Arafat Hossain

Real life Walter Mitty without the Adventure Part 🙍 | Love to watch Documentaries | And, Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[Arafat Hossain @WaterBhai]

An Excellent Interview about what's happening in Ukraine -Russia. What's the Solution and more.

A must read, I say. https://t.co/C54WKBfNkK

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

Just move all the games to Mexico, imo

[S @316simsim]

How the fuck can the final not be in this stadium? It’s like one of the 7 wonders of the football world

[Carl Anka @Ankaman616]

Such poor game management from South Africa today. Brain fart after brain fart. Yikes.

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

That hydration break came at just the right time because many Americans were beginning to panic that they hadn’t hadn’t seen an ad for over 20 minutes

[Oliver Holt @OllieHolt22]

Oh man…the Azteca

[FIFA @FIFAcom]

Let's go, @FIFAWorldCup 2026! 🙌

[Carl Anka @Ankaman616]

DEEPLY frustrating that the 2026 World Cup Final won't be at the Azteca.
Look at it. It's a football cathedral.

[Brian McDonald @BrianMcDonaldIE]

When Russia hosted the World Cup in 2018, it had to suspend normal visa rules for the tournament. Foreigners with tickets could enter visa-free, using a scheme called ‘Fan ID.’

Russia also had to do weird stuff to keep FIFA’s sponsors happy. For example, small shops near Fan Zones and stadiums could only sell Budweiser beer on match days.

So yes, FIFA absolutely does dictate conditions to host governments when it suits FIFA. Infantino pretending otherwise is nonsense.

[The Athletic | Football @TheAthleticFC]

Mexico City Stadium — or, as it is more commonly known, Estadio Azteca — has hosted no fewer than 19 matches across two editions of the World Cup, including two finals.

And later today, it will be the scene for the opener of the 2026 tournament between Mexico & South Africa.

It was the backdrop for Brazil’s 1970 win and for the Hand of God, Diego Maradona’s infamous opening goal in the 1986 quarter-final against England (and his brilliant second, known as the Goal of the Century).

📝 @jacklang

🔗 https://t.co/2hwKi7SXGD

[Kieran Maguire @KieranMaguire]

The World Cup...except the World cannot attend it.

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

NYT-owned The Athletic, normally paywalled, says it is making its World Cup coverage free to read in its app until the day of the final on 19 July.

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

"Chill, relax"

BBC sports editor Dan Roan asks Fifa president Gianni Infantino if he's lost control of his own tournament.

#FifaWorldCup

[cricket.com.au @cricketcomau]

For just the fourth time in ODI history a side lost three wickets before scoring a run 🤯 #BANvAUS

Match centre: https://t.co/8mQDNgA9DR

[Cricbuzz @cricbuzz]

❌Matthew Short - 0 (4)
❌Cooper Connolly - 0 (1)
❌Matt Renshaw - 0 (5)

Australia were reduced to 0/3 in just 2 overs today in the second ODI against Bangladesh!!

😱😱😱

[Daniel Cherny @DanielCherny]

Marnus Labuschagne has survived the cut again!
The only change for Australia Riley Meredith is in for Liam Scott. Aussies won toss and batting first in Dhaka.

[OptaJason @OptaJason]

0 - #BANvAUS today is the fourth consecutive men's ODI batting innings Australia's opening partnership has recorded exactly zero runs - their longest such streak in the history of the format. Brief.

[cricket.com.au @cricketcomau]

Australia lost three wickets before even scoring a run in the second ODI against Bangladesh 👀 #BANvAUS

Match centre: https://t.co/8mQDNgA9DR

[Neal 🇦🇺 @NealGardner_]

A good coach can change your life. Just when Portugal have their most talented squad in ages, they go into the world cup with Roberto Martinez at the helm.

What a waste.

[Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney]

Infantino says "as Fifa president I have a statutory responsibility to raise the income to invest in parts of the world where people don't invest"

(a) they have immense revenues anyway
(b) he does not that have statutory responsibility

[Tom Morgan @Tom_Morgs]

Almost but not quite World Cup ready at Azteca as fences go up to cover wet concrete ahead of Gianni Infantino’s arrival