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[BRICS News @BRICSinfo]

JUST IN: 🇬🇭🇨🇳 Ghana launches cedi-to-yuan payment system for imports from China, reducing reliance the US dollar.

• Stanbic Bank Ghana is piloting the cedi-to-yuan payment system, with Ghana Commercial Bank developing a similar service.

• Payments are processed through China's Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS), enabling direct yuan payments from cedi accounts.

• This system reduces the need for US correspondent banks, cutting costs and processing times for China-related transactions.

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Diamonde Yan 🙏😂🤣

[M.L.B - INPROGRESS @MLBarda]

#Fpl is back. Disappointment back

[Blake @UtdBlakee]

🚨 🇩🇪 Toni Kroos on How the GOAT Criteria Kept Changing;

🗣️"What I find funny is how the narrative kept changing. In 2016, when Cristiano Ronaldo won the Euros while Messi still hadn't won an international trophy, many people still refused to call Ronaldo the GOAT.

Then Kylian Mbappé won the World Cup in 2018, and suddenly the World Cup wasn't enough to make someone the greatest.

But the moment Messi finally won it in 2022, the same people started saying, 'You can't be the GOAT without a World Cup.' That's not consistency, that's moving the goalposts.

I have huge respect for Messi as one of football's greatest ever players after Cristiano Ronaldo but some of his fans have a habit of changing the criteria whenever it suits their argument."

[Chief @Chiefofbridge]

🚨 Peter Drury Breaks Silence: Questionable Calls, Cancelled Goals & FIFA Favouritism – Has Football Become a Scripted Show?

🗣Peter Drury

“After years spent analyzing football matches and commentating on the game at the highest level, I can honestly say that what we witnessed today between Argentina and Egypt was unlike anything I’ve seen in my entire career.

How that was awarded as a penalty remains a complete mystery. The contact, if any, looked minimal at best, yet the decision stood. It’s becoming harder and harder to watch the sport without feeling that the beautiful game is slowly turning into something of a joke for millions of fans around the world. The officiating has been strangely “clean” almost suspiciously so yet it leaves serious questions about consistency and impartiality.

Then there was Egypt’s goal, ruled out for reasons that still aren’t entirely clear. Why was it disallowed? In the same match, when Argentina scored their decisive goal, there appeared to be a clear foul in the build-up that neither the referee nor VAR chose to review properly. These are the moments that make supporters feel the outcome is no longer decided purely on the pitch.

There’s a growing narrative out there and it’s hard to ignore that Lionel Messi is being protected as FIFA’s golden boy. With Cristiano Ronaldo no longer part of the international scene, some believe the powers that be are determined to keep Messi’s story alive for as long as possible because his presence still drives massive global interest and viewing figures. Whether that’s true or not, the pattern of decisions in key moments only fuels that conversation.

passion, and the unpredictable nature of who wins on any given day. But when decisions repeatedly go one way, when valid goals are chalked off and questionable ones are given, and when VAR seems to miss obvious incidents, it starts to feel like something else is at play. The game deserves better. Fans deserve transparency, consistency, and the simple belief that the result is earned not influenced.

These are the moments that test our love for the sport. And right now, that love is being stretched thin.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​“

[Biggy Dangote X @biggy_uj]

Hamada Carpet Update: 🚨🚨🚨

Each plot size is 100x50 going for 20 million Naira only!!!

Price is non-negotiable

If you want a plot facing the main road, I have 200x100 going for 150 million Naira only

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🚨👶 Jérémy Doku could temporarily leave Belgium's World Cup camp to be present for the birth of his son, and the debate has exploded across Europe. 🇧🇪

French journalist France Pierron didn't hold back:

🗣️ Pierron: "Are you seriously telling me these players have sacrificed everything to come to the World Cup, and you're leaving just to cut an umbilical cord? 😳

You're lucky enough to play in a World Cup. It's an incredible privilege, and hundreds of footballers would do anything to be in your position. That opportunity might never come around again in your life.

And you're going to throw it all away just to attend your child's birth?

It's a moment where the father isn't really needed. He has a symbolic role. You hold her hand and take a photo. And then what?

You're going to miss 10 hours, experience an emotional high, and be exhausted afterwards. You can't miss a World Cup.

