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.
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Wolves have failed to win any of their 19 Premier League away games over the last year.
They’ve lost 14 (and failed to score in 12) of those 19.
Conceded 35, scored just 9.
Their travelling away fans have been incredible while receiving very, very little in return. #wwfc
Relegation will be confirmed at 7:30pm this evening I’ve no doubt.
What I do know is this has been a managed decline over the past three years and this day was a long time in the making.
We can blame managers etc - but it’s ALL on our custodians @Fosun_Intl
Selling our best players year on year replacing them with inadequate alternatives - selling our captain four seasons running - this season though we haven’t even got a recognised captain to sell!
The Nathan Shi appointment is all smoke and mirrors and was a deliberate ploy to take the pressure off Fosun and now that will hopefully backfire very quickly - it’s the owners that need to be on the firing line.
The sooner these charlatans are out of our club and sell up the better. They wouldn’t run any of their other businesses this way but deem it fit to run Wolverhampton Wanderers with such negligence.
FOSUN do the right thing - get out of our club - stop the rot and make the sale to someone who understands the importance of running a football club the right way and wants to rebuild not regress.
It’s our club - not your vanity project.
We had it all didn’t we.
Dining at the top table. European football. Easily the best atmosphere in the league. Nuno at the helm. An outrageously good squad. Trophies and reliving history a really possibility.
I’ll never, ever forgive them for giving up and chucking it all away.
What you are seeing in the @premierleague is a rapid transition away from real entertainment (open play goals, vociferous fans, flair players) to americanised entertainment (set plays, stat obsession, light shows, pre match entertainment)