Muhammad Omair

[Zealand @theoldzealand]

The official referee consultant just said on the US broadcast:

“It’s legally correct but it’s against the spirit of the game and it’s not what the rule was written with in mind”

What are we even doing

[Tom Bogert @tombogert]

@JasonKerepesi @TheAthletic It’s just the most obvious no call. When is that EVER called a yellow in the run of play? It’s a nothing play. A team going down to 10 men in a world cup quarterfinal for that is ludicrous

[SNEAKO @sneako]

Cristiano Ronaldo is the undisputed greatest football player of all time

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

There is no conclusive proof. But the circumstantial evidence that there is pro-Argentina bias in FIFA affecting the World Cup:

1) In the group stage opener against Algeria, Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with a studs-up challenge on the Achilles and escaped any card. FIFA later admitted the VAR officials got it wrong and sanctioned them.

2) The inconsistency became undeniable when the United States' Folarin Balogun was sent off in the Round of 32 for a near-identical foot-on-ankle challenge on Bosnia's Tarik Muharemović. Pundits directly compared the red card to Messi's uncarded foul on Mandi.

3) In the 2026 Round of 32 against Cape Verde, referee Drew Fischer did not enforce the tournament's new rule requiring an injured player to remain off the pitch after treatment. He waited for Argentina's Nicolás Tagliafico to return before allowing a Cape Verde corner. Several uncalled fouls in that game also went Argentina's way.

4) Today against Egypt, with Egypt leading 1-0, Mostafa Ziko finished off a long breakaway to make it 2-0. VAR sent Letexier to the monitor and the goal was disallowed for a Marwan Attia shirt-pull on Lisandro Martínez that occurred roughly 20 seconds earlier and nearly the full length of the pitch from goal.

5) Neutral officiating experts, not just Egyptian fans, called the decision wrong. Former FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg said he did not believe it was a foul and did not believe VAR should have intervened at all, adding that the call was inconsistent with the physical contact referees had allowed all tournament.

6) The winning sequence produced a second grievance. In the buildup to Enzo Fernández's stoppage-time winner, Egypt appealed for a penalty on a Salah challenge and for an Alexis Mac Allister shirt-pull, and VAR checked neither. Hassan cited the unreviewed Mac Allister pull directly in his post-match remarks.

7) The 2026 grievances land on top of a 2022 record In Qatar, Argentina were awarded five penalties, the most ever by a team in a single World Cup edition, with Messi taking all five. That same tournament, Messi handled the ball against the Netherlands in the quarterfinal and escaped a yellow card.

8) FIFA has appointed an all-Argentine crew, led by Facundo Tello, for Thursday's France–Morocco quarterfinal, the tournament's first all-same-country panel.

9) Comments attributed to Infantino after an Argentina match were widely discussed as suggesting bias toward Argentina before he later clarified them, and a deep Messi run drives far more global viewership and revenue than one without him. This establishes incentive.

FIFA cannot be trusted. Egypt was robbed. Argentina are coasting to another title under FIFA protection.

[Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg]

FIFA cheating in favour of Argentina is so built in to this World Cup it's taken for granted.

[Cynthia Martins 🔴 @MartinsCyn]

This post from Marcus Rashford is honestly disgraceful.

The complete lack of acknowledgment towards MANCHESTER UNITED the club that literally built his entire existence in football tells you everything you need to know about the kind of man he is.

United took him in as a child. United developed him. United protected him. United paid him superstar wages through horrific form. United defended him while the football world criticized him. United fans backed him harder than most players ever get backed.

Yet somehow: Barcelona gets mentioned. England gets mentioned. Managers get mentioned. Loan clubs get mentioned.

But Manchester United? Silence....nah!..

That is not an accident. That is deliberate.

And let’s tell the truth people are scared to say: if Rashford has 15 million fans, at least 14 million came because Manchester United fans embraced him as one of their own.

The badge created the superstar. Not the other way around.

What makes this even worse is the victim narrative constantly surrounding him as if the club abandoned him, when in reality the club kept standing by him long after his performances stopped justifying it.

