Arjun Bhalla

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

@BenCrellin BB GW1

[Shaiel Ben-Ephraim @academic_la]

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.

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

@pash161 Hear hear!

[Vijender Singh @boxervijender]

I don’t know what’s the scoring system but I think very close fight..he play so well..koi na bhai #NishantDev

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

Couldn’t agree more!!!

#BoxingScam #OlympicGames #Paris2024

[sohom @AwaaraHoon]

THIS IS ROBBERY!! Nishant Dev was the clear winner. Boxing is so rigged, no one knows how the judges are scoring. No transparency, just unorganised & based on favouritism & luck. WWE matches make more sense than this clownery they calling boxing rn!

#Boxing #Olympics #Paris2024

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

@Sporty_Baba @shreynagrath @tarequelaskar Mil gaya bro! Just abhi website pe! Was checking since morning! See you there! :)

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

@Sporty_Baba @shreynagrath @tarequelaskar Anything bro?

[Hockey India @TheHockeyIndia]

सरपंच साहाब तुस्सी कमाल करते हो!
Captain. Leader. India's Top-Scorer. 🏑

With 6⃣ Goals in 5⃣ matches, Harmanpreet Singh is currently one of the top scorers in the tournament trailing by just 1 goal to Blake Grovers from Australia.

Banking on his Goal-Scoring form for the knockouts.
#Hockey #HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #HockeyLayegaGold #WinItForSreejesh
#Paris2024 #IndvsAus
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@sports_odisha @Limca_Official @CocaCola @FIH_Hockey

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

@Sporty_Baba @shreynagrath @tarequelaskar Galti hogi baba! Kuch jugaad karvao!

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

@shreynagrath

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

Looking for 1 ticket (category A/B/C/D) for King @lakshya_sen’s badminton semifinal on Sunday in Paris! Everything is sold out 🥺

From one die hard Olympics fan to all - please help! Upar wala aapko khoob khushiyan dega!

@OlympicKhel @WeAreTeamIndia @BAI_Media @sportwalkmedia

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

@WeAreTeamIndia @lakshya_sen Team, please help in getting a semi ticket. Everything is sold out :/

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

@shreynagrath

[Arjun Bhalla @oye_arjun]

Anyone going from Paris to Chateauroux tonight or tomorrow early morning to watch Queen @realmanubhaker in 25m Pistol Final?

Please take this poor soul along! Will be indebted for life! :’)

@WeAreTeamIndia @Sportskeeda @sportwalkmedia @OfficialNRAI

[Yuvraj Singh @YUVSTRONG12]

Congratulations on this incredible journey all through the #WorldCup campaign 🇮🇳

The final result may not have been in our favour, but you created unforgettable moments and made us proud!

You brought the entire nation together with what you achieved as a team ❤️ 🇮🇳 Chin up and onwards to the next one!

Congratulations @CricketAustrala 🇦🇺 on the win - it was your day and you did well to make it happen 👊🏻

Well done #hitman @ImRo45 for leading from the front and creating history and congrats on winning the man of the series #KingKohli @imVkohli ! Very well deserved 👏🏻

[Ahad @ahadfoooty]

Nasser Hussain on Sky Sports:

"It feels like the World Cup final is being played in an empty stadium. Have some shame Indian fans."

Brutally honest as usual 😳

[Cricketwallah @cricketwallah]

I won’t take criticism of Rohit Sharma. It was his dynamic leadership, tactical nous, ability to hold team together and blazing batsmanship got India this far. In fact the template he created provides vision for India to be even more creative & stronger in white ball cricket

[Archith (inactive) @UtdArc]

Hope this World Cup has shown everyone as to why India matches, the big ones, should be held at Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi or Mumbai.

You can have 130000 seats for all we care about, and this "spreading the game" thing BCCI honors.

Nothing matches those grounds.

[Heisenberg ☢ @internetumpire]

This should be the last final hosted in this stadium atleast for the next few decades. No use of 1.5L crowd when the only vibe we gonna get is watching it on mute.