Have you noticed the bright pink cleats taking over the 2026 World Cup?
From Nike to Adidas, every major brand is pushing the trend.
The Daily Cup crew explains the surprising science and psychology behind these eye-catching football boots on @amazonfiretv.
This is the year when the game of two halves became the game of four quarters. And the greatest sport and event was damaged for fistfuls of dollars. Hydration breaks ruin the game’s flow and frustrates fans and viewers. If hydration breaks were solely about player welfare then they would be linked to the temperature in the stadia. It’s a nonsense having a three-minute break in an air-conditioned arena.
Fifa should long ago have established a working party of coaches, sports scientists, national team doctors and Fifpro to agree a set temperature at kickoff, say 25C, which triggers the breaks. That would prove the breaks were for player welfare. At the moment, and to nobody’s surprise, it is widely accepted that these breaks are for US TV to accommodate commercials. Big bucks for the small screen.
Fifa should have thought more about the effect on games and to fan (and viewer) experience when negotiating. Coaches’ desire for a mid-half tactical time-out masquerading as a drinks stop should be resisted anyway. Games have been played for 150 years without needing such intervention. Coaches can shout instructions. And who says that 22 mins and 67 mins is when a coach needs to intervene anyway. It’s nonsense. It’s about money.
Respected and sane footballing voices from Virgil van Dijk to Mauricio Pochettino have spoken out against the breaks. Fifa should listen to them not appear only to listen to the rustle of dollar bills. It’s important that there is resistance to this from all over. Because if we tolerate this, our TV games could be next. BBC can’t do ads, ITV says it won’t follow its US counterparts. But it has been discussed by TV people. It’ll come one day. #FIFAWorldCup.
🚨🇺🇸🇲🇦FIFA press officer interrupted a Mexican journalist during Morocco’s press conference, instructing him to ask questions in English only!
This is the worst World Cup ever.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani alongside State and FIFA officials announced the largest fan zone at Central Park for the FIFA World Cup Final on July 19th- accommodating 50-thousand ticketed fans for free.
He also gave out this shout out to South Africa's hosting of the World Cup in 2010 ... and Durban in particular....
#sabcnews
🇲🇽 | Un niño esperó con ilusión la llegada de la Selección de Sudáfrica. Los jugadores respondieron regalándole una camiseta, le firmaron su álbum e hicieron fila para tomarse una foto con él, uno por uno.
Un momento increíble que le dejará un recuerdo para toda la vida. 🥹
🚨🏅 OFFICIAL: Premier League vote Senne Lammens as PL Signing of the Season. 🇧🇪
🇧🇷 João Pedro
🇨🇭 Granit Xhaka
🇫🇷 Rayan Cherki
🇫🇷 Adrien Truffert
🇸🇪 Viktor Gyökeres
🇧🇪 Senne Lammens
🇬🇭 Antoine Semenyo
🏴 Dominic Calvert-Lewin
#MUFC goalkeeper wins. 🫱🏻🫲🏼
🚨🚨 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.
Protesters in Greece TOOK OVER the building facing the Israeli embassy, raised the Palestinian flag, and demanded FREEDOM for Palestine while condemning Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Pep Guardiola is much more than just an unbelievable manager.
He spoke up for the people of Palestine, Sudan and Congo while others looked away.
Pep used his platform to defend our shared humanity. That will never be forgotten. Thank you, Pep.
Three men lost their lives on Monday protecting their community.
Amin Abdullah, the security guard and father of 8, stood in front of the gunmen so 140 children could hide.
Mansour Kaziha, a pillar of the mosque for nearly 40 years, called 911.
Nader Awad ran toward the danger to draw the shooters away.
They were fathers, husbands, pillars of their mosque. They chose others over themselves.
Our hearts are with their families and the entire Muslim community of San Diego.
Islamophobia kills. This is not a debate. It’s reality.
🤍 Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn
🚨 Irish fighter Paddy McCorry screams "Free Palestine" whilst beating Israeli fighter who was a IDF soldier.
These IDF terrorists are experts in bombing children and women. They aren't man enough to fight toe to toe with men.
These mother fuckers talk about it like it’s a joke, they want us to laugh about it and make it seem as if it’s ok. It’s not ok you dirty mother fuckers, I’m not falling for it.
🇺🇸🇵🇸 Shane Gillis at the Netflix Roast of Kevin Hart calls out Chelsea Handler for being a ZIonist Epstein associate:
"Chelsea is a Zionist.. speaking of dead kids, she's a big fan of abortions. Chelsea's been scrapped more times than the grill at Benihana... speaking of tossing tiny shrimp into a child's mouth, Chelsea Handler went to dinner at Jeffrey Epstein's house in 2010. You can look it up, there's articles... Prince Andrew and Woody Allen were there"
In one of the best heavyweight fights in recent years, Daniel Dubois overcomes two knockdowns to batter and stop Fabio Wardley to become a two-time heavyweight champion.