster than physics suggested he should.
In 2009, when senior players went on strike. West Indies had to pick a 2nd string side against Bangladesh with 9 debutants. Roach took 13 wickets in 2 matches. When big names came back, he was the only one they kept.

Then came WACA, December 2009. He hit Ricky Ponting in ribs,then elbow. almost 150 kmph. Ponting's forearm went into spasm. He could not hold the bat. He walked off the field, embarrassed, for first time in a long career. Roach dismissed him in 2nd innings immediately. He got Ponting out 5 times in 6 Tests.

But speed kills the bowler too. By 2013 his shoulder was gone. Surgery in Jamaica.then car crash. Rain on a Bridgetown road & his BMW flipped multiple times. He walked away with a cut on his head. his shoulder though never came back the same. In Australia 2015 he took no wickets in 3 Tests. Dropped & forgktten. His pace had dropped from 88 miles per hour to 80. At that speed, at that height, you are supposed to disappear.

Instead he rebuilt everything. His action, angle, his mind. He became a seam surgeon. Round the wicket to left handers. A front leg brace. Late swing. Since 2018 he has taken 153 wickets at 24.34 average & 48.9 strike rate. Only Bumrah, Cummins & Rabada have taken more wickets than him with better average & strike rate. Mind You, Roach turned 30 years in 2018 itself.

In 2021 Surrey signed him. He took 97 wickets for them. Surrey won 3 consecutive County Championships.
West Indies dropped him again in 2025. Director of cricket wanted youth. Then injury crisis in New Zealand & they called him back. He batted for 233 balls for 58* in almost 5 hours to save a Test.

Then yesterday at Antigua, he bowled Asitha Fernando & became first West Indian to 300 Test wickets since Curtly Ambrose in 1997. 29 years between them. His teammates mobbed him. A shirt with 300 on the back.

West Indies cricket is supposed to be about pairs & quartets. Walsh-Ambrose & Marshall-Holding. Roach did it alone. 161 Test innings & 2590 overs without anyone truly sharing the load. And still he got there.