Fred Veldman 🖋🇺🇦

Nederlandse journalist woonachtig in Bad Bentheim. 50 jaar in de journalistiek. Uitstekende contacten grensregio en luchtvaart. Gek op golf (hcp 14)🌻

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 FIFA 2026 TICKET DISASTER EXPOSED

Financial Times just reported: Over 176,000 tickets already flooding the resale market — prices down 20% in a month.

Fans are dumping seats. FIFA is quietly shifting inventory. Empty stadiums incoming for the "biggest World Cup ever."

This is what happens when Gianni Infantino prices the people's game like a billionaire club for Western elites and corporate sponsors.

Same Infantino who stayed silent when US border agents humiliated Senegal’s Lions of Teranga and deported Africa’s top referee Omar Artan like trash.

Same Infantino who invented a fake "Peace Prize" for Trump while African dignity gets trampled.

Hypocrisy level: MAXIMUM.

Football belongs to the Global South too. We built this sport.

Not a luxury product for the few while Africa pays premium prices for second-class treatment.

Infantino’s FIFA is failing — on the pitch, at the border, and in the stands.

The mask is off.

Africa, demand better or build our own power in the game.

[Fred Veldman 🖋🇺🇦 @fredveldman]

Ik denk dat deze WK het einde betekent voor Infantino. Gelukkig maar.

[Alex Haditaghi @CanDisenchanted]

Gianni Infantino Must Resign!

Football belongs to the people. It does not belong to politicians. It does not belong to dictators.
Football is supposed to stand for fair play, equality, courage, humanity, and respect. Under his leadership, FIFA has moved further and further away from those values.

When FIFA creates political theatre instead of protecting the soul of the game, football loses.
When FIFA presents a made-up “peace” award to Donald Trump, one of the most divisive political figures in the world, football loses.

When FIFA stays silent or passive about Israel and their participation in FIFA competitions, while innocent civilians suffer, football loses. When federations are treated with double standards, while Muslim nations like Iran or Iraq, African nations, Middle Eastern nations, and smaller football nations are treated as second class members of the global game, football loses.

When FIFA speaks loudly about racism and equality but acts selectively & differently, when power and money are involved, football loses.

The World Cup is one of the most beautiful, historic, and unifying events on earth. It should never be used as a political stage. It should never be turned into a private ceremony for powerful men. It should never be controlled by fear, hypocrisy, or backroom interests.

FIFA’s job is not to serve Donald Trump or USA. FIFA’s job is not to protect governments. FIFA’s job is not to reward power. FIFA’s job is to protect football.
And today, under Gianni Infantino, FIFA is failing that duty. As the President and Owner of Pogoń Szczecin, a club competing proudly within the UEFA and FIFA football family, I believe it is time for FIFA President Gianni Infantino to resign or be removed.

The refusal to apply standards equally, the failure to act with courage, the political posturing, and the selective morality have created a black eye for world football.

Football needs leaders with backbone. Leaders who are not afraid of presidents, governments, sponsors, or political pressure. Leaders who understand that the badge, the flag, the supporters, the players, and the integrity of the game are bigger than any one man.
Gianni Infantino has lost the moral authority to lead world football. For the good of the game, for the credibility of FIFA, and for the millions of people around the world who still believe football can unite humanity, he should resign.

If he will not resign, FIFA’s member associations should find the courage to remove him.
Football and its fans deserve better. The world deserves better. And the game we all love must never be sold, silenced, or humiliated by weak leadership.
#FIFAWorldCup2026 #FIFAWorldCup2026Boykott

[Ian L Richardson @ianrich15813274]

When one of the most respected referees in world football is refused entry by the host nation, because they don't like his home country, the correct response of the other referees should be to boycott the tournament unless he is allowed to do his job. Sadly, that won't happen.

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Este es el trato que EEUU ha dado a las selecciones de fútbol de Senegal y Uzbekistán, ambos países musulmanes, registraron a los jugadores y a los entrenadores como si en vez de jugar el Mundial, fuesen a poner bombas.

