Micah Richards found out his father passed away shortly before going live for England's World Cup match against Argentina. The former defender still completed the broadcast, saying his dad would have wanted “the show to go on, so it did” 🙏
Only two goalkeepers have made 8+ saves and kept a clean sheet in a World Cup game across the last three tournaments:
◉ 9 - Guillermo Ochoa vs. Germany (2018)
◉ 8 - Patrick Beach vs. Türkiye (2026) 🆕
What a performance on your World Cup debut! 🇦🇺
Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas
🚨 | @Squawka: Curtis Jones won back possession for Liverpool 16 times in Sunday's game against Everton.
That is the most of any player this season, and the most in a Premier League match since William Saliba’s 17 in 2023/24.
9 - In his final Merseyside derby, Mo Salah has equalled Steven Gerrard's nine goals to be the joint-top scoring player in this Premier League fixture. Icon.
Despite all the flaws of this show, this one scene, this one conversation contains the single best line of dialog in all of fiction and possibly even one of the best quotes in history.
Understand this: The movies and shows about the crucifixion have been tame when compared to what He actually went through.
Even The Passion Of The Christ was forced to hold back a little in order to avoid an X rating.
Crucifixion was, and still is, arguably the most excruciating death someone can experience.
The night before in Gethsemane, He was sweating blood. This is known as hematidrosis. This would have caused His skin to become extremely sensitive, thus making the beatings to come even worse.
The fear He felt was the beginning of His feeling the weight of our iniquities being laid on Him.
Yet - in this moment, He didn’t demand that the Father take it from Him. He only asked for the cup to pass Him over if it was within the Father’s will.
Up next came the Cat of Nine Tails, or a Roman Flagrum. This was a weapon with long leather “tails”, each embedded with sharp bones and metal.
He was flogged 39 times as Jewish law mandated “40 minus one”, because 40 was said to kill a man.
This flogging wasn’t like being punished by your father’s leather belt.
Every strike tore flesh, every strike exposed muscle. Every strike exposed nerve endings. Every strike tore flesh to the bone.
This would be like getting struck with razor blades over and over again, leading to hypovolemic shock from blood loss.
Oh, and the crown of thorns? These weren’t rose thorns. These were thorns which were 2-3 inches long. Beaten into his skull.
These thorns would have pierced his skull, tripping the trigeminal nerve, thus causing unimaginable pain and even more blood loss from the dozens of head wounds.
At this point, extreme nausea and dizziness would begin to set in.
What came next? Carrying the cross. Which weighed around 300lbs. This would be like carrying two full kegs on your back.
Splinters and wood grating against the open flesh on His back. And He had to carry it 650 yards, or close to a half mile.
Imagine carrying a log on your back after being skinned alive.
Up next? He was nailed to the cross with spikes 5-7in in length. Piercing His wrists - this no doubt pierced the median nerve, causing extreme burning sensations up and down His arms.
A spike was driven through his ankles - severing nerves and tendons. This would have felt like standing on broken glass every time He pushed Himself up in order to breathe.
He suffered for 6 hours.
His chest muscles collapsing, making every single breath a fight for life.
His shoulders were dislocated, His arms stretching unnaturally long.
His heart was struggling to pump blood.
He was extremely dehydrated, His lips cracking.
His heart more than likely literally ruptured from the stress.
And on top of all of that, He had to feel a separation with the Father for a period of time in order to REALLY bear the weight of our sin.
He took up this burden for ALL sin before Him, and ALL sin which came after Him.
HE DID IT ALL FOR US.
To free us. To defeat sin. To give us a pathway to the Kingdom.
Every sin we commit is exactly why He had to do it.
And the real kicker? He knew what was coming when He rode into Jerusalem … and He didn’t turn around. He kept going.
For us.
Mohamed Salah's 281 Premier League goal involvements for Liverpool by opponent:
⚽🅰️ 20 G/A vs Newcastle
⚽🅰️ 19 G/A vs Man Utd
⚽🅰️ 17 G/A vs Brighton
⚽🅰️ 17 G/A vs West Ham
⚽🅰️ 16 G/A vs Tottenham
⚽🅰️ 15 G/A vs. Man City
⚽🅰️ 15 G/A vs Bournemouth
⚽🅰️ 15 G/A vs Southampton
⚽🅰️ 14 G/A vs Aston Villa
⚽🅰️ 14 G/A vs Crystal Palace
⚽🅰️ 12 G/A vs Arsenal
⚽🅰️ 12 G/A vs Wolves
⚽🅰️ 11 G/A vs Everton
⚽🅰️ 11 G/A vs Watford
⚽🅰️ 10 G/A vs Leeds
⚽🅰️ 9 G/A vs Chelsea
⚽🅰️ 8 G/A vs Brentford
⚽🅰️ 8 G/A vs Leicester
⚽🅰️ 6 G/A vs Fulham
⚽🅰️ 6 G/A vs Huddersfield
⚽🅰️ 6 G/A vs Leicester
⚽🅰️ 4 G/A vs Burnley
⚽🅰️ 3 G/A vs Cardiff
⚽🅰️ 3 G/A vs Ipswich
⚽🅰️ 2 G/A vs Nottingham Forest
⚽🅰️ 2 G/A vs Stoke
⚽🅰️ 2 G/A vs Swansea
⚽🅰️ 2 G/A vs West Brom
⚽🅰️ 1 G/A vs Sheff Utd
⚽🅰️ 1 G/A vs Sunderland
1 - Since 2017-18, Mohamed Salah ranks 1st in the Premier League for:
Goals (189)
Assists (92)
Open Play Chances Created (534)
Shots (1,104)
Shots on Target (480)
Touches in the Opposition Box (2,717)
Relentless.