Keith Blackmore

Longtime CFC fan. Can remember when times were really bad.

[George Simms @GeorgeRSimms]

England: maybe everything’s going to be ok @ObserverUK

https://t.co/JN2AEs7a0R

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

"No matter how many times you watch Messi, it is impossible not to feel the pulse quicken and the breath catch and the heart soar."

Read @RorySmith's latest from the #WorldCup
https://t.co/wK0Bg3943J

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

Fifa and the World Cup of shamelessness https://t.co/oVumwSHCQs

[George Simms @GeorgeRSimms]

Dispatch from the centre of the universe: New York @ObserverUK

https://t.co/cFx4ZsFd8n

[Jessica Hayden @_JessHayden]

No Scotland no party? After sending the paper to print last night, I flew to Edinburgh to watch Scotland’s first World Cup match since 1998 with the Tartan Army

https://t.co/8V9zzpe1mW

[Rory Smith @RorySmith]

Me and @GeorgeRSimms had a chat about the World Cup of cognitive dissonance, which is both already a massive success and also feels deeply troubled in many ways.

https://t.co/Th8n9au15Z

[George Simms @GeorgeRSimms]

Read my first piece of the tournament here - on Infantino, the immigration scandal and sport entering its post-sportswashing era: https://t.co/6Bl9yTFd7k

[George Simms @GeorgeRSimms]

Landed in New York yesterday, a city that feels absolutely drunk on sport between the Knicks and the World Cup

Out here for the next six weeks covering England, among other things, for @ObserverUK - Brazil vs Morocco is first up

[Richard Williams @rwilliams1947]

Good piece.

[Rory Smith @RorySmith]

It’s happened with Burning Man (never been, don’t want to go) and Glastonbury (never been, would have enjoyed it at one point I think, now too old.)

The idea of “being there” - where there is always the same place as everyone else - has been commodified as a premium experience.

[Rory Smith @RorySmith]

If you’re struggling to balance excitement about the World Cup with a feeling of slight nausea about its politics and morals, that’s normal.

It is the last bastion of our shared culture, the ultimate mega-event. So we watch, whatever they do to it.

https://t.co/reopxdRVpK

[Rory Smith @RorySmith]

Of all the problems and issues and scandals bubbling around the World Cup, the ticket prices might be hardest for FIFA to escape.

But it’s part of a trend of all cultural events being taken over by and run for the benefit of the corporate class.

https://t.co/Um7WzJ7hyq

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

The eternal World Cup, and our refusal to say goodbye to football’s greats https://t.co/iflnONfTkg

[George Simms @GeorgeRSimms]

Sat down with Geoff Hurst last week, and he told me not to do drugs. Piece about his life as a living monument to English football’s greatest day @ObserverUK

https://t.co/9R4aAhqfYI

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

Why do #WorldCup tickets cost more than $10,000?

In this week’s special sports desk takeover of #NewsMeeting, @RorySmith examines the soaring cost of attending the World Cup and asks who can actually afford to be there.

Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/oxiKXnr4sO

Throughout the World Cup, Rory will also be reporting daily from the US, bringing match analysis, behind-the-scenes insights, and exclusive commentary every Monday to Friday.

Want to follow along? Sign-up at https://t.co/NxTBAFzNIT ⚽

[George Simms @GeorgeRSimms]

Spent an evening behind the scenes to understand how darts became the best sport on TV 🎯

Unbelievable work and skill goes into it - I tried to break the process down @ObserverUK

https://t.co/6zOd4r0ZtE

[George Simms @GeorgeRSimms]

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi might well be the second player ever (after Gayle in 2011) to be top run-scorer with the highest strike rate and most sixes in an IPL season.

Maybe the most talented 15-year-old ever, in any sport - wrote about him six weeks ago

https://t.co/LGLfAGKcaw

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

Did the CIA poison England’s chance of being 1970 World Cup champions? https://t.co/37IGJTOHjr

[Paul Hayward @_PaulHayward]

For Arsenal winning the title was catharsis No 1.
There's another one out there waiting - in Europe.

Commentary on their Champions League final v PSG, the scars from 2006 and that wonderful 5am photo.

https://t.co/vqRHnHrEY5

[The Observer @ObserverUK]

Luis Enrique: Changed man, changed manager https://t.co/5R3WK33QZZ