Luego la FIFA te saca campañas de "Say No To Racism" mientras permite que se celebren sus mundiales en paises donde persiguen inmigrantes como en EEUU.

[ApocaFede @DrApocalypse]

L’Uzbekistan allenato da Fabio Cannavaro trattato come una banda di criminali negli USA.
Il mondiale della vergogna targato Trump e Infantino

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours:

• Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later.

• Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States.

• The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Türkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas.

• Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament.

• The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas.

• Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism.

• The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media.

• Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure.

• Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.

[Fara Kaufman @justfara]

BREAKING📷 A woman donated $1 million to Trump's super PAC. Three weeks later, her son a convicted tax criminal was pardoned. His pardon application literally mentioned her donation.
Her name is Elizabeth Fago. Her son, Paul Walczak, had pleaded guilty to federal tax crimes. The pardon application filed on his behalf explicitly cited his mother's million-dollar donation to MAGA Inc. as a reason he deserved clemency. Trump signed the pardon. Walczak walked free and was relieved of more than $4 million in restitution he owed.
That is one entry on a donor list of 58 people who gave a million dollars or more.
MAGA Inc., Trump's super PAC, has now raised over $305 million since the 2024 election five times more than any presidential super PAC in history at this stage. The Brennan Center called it "completely unprecedented." Ninety-six percent of it came from donors giving $1 million or more. Sixty-two percent from those giving $5 million or more. This is not a grassroots operation. It is a pay-window.
Here's what the donor list actually shows.
https://t.co/s5GJV5zpIa's parent company, Foris Dax, gave $30 million — while it was under SEC investigation for allegedly trading unregistered securities. The SEC investigation was quietly dropped in March 2025, two months after the donation.
The Winklevoss twins gave $1 million — also while their crypto platform Gemini was under SEC investigation. That investigation was dropped in February 2025.
Energy Transfer, the Texas pipeline company, and its CEO Kelcy Warren gave a combined $25 million — while Energy Transfer was actively suing a federal regulatory agency in court.
OpenAI President Greg Brockman and his wife gave $25 million — as the Trump administration was actively shaping AI policy in Silicon Valley's favor.
Then there are the appointments. Benjamin Landa gave $5 million then became Trump's ambassador to Hungary. Kelly Loeffler and her husband gave $5 million she now runs the Small Business Administration. Warren Stephens gave $2 million now ambassador to the United Kingdom. Jared Isaacman gave $2 million now NASA administrator.
And Isabela Herrera, a 25-year-old self-employed financial consultant whose only prior political donation was $20 to Pete Buttigieg in 2020, somehow contributed $3.5 million to MAGA Inc. Her father a Venezuelan billionaire facing federal bribery charges was pardoned by Trump in January 2026. Campaign Legal Center has filed a formal complaint with the FEC alleging she was a straw donor for her father.
This is not dark money. This is public record.
Every dollar, every favor, every pardon. Filed with the FEC. Sitting in plain sight.
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[كأس العالم™ @TrendEPL]

🚨🚨🚨 🚨🚨🚨 انتقادات حادة لمراسل سكاي سبورتس كافي سوليهكول بسبب نفاقه الواضح تجاه كأس العالم 2026! 🔥

• تعرض المراسل البريطاني لهجوم واسع بعد تقريره الأخير قبل مونديال 2026، حيث ركز على أسعار التذاكر ووصفها بـ الفضيحة، وقارن التأثير البيئي بين مونديال قطر ومونديال أمريكا معتبرًا الأخير الأكثر تلويثًا في التاريخ، بينما تجاهل تمامًا العديد من الأحداث المهمة والمشاكل التي واجهت المنتخبات..

• معاناة المنتخب الياباني من سوء مقرات التدريب في المكسيك، حيث اضطر لتغييرها مرتين في يومين فقط.

• اكتشاف المنتخب السويسري وجود أفاعٍ سامة قرب مقر إقامته في سان دييغو بولاية كاليفورنيا.

