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[Seattle Times Sports @SeaTimesSports]

When the Super Bowl champion Seahawks return to Lumen Field on Sept. 9, Soundgarden will perform a special halftime show accompanied by another Seattle rock giant. https://t.co/w0noma0Njd

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic on to Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in the FIFA World Cup:

🗣️ “Listen to me carefully, because most of these people in suits have never understood the game and never will.

They create a subsidiary. Call it FIFA Forward Enterprise. Keep majority control on paper. Sell 20% to investors who have never smelled grass. Then wave $20 million in front of every federation and pretend it’s democracy.

That is not structure. That is a magic trick for lawyers. FIFA keeps the majority. FIFA keeps the board. FIFA keeps “exclusive authority” over governance, the calendar, the rules, everything that sounds important on paper. The investors get no operational role. They are only buying a slice of the cash machine. FIFA even says the investors are buying into the subsidiary, not into FIFA itself, so “nothing changes.”

I have seen this movie before. Nothing changes… until the numbers start talking. Once private money owns a permanent piece of the World Cup’s revenue, the pressure never stops. More tournaments. Bigger formats. Different calendar. Different priorities. Because investors do not care about the soul of the game. They care about return. And when the federations are already bought with the $20 million “gift” and the bigger Forward payments, who exactly is going to say no?

This is the same FIFA that spent decades selling the World Cup under the table. I remember the 2015 arrests. Swiss police walking into the hotel in Zurich and taking officials out in the early morning. Racketeering. Bribes. Money laundering. Hundreds of millions paid for television rights, for marketing rights, for World Cup votes. South Africa 2010. Qatar. The whole circus under Blatter. Jack Warner. Chuck Blazer singing to the Americans. Blatter and Platini banned for that $2 million “gentlemen’s agreement” that suddenly appeared when it was convenient. The Ethics Committee, the indictments, the years of “we are cleaning the house.”

And now the house is cleaner, they say. Now instead of brown envelopes and secret payments, we have subsidiaries, minority non-controlling stakes, permanent capital vehicles, JPMorgan valuations, and carefully selected long-term partners. Same hunger for money. Same system of buying loyalty from the 211 associations. Only the language got more expensive.

Infantino stands there and talks about democracy and opportunity. I am Zlatan. I do not need the $20 million and I do not need the speech. Most of these federations do need the money. That is exactly why this structure is dangerous. You are not offering development. You are offering a transaction: take the cash, vote yes by September, and stay quiet while pieces of the World Cup become private equity assets.

Football does not belong to FIFA. FIFA belongs to football. The moment you put shareholders inside the commercial heart of the World Cup and call it progress, you have already admitted the game is for sale. They just found a prettier way to write the contract this time.

I played at the highest level. I saw real power and real money. This is neither. This is bureaucracy protecting itself while selling the one thing that still belongs to the people who actually love the game.

Keep your structure. Keep your valuations. Keep your minority non-controlling stakes. The World Cup was never meant to have owners in suits. It was meant to be bigger than all of you.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Mohamed Salah on the controversial officiating decisions in Egypt and Argentina game, Messi and Argentina are being favored:

“People will say Argentina showed the mentality of champions. Fine. But tell me this: when exactly did Egypt get the same protection from the officials?

We scored a second goal. The stadium exploded. The world saw it. Then suddenly VAR became an archaeologist, digging through the ruins of football history to find a foul from another lifetime.

Funny how they could rewind the game Five minutes to cancel our goal, but when I was brought down in the box, everyone suddenly forgot where the replay button was.

That’s what hurts. Not losing. Not Argentina.

The inconsistency.

One decision gets examined under a microscope. Another gets buried under the carpet.

We were told football is decided on the pitch. Tonight it felt like it was decided in a control room.

And let’s talk about those final minutes.

Two penalty appeals. Two moments that could have changed everything. Nothing. No review. No urgency. No explanation.

Then Argentina go down the other end and score the winner.

That isn’t a plot twist. That’s the kind of script that leaves millions of people asking questions.

Egypt fought for every blade of grass. We defended. We believed. We earned our moments.

But every time we climbed the mountain, someone moved the summit.

The disallowed goal.

The ignored penalty shouts.

The cards flying around our bench because people who dedicate their lives to this game couldn’t understand what they were witnessing.

And now we’re expected to smile and say football won?

No.

