Stuart Makin

“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea” - Isak Dinesen

[Stuart Makin @smakin55]

@The_Forty_Four ❤️

[Arsenal News Channel @Arsenalnewschan]

I have to say what Marquinhos did following the UEFA Champions League final is some of the best sportsmanship I have seen in a long time. I know #Arsenal man Gabriel is his country man and close friend but to immediately do what he did, I have a huge amount of respect for him 🤝 🇧🇷

[Rio Ferdinand @rioferdy5]

“Thank you for everything, not just from me, from the Casemiro Family” 🥹❤️

@Casemiro farewell message to @ManUtd fans ahead of his last game at Old Trafford on Sunday!

[Cameron Jourdan @Cam_Jourdan]

An emotional Brandt Snedeker: "To not have my card the last couple of years, to be struggling to do what I love, you know, to still have a passion to play this game the way I want to play it and to show people how I can still do it, especially not playing my best and struggling the way I did to come back and fight, claw my way back and play some great golf this year even though it hasn't seemed like it to people outside.

"I knew I was playing well. I just hadn't been able to put it all together. Hopefully it shows my family, my kids something. Just, you know, ten wins out here is an accomplishment. Something I'm very proud of."

[DP World Tour @DPWorldTour]

True resilience 💪

12 months ago Chris Wood was looking for invites to get back into the game after a tough period.

He's now back in the winners' circle on the @HPlanner_Tour 👏

[Monday Q Info @acaseofthegolf1]

This. All of this is why I love the side of golf I cover.

This guy has had so many huge moments in golf. Top 22 in the world at one time, Euro Wins, and Ryder Cups.

And I’d venture to guess this wins means more than any of that.

[DP World Tour @DPWorldTour]

A RECORD BREAKING VICTORY! 🔥

Yurav Premlall wins the 2026 Estrella Damm Catalunya Championship 🏆

#EDCC2026

[Kanthan Pillay 🇿🇦 @KanthanPillay]

I voted for Herman in 2016. I wanted him to do three things only as Mayor
• Fix the potholes
• Fix the traffic lights
• Clean up the streets

Instead he
• Partnered with the EFF
• Shut down cycle lanes
• Insourced incompetent service bloating the city government
• Killed the support structure around Maboneng and other amazing inner city rejuvenation projects
• Resigned in a hissy fit

Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, shame on me.

[DP World Tour @DPWorldTour]

Matt Wallace spent a whole day doing promotional work.

But it was all a prank, thanks to Eddie Pepperell 😉

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

🇧🇷🗣️ This is an INCREDIBLE story from David Luiz about his time in Paris:

“A few months after I moved to Paris, two of my friends from Diadema came to spend some time with me there. They had broken up with their wife and girlfriend and were sad, so I invited them, hoping the visit would help clear their minds. Great.

“They soon met other Brazilians, who played for a team like the seventh-division amateur league in the suburbs of Paris — all immigrants without proper papers.

“Every night, my two friends came home angry, complaining that they were constantly beaten up. So, I said: “I’ll go over there tomorrow to watch you play.” And I did.

“I arrived wearing a ninja hat, half disguised, and watched. The opponents were all dressed up, with their uniforms, equipment, water bottles, and a coach. And my friends’ team was wearing nothing: one in white shorts, another in purple, a third in yellow. The guys were hanging from the goalposts to warm up…. It was a mess.
At the end of the match, which they lost, I asked:

“Do you want me to train the team?”
I’ll never forget the guys’ smiles. They were so genuinely happy and excited, something I had only seen when I was a kid, when we would fly kites in Diadema.
I started training the guys every Monday, from 10 to midnight. Sometimes I would train them on Monday and play a Champions League match on Tuesday. I even remember scoring a goal against Barcelona on one of those days. I started loving Mondays. I couldn’t wait to be with those guys. We talked, I listened a lot, and I got to know each one’s stories and struggles.

“Some made money playing capoeira, others delivering items on motorbikes or washing dishes. All of them had a hard life, afraid because of their illegal status, with little hope that things would improve, but football brightened up and took the weight off their days.
On my first holidays, I went back to Brazil and went to talk to the ultimate crazy woman, my mother:
“Mum, can you make stuff for the boys there?”

