Omar ☘️

Boston sports fanatic, ball knower, lover of all things music, WWE fan #DifferentHere #Banner19

[Omar ☘️ @ODG8184]

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but this is what being a CELTICS FAN looks like. Stop propping one up to bring the other down. Jayson Tatum is a Celtics legend, and he’s amazing. Jaylen Brown is a Celtics legend, and he’s amazing. Appreciate them both while we have them.

[🕊️ @neycentral]

Bro I know what I saw.

[433 @433]

Bafana Bafana and Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jayden Adams (25), who played at the World Cup last month, has sadly passed away on Saturday morning.

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, bookmark it and come back later.

Do you know the biggest problem with Cristiano Ronaldo? It isn’t that he never won the World Cup. It’s that he spent years telling everyone what separates legends, only to change the standards once he couldn’t reach them himself.

After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo made it clear that winning a major international trophy was what completed a player’s legacy. At the time, Messi had just lost another international final and was going through the toughest period of his career. Those comments only added to the narrative that Messi could never be the greatest because he hadn’t won with Argentina. For years, that became the standard. Messi was called a bottler, while Ronaldo was praised as the player who had proved himself internationally.

Nobody wanted to hear about context. Nobody cared that Messi had dragged Argentina to a World Cup final in 2014 with a squad many considered weaker than the Portugal teams Ronaldo has had over the last decade. The only thing that mattered was that Ronaldo had won a major trophy with his country, and Messi hadn’t.

Then Messi won the Copa América. Suddenly, the goalposts moved. We were told one Euro was worth more than multiple Copa América titles because South America supposedly wasn’t competitive enough. That became the new excuse.

Then Messi won the World Cup. The excuses changed again. It was “fixed.” It was “scripted.” Then came, “A career can’t be defined by seven games.” Funny how nobody was saying that before the tournament, when many believed it would finally be Ronaldo’s chance to win it.

Now Portugal have been eliminated from the World Cup, and Ronaldo posts about Euro 2016 again. That’s what I find ironic. When international trophies favored Ronaldo, they were the ultimate measure of greatness. When Messi caught up, people started ranking competitions differently. When Messi surpassed him by winning the biggest trophy in football, suddenly the World Cup wasn’t supposed to define a career anymore.

That’s the contradiction.

The difference between Messi and Ronaldo was never just about goals, assists, or trophies. It’s about consistency. Messi never needed to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements to elevate his own, nor did he ask football to change its standards because they no longer favored him. He simply kept playing until he won everything there was to win.

League titles. Champions Leagues. Ballons d’Or. Golden Boots. Copa América. Finalissima. World Cup. Every major trophy that was ever used against him eventually became part of his legacy.

Cristiano Ronaldo will always be one of the greatest footballers to ever play the game. But this is exactly why I believe Messi is the greatest. He didn’t ask football to rewrite the standards.

He met every single one of them.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: South Africa international Jayden Adams has passed away at the age of 25, just weeks after representing his country at the 2026 World Cup.

Rest in peace. 🕊️🇿🇦

[Luan LADO 🅱️ @Enejota87]

A reação do Neymar com o apito final da copa do mundo. Ele sabia que foi a última chance e aí desabou …

[ʀɪʟᴇʏ ☘️ @CookedbyRiley]

Jaylen Brown’s final career stats with Boston in 10 seasons

20.0 PPG
5.5 REB
2.2 AST
674 regular season games
5 all star selections
6x conference finals appearances
1x finals MVP
1x NBA champion
1x ECF MVP
2x All NBA Second Team

Thank you #7, for absolutely everything.

[FC Barcelona @FCBarcelona]

Shoutout to the one and only Pau Cubarsí. A generational talent playing with the composure of a seasoned veteran at the World Cup at just 19 years old 👏

[GreenRunsDeep @CelticsGRD]

Dunkin knows

[StatMuse FC @statmusefc]

Lamine Yamal has never lost to Kylian Mbappe in single elimination matches.

Won Euros Semis (2024)
Won Supercopa Final (2025)
Won Copa del Rey Final (2025)
Won Nations League Semis (2025)
Won Supercopa Final (2026)

[ESPN UK @ESPNUK]

Axel Witsel = 37 years old
Kevin De Bruyne = 35 years old
Thibaut Courtois = 34 years old
Romelu Lukaku = 33 years old

It really is the end of an era for Belgium 💔

[B/R Football @brfootball]

Lamine Yamal caught his little brother on the big screen 🤣

[Sarkodie God Sent🌏 @SARKRAPGOD]

@433 Pray for France🇫🇷

[433 @433]

🚨 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: 𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐘𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇

Nobody on the pitch had...

...more touches in the box than Lamine Yamal (12).
...more shots than Lamine Yamal (6).
...more completed take-ons than Lamine Yamal (4).

And he also became the first player at this World Cup to complete 20 dribbles 👏

Another great performance. ⭐

[433 @433]

𝐄𝐆𝐎 𝐘𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐋 🥶

People on social media called him "Ego Yamal."

Instead of ignoring it, Lamine Yamal embraced it… and showed up wearing an "Ego Yamal" headband during Spain's game 😅

Turning criticism into confidence 👏

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

That’s a wrap in Boston! 🇺🇸

[ESPN FC @ESPNFC]

N’Golo Kanté hasn’t played a single minute at the 2026 FIFA World Cup 😢

He’s still smiling through it all, though 😁❤️

[GT Mabuza @Lord_GT15]

@OneFootball *

[Celtics on CLNS @CelticsCLNS]

Joe Mazzulla on his reaction when he heard the Celtics traded Jaylen Brown:

"There's an emotion that goes into it. There's a processing pattern that goes into it ... he made me a better coach. I know that for a fact, the way he pushed me, the way he pushed himself, the way he pushed the locker room, he made me a better coach and that's what you focus on."
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@CLNSMedia | Q: @RealBobManning

[Barça Universal @BarcaUniversal]

🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗: Pau Cubarsí becomes the fastest player ever to keep 5 clean sheets in World Cup history.

• Cubarsí: 5 clean sheets in his first 5 World Cup matches

• Maldini: 5 clean sheets in his first 7 World Cup matches

Generational defender. 🇪🇸

[Boston Celtics @celtics]

Before Zero, there was Eleven 👀