Football wins when the rules are applied equally.

Football wins when VAR is a shield for fairness, not a sword that appears only when convenient.

Because from where I’m standing, Egypt didn’t just lose 3-2.

Egypt lost a goal, lost two penalty appeals, lost faith in consistency, and eventually lost a place in the quarter-finals.

Maybe Argentina deserved to advance.

Maybe they didn’t.

That’s football.

But what will make people angry isn’t the result.

It’s the feeling that one team was forced to play against eleven men, the clock, and a set of decisions that seemed to change shape whenever the game demanded it.

And that’s why this match will be remembered long after the scoreline is forgotten.”

[Egypt National Team @EgyptNT_EN]

Thank you for 23 days of the best moments we could have shared together 🤩🇪🇬

#egyptnt
#FIFAWORLDCUP

[David Ornside @David_Ornside]

🚨🗣 Egypt's Coach Hossam Hassan couldn't control himself after full-time:

"I will say what's on my mind regardless of the consequence, this was clearly a rigged match and the whole world saw it"

"And I want to say one more thing, if they want them [Argentina] to win so bad, why call everyone to come and participate?"

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

😂 Who doesn’t love Team Belgium mocking Trump’s Double Jerk-Off Dance in their locker room after annihilating USA 4-1?

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

Referee Didn't Give Egypt a Penalty for this...

FIFA IS RIGGED!

[Infiltrado Blanco @InfiltradoRM]

ESTÁ ES LA IMAGEN DEL MUNDIAL.

[SENYO @Senyyo]

2026 FIFA World Cup Refereeing:

Freekick for Messi Clean tackle

[uSTADIUM @uSTADIUM]

One was a red card, one wasn’t even a yellow card. Make it make sense.

[RedditCFB @RedditCFB]

Friendly reminder that FIFA golden boy Messi received no punishment after this foul earlier in the tournament.

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

#WorldCup2026 Round of 32: The United States will face Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bosnia and Herzegovina supporters have chanted for Palestine in every match since the start of the tournament and have displayed Palestinian flags in the stands.

On the U.S. side, head coach Mauricio Pochettino is a fanatical Trump loyalist. Meanwhile, not a single member of the U.S. national team has publicly spoken out against the country's internationally condemned actions or its racist rhetoric.

You already know which team to support in this match.

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

The 3 results didn’t go Iran’s way and so after an unbeaten campaign now eliminated. Memories of Iranians and Egyptians dancing together will live long in the memory. This is what the World Cup is about.

[Unique Wallpaper @just_unique0]

Here is their difference

[Iran Embassy Sarajevo @IRANinBiH]

The Iran national football team's three matches were played on U.S. soil. However, after each match, the team was not allowed to remain in the United States and had to return to Mexico, which graciously hosted the Iranian national team with outstanding hospitality.
FIFA should exercise greater care in selecting future host nations, ensuring they are worthy hosts and committed to humanitarian principles.
We sincerely thank #Mexico for its warm and gracious hospitality.

[໊ @0b00emma]

mexico genuinely has one of the best stadiums at this world cup, but they’re not getting the hype they deserve. that view is absolutely insane man.🇲🇽 https://t.co/K7SWK7JCTy

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 Iran captain Mehdi Taremi just exposed @FIFAcom and the US:

“This is a disaster World Cup. Infantino promised to fix everything in our locker room… he did nothing. We can’t stay in Seattle — forced back to Tijuana every time. They want us out.”

Visa denials for staff. Day-before travel from Mexico. No recovery. Constant harassment because Iran refuses to bow.

This isn’t sport. It’s political sabotage by the empire using the World Cup as a weapon.

FIFA claims neutrality while Infantino plays lapdog. Iranian players still fighting with dignity.

Expose it. Stand with the players.

[Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree]

Dear @FIFAWorldCup,

On behalf of the entire world, please do not allow Donald Trump the prestigious honor of presenting The Championship Trophy on July 19th.

The honors should go to our gracious co-hosts, President Claudia Pardo or Mexico and Canadian PM Mark Carney.

Trump is a global joke who will leave a toxic, wretched stain on the ceremony, and can't be trusted to not steal the trophy.

The world deserves better.
The players deserve better.
You deserve better.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

- MJF

[Pamphlets @PamphletsY]

🚨🇮🇷 BREAKING — Iran's Taremi Calls Out FIFA and USA