Lionel Messi on the 100-year-old fan holding the “100 YEAR OLD MESSI FAN” banner:
🗣️ “When I saw her in the stands… I honestly had to hold myself together. In that moment, football disappeared for me. It wasn’t a stadium anymore, it wasn’t noise, it wasn’t pressure it was just emotion.”
“Someone who has lived a whole century of life… through wars, through generations, through everything the world has endured��� and she is still here, smiling, holding my name in her hands. I don’t even know how to explain what that feels like.”
“It made me think about everything my first steps in football, the dreams I had as a child, the sacrifices my family made… and somehow, through all those years, my name reached someone like her. It’s overwhelming.”
“I don’t deserve something like that. No player does. Because this goes beyond football. This is love from a lifetime, not just a moment.”
“I looked at her and I just wanted to stop time for a second… to say thank you properly. Not as a footballer, but as a human being who understands how rare it is to be loved like that for so long.”
“There are goals that make noise, trophies that make headlines, but this… this was something completely different. Pure, unconditional connection between two lives that were never meant to meet, but somehow did through football.”
“If I could give her anything, it wouldn’t be a shirt or a photo. It would be time. Because the fact she spent part of her life supporting me… I will carry that forever.”
“When I retire, I will remember nights like this more than anything else. Because at the end of everything, football is not about records… it is about hearts that connect without even speaking.”
“And in that moment, I realized something very simple… I am not just playing for trophies. I am playing for people like her.”
From @TheAthleticFC: Kylian Mbappé scored two goals in France's 3-1 defeat of Senegal. He is now France's all-time top goalscorer.
Mbappé needs just three more goals in this tournament to become the top goalscorer in FIFA World Cup history. https://t.co/gcLAfJIfVj
This is free advice from an expensive psychologist. If you’re an anxious person, do everything for fun. Go to a job interview for fun. Submit documents for fun. Start a blog for fun. Anxiety feeds on importance. Don’t make everything a matter of life and death.
‘THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS’ will release September 23 on Prime Video.
The film, based on a novel that was originally Reylo fanfiction, follows a woman who pretends to date a biology professor to convince her friend that her dating life is going well.
Introducing the Scottish-American travel dictionary 🇺🇸🏴
We’ve put together this guide to keep the Tartan Army out of trouble in the States.
Read carefully to avoid confusing the locals, deeply offending the country, or being interrogated by Homeland Security over a sandwich.
Tennis player Rafa Jodar SHOVES the ball girl out of the way.
He should never play another tennis match again in his life.
What a loser. https://t.co/h6a3RQ8H0a
Olympian Michael Phelps has found a new calling since stepping out of the pool, becoming one of the most prominent and outspoken advocates for mental health and well-being in sports and beyond. https://t.co/SysTD4zjTK
Shakira uses Rihanna’s ‘B*tch Better Have My Money’ as the audio for her new Instagram post after she was acquitted of tax fraud in Spain, which will reimburse her over €55 million.
In reality, progressive feminist‘s only objection to what is happening here is that NFL cheerleaders are not paid a living wage and are often sexually harassed at the workplace. We literally like and support these women more than y’all do, we see them as workers with rights.
Golden Tempo crosses the finish line first and makes history as Cherie DeVaux becomes the first female trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. https://t.co/JnrKiW42nO