FIFA is proposing that the opening match of their upcoming under-15s football festival should be Palestine against Israel. (via The NYT)
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Messi and Ronaldo did the exact same thing. One got applauded, the other received a yellow card.
No matter what he does, they always find a way to go against him 😭💔
Momentazo tras el heróico empate de Cabo Verde contra España. Todos van a abrazar a la gran figura: Vozinha, el portero de Cabo Verde.
Sus compañeros le muestran que lo están enfocando en las pantallas grandes mientras la gente aplaude. Él llora de la emoción.
Imagina debutar en un Mundial con 40 años y que salgas figura en el primer partido de la historia de tu país, que es un empate contra España. Nunca es tarde. Y momentos como este lo pagan todo. Grande Cabo Verde, grande Vozinha 💚
Out of the loop since I haven’t watched club football in years and have become a World-Cup-only watcher, but fr what was that abysmal performance 😭. Endless tikitaka followed by the same attempt from outside the box, shot into fucking spaaaace 😭
Not Cape Verde actually giving Spain a run for their money, wow! I’m loving all these tiny island nations giving it their all and the crowd’s excitement is soooo palpable 🥹🥹
Few points on the announcement of a US-Iran deal:
- Image of US power significantly diminished. Washington could not bring Iran to heel, could not open the Hormuz Strait, could not push Saudi into war, could not impose normalisation with Israel, could not protect its allies against cheaper Iranian missiles despite its more expensive technology, could not get NATO to join the war, could not get Europe to join the war, could not convince China to pull away from Iran, and could not stop Gulf states privately negotiating with Iran to exclude themselves from Iran's list of targets.
- Israel overreached and failed. It successfully dragged US to war with Iran, but failed to achieve any strategic aim. No regime change, no Arab-Israeli coalition, no newly annexed territories, publicly slapped down by Trump after attacking Beirut, forced kicking and screaming into a deal it adamantly opposed, and now faces a US public opinion that squarely blames Tel Aviv for dragging America into a war there was no need to fight with potentially generational political consequences for the US-Israeli relationship (Israel cannot fight any war without US funds, troops, weapons, and diplomatic cover).
- Saudi Arabia vindicated. Refused to be dragged into conflict, resisted UAE campaign to get Arab states to join Israel's attack, resisted pressure from Trump to normalise in exchange for security, deepened coordination with Pakistan and Turkiye over integrating supply chains and routes, and successfully negotiated its own de-escalation with Iran.
- Turkiye's Erdogan staves off Israeli attempts to use the war with Iran to drive a wedge between him and Trump as the latter instead asserts their personal friendship, thanks him publicly for helping to bring the deal, and affirms his belief in Turkiye as a stabilising force by promoting Tom Barrack (who the Israelis deeply resent for his alleged partiality and positive view of Ankara).
Bono spent the entire race pleading with AKA to stop taking risks,warning him again and again about track limits, wheel lock-ups, and avoiding penalties. Yet he was so obsessed with chasing GR that he ignored every warning, kept pushing flat-out, and ultimately pushed the car beyond its limits.