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[Parth MN @parthpunter]

I remember the world discussing human rights issues in Qatar ahead of the 2022 Football World Cup.

Four years later, the world cup has come to America, and suddenly the same people are apolitical.

America is currently enabling a genocide and terrorising its own citizens.

It has now denied entry to Omar Artan, who was due to become the first Somali to officiate at a World Cup, and was named the Confederation of African Football men’s referee of the year in 2025.

[Melissa Reddy @MelissaReddy_]

Gianni Infantino knocked down all the reporting over visa concerns for this World Cup in August 2025: “I think it’s important to clarify this. There is a lot of misconception out there. Everyone will be welcome in Canada, Mexico and the United States for the FIFA World Cup next year.

“There is a process to go through to get visas and so on. This process will be smooth…

“We want to unite the world and we will unite the world next year. The world needs occasions of unity, of bringing teams together, of bringing people together, of bringing fans together... So again everyone will be welcome, be positive and you will see it will be a great, great celebration of the greatest FIFA World Cup ever.”

No, again we are just meant to look the other way and allow this thing we love so much, that we want to enjoy, that we can map our whole lives around, to be used and abused.

Again we are told about unity and inclusion when division, disparity and denial is the reality.

It is a great, great celebration of getting more money whatever it takes, no matter who has to pay the price. The greatest showpiece of allowing - unopposed! - the man who is meant to protect and grow the people’s game into playing celebrity, massaging his own ego and that of heads of state.

The biggest, most expensive, least accessible World Cup ever. The thing we love and all the beautiful pieces of it we’ve lost.

[Melissa Reddy @MelissaReddy_]

Gianni Infantino in 2017, talking about the bidding process for 2026 with particular reference to the travel bans the US had in place then:

“Teams who qualify for a World Cup need to have access to the country, otherwise there is no World Cup. That is obvious.

“We are now in the process of defining the bid requirements. In the world there are many countries who have bans, travel bans, visa requirements and so on and so forth. It’s obvious when it comes to FIFA competitions, any team, including the supporters and officials of that team, who qualify for a World Cup need to have access to the country, otherwise there is no World Cup.

“The requirements will be clear. And then each country can make up their decision, whether they want to bid or not based on the requirements.”

[Hussain Shiyam 🇵🇸❓🎈 @ShiyamHussain]

This is utter bullshit. When Indonesia refused to grant the Israeli under 17 team visa’s for the 2023 U-20 World Cup, FIFA stripped Indonesia’s hosting rights and moved it to Argentina. So @FIFAcom can stop with the lies.

[Liam @SomosLos_Rojos]

Won us the league. Handled the Jota tragedy with immaculate humanity and connection. Just because the footy was a bit rough people were saying absolutely abhorrent things about him. Will be a legend forever and rightfully should stay on the banner on the kop

[Kopoholic @TheKopoholic]

🚨🚨🎙️| Andy Robertson on Jota’s death:

“I was at one of my best friend’s wedding, helping the groom get ready, when the club called me and told me about Diogo’s death. I went to the car park and just fell to the floor.” Very Devastating 💔🥲

[Saral Patel @SaralPatel]

Instead of apologising to that woman and the common people of Mumbai, BJP leader Girish Mahajan is blaming her.

“Road block to hoga, takleef to hogi.”

What a shameless party the BJP is — blaming citizens for showing their genuine anger after being inconvenienced by their drama protest.

[SamSays @samjawed65]

Great news! It’s hard not to remember how Payal Kapadia once faced disciplinary action by FTII for leading the protests against the appointment of the undeserving Gajendra Chauhan as Chairperson.

All the more satisfying to now see her presiding over the jury at Critics’ Week in Cannes Film Festival.

[vir sanghvi @virsanghvi]

General rule in India; if there is a protest march or a demonstration by activists then it is a threat to public order and the smooth movement of traffic
But if it’s a government-approved demo then thousands of citizens can be inconvenienced and stranded for hours.

[🅘 @LFCApproved]

Devastated for Hugo Ekitike.

What club signs two unreal strikers and ends up with this luck in the same season.

This past season was giving us signs it was never going to be easy from the start of the summer.

It’s been a tough one to take.

[DogeDesigner @cb_doge]

🚨 WhatsApp’s “end-to-end encrypted” privacy is a total lie.

New class-action lawsuit just dropped: Meta secretly let employees, contractors like Accenture, and third parties read, intercept, and store your private messages WITHOUT consent.

All while marketing it as “only you and the recipient can read it.”

Zuck lied to billions. Your chats were never safe.

[Craig Hannan @C_Hannan7]

Robbo leaving gonna be the hardest of the lot! Part of the beginning of the glory days being brought into the present, won it all and most of all I’d fucking love to have a pint with him. What a fella ❤️

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

With these pictures showing the bond we shared, I almost felt I could get away with saying nothing about you leaving. It’s been an honour to be your teammate and your friend. You’ve won it all and you leave as a legend. I’m sure we will meet again.

[vir sanghvi @virsanghvi]

People keep complaining about @IndiGo6E ground handling so here’s my experience today at Khajuraho airport.
Three check in counters open & manned but two refuse to accept passengers. Every one is directed to one counter manned by a trainee.
As I am checking in I ask the counter supervisor why the other counters won’t accept passengers.
“They are only for fast forward.”
Me: I thought there was no fast forward any longer!
“It’s not on the site but we do have it”
Me: What do you get in fast forward?
“You get priority baggage handling and priority boarding.”
Me: If I had known I would have taken it.
“You can still take it.”
I hand over my credit card. He swipes it. As the luggage is being tagged I notice there is. no Fast Forward tag and ask about it.
“ We stopped doing priority baggage handling for Fast Forward. It only gives you priority check in. “
But I had already checked in. I wouldn’t have taken it if you
hadn’t told me about priority baggage handling .
“I never said priority baggage handling.”
Yes you did . I heard you.
“Okay at least you can
board any time you like.”
I ask for the manager. The supervisor insists he never said anything about baggage handling.
Manager: “I will not accept that my staff are lying.”
But you think I am lying?
He shrugs.
The sum of money is small &
the issue is minor. But given how much we have heard about the culture of lying in @indigo , firing one gora scapegoat may not be enough.
The rot has infected the culture

[Angshuman Choudhury @angshuman_ch]

Never forget that the Modi government stopped Francesca Orsini – a committed scholar & lifelong admirer of Hindi – from entering India, but allowed Laura Loomer – a raging racist who hates Indians – to come in and participate in a glitzy conclave.

[Swara Bhasker @ReallySwara]

I cannot for the life of me understand why defending a freakin’ genocide, a live streamed, eye-witnessed -by -the -whole -world genocide is the hill that Indian celebrity influencers chose to die on!!!!! Inexplicable!

[Philip Proudfoot @PhilipProudfoot]

When your crimes are so bad, even Switzerland stops being neutral.

[sarah @sahouraxo]

Trump and Netanyahu killed every child in this photo.

Every. Single. One.

Not combatants.
Not militants.

Schoolkids from Minab, Iran.

[Joy @Joydas]

Powerful words of World leaders to Donald Trump:

Mark Carney : Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture.

Emmanuel Macron: We prefer respect not bullies.

Giorgia Meloni: The proposed tariffs are a mistake and I told Trump

Narendra Modi: Sir, may I see you please?

[NDTV @ndtv]

#NewsAlert | 10-year-old girl in critical condition after suffering prolonged physical abuse by a CRPF constable at the CRPF Camp in Greater Noida.