• احتجاز اللاعب العراقي أيمن حسين في المطار لمدة 7 ساعات.

• منع المصور الرسمي للمنتخب العراقي طلال صلاح من الدخول رغم الاعتماد الرسمي والتأشيرة، بعد تفتيش جسدي وهاتفه واستجواب طويل، وأُجبر على العودة إلى العراق.

• رفض تأشيرة الظهير المغربي زكريا الواحدي مرتين.

• انتقاد توماس توخيل لأرضية ملعب "ريموند جيمس" في تامبا بولاية فلوريدا، ووصفها بأنها غير مستوية وصعبة، مما أجبر الفريق على الاعتماد على الكرات الطويلة.

• مواجهة المنتخب الإيراني صعوبات لوجستية كبيرة حيث سيُجبر لاعبوه على الدخول والخروج في اليوم نفسه من أمريكا في أيام المباريات.

• منع الحكم الصومالي عمر عبد القادر عرتن من دخول أمريكا.

• خضع لاعبو منتخب أوزبكستان لتفتيش مكثف قبل مواجهة هولندا، وتم التعامل معهم بطريقة وُصفت بأنها مهينة.

• خضع لاعبو منتخب السنغال لتفتيش مكثف فور وصولهم إلى أمريكا.

[🇹🇷🇹🇷 Hakan Boyav 🇵🇸🇵🇸 @hakanboyv]

Kendi evladın değil diye mi susuyorsun?

Susma !

Lütfen paylaş.

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 WORST @FIFAcom PRESIDENT OF ALL TIME: INFANTINO SILENT AS US HUMILIATES AFRICA

Gianni Infantino selected Omar Abdulkadir Artan — Africa's top referee and first Somali at a World Cup — then watched US authorities deny him entry at the border despite diplomatic passport and approved visa. Turned back like trash. No reason. No fight.

Where is your voice, Infantino?

You preach "global football" and "unity" while selling out African officials to US border politics. This isn't leadership — it's cowardice and betrayal of the game.

You are proving every day why you are the worst FIFA president in history. Africa will not forget this disgrace.

Stand up or step down.

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

Mientras tanto este fin de semana en Mónaco, se puso de moda que los parásitos capitalistas muestren sus superdeportivos de 5 millones de dólares aparcados encima de su yate de otros 35 millones de dólares.

Esto es el capitalismo, para que unos pocos tengan esta absurda riqueza, muchos otros tienen que andar descalzos en minas para ganar 2 dólares al día... no es un "error" o un "mal funcionamiento" del sistema, ESTO es el sistema.

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

This girl found out that the Albanian island that the Kushner’s are buying is registered in Amsterdam by Zvernic South Adriatic Development & it’s owned through a chain of Dutch Shell Companies & it’s managed by a trust office.They’re really trying to hide the owners names well.

[Rafael Araya Masry @arayamas]

La falta de empatía y solidaridad con la selección iraní, discriminada por la @fifacom_es y los EEUU muestra la genuflexión y fala total de solidaridad de las 47 federaciones y selecciones restantes ante el poder político y económico de Infantino y Trump. Deberían boicotear!!!!

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

This is DISGUSTING

Israel halts humanitarian aid to Gaza until further notice.

This is COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT

[African @ali_naka]

Forget about the silly FIFA Peace Prize

USA should not be hosting the World Cup !!

FIFA president is a moron

[Fred Veldman 🖋🇺🇦 @fredveldman]

@boris_malk40112 @ultras_antifaa Beautiful game huh?

[Antifa_Ultras @ultras_antifaa]

#BoycottWorldCup2026

[John Wight @JohnWight1]

This World Cup should have been exclusive to Mexico.

Fuck the US.

[Fred Veldman 🖋🇺🇦 @fredveldman]

@MPGLaurent Deze roepende in de woestijn pleit al maanden voor een boycot. Zoals bij de wk in Qatar blijft hier het beeld op zwart.