“Say no more! She made travel polo shirts, tracksuits, match uniforms, training uniforms, everything in sizes S, M, L, XL….
I went back to Paris with 21 suitcases. The guys’ dedication grew along with their joy. We started training twice a week, then three times. We got promoted, and at the end of the season, I had a crazy idea. Another one. “I’m going to throw a gala for the team, just like PSG does for us every year.” I rented a castle-like nightclub where Matuidi had thrown his birthday party and started producing ours.

“I had already hired a guy who used to film for PSG to film our guys’ matches, too. I asked him to bring all the videos to my house so we could watch them and choose the best goals of the year, the top scorer, the goalkeeper’s best saves. Let’s show them on the big screen! Then I ordered trophies for the winners of each category. Hey, but what about the others? Plaques! We’re going to make little wooden-and-acrylic plaques with each one’s name on them. Everything was perfect. The day before, I called the guys together:

“Do you have a white button-up shirt and a basic black coat for tomorrow’s party?”
Nobody had one. OK, I will buy you some.
I went to the store myself and got some. Then I thought about their girlfriends and wives. I called the group again and gave each one some pocket money so that their SOs could buy a dress if they wanted.
The party night arrived.

And if I told you it was incredible, one of the most extraordinary emotional moments of my life, as cool as winning the Champions League, would you believe me?”

🎙️ @TPTFootball

[Michael Vaughan @MichaelVaughan]

So England got knocked out on Thurs get a charter home today .. West Indies go out last Sunday and are still in Kolkata .. SA in the same position .. That’s where the power is all wrong .. All teams in this situation should be treated the same .. just because you are more powerful at the ICC table shouldn’t count .. #JustSaying

[Irish on Tour @Irish_On_Tour]

The people who have taken shots at Shane over the last few days for their little dopamine hit are some of the saddest amongst us. Many seem to paint him as pantomime villain based on a few viral social media clips. He's truly one of the good guys.

[Sunshine Tour @Sunshine_Tour]

Casey Jarvis is your Investec South African Open Champion. 🏆 🇿🇦

#InvestecSAOpen

[Dave Wessels @DaveWessels]

#SaveOurChildren 🇿🇦

[Flushing It @flushingitgolf]

56 year old Ernie Els nearly drove a 385 yard par 4 today at the South African Open. Still got it 💪 🇿🇦

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Anthony Kim retired for over a decade after an achilles injury, he completely stopped playing golf.

He battled substance abuse and mental health issues.

This is one of the most amazing comebacks you’ll ever see in sports.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Jeff Bridges pulled up to John Goodman’s Walk of Fame ceremony in the actual Dude sweater — Goodman’s reaction is pure joy. Cinema history hugging it out.

[Mufasa007 @Mufasa0062]

Only in Africa 😂😂

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I love the Olympics. Winter, summer, every single games, I tune in.

I love it because we see how sports bring us together.

I love it because we are reminded that sports are the ultimate equalizer. Look at weightlifting in the summer Olympics or downhill skiing now. The weights and the mountain don’t care what country you come from, how much money you have, or what religion you are. The weights and the mountain are the same for every single competitor.

I love it, most of all, because the Olympics remind us of a core life lesson: greatness and heartbreak live right next door to each other.

You can’t find greatness without a few meetings with heartbreak and failure.

We saw this very clearly over the weekend.

Like many of you, I’ve been following my friend Lindsey Vonn’s inspirational comeback. She’s 41, one knee is completely rebuilt, and now she went into the Olympics with a freshly-torn ACL.

As storylines go, you can’t get any better. It is gutsy. It is brave. It is a little bit crazy.

And it brings out all of the losers to do their naysaying.

“Why would she do this?” 
”She must be missing something in her life.”
“It’s irresponsible.”

What these people don’t understand, because they’ve never tried anything great, because they’ve never pushed themselves to the absolute edges of their limits, because they’ll never know their real potential, is that there is no such thing as risk-free greatness.

Yesterday, when her Olympic dreams ended in that horrible crash that left all of us praying for her in front of our televisions, the haters were out in full force.

I don’t need to repeat it. Twitter has given losers enough of a platform; I won’t be amplifying them in this newsletter.

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[Sibu Mabena @sibumabena]

These guys gave me an incredible education at Midstream College which cost my parents R2400 a month. My accounting teacher was a professor at Tuks: Dr De Bod and our school principal had a PhD in Maths or something: Dr Kriek 🥹💓❤️ my history teacher @Ferdi_Niemand is one of the best humans I’ve ever known.

They built a school of their dreams and put their children in it.

I’ll always respect their ability to turn a vision into a life changing reality for so many people.