Ben Trepess

[L'Équipe @lequipe]

La une du journal L'Equipe du mercredi 10 juin

[Rahul SA 🇿🇦 @Rahul_AJ_1990]

As South Africa, we hosted the World Cup in 2010.

Upon the insistence of FIFA & in accordance with the Host Country & Host City Agreements, we had to waiver laws, by-laws, policies, regulations, processes & the like, to ensure that South Africa became the ultimate hosts of the world during the period.

We passed special legislation specifically to meet FIFA's hosting requirements for the 2010 World Cup. The most important were the '2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Special Measures Act, 2006 (Act 11 of 2006)' and the 'Second 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Special Measures Act, 2006 (Act 12 of 2006)'. These laws were enacted to give legal effect to the guarantees we had made to FIFA during the bidding process.

The special laws effected temporary special provisions & exceptions in certain areas, including: Special visa, work permit, & accreditation arrangements for players, officials, media & visitors.

These requirements were not exclusive to South Africa, as Korea & Japan (2002), Germany (2006), Brazil (2014), Russia (2018), Qatar (2022), had to enact the same.

[Carl Anka @Ankaman616]

A small, sad man.

[Ben Trepess @btrep86]

@mattr165 @WG_RumblePants @tds122 Nah, can't have that. 220 is sub-par at the 'Stead these days

[Fisted Away @fistedaway]

Has Darren Fletcher considered simply playing fearless, attacking, and entertaining football that prioritizes winning with style, daring wingers, relying on youth development, and demonstrating a resilient "never say die" attitude?

[Barney Ronay @barneyronay]

Jofra and Australia. A strange relationship
https://t.co/gVcBXzfKY4

[DAISY CUTTER @daisycutterzine]

can we not do this shit again 🙏🏻

[James McCaghrey @MccaghreyJames]

After 27 team overs Archer had 1/19 (8) with a dropped catch from earlier.

The rest of the bowlers had combined for 119/1 (19).

He bowled a 7 over spell that lasted from Tea to drinks.

Starcs longest spell in the first was 6, with a gap after 4 separated by dinner.

[Tom Evans @TomEvansCricket]

@tickerscricket Shivnarine Sand-the-ball

[We Global Football @We_Global]

We're going to play a game called "Spot the Category 4 Tickets" for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Which is your favorite?

Thread 🧵 1/4:

Mexico City 🇲🇽
Monterrey 🇲🇽
Guadalajara 🇲🇽
San Francisco 🇺🇸

[Somerset Cricket 🏆 @SomersetCCC]

🔥 BLACKBIRD 🔥

#WeAreSomerset
#FinalsDay

[Ali Martin @Cricket_Ali]

Despite everything, the T20 Blast is still premier short form mens comp in England. Cracking final

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

Can you tell us how he died, where, and why?

[Danny @dafrankland]

Tuesday's men's Hundred opener had an average BBC audience of 583,000, a drop of 14.3% from last year.

The full BBC figures for men's openers are:
2021: 900,000
2022: 520,000
2023: 345,000
2024: 680,000
2025: 583,000

[Machine Pun Kelly 🇺🇦 @KellyScaletta]

He was the worst President in history. And when he got voted out, he tried to stage a coup. Then he stole national secrets and sold the ones he didn't store in the bathroom.

He was convicted of fraud, found liable of sexual assault and convicted of 34 felonies. He is half a billion dollars in debt, owned by God only knows who, and the biggest national security risk the nation has ever had.

But at least he's not a Black woman.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

"We're withholding our endorsement because our owner is frightened of government retaliation if Donald Trump wins" is a more forceful and eloquent statement than any newspaper editorial ever written.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

New statement from Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein: "We respect the traditional independence of the editorial page, but this decision 11 days out from the 2024 presidential election ignores the Washington Post's own overwhelming reportorial evidence on the threat Donald Trump poses to democracy. Under Jeff Bezos’s ownership, the Washington Post’s news operation has used its abundant resources to rigorously investigate the danger and damage a second Trump presidency could cause to the future of American democracy and that makes this decision even more surprising and disappointing, especially this late in the electoral process."

[Wisden @WisdenCricket]

📸 The beautiful game

Somerset win a classic with three minutes to spare!

#CountyCricket2024