Chris Cooper

United, Lancs, Bazball ultra.

[Heidi Blake @HeidilBlake]

For the past 9 months, I've been investigating Andrew Tate's empire of sexual exploitation — drawing on thousands of private messages and sealed court files, as well as interviews with the Tates, their associates & more than a dozen alleged victims. Here's what I found: https://t.co/q1L65EVG1O

[Pablo Torre 👀 @PabloTorre]

James Dolan invited his friend Donald Trump to watch Game 3. In order to do that, they have to ban the organic, historically joyous parties happening outside MSG for fans who can't afford to be inside. Modern sports in a nutshell

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

A positive update on Christian Eriksen, who collapsed during Denmark's friendly against Ukraine.

He was fitted with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) after suffering a cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match.

[EL CHAVAL 🇪🇦🐉 @sebba_f]

le tiré un like en las historias a una mina en ig y me dejó de seguir

[Zorya Londonsk @ZoryaLondonsk]

Eriksen walked onto the ambulance

He’s conscious and that’s all that matters

Wishing him a speedy recovery

Applause and chants of Erkisen from around the ground from both home and away fans

Game interrupted by referee now

Very well could be abandoned but we will see

[HTE Sports @HTE__Sports]

O lateral Wesley está FORA da Copa do Mundo devido a uma lesão no músculo adutor da coxa esquerda.

Ederson, volante da Atalanta, foi convocado para o lugar.

[Paul McGinnes @PaulMcG1992]

Martin Brundle: "Don't push me mate, I'm nearly famous."

We must protect MB at all costs, the man is a living legend. 😂 #MonacoGP

[GeorgeWeahsCousin @WeahsCousin]

Nothing says “I’ve had a bad season” quite like booting the ball into a net unchallenged in a sunny location.

[Matt Roller @mroller98]

More of the same today:

Cricket: England vs New Zealand (Lord's)
Football: England vs New Zealand (Tampa)

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

A Chinese robot wearing a clown wig kicked a child in the stomach.

[Ben Jones @benjonescricket]

According to PitchViz (based on the ball-tracking data) this is the most inconsistent surface for a Test in England since records began. Which is not ideal

[CorkCity1185 @1185City]

Robbie Keane making pathetic excuses for not doing the right thing & quitting as manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv. He then makes a disgusting boast about winning trophies as the bombs were dropping on Gaza. Celtic FC

[England Cricket @englandcricket]

Dot. Dot. Wicket. Dot. Wicket. Wicket.

Every ball from that ridiculous Ollie Robinson over 👇

[Bloomberg @business]

Some members of the billionaire Glazer family are understood to have been debating whether to sell their stake in Manchester United FC, after more than 20 years of ownership that has often been blighted by fan protest. Read more: https://t.co/DI5YfdWYWy

️📷: Michael Regan/Getty Images

[El Larguero @ellarguero]

❌📲 José Mourinho explica al Benfica que el vídeo publicado por la candidatura de Florentino Pérez es IA

🇵🇹 El diario portugués Récord 🗞️ informa de que el técnico se ha explicado con el Benfica

https://t.co/p53YavgjgC

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Brian Cox's fondness for the current Arsenal team may be mistaken for allegiance, but that belongs to Manchester United, a Premier League club steeped in Scottish heritage.

Cox was 11 when eight United players from Sir Matt Busby's team died in 1958 in the Munich air disaster. Two more suffered such terrible injuries that they could not play football again and 15 other passengers were killed.

"I will always be a United fan because United is what affected me as a child," Cox says, his voice softening.

"I remember it so vividly, waiting to hear about Duncan Edwards. I'll never forget those few days. That's what really locked me onto Man United, because all these young men and Edwards, who was the extraordinary player of all time… his range was amazing, he was fit as anything.

"It was his kidneys that finally killed him. Sir Matt Busby nearly died as well, he ended up in hospital. It was a very traumatic thing. As a kid… I remember feeling very empathetic towards Man United.

"It just became my team really from that point on because of what Busby then recreated. They were called the Busby Babes, they were an absolutely amazing team."

@AdamCrafton's interview with Cox is free to read — the full video interview is available to watch in the piece or on The Athletic's YouTube channel.

🔗 https://t.co/pMh5ymTY8R

[A Funny Old Game @sid_lambert]

This transfer headline is 23 years old today.

The peak of sports journalism.

[Chris Cooper @CMEC22]

@pkwestel Considering the prices we're being quoted in the media at the start of the summer, with relegated midfielders being valued at £80m, it makes perfect sense to finalise tier 3/2 signings now so we're not seen as desperate in August. Hope we sign another two of these in coming weeks

[David Ornstein @David_Ornstein]

🚨 Manchester United reach agreement with Atalanta to sign Ederson. Price for 26yo midfielder €40.5m fixed + €4.5m of potential bonuses. Personal terms in place on 4+1yr deal. Must still do medical & all parties plan to complete early July @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/OgkmPEYVg7

[Florian Ederer @florianederer]

I believe we now have evidence of FIFA's World Cup ticketing shell game: FIFA is colluding with third-party resale platforms for its own supply management.

Look at this SeatGeek map (secondary market!) for Saudi Arabia vs Cape Verde. The circled areas are not random single resale tickets, but large, contiguous blocks of seats: entire rows and swaths in sections 101/102, 112/113, 119/120, 134–137, 139, ...

The blue circles appeared weeks ago, then the purple blocks suddenly showed up a day or two ago, and the red blocks seem to have appeared recently too.

That's not what ordinary fan or even commercial scalper resale looks like who resell pairs, fours, and scattered seats. Instead, this looks like inventory being dumped in bulk onto secondary markets, at prices below FIFA's official site.

Why doesn't FIFA just lower prices on its own site Probably because official price cuts could trigger refund demands, chargebacks, or consumer-protection headaches from fans who already bought at much higher prices.

Instead FIFA keeps official prices high, avoids openly admitting the market-clearing price is lower, and moves unsold inventory through third-party resale platforms instead.