Some people may have gone into debt just to get to the World Cup, maybe sacrificed everything to be there, and you're leaving to cut an umbilical cord..." 😳

The reaction has completely split fans. Some believe family comes before everything, while others see the World Cup as an opportunity that may never come around again. 🌍

What would you do: stay with your national team or be there for your son's birth? 🤔

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@realmadriden

[Troll Touchline @TrollTouchline]

🚨🎙️| Wayne Rooney on Real Madrid’s 1-1 Draw vs. Betis

🗣️Rooney “I’m looking at that Real Madrid performance tonight and I’m honestly struggling to find a team in there anywhere. You look at the quality they have, the history of that shirt, and then you watch what happened on that pitch it’s just not acceptable.
People will point to the penalty that wasn't given, and listen, it’s a stone-waller. At this level, with VAR, you have to get those decisions right. It’s a massive error from the officials. But if you’re Real Madrid, you cannot use a missed penalty as an excuse for what happened in those final minutes. You have to be better than that.
The problem for me is the manager. He’s clearly lacking the experience needed to handle the pressure of a club this size. Tonight, I didn't see a tactical plan, I didn't see a team playing for each other, and I certainly didn't see any game management. To be leading in the dying seconds and have so little control that you let Betis walk through you and equalize? That’s down to the man on the touchline. He’s showing us right now that he’s not the best man for the job. You need a leader who knows how to see these games out, and right now, Real Madrid look like a group of individuals wandering around without a map”

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Nop. Madrid lost the no excuses

[Madrid Universal @MadridUniversal]

🚨 BREAKING: There was a foul in Betis' goal. Antony hangs off Mendy's arm, clearly preventing him from continuing to play the ball.

Referee Soto Grado didn't spot it, and VAR said nothing.

— @ArchivoVAR

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Disaster Again

[Real Madrid C.F. 🇬🇧🇺🇸 @realmadriden]

🏁 FT: @RealBetis_en 1-1 @RealMadridEN
⚽ 17' @ViniJr
⚽ 90'+4' Bellerín
👉 @Emirates

[Thebigsol @Thebigsoll]

Fantasy premier league died a natural death

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RMA VS BAY great watch. AA you didn't get it right carreras playing 99 mins.

[𝗧𝗠 @TMfutbal]

🚨 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗘: Are rating apps biased towards Messi?

[𝕍𝕗𝕪𝕟𝕟_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️ Gareth Bale on Kylian Mbappé after Real Madrid vs Mallorca:

“I’m going to be honest, Real Madrid look more fluid when Mbappé isn’t there. The ball moves quicker, the front line feels natural… there’s less hesitation.

When he plays, everything slows down because the team is trying to figure him out instead of just playing. And that’s a problem at a club like Madrid.

The truth nobody wants to say? Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior are stepping on each other’s toes. Same spaces, same instincts, but now Mbappé is being forced into a striker role that clearly doesn’t suit him.

You can see it, the runs don’t match, the passes are late, the chemistry just isn’t there. It’s not hate, it’s reality.

At some point, Madrid have to make a serious decision: build around Vinícius, who already understands the system… or reshape everything for Mbappé.

But trying to force both? That’s why performances look disconnected like today.”

[TC @totalcristiano]

Real Madrid with another pathetic performance in La Liga. The title race has been finished for a while, but there’s players who are embarrassing themselves. There’s players who don’t even bother to run.

[ُ @Asensii20]

Mbappe’s Real Madrid guys!

We won’t win anything as long as he’s at the club

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

📸 - Real Madrid won their last 5 games in a row with Vinicius in the starting XI, he produced 4 goals against Manchester City and Atlético Madrid combined.

They are currently losing 1-0 to 17th placed Mallorca, with Kylian Mbappé back in the starting XI and Vinicius BENCHED.

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Lazy @realmadriden #mbappe???

[BIG IMO🤴🏽🇨🇦 @ImoPunter]

Arbeloa is turning this Real Madrid into a dangerous team. He has defeated the best of the best coaches like Mourinho, Pep and now Diego Simeone which they’re now on his list of defeats.

This man came to take charge of the club and many, myself included, didn’t support the idea, not knowing he was Zidane 2.0 in disguise, here to save us and bring back our glory days.

Honestly, how he’s turned a divided dressing room during Alonso into a healthy one is absolutely phenomenal. I really commend him for his leadership skills.

You’ve truly proven that sometimes we don’t need big names coach to hire when we already have one at home.

God bless you, AA.

[Mark Goldbridge @markgoldbridge]

EMERGENCY! The Premier League is a shitshow! This obsession with corners and long throws has fucked us over in Europe where they actually play football