Manasi Pathak

Freelance sports journalist. Part of the @Olympics content team & @AJEnglish's sports reporting. Previously with @Reuters; also @Forbes. Views mine. She/her.

[Manasi Pathak @ManasiPathak_]

🎶 No Payne, no gain 🎶

The song has been stuck in my head since yesterday so I couldn’t help but write about this wonderful story of Tim Payne. 🇳🇿

“Least known” player at the World Cup? Not anymore. He’s loved by millions. 🇦🇷

✍🏽 Story for @Olympics:

https://t.co/91N6EyzKIt

[AJE Sport @AJE_Sport]

Why is the FIFA World Cup 2026 being held in three countries? https://t.co/bp47YKvJzs

[AJE Sport @AJE_Sport]

Mexico vs South Africa: World Cup 2026 opening game – teams, start, lineups https://t.co/9nIlI97SYb

[AJE Sport @AJE_Sport]

The wait is almost over! Just one day to go until the #FIFAWorldCup 2026 kicks off.

Follow our coverage for the latest news, analysis, highlights and stories from the tournament.

👉 https://t.co/StU2F3ryg7

[Manasi Pathak @ManasiPathak_]

How well do you know the #FIFAWorldCup 2026 jerseys?

I’ve made a little quiz to test your knowledge on the kits of the upcoming tournament.

Try it out! 😉 | @Olympics

https://t.co/V9wOQWRWpQ

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Strangely, I haven't seen the op-eds and pearl clutching from the Western media about the U.S. hosting the World Cup that I did when Qatar hosted it.

[Amnesty International @amnesty]

With just a few days before the Men’s World Cup kicks off, thousands of fans from around the world risk being shut out of one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.

Many have waited a long time and saved to pursue their dream of seeing their nations compete in the tournament. Instead of cheering from the stands, many are facing travel bans, visa denials, and threats of aggressive immigration enforcement from the US.

With several participating countries subject to a US travel ban, and ongoing racial profiling and arbitrary arrests by ICE and other federal agencies, the country’s draconian immigration policies threaten to spill over into an event that is meant to bring people together - not tear us apart.

The World Cup belongs to us all. There is no World Cup without the world.

Humanity Must Win.

[AJE Sport @AJE_Sport]

Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to become the first official from his country to officiate at a World Cup finals, was denied entry to the United States.

Somalia is among countries affected by the Trump administration’s travel ban.

[AJE Sport @AJE_Sport]

Find out the match time in your part of the world for the 104 fixtures of the FIFA World Cup 2026 in North America.

🔗: https://t.co/INkfNjJhvs

[Manasi Pathak @ManasiPathak_]

From Iñaki and Nico Williams to Théo and Lucas Hernández - meet the brothers playing at the #FIFAWorldCup:

✍️🏾 @Olympics | #WorldCup

https://t.co/EZvo43BSSr

[Fodboldlandsholdene 🇩🇰 @dbulandshold]

Latest update from national team doctor Morten Boesen.

[Chris Chavez @ChrisChavez]

The last time Mondo Duplantis lost a pole vault competition was July 21, 2023.

Back then:
• We were still using the iPhone 14
• Twitter had been "X" for exactly 2 days
• Barbie and Oppenheimer were opening that exact weekend
• Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was still in its first U.S. leg
• Victor Wembanyama had not played an NBA game
• Lionel Messi had just been introduced by Inter Miami CF
• Shohei Ohtani was still an Angel

[Manasi Pathak @ManasiPathak_]

@vinayakkm Nice read, and wordplay on his name!

[AJE Sport @AJE_Sport]

Who are the best star players to watch at World Cup 2026? https://t.co/rseBxm9SYG

[AJE Sport @AJE_Sport]

Last-minute visas are being issued for players competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Just days before kick off, questions are still looming over visas for some fans for what is set to be the biggest tournament in FIFA history.

Al Jazeera’s Mohammad Saleh explains.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Iran’s World Cup squad has been notified they must enter and leave US soil on the same day of their matches played in America, says Tehran’s ambassador to Mexico.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/lBTjnhOsT3

[Jake @jacobkleinman]

“My Mayor is Muslim, my bagel is Jewish, my Christian’s Dior… Knicks in 4”
— unknown poet, early 21st century, the American Northeast

[herculez gomez @herculezg]

Paraguay is coming back to the World Cup after 16 long years.

What a send off.

[AJE Sport @AJE_Sport]

Iraq national football team coach Graham Arnold and players Ali Al-Hamadi and Aimar Sher speak to Al Jazeera ahead of Iraq’s first World Cup appearance since 1986 as the Lions of Mesopotamia aim to shock their rivals at the tournament.

🔗: https://t.co/RO1afebCmC

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Hundreds of Indians gathered at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar as the Cockroach Janta Party, a viral online movement, held its first street protest. The protesters demanded accountability over exam scandals, cancelled tests and unemployment.

— in pictures https://t.co/6tE04Gg7Dk