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.
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🚨A Palestinian child suffered a devastating head injury in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Despite severe trauma and extremely limited medical resources, doctors managed to save his life.
As documented by Dr. Jamal Salha, the child underwent emergency treatment after brain tissue had protruded from his skull. With operating rooms overwhelmed by casualties, the procedure was performed in the emergency room an extraordinary effort that saved him from death.
A teenager holding a white flag shot down from a quadcopter in his own home. A newborn baby shot in the head while breastfeeding inside a tent. These are some of the horrific accounts of Israel’s targeting of Palestinian children from the UN’s latest report. @mehdirhasan shares:
*Don't see this as just another image from a war. See a child. A life taken too soon. A future that will never be lived. A loss beyond words. When children die, humanity loses a part of itself.
10 years ago today: Akhlaq was killed after an announcement from a temple loudspeaker
Uttar Pradesh: On 28 September 2015, in Bisahda village of Dadri in Uttar Pradesh, an announcement was made from a local temple loudspeaker that Akhlaq had slaughtered a cow. After this, a violent mob attacked his house. The mob beat Akhlaq to death; in this attack, his mother and his 22-year-old son Danish were seriously injured.
At the end of 2025, the Uttar Pradesh government filed an application in a local court to withdraw all charges against the 19 accused
This is Judge Rohit Galiya, who granted bail to a 57 year old rapist who raped a three year old girl in Delhi.
The court stated that, for the time being, there appears to be no need to keep the accused in jail for a prolonged period.
It was that little girl's first day at school. the child had been separated from her parents for the first time.