John Silk

Author of ‘Even the Defeats’, host of @TalkingTennisTT ... still not been to Lukas Podolski's kebab shop

[John Silk @JSilk]

In the coming days I will write more, and hopefully more coherently, but for now this is the best I can manage.

I will miss you Damian.

John

[Lula @LulaOficial]

Professor Carlo Ancelotti e jogadores da nossa querida Seleção Brasileira, o recado de hoje é para vocês.

Começou a Copa do Mundo e agora é hora de jogar com raça, vontade, entrega e espírito de equipe. Futebol se ganha dentro das quatro linhas, com concentração, dedicação, treino e, principalmente, bola na rede.

Quero desejar boa sorte a cada jogador. Vocês estão vestindo a camisa de um país inteiro. Eu, a @JanjaLula, e milhões de brasileiros estamos torcendo por vocês 🇧🇷

🎥 @ricardostuckert

[John Silk @JSilk]

Is there a clip of him saying this?

[𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘪𝘰 🇮🇹 @Andy_Calcio]

Declaraciones de Jurgen Klopp a ZDF, sobre la reanudación del juego retrasada por el árbitro, durante el cooling break del México-Sudáfrica para que terminaran los comerciales de algunas cadenas de TV:
"Esto es el fútbol siendo tomado como rehén por ejecutivos en oficinas con aire acondicionado".

"Estos supuestos 'descansos por el calor' nos los vendieron como un escudo para el bienestar de los jugadores, una noble espada contra el calor. ¿Pero en realidad? No es más que una jaula dorada construida para patrocinadores. Cuando vi a los jugadores parados durante un descanso por calor mientras los tiempos de televisión dictaban el ritmo del partido, no pude evitar preguntarme: ¿a quién está sirviendo realmente la Copa del Mundo? ¿A los aficionados?, ¿A los jugadores?, ¿O a los anunciantes?".

"Un partido de la Copa del Mundo debería fluir como un río. En cambio, estamos construyendo presas en medio de él para que los comerciales puedan pasar. Eso es peligroso para el espíritu del juego. El fútbol alguna vez fue el evento principal, pero ahora corre el riesgo de convertirse en la música de fondo de un espectáculo publicitario. Nos dicen que estos descansos son por el bienestar de los jugadores, y por supuesto la salud de los jugadores importa. Pero cuando el juego empieza a doblar sus rodillas ante los tiempos de la televisión, la gente va a hacer preguntas. El balón se supone que es la estrella. No un descanso comercial".

"La Copa del Mundo es la catedral del fútbol. Sin embargo, a veces da la sensación de que la hemos convertido en un centro comercial donde la caja registradora recibe más respeto que el propio partido. Si este es el futuro, entonces el fútbol ya no está siendo interrumpido por los anuncios. El fútbol se está convirtiendo en la interrupción entre los anuncios".

[Simon Kuper @KuperSimon]

I talked to @Ianbremmer about the power of FIFA through history, and its longstanding friendships with autocrats https://t.co/8SP32Z02vC

[John Silk @JSilk]

Is there a former footballer who still speaks for the masses?

[Tom Kershaw @trlkershaw]

Exclusive: Jannik Sinner among top players considering boycotting US Open mixed doubles amid pay dispute

https://t.co/EF1rkbCfws

[Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonBBC]

Wondering why the VAR did not step in to give South Africa a corner at the end of the first half? #MEXRSA

[Nick Harris @sportingintel]

Reminder that FIFA president Gianni Infantino was investigated for multiple ethics violations within months of taking office in 2016. The charges went away when he, in effect, closed down the unit investigating him. 1/3

[John Silk @JSilk]

And yet, despite how much I have despised everything about this World Cup, the buildup, the rampant capitalism, the fascism - if I could be one place on earth right now, it’d be the Estadio Azteca!

[Bayern & Germany @iMiaSanMia]

Magenta TV's pundit trio Jürgen Klopp, Thomas Müller and Robert Andrich at Estadio Azteca ahead of today's World Cup opening

[Chris Sutton @chris_sutton73]

The amazing Estadio Azteca. What a view. A stadium steeped in history. Pele and Maradona both won World Cups here. The Hand of God goal… goal of the century… so many memories and now inside it feels really special ⚽️

[Mexico86HQ 🇲🇽🌵⚽ @Mexico86HQ]

TO BE CONTINUED...

The World Cup is heading back to the Azteca after 40 years!

[L'Équipe @lequipe]

La une du journal L'Equipe du mercredi 10 juin

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

When Russia hosted the World Cup in 2018, it had to suspend normal visa rules for the tournament. Foreigners with tickets could enter visa-free, using a scheme called ‘Fan ID.’

Russia also had to do weird stuff to keep FIFA’s sponsors happy. For example, small shops near Fan Zones and stadiums could only sell Budweiser beer on match days.

So yes, FIFA absolutely does dictate conditions to host governments when it suits FIFA. Infantino pretending otherwise is nonsense.

[John Silk @JSilk]

😢

[Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 @celinegounder]

.@GrantWahl Should Be Covering this World Cup
The 2026 World Cup has no public health command. The Ebola outbreak has reached 350 cases. And the journalist who would have asked the hardest questions isn’t here.
https://t.co/wxomk4wT4D

[Jon Wertheim @jon_wertheim]

Leaving aside guilt or innocence of Zverev, how is this sound public policy?....The accused can make a contribution to the state and/or charity to discontinue a public *criminal* trial? ....Serious question: what are we (and pretty much the rest of the world) missing here?

[talkingtennis @talkingtennis22]

Queens Draw

Eala, Jovic, Anisimova, Siegemund - A tough section with so much grass court pedigree

https://t.co/jHRM4qJAfq via @YouTube

[John Silk @JSilk]

Good to see L'Équipe has a spine

[Quentin Moynet @QuentinMoynet]

On a voulu interroger Alexander Zverev sur les réserves d'une partie du public et des médias, eu égard aux accusations de violences conjugales de deux anciennes compagnes. Ça s'est très mal passé.

➡️ Zverev : "Je pense qu'on devrait arrêter, c'est mieux"
https://t.co/pqHEzszizT

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Soccer would not exist without immigrants. Immigrants play and coach the game, work in the stadiums, fill the stands, and make celebrations like the World Cup possible. Six of the players on the US Men's National Team are immigrants.

We will not allow ICE or anyone else to sow fear in our communities — especially at this moment. As the world comes to our city, we will stand proudly with our immigrant neighbors and reject these attacks for what they are: an attempt to divide us.

[Simon Leyland @simonleyland]

@DaleJohnsonBBC If Europe had a spine we’d just pull out of FIFA and this charade.

[Dale Johnson @DaleJohnsonBBC]

Omar Artan, who was set to be the first Somalian to referee at the World Cup finals, has been dropped from the list of officials after he was denied entry to the United States.

👇
https://t.co/0UKWXuq8O3