I admit, this one made me emotional.
The line - “Nobody teaches you how painful it feels to slowly lose access to someone who once knew your inner life intimately. Someone who understood the silences before your sentences.” Hits very hard.
Amazing article.
Civil Irony : The quiet grief of adult friendship https://t.co/LfirKq1jwr
Sir Alex Ferguson on Alessandro Del Piero 🗣️
“After a game against Juventus, Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville asked me to do everything possible to sign Del Piero for United because he had destroyed our whole defence. So I contacted him, but he refused to listen to my proposal.
In 2006, when Italy won the World Cup and the match-fixing affair in Serie A came to light, I contacted him again, knowing that Real Madrid wanted him too. I was sure he would end up playing for us or for Real this time, so I said to him: ‘Alessandro, after so many years, I still want you. Don't go to Madrid, now is the time to come here to England. You will be the star of our team.’.
He just laughed and replied: ‘Mister, I believe we already had this conversation several years ago. I respect you a lot, but Juventus have problems at the moment (relegated to Serie B) and I can't to be a coward now’.
He preferred to stay at Juve to bring the club back to Serie A rather than sign for United.”
Another week, another Serie A scandal with Kalulu red card
Such a massive game cannot be decided like this in the first half
The law has to change to allow VAR to overrule incorrect second yellows
It is truly unfathomable how this kid would come from a country with no chess culture and not only become World Champion, but inspire generations of Indian kids to push chess forward. The legend, @vishy64theking! Huge congratulations to India for winning the @ChessOlympiad!
Charles 🗣️ "Seeing our tifosi celebrating with us is just amazing and I am so glad that we could share this victory for a second time."
Celebrating today's victory in a Ferrari red Monza 🇮🇹
#ItalianGP