Lemmy

[Lemmy @lchungu]

@RealAyanfe1 Only Suarez has those ears

[Lemmy @lchungu]

@Rusia_HD Definitely

[Bosnian Football @BosniaNTBall]

Whether it is or isn’t a red to Balogun is now irrelevant. Government interference is a violation of FIFA Article 2 & 15, and the punishment is disqualification and suspension. #FIFAWorldCup

[Rachel Kryshak @RachelKryshak]

To be clear: Whether it is or isn’t a red to Balogun is now irrelevant. Government interference is a violation of FIFA Article 2 & 15, and the punishment is disqualification and suspension. Nepal was suspended.

This is an admission of the violation.

[Sérgio Santos @ZAMENZA]

Esse equatoriano recebeu pelo celular a notificação do gol de virada do Equador sobre a Alemanha, mas se segurou por QUINZE segundos pra não estragar a surpresa dos amigos. #EQUXALE

[Mariana Oliveira @marioliveirain]

Os colombianos respeitosamente esperando ele acabar de cantar o hino da seleção do Congo sozinho para depois vibrarem com ele 🥲

[New Direction AFRICA @Its_ereko]

🚨 VINI JR JUST TOLD FIFA: “WE’LL PAY THE FINE — BUT NOBODY FROM US IS DOING HALF-TIME INTERVIEWS.”

During Brazil’s World Cup match, Vinícius refused the mandatory tunnel interview.

Reporter: “You’ll get a huge fine for this.”

Vini: “We’ll pay. But nobody is coming to the mic.”

This isn’t arrogance. It’s players finally saying enough to FIFA’s corporate circus.

Half-time should be for tactics, water, recovery — not feeding the broadcast machine while the game gets sliced up for ads (sound familiar with those forced “welfare” breaks?).

FIFA under Infantino has turned football into a product. Mandatory everything. Player focus as an afterthought. Suits in Zurich cashing in.

Brazil and Vini just pushed back. Raw. Direct. No bowing to the machine.

The beautiful game belongs to the players on the pitch — not boardrooms selling every second.

Who else is done with this?

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

The award for the most stylish World Cup arrival goes to DR Congo 😎🇨🇩

[Gitz  @Gitz__]

Players denied entry .
Officials denied entry .
Referees denied entry.
Now they're denying fans entry.

The U.S was a terrible choice to host the world cup.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: Somali referee Omar Artan was questioned for 11 hours (!) before being denied entry.

“I am just a referee trying to live my biggest dream: going to the World Cup, I am really, really disappointed. I had the correct documents and the correct visa. I think they have a problem with my country.”

— @nytimes

[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

A 24-year-old Polish tennis player arrived in Paris last week ranked 114th in the world, with no sponsors, no guaranteed income, and no certainty she could even pay for her hotel room.

She had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the French Open main draw. Prize money is only paid at the end of the tournament, so a Polish sports drink brand quietly stepped in and covered her hotel bill.

Her name is Maja Chwalinska. And today, she plays in the French Open final.

Before this tournament, she had won exactly one Grand Slam main draw match in her entire career. She had battled depression so severe that in 2021 she couldn't get out of bed. She underwent knee surgery in 2022. She spent years grinding through small tournaments across Europe just to stay afloat.

Then she arrived in Paris, won three qualifiers, and kept winning. Zheng Qinwen. Elise Mertens. Maria Sakkari. Diana Shnaider. Nine straight matches. One set dropped.

She is now the first qualifier in French Open history to reach the final. The last time a qualifier reached a Grand Slam final, it was Emma Raducanu at the 2021 US Open. Raducanu won.

By simply making the final, Chwalinska has earned more prize money than her entire career combined. The runner-up cheque alone is $1.6 million. If she wins today, she takes home $3.25 million.
One week ago she couldn't pay for her hotel room.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🌍🏆 Achraf Hakimi poses with his 3rd Champions League, becoming the most decorated African player in history.

🏆🏆🏆 Champions League
🏆🏆🏆 French Super Cup
🏆🏆 Coupe de France
🏆 AFCON
🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 Ligue 1
🏆 Serie A
🏆 UEFA Super Cup
🏆 FIFA Club World Cup
🏆 German Super Cup
🏆 Spanish Super Cup

19 major trophies, one more than Yaya Touré and Samuel Eto’o. 📈

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨 Mikel Arteta on PSG: “What they are able to do with the ball, with individual actions – I’ve never seen it before”.

[Paris Saint-Germain @PSG_English]

🏆 BACK 2 BACK 🏆

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🚨 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN BEAT ARSENAL AND WIN BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS LEAGUES! 🏆🏆

Historical achievement for PSG. 🔴🔵💥

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE: ARNE SLOT AND LIVERPOOL TO PART WAYS WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. 💣

It’s over between the Dutch manager and Liverpool after end of the season review. 👋🏼

Andoni Iraola, clear favorite to take over as next #LFC head coach.

[ChiefHerbalist @HerbalistChief]

In 2022 i shared this knowledge here on X.

My account was reported and censored, medical doctors heavily insulted me and called me so many names.

Yet recent studies have vindicated me. Knowledge is indeed a burden.

[David J Harris Jr @DavidJHarrisJr]

🚨BREAKING: Sen. Kennedy calls for Bill Gates to be investigated for $1.3B in alleged COVID fraud!

[Senator Ron Johnson @SenRonJohnson]

This is the biggest government scandal of my lifetime, and the legacy media refuses to cover it.

The FDA knew that COVID injections were causing severe adverse events, including sudden cardiac death, pulmonary infarction, and Bell’s palsy.

Americans had the Right to Know, and those affected deserve justice.