Palestinian goalkeeper Salim Al-Ashqar has been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
He leaves behind his wife of 5 months who is expecting their first child.
I’ve seen a lot of people make the argument that Russian Figure Skating is an exceptional case due to their state funding, and how that makes them less neutral/ethical than US athletes. So I’m making a thread (with sources) elaborating on how that’s not exactly true.
where is the neutral stance for american skaters and israeli skaters with no flag, anthem and support?? or is it okay cause they’re killing brown and black people in the global south who y’all nasty creatures don’t consider human beings? shameless
Сколько там армия США разбомбила стран и убила людей за последние месяцы? Почему американские фигуристы не доказывают, что они не поддерживают военные преступления США, чтобы выступать под нейтральным флагом? А ой
USботы, строча очередной твит о том, как «there is no neutral athletes», пока их фигуристы и «us army solders» свободно выступают на всех соревнованиях, и их это ни грамма ни смущает 😍
🇷🇺/🇧🇾 The ISU have announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes can compete as neutral athletes from the 2026/27 season.
Athletes and any coaches/support staff must fulfill an eligibility criteria, which will be judged by the ISU Council.
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Naomi Osaka says her Wimbledon outfit was inspired by Lucy Liu in Kill Bill:
"When you're coming out for a first round match. That striking amazing outfit you came out in... how much of a difference does that make and tell us about the inspiration for it.."
"Yeah, it makes a difference. For me, I find fashion to be really fun. You guys all look for beautiful and I kind of want to come out in something to. To me, my Japanese heritage means a lot. They said all white in Wimbledon and I thought it'd be really cute to come out in a Kimono. I just get inspired by a lot of different things.
One of my favorite movies is Kill Bill. I really love Lucy Liu's character, O-ren Ishii. She comes out in this really iconic white Kimono. I always tell people I like to be like a video character sometimes, I don't want to be myself when I'm playing on the court and I tried to embody her a little."
first of all: holy shit she's gorgeous
second of all: is the timeline about to be hit with the news of a new secret marriage (or is she actually mr.sakamoto) because look at her hand
“I chose this as a challenge. It’s a style I haven’t skated to before. All I’m thinking about is getting the crowd excited.” Rio Nakata debuted his new SP “Alive” inspired by Shoma Uno’s “Great Spirit”
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Shomarin_memo reached their 100th post today.! They'll continue posting practice clips from last year and clips from their first performances but are undecided whether they'll continue sharing other clips from more recent practices.
They also thank everyone for their support!
when the world cup was in qatar the host country asked to respect homophobia bc it was “their culture” but now the world cup is hosted in three countries that have same sex marriage i’m not seeing the “respect the host country culture”
every time i see this footage i think jun is a stronger soldier than i am bc i would’ve let the second hand embarrassment get the best of me and threatened to knock him out if he didn’t quit it
“I wanted more people to see how wonderful Marin’s skating is.” Shoma Uno and Marin Honda will make their competitive debut at the All-Japan qualifying event in Maebashi from October 29 to November 1
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