3 goals and 1 assist in 5 games.
Celebrate kid. I wouldn’t be offended. I don’t think any of us would. We didn’t back him. We didn’t show any faith. Score. Celebrate. Have a great season 👍
🚨🗣️ José Mourinho on FIFA overturning Folarin Balogun's red card following Donald Trump's intervention:
"Everyone is acting so shocked today. Everyone is crying about politics and Donald Trump making phone calls to Gianni Infantino to change the rules. But why are we surprised? The integrity of this tournament was thrown in the trash in the very first week.
All this started when FIFA let Lionel Messi escape a clear red card for a studs-up challenge. When you decide that the rules do not apply to the poster boy, you open the door for everyone else. If the referee's monitor can be ignored for Argentina's captain to protect the brand, why can't a suspension be ignored for the United States President?
Folarin Balogun gets a red card, Trump makes a call, and suddenly FIFA finds a magic 'Article 27' to let him play against Belgium. It is a circus. We are no longer watching a World Cup, we are watching a political reality show where the rulebook is just a suggestion based on who you are and who is watching."
🚨🗣️ Roy Keane:
"I'm looking at some of these decisions and, honestly, it's becoming impossible to ignore the pattern. It feels like Argentina are getting the benefit of far too many big calls, and that's something football simply cannot afford."
"This is the World Cup. Billions of people are watching, including fans who only tune in every four years. When even casual viewers are questioning the officiating, you've got a serious problem. The integrity of the competition has to come first."
"Football is the most beautiful sport in the world because it's supposed to be decided by the players—not by controversial decisions that leave everyone arguing after the final whistle."
"If FIFA wants people to trust the game, then every nation has to be treated exactly the same. The moment fans believe one team is being favoured, the reputation of the tournament takes a massive hit."
لم أشاهد في عمري كلّه حقبة زمنية يحدث فيها مثل كل هذا العار والخيانة الذي يحدث أمامنا، ولم أتوقع أبداً طوال عمري أن كل هذه الشعوب ستنصاع دون مقاومة لهذا القبح اللعين. وما زلت مؤمن أن دون موقف جاد ومسئول من الشعوب ما هو قادم خزي أعمق وعار لم يخطر على البال لكنه سيكون مستحق.
Thrilled to announce that Dr Martha Gulati will join @HMethodistCV in the fall of 2025 as the inaugural Director of the Davis Women’s Heart Center—our recently endowed Center. She will hold the Davis Chair for Women's Health. Exciting!😀@ACCinTouch@ASE360@escardio@ASPCardio
وزير خارجية النظام السوري الجديد أعلن بالحرف التزام سوريا بضمان "إستقرار" إسرائيل (هذا أوّل إعلان من نوعه في منطقتنا) ثم غادر الأمم المتحدة للقاء عدد من المتطرّفين الصهاينة لإضفاء المزيد من الطمأنة من قبل الحكم الجديد. هؤلاء الجهاديّون كانوا يسخرون من "الزمان والمكان المناسب"
Actually, not like its precursor at all. This version is much more restrictive:
“And like its precursor, the new constitution gives central importance to Islamic law. The new document says it will be the main source of legislation”
https://t.co/ifFjT8T5x5 via @NYTimes
Alawites tell me: We don't see future in this Syria.
a. Salaries of ex-soldiers, pensioners, civil servants are cut. No money.
b. Recent massacres have traumatised the survivors. Fear.
c. In many towns shops, cars etc are looted.
d. Large "sudden" fires now destroying villages.
Is that all? Thousands of innocent lives were slaughtered by jihadis, and we spoke about it for a single day before moving on. We have failed as a humanity.
I am ashamed to call myself Syrian. As a Christian Assyrian and a survivor of genocide, this dark memory will haunt me forever-for failing to bring justice to the people I lived alongside, the people I grew up with.
For the past 12 years, I have worn black, ever since the jihadis killed my first cousin, who was like a brother and my closest friend. He died defending the Christians in Maaloula after the jihadis took 12 nuns hostage. I will wear black for the rest of my life, a reminder of all the innocent souls slaughtered by the jihadis and of my failure to bring them justice.
From the bottom of my heart, I am sorry.