A Punjabi Sikh is set to play in the Fifa World Cup for the first time in the tournament's history, after it starts this week.
New Zealand's number 10 Sarpreet Singh (27, born in Auckland) spoke with Indian media about the honour, which marks a new milestone for Sikhs in sport.
Farewell to Mohamed Salah.
A faintly ridiculous 193 goals and 93 assists in the Premier League. 286 goal involvements in 327 appearances — a record surpassed only by Alan Shearer (324) and Wayne Rooney (311), both of whom made at least 100 more appearances.
The only player to have been named PFA Player of the Year three times.
One of English football’s greatest imports and Africa’s greatest exports. A phenomenon #LFC
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A video by UK far-right figure Tommy Robinson purporting to show significant Sikh presence at his "Unite the Kingdom" march this past weekend has been proven to be fake.
The video (now deleted) was actually of last year's annual June #SikhGenocide remembrance march in London.
As Health Secretary, Wes Streeting deepened the privatisation of our NHS and handed over our data to Palantir, a company involved in genocide.
I am sure his friend Peter Mandelson is very proud.
Time to reinstate our NHS as a fully public service — and kick Palantir out!
Palantir has been granted “unlimited access” to NHS patient data.
This is the same company that is involved in mass surveillance and genocide.
We did not consent to this. Get Palantir out of our NHS, now.
Reform UK is a racist party.
When its spokespeople - like Richard Tice - claim at anytime to oppose racism, antisemitism or Islamophobia we should be clear that they are lying.
🚨 Jamie Carragher on West Ham’s disallowed goal against Arsenal:
🗣️ “This is exactly why supporters get frustrated with PGMOL every single weekend. The inconsistency is impossible to ignore now. You watch Arsenal score goals from set-pieces almost every Matchday with blocks, little nudges, players standing their ground in the box, and we’re constantly told it’s ‘clever movement’ or ‘part of the modern game’.
“But the moment another team does something similar against Arsenal, suddenly the microscope comes out and officials decide it’s a foul. That’s the problem people have. Fans just want consistency. If it’s a foul, make it a foul every week. If it’s acceptable contact, then allow it for everyone.
“I looked at the West Ham goal and I honestly didn’t see enough there to disallow it. There’s contact in every single corner situation in football today. Defenders grapple, attackers grapple, players block runs all over the pitch. Arsenal themselves benefit from those situations constantly because they’re excellent at set-pieces.
“What annoys people is that the interpretation changes depending on the team, the atmosphere, or the pressure on the officials. PGMOL keep talking about transparency and improving standards, but supporters are still leaving games confused because the same incident gets judged differently every week.
“If West Ham score that against another side, I genuinely think the goal stands. That’s the uncomfortable conversation people don’t want to have. The consistency simply isn’t there, and until PGMOL sort that out, managers, players and fans will keep feeling robbed by decisions like this.”
The season of unpunished grappling at corners decided by a punished grappling at a corner. Pablo did have his arm across Raya. It was a foul. Along with three or four other fouls in the area from both sides, including by Rice (on Mavropanis) and Trossard, also Todibo. Raya most protected species, as a goalkeeper, so that foul punished. It is the correct decision, for all the howls of anguish. Pablo stops Raya gathering the ball.
But this controversy, and the proliferation of such incidents at corners, has been caused by officials’ failure to clamp down on grappling this season. It’s a joke, and a stain on the sport, that such grappling has been allowed to grip the game. West Ham have had holding offences on their players – Bowen mentioned Soucek being held against Brentford. All teams have.
Yet officials have not intervened consistently. Arsenal themselves have got away with a few this season. But there’s no conspiracy, as claimed by some online, just inconsistency by officials.
Did Arsenal deserve victory? Just about yes. Their nerves kicked in after scoring, have to guard against that, but they showed their hunger for the title. Arteta was bold in the second half. Subbing a sub (Zubimendi) was a big call. But never play Rice, Arsenal’s driving force, at right-back again. Odegaard’s arrival definitely helped.
Nobody can question the character of these Arsenal players. Some big blocks by Lewis-Skelly and Gabriel. Raya at 0-0. Arsenal now have relegated Burnley and Palace who may have an eye on their own Euro final. West Ham resilient but needed Wilson on earlier. If they do drop into the Championship, at least West Ham won’t have VAR to worry about. #WHUARS
🚨🎙️ Roy Keane on West Ham’s disallowed goal for a foul on Arsenal’s Goalkeeper David Raya
"I tell ya what, that VAR decision is a complete and utter disgrace – an absolute joke!
All season long Arsenal have been crowding the goalkeeper on set-pieces, pushing, shoving, blocking – it’s been their main tactic from day one. We saw it clear as day against us at Old Trafford when Saliba backed straight into Bayindir, stopped him from making a proper save, and they nicked a goal through Calafiori. Nothing given. Not a murmur. But now, in a massive title-deciding match against West Ham, when it doesn’t suit them... suddenly it’s a foul on Raya? Are you kidding me?
What the hell are we even watching in this league anymore? It’s shameless, it’s embarrassing. At this rate just hand the title and the trophy over to Arsenal now, because it’s glaringly obvious what they’re trying to pull. Total, utter disgrace."
The @reformparty_uk candidate found to have called the racially aggravated rape of a Sikh woman "good" is now an ELECTED councillor in Essex.
Even after @hopenothate exposed Stuart Prior as a white supremacist, he won a Rochford District seat in yesterday's local elections.
To all my artist friends and wonderful people I have met in the industry. Recently I shipped original artwork to my brilliant rep @FelixComicArt and it has been lost in transport!
I'd be so grateful if you brought it to my attention if you see these anywhere online! Thank you🙏
RIP Gerry Conway 1952-2026
Co-creator of many fan favorite characters such as The Punisher, Jason Todd, Killer Croc, Power Girl & more.
Writer of the indisputable Spider-Man classics “The Night Gwen Stacy Died” & “The Green Goblin’s Last Stand”
You will be remembered 🫡
How the world works in a nutshell: giant corporations profit from an illegal war whilst the governments who wage them tell the rest of us to tighten our belts.