@Subhash_ati9 Eastern UP, you should clarify. Bihar, Jharkhand & Eastern UP, they do magic with mutton. As you move towards Western UP, somewhere the art is lost.
From 1982 to 2014 in 9 world cups Germany played in
5 Finals (winning two of them)
2 Semifinal losses to eventual winners
2 Quarterfinal losses.
From a team with such proud football history to playing like Uzbekistan or Panama this is such a huge disappointment.
Germany exiting so early in 3 consecutive world cups is such a huge anomaly in international football. I remember there was a time when Germany lost 2 consecutive quarterfinals in '94 & '98 and there was a lot of talk about the decline of German football.
Stomach ph of human is close to obligate scavengers like Hyana,Vultures & hawk but some people want to believe that we are evolved to eat plant based food.
A reminder of how horrific things have been and for how long. In 2014, the Israeli military dropped a missile on Palestinians watching the World Cup on the beach in Gaza killing 8 Palestinians while they watched Argentina play the Netherlands. Here's how the @nytimes framed the headline:
Nine slots to Asia are too many, the continent doesn't have football culture like Europe or South America & Africa lately. Asia should get 6 slots. Out of 3 taken away from Asia 2 should go to Africa & one to Europe.
Round of 32 qualification performance by continental groups/confederations:
- UEFA (Europe): 13/16 (including 7 group toppers, only Czechia, Scotland and Turkiye missed)
- CAF (Africa): 9/10 (only Tunisia missed, Africa is the major justification for the expanded format, none topped the group though)
- CONMEBOL(South America): 5/6 (including 3 group toppers, Only Uruguay missed)
- CONCACAF (North & Central America): 3/6 (All 3 hosts qualified, two even topped their group)
- AFC (Asia): 2/9 (Very poor ratio, only Japan and Australia qualified, 5 finished last in the group, worst case against expanded format)
- OFC (Ocenia): 0/1
So true! The sheer romance of traveling in constant fear of being robbed by bandits, then actually getting robbed, and somehow reaching Mecca, and living amid poor sanitation, unbearable heat, drinking contaminated water, and recurring cholera epidemics. ♥️🥀
Netherlands at USA 94 was total chaos.
And recently surfaced facts make it even worse than you thought is was.
Gullit walked out before a ball was kicked, Van Basten was already injured.
A teammate was caught cheating his own squad out of thousands of dollars playing cards.
And a journalist's joke about a bomb on the plane got him arrested on the tarmac and left Dennis Bergkamp with lifelong flight anxiety.
They still reached the quarter-finals.
A thread. 🧵
सिंधी समाज का आरोप है कि मंदिर में चढ़ावे के रूप में उनके द्वारा दान की गई 200 चाँदी की ईंटें चंपत खा गया।
मंदिर के नाम पर सिंधी समाज के साथ ये दूसरा बड़ा छल है, इससे पहले कोई इनकी प्रधानमंत्री की कुर्सी हड़प गया था।
The 10 African teams have now played at the #FIFAWorldCup 2026 first round:
Wins:
Ghana 🇬🇭
Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮
Draws:
Morocco 🇲🇦 (against Brazil)
DR Congo 🇨🇩 (against Portugal)
Cape Verde 🇨🇻 (against Spain)
Egypt 🇪🇬 (against Belgium)
Defeats:
Algeria 🇩🇿 (Poor)
Tunisia 🇹🇳 (Embarrassing)
South Africa 🇿🇦 (Average)
Senegal 🇸🇳 (Didn’t take chances)
Thoughts so far?