Meanwhile younger players get dropped, respond professionally, fight for their place again and move forward.

But Rashford? Press leaks. Public sulking. Distance from the club. And now this passive-aggressive nonsense.

This is exactly why no player should EVER be placed above the institution.

Manchester United existed before Rashford. Manchester United will exist after Rashford.

The club survives. The badge remains. The fans remain.

Always 🔴

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

Hormuz Strait now has its own X account

[Micah Erfan @micah_erfan]

Republicans have no solutions to any real problems, so they run on solving fake ones instead.

[The Cradle @TheCradleMedia]

Sophisticated web of Israeli influence operations designed to manipulate public discourse in Canada exposed in damning report
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A damning report by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East has exposed a sophisticated web of Israeli influence operations designed to subvert Canadian sovereignty and manipulate public discourse. The findings reveal that Tel Aviv is operating with near total impunity on Canadian soil by utilizing secretly funded polling, biased media narratives, and the hiring of local legal firms to protect the interests of illegal settlements. While Ottawa has historically targeted nations like China and India for so-called foreign interference, it has remained conspicuously silent as Israeli agents bypass transparency laws to sway government policy and public opinion.

The scale of the deception includes the deployment of a mass disinformation campaign spearheaded by the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs which utilized artificial intelligence and fake websites to spread Islamophobic rhetoric. Beyond digital manipulation, the report highlights a broader strategy of transnational repression where Israeli officials have openly called for the restriction of Canadian civil liberties to stifle pro-Palestine advocacy. This systemic interference involves the use of high tech spyware and "propaganda junkets" that use Canadian proxies to shield the Israeli state from the disclosure requirements usually mandated for foreign lobbying.

The advocacy group is now demanding that the Canadian government abandon its double standards and treat Israel as a rogue state actor. The recommendations include the immediate expulsion of Israeli diplomats, a total ban on Israeli manufactured spyware, and the implementation of sanctions against those involved in these clandestine campaigns.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Inflation is at a three-year high. Everything costs more — groceries, gas, healthcare, a plane ticket.

The math is simple. Every American dollar spent overseas on war is a dollar that could’ve been spent here at home to pay for a dignified life. It's time we change the equation.

[Harry @Realmecore_0]

10 years old me when the teacher said ozone layer is getting destroyed.

[MO @Abu_Salah9]

فرق كبير بين الرجال وأشباههم.

[jules @barbitwt]

you guys don’t understand how insane it is to see this as a palestinian. this is BARCELONA, literally the biggest club in the world, tying the palestinian flag to their parade bus as they go around barcelona. this is revolutionary

[Raat Guznini @RGuznini]

Nah man people won’t deep how sick this is.

Half the world is afraid to speak up on Palestine and be on the right side of history.

Certain man’s club fired their kit man for supporting Palestine and my clubs got it on the parade bus 😭 so proud man

[FCB World @forcabarca_ar]

🇵🇸❤️

[David Keyes @DavidMKeyes]

At the request of Pakistan, I have decided to pause my work day and grab a quick lunch.

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

Ok… this is a remarkable post…and very very damning. It’s not even hard to follow the money it is literally signposting itself…

[Iran Embassy in Zimbabwe @IRANinZIMBABWE]

Not sure anyone read all of it yet. Does it have anything to do with us?

[Malamente® @MalaMalamente]

Viste “Los Juegos del Hambre” y te pusiste del lado de la resistencia.

Viste “La guerra de las galaxias” y te pusiste del lado de la resistencias.

Viste “Matrix” y te pusiste del lado de la resistencia.

Cuando es ficción entiendes la tiranía, la opresión y el despotismo. Pero te niegas a verlo en la realidad en la que vives.

[Dr Farhan K Virk @FarhanKVirk]

جس کو تم صرف اسلام آباد کے 50 کلومیٹر کا وزیر اعظم بولتے تھے، آج پوری مسلم دنیا کے حکمران اس سے ملنے کی خواہش کرتے ہیں اور اس سے ملکر فخر محسوس کرتے ہیں!

بیشک اللہ جسے چاہے عزت دیتا ہے۔