Two Niners International games, neither of which are within 5000 mile of me 🫠

150,000 have been killed in Sudan over the past two years. Calls are increasing to sanction #MCFC owner & UAE deputy PM Sheikh Mansour over the UAE's alleged funding of the war. UK government action would force a sale — this is the current situation:

Several thousand dollars for a World Cup game from a host that made explicit promises to FIFA of the most expensive ticket being not much more than $1000, and that was at the final. None of the $20 tickets materialised. FIFA now in cahoots with profiteers. What is the point of it?

"HERE WE GO!": the lowdown on "football journalist" Fabrizio Romano sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/here-we-go...

As journalists working today many of us are taught to recognise disinformation when we see it and fight back against it. Unfortunately there are some who willingly seek it out and put it on their front pages. A disgrace to the profession.

Oh boy…

Just thought I’d revisit this one in light of the unsurprising latest developments, why have Arsenal, Arteta and Kroenke faced little to no scrutiny for this protecting this scumbag? - www.telegraph.co.uk/football/202...

Congratulations to Aida Youth Centre and all who supported them. Brilliant campaigning that put Infantino and Ceferin under serious pressure. This is a symbolic victory amid a much wider tragedy that FIFA amd UEFA have done nothing to arrest. www.nytimes.com/athletic/698...

This is astonishing, really 21 per cent of the Premier League’s history has had the City case hanging over it That extends to 48.4 per cent if you go back to 2009-10 and the first season the charges relate to. www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

The scene outside any Irish funeral.

So Brooks is back, faster than expected. Interesting move from the tour essentially lobbing the ball into the court of Bryson, Rahm et al and seeing if they dribble. www.golfmonthly.com/news/brooks-...

The ticket pricing for the World Cup is a disgrace. Making fans pay for all eight games up front is a disgrace. The game is being taken from the people and sold back to them at an unforgivable premium. inews.co.uk/sport/footba...

column on robbie keane www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Don’t think I’ve ever felt as European in my life 😎

Currently watching my country being outplayed by Armenia, how’s your Tuesday going?

A man on the streets of the UK is asked about the “problem of immigration” and dismantles talking points with ease.

😞

The continued existence of Manchester United means an unplanned social media detox is now on the cards until at least Saturday

Outplayed for an entire half by Grimsby lol

The Kelce/Swift engagement means an unplanned social media detox is now on the cards for this evening

Ready for Tommy Fleetwood to hurt my feelings once again

New YouGov polling. A monumental failure of our political class to educate, a monumental failure of our media to report fairly, for a generation

How a new deal was ever in consideration under these circumstances is a mark on Arsenal, and that’s even before the public backing from his manager (“after everything he’s been through”) and decisions to make him the cover star of programmes and hero content on social channels while this was known.

Thomas Partey guilty of five counts of rape. FIVE. The club knew and looked the other way. If we’re in anyway serious about football being inclusive or protecting women in society, Arteta should resign.

On LBC @zoejardiniere.bsky.social lists 3 previous instances where military aircraft have been targeted by campaigners in order to prevent them being used in war crimes, and she describes the govt banning Palestine Action as terrorists as an abuse of state power. Well said.

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

Grim stuff. Depressing as much as it is infuriating. The irony being that the vast majority of those ‘protesting’ are…… the ancestors of immigrants.

A triumph.

I don’t get why people go so crazy for pure bred dogs. I mean congrats you got a common dog, I want a freaky dude. I want a goofy guy.

Imagine paying 400 quid for a Glastonbury ticket only to see the 1975 headlining. Thoughts and prayers.

It was fun while it lasted

Football weather

Celtic…?

Astonishing attendance for today's Dublin derby between Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers. A new League of Ireland record. Great to see clubs engaging meaningfully with communities and fans getting behind them in numbers.

Shameful from Arsenal FC. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Seamus Power tied for the lead at the Genesis thru and the broadcast has shown us a grand total of zero of his shots 👍🏻

Manchester United drive me to the brink far too often

Arsenal FC is promoting a murderous regime - and making money from it. Time to ditch the "VISIT RWANDA" partnership, which should never have been struck to start with, and bin those shirts. www.bbc.com/news/article...

A penny for the thoughts of @randy.nolayingup.com at this time…

I forgot the caddies at the Waste Management Phoenix Open wore hi-vis caddie bibs, big fan

Obviously the Rory factor helped numbers but so did Pebble Beach. Venues matter. Fans want to watch golf at famous venues, not generic, rather soulless TPC courses.

Bar a blip on the 6th, McIlroy has putted very well under pressure today thus far, if he can keep it up he should take this one… encouraging.

Stay humble eh

This is what the City v Liverpool rivalry should have been like.

God damn you Sepp (helluva finish mate)

Nice!

For all the xG nerds gaslighting us into thinking this new Champions League format is good, look at the team knocked out and argue your case please.

City stink the gaff out in the Champions League ‘league phase’ for months and yet if they beat Club Brugge at home they’re still through? Yeah, scrap it all.

Anyway, after all the politics stuff in recent days I’m trying to cleanse my timeline of it all. Any good football/golf people to follow on here? 🙌🏻

As a young person in his late 20s with a degree in history and politics, knowing what has happened in the past, watching the world creep towards a socially accepted form of fascism is absolutely terrifying and yet I feel absolutely powerless to do anything about it.