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[Luke Thomas🏋️‍♀️ @lthomasnews]

Bit of a vintage Dana rant, to be fair.

[hopkinsonc @hopkinsonc]

@RickGlaserTheOG Your political takes are almost as bad as your boxing takes.

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

Norway GK Ørjan Nyland's goal kick was touched by the cable above the stadium which dropped the ball and led to England's goal by Jude Bellingham.

VAR did not interfere and the goal was allowed.

[𝗠𝘂𝗵𝗲𝗲 ♛ @muheediva01]

The wildest part about POVERTY is how much time it steals. Waiting for buses. Calling assistance offices. Comparing grocery prices. Fighting insurance. Sitting at laundromats. Being poor is a second job nobody pays you for.

[hopkinsonc @hopkinsonc]

@WrestlingHumble Not sure I follow.

[hopkinsonc @hopkinsonc]

@Acyn Feels like they could be talking about it Trump.

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

There is no conclusive proof. But the circumstantial evidence that there is pro-Argentina bias in FIFA affecting the World Cup:

1) In the group stage opener against Algeria, Messi caught Aïssa Mandi with a studs-up challenge on the Achilles and escaped any card. FIFA later admitted the VAR officials got it wrong and sanctioned them.

2) The inconsistency became undeniable when the United States' Folarin Balogun was sent off in the Round of 32 for a near-identical foot-on-ankle challenge on Bosnia's Tarik Muharemović. Pundits directly compared the red card to Messi's uncarded foul on Mandi.

3) In the 2026 Round of 32 against Cape Verde, referee Drew Fischer did not enforce the tournament's new rule requiring an injured player to remain off the pitch after treatment. He waited for Argentina's Nicolás Tagliafico to return before allowing a Cape Verde corner. Several uncalled fouls in that game also went Argentina's way.

4) Today against Egypt, with Egypt leading 1-0, Mostafa Ziko finished off a long breakaway to make it 2-0. VAR sent Letexier to the monitor and the goal was disallowed for a Marwan Attia shirt-pull on Lisandro Martínez that occurred roughly 20 seconds earlier and nearly the full length of the pitch from goal.

5) Neutral officiating experts, not just Egyptian fans, called the decision wrong. Former FIFA referee Mark Clattenburg said he did not believe it was a foul and did not believe VAR should have intervened at all, adding that the call was inconsistent with the physical contact referees had allowed all tournament.

6) The winning sequence produced a second grievance. In the buildup to Enzo Fernández's stoppage-time winner, Egypt appealed for a penalty on a Salah challenge and for an Alexis Mac Allister shirt-pull, and VAR checked neither. Hassan cited the unreviewed Mac Allister pull directly in his post-match remarks.

7) The 2026 grievances land on top of a 2022 record In Qatar, Argentina were awarded five penalties, the most ever by a team in a single World Cup edition, with Messi taking all five. That same tournament, Messi handled the ball against the Netherlands in the quarterfinal and escaped a yellow card.

8) FIFA has appointed an all-Argentine crew, led by Facundo Tello, for Thursday's France–Morocco quarterfinal, the tournament's first all-same-country panel.

9) Comments attributed to Infantino after an Argentina match were widely discussed as suggesting bias toward Argentina before he later clarified them, and a deep Messi run drives far more global viewership and revenue than one without him. This establishes incentive.

FIFA cannot be trusted. Egypt was robbed. Argentina are coasting to another title under FIFA protection.

[Ricardo Celis @CelisDeportes]

Uno piensa que el boxeo es corrupto hasta que la FIFA dice - ☝🏼
#FIFAInfantinoMustGo

[Dan Rafael @DanRafael1]

Legendary for sure.

[Ryan Songalia @ryansongalia]

Watched Kennedy McKinney vs. Welcome Ncita II from 1992 on my flight, the comeback in round 11 was like a poor man’s Corrales-Castillo. Best way to describe it is, Fighter A used his own knockdown to set up a KO win.

[Jim Cantore @JimCantore]

A great example how holidays are the hardest to gain your attention when severe weather threatens.

[hopkinsonc @hopkinsonc]

@RGIII Fine for him to ask. This is all on fifa. I’m more upset that the unneeded card was given in the first place.

[Charlie Cummings @klaytheist11]

For those wondering that’s the first time a red card in the World Cup has been overturned since 1962. It was when Garrincha was sent off in the semis, and a series of bribes got his card overturned

[hopkinsonc @hopkinsonc]

@arielhelwani Agreed.

[Tokkerū @ATokkers5]

18 years ago today Kendall Holt survived 2 knockdowns to knock out Ricardo Torres in a wild 61 second brawl to win the WBO Super Lightweight Title

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

Neymar Jr. is visibly emotional after playing in what could be his final FIFA World Cup match 💛

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

Neymar crying after Brazil was knocked out of the World Cup in what is likely his last World Cup match is HEARTBREAKING.