How the AFCON final played out:
โฑ 90+2โ - Senegal score, but the goal is disallowed
โฑ 90+7โ - Morocco are awarded a penalty by VAR
โฑ 90+12โ - Senegal players leave the pitch in protest
โฑ 90+21โ - Senegal players return to the pitch
โฑ 90+24โ - Brahim Diaz attempts a Panenka, which is saved
โฑ 94โ (Extra-time) - Papa Gueye gets Senegal the lead
โฑ 120+3โ (Extra-time) - Senegal are crowned champions on Moroccan soil
Just a bit of drama ๐
Haitian-Italian designer Stella Jean has created LโHaitiana, a series of special-edition hand-stitched football jerseys for the Haiti national football club, and the designs are as much a statement about identity and history as they are about clothing.
As President, I would read 10 letters a day sent to me by ordinary Americans. At the Obama Presidential Center, weโll have some of the letters I read โ and responded to โ every night. I still get emotional reading them, and itโs one of my favorite exhibits.
๐จ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐: These are the ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ new rules for the 2026 World Cup!
โข ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐-๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป (๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐): If a player deliberately delays the restart of play, the throw can be given to the opposition.
โข ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐น-๐ธ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป (๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐): Also applies to deliberate attempts to run down the clock and can result in a corner being awarded.
โข ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ-๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ (๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐): Substituted players have 10 seconds to leave the field at the nearest point. If they fail to do so, the substitute cannot enter the field for at least one minute and the team must continue with 10 players.
โข ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ-๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ): Players who are treated by the physio must stay off the field for 60 seconds. There are some exceptions, including for goalkeepers, injuries and if the opponent is booked or sent off.
โข ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐: Any player covering their mouth in a confrontational situation with an opponent may be sanctioned with a red card.
โข ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ: If VAR can make sure that a corner has been correctly awarded, but this must be done quickly and before the restart. Does not apply to wrongly awarded goal-kicks.
โข ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ: Players sent off for two cautions can have the second booking checked - but there will be no reviews for potential second yellows.
Today, Arsenal fans are celebrating ๐ฅ๐๐ฅณ๐พ Arsenal's own achievementsโnot other clubs' achievements like the haters do. ๐ดโช
We focus on our success, our history, and our journey. That's the Arsenal way. โค๏ธ๐ค
Amazon has officially shut down its internal AI leaderboard, "KiroRank," after employees manipulated the system to artificially inflate their usage scores. The decision came after senior executives discovered that staff were running token-heavy, unnecessary automated tasks to climb the rankings, a Silicon Valley practice known as "tokenmaxxing". This gamification of AI directly drove up corporate computing and data infrastructure expenses.
Anthropic is having a busy week. On Thursday, the San Francisco-based AI lab announced it had raised $65 billion in a new funding round that valued the company at $965 billion, making it the most valuable AI startup in the world.