🚨 Absolute madness in the US right now as the Uruguay national team gets pulled to the side of the road and treated like straight-up suspects.
They literally just landed for the World Cup and security is already ripping their luggage open on the tarmac with sniffer dogs everywhere
Qatar and Russia hosted without this level of paranoia but the "land of the free" is handing out pure humiliation to Global South athletes before a single match is even played, the double standards are screaming.
“My mum could not be here either for a visa issue, and the money we had to pay for it.”
This is genuinely sad. What FIFA and the U.S. have done in this WC should not be brushed off as just another tournament controversy. A historic disgrace.
Japanese fans cleaning up their section of the stadium after Japan's opening World Cup group game.
The people of Japan continue to set a global benchmark for respect, kindness and decency. Such a wonderful country with incredible people!
This Arsenal employee was fired for speaking out against Israel's genocide in Gaza – after 22 years with the club.
“It was a pile-on, a calculated and choreographed attack on me. All over me speaking out against apartheid, genocide, illegal occupation, oppression."
If you add Manchester United’s 13 years without a league title to Chelsea’s 9 years without a league title you get 22 and 22 is exactly the number of days since Arsenal won the Premier League title.
North Korea arrived at the 1966 World Cup while Britain and its allies were still technically at war with it. FIFA insisted the team be treated fairly.
@annakook looks at how that compares to Iran's situation today.
Dude he literally running New York like the average joe in a movie who gets elected into office as a gag and then fixes everything simply because he is not a politician and an earnest regular guy.