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[Dr. Simon @goddek]

Here’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s son calling for Arabs to invade Spain.

Nothing to see here. Please move along.

[Jimmy Mac @JimNaggers]

Didn't know sitting on a wall was a crime

[Troll Football @TrollFootball]

🚨 Argentina's new flag

[Billy Rice @dangerrice]

FIFA to investigate Argentina as they make another Falklands gesture by having no shots on target.

[Clementamania @Holtamania]

Twitter children’s view of Argentina vs an actual Argentinian.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Really exciting to have two World Cup semi-final matches where both matches are played by neighbouring countries.

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[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

With France knocking Morocco out of the World Cup last night, that preserves the three South American teams in the tournament. Which, if any, will win it?

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Panama v England is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both countries have seen disastrous attempts at Scottish expansionism.

Scotland tried to colonise what is now Panama in 1698 (Darien Scheme), but bankruptcy followed. Scotland invaded England in 1513, but King James IV was killed at the battle of Flodden.

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, geography(ish)-based World Cup analysis.

(I hope my fellow Scots will forgive this painful trip into the past, but I couldn't find one geographic similarity between them.)

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

When doing the World Cup posts I've used a combination of 'old' spellings and 'new' ones (e.g. Türkiye for Turkey), but the more I've thought about it the less inclined I am to do the 'new' ones. For example, Côte d'Ivoire has asked that everyone pronounce it as such. But language evolves organically through centuries of cultural exchange, trade, history etc. It doesn't do it by bureaucratic decree.

Forcing adoption of names like Côte d'Ivoire and Türkiye creates unnecessary confusion in my view. It also sets a worrying precedent for politicised renaming. Surely respect for a nation's self-identity doesn't mean the erasure of the linguistic heritage of others? Global communication thrives on stable, familiar terms that are shaped by time and convention, not whimsical or ephemeral diplomatic sensitivities.

So, from now on, it's back to the 'normal' spellings. And I'm just glad that Hungary (Magyarország) aren't in this year's tournament...

I'm interested in what others think here.

[yoshimi battles video game addiction @nise_yoshimi]

British politics since 2010

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Well done Rupert Lowe for organising today's 'Spot The Person Of Colour' competition in Makerfield.

[Stansaid Airport @StansaidAirport]

Inevitable.

[Pilib De Brún (Phil Brown) @Malachians]

Pep Guardiola is a great but he is yet to win a European Cup with a team as a manager who aren’t being investigated for cheated. Forget about Fergie, Matt Busby dragged himself off his deathbed and won a European Cup 10 years after 8 of his players were killed, it took Abu Dhabi 15 years to win a European Cup due to highly probable financial doping.

[Scott Patterson @R_o_M]

Not everyone gets to leave as a champion I guess 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Paul Gaskell @pgaskell13]

I’ll keep banging this drum for the position we were in with goalkeepers, Senne Lammens for £18m is one of the best bits of business we’ve done in years, absolutely transformed us and could be our number 1 for years to come

[Scott Patterson @R_o_M]

Remember when this lot used to say Manchester was blue and everyone outside of Manchester believed them? 😂😂 They’re in a title race and their tickets for the penultimate home game of the season are on GENERAL SALE with 3 tickets each. 1000s still available. The game’s tomorrow.

[Pie Sports Booze 🔞 PARODY @piesportsbooze]

"I'll have a W please Rachel."

[Simon Austin @sport_simon]

Economy with words

[Stu🇾🇪 @evansstuart]

@schaffh95557956 Freiburg im Breisgau!