@SteveESpaulding The etiquete is that a person gets to keep the most esteemed title they have earned. In this case, it is 2 time NBA Champion New York Knick.
@weberju5@EWErickson Well, they also did a whole series premised on one dude armed with a stick somehow ruling an entire planet, with the help of like five friends, so 🤷♀️.
It appears that stopping a flesh eating parasite from spreading across the continent was, in fact, NOT waste, fraud, and abuse.
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This is utter bullshit. When Indonesia refused to grant the Israeli under 17 team visa’s for the 2023 U-20 World Cup, FIFA stripped Indonesia’s hosting rights and moved it to Argentina. So @FIFAcom can stop with the lies.
I'm mortified by how the Trump administration is openly discriminating against officials, players, and fans from around the world--cancelling visas, invasive searches, detainments, racism, etc.--but none of it's surprising. He's a white supremacist, and FIFA are bootlickers.
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.
You don’t need to drop thousands of dollars to watch the World Cup final. And you don't need to be a professional to play in the World Cup. You just need to head to Central Park.
We're hosting a free World Cup Final Watch Party on July 19th for 50,000 New Yorkers on the Great Lawn. And we're opening a mini-FIFA Arena next to Tavern on The Green, complete with free clinics, tournaments, and open play.
Free ticket lottery for the Watch Party opens this Thursday, June 11th at 10AM at https://t.co/hUhvIX3MTm.
The mini-FIFA Arena will be open from June 10 to July 18, 10 AM – 8 PM. Learn more at https://t.co/gHnw3ZuPfn.
Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, has been denied entry to the United States.
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One of my favorite uses of AI is innocently asking for confirmation that it is ok to eat some thing I forgot to put away last night, and seeing how it contorts itself into finding a polite way to say “what is wrong with you, woman?!”