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Cymru 2 - 4 Belgium. We've got some good players, but we definitely create more problems for ourselves than for our opposition. It's an anxious experience watching this team, at the moment.

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Any given Sunday. Especially last Sunday! #SKOL #NFLTottenham #Vikings

Chelsea are quite likeable under Maresca. Beating Liverpool won't hurt that.

As the comms said - Vikings were resuscitated several times in that game. Still a kick in the teeth to see them flatline after a half a dozen sacks and interceptions, though. #NFLDublin

Rams snatching defeat from the jaws of victory Vs Eagles. Never seen back-to-back blocked kicks before!

The existence of a Buendia and a Buonanotte in the Premier League suggests that there's also a 'Buenostardes' playing somewhere, waiting to be signed by Brighton.

A bunch of my friends who went to Kazakhstan to see Cymru (a) last week, wouldn't go to Swansea last night because it was too far. My decision to not attend was far more legitimate, of course. It was raining.

Levante 2-0 up v Barcelona. Never a penalty, but worth it for the chaotic vibes.

Looking forward to listening to @davidgoldblatt.bsky.social & @philippeauclair.bsky.social tomorrow night at the launch of David's latest book organised by @stanchionbooks.bsky.social at The Volley

Reassuring to see Everton are still absolutely honking. Unflappable consistency, year on year.

La Liga on Disney +. Vamos!

I think the most absurd thing about the Palace demotion is that being so pedantic and hardline on this case doesn't actually touch the multiple problems that multi-club ownership actually throws up. As someone in Uefa put to me, it's being strong on the negligible aspects.

Me, after a week in France: it's so refreshing to see them prioritise family and community over the rampant capitalism we have in the UK. Me, after three weeks in France: Fuck me, is anywhere ever open?!

Bayonne street art #BasqueCountry

The shagadelic Bluebirds are top of league one!

Newport's Athletic Club inspired shirt to commemorate the Basque child refugees is cool. Wrexham's Wladfa inspired shirt is lame. Those are the rules.

England women win the euros. Big day for centrist park run dads.

Pool side reading. I heard recently that men my age don't read very much fiction (true in my case). I've even tried to go off-genre. Although, admittedly, this is dystopia-adjacent.

A sad day for metal but a good day for bats.

What a wanker www.bbc.com/sport/americ...

Mr President, a second cooling break has hit the Club World Cup final.

20 minutes to hang on and win a game of rugby for the first time in years. Come on Cymru. Get it done.

Impressed by Olivia Rodrigo's Glastonbury set. Big riffs, great presence and a Robert Smith guest slot. The kids are alright, I guess.

This guy from The 1975 is such an insufferable gimp.

This Club World Cup feels like it's been on forever, already.

This is the country whose money enabled Fifa to stage the Club World Cup. Nothing else should matter. cpj.org/2025/06/saud...

Sam Fender, St James' Park Weekender.

Guantanamo Bay (a)

Bruxelles or bust #WalesAway

Why state ownership is different. @jonawils.bsky.social Libero 023 out now.

NEW EPISODE @miguellpereira.bsky.social joined us to talk about his latest book: Pasión. We crammed a lot into the episode, including chat about fan-owned clubs in Spain, our favourite Spanish stadiums and the rise of Spanish defensive midfielders. open.spotify.com/episode/0DHYSe…

What is happening with Unbound Publishing does not really surprise me. In my experience, right-on independent publishers and record labels are even worse at paying their writers and artists than the Sonys and the Hachettes of this world. There are exceptions, yes, but they're that: exceptions.

Starting to look a little one-sided now.

Abdullah, who suffered a three-year "arbitrary detention", was a 2022 World Cup media manager “I believed you were being racist... It took me so long to understand they are bad people. “During the World Cup was the worst. It felt like total defeat" www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Ref should disallow that goal for the apologetic non-celebration. Game's gone. #UCLFinal

Javier Zanetti's hair hasn't moved in 30 years. #UCLFinal

It's the bloke from Linkin Park at the Champion's League final!

This is revolting. www.facebook.com/auschwitzmem...

I see a lot of low-level, unhelpful things from the sidelines when my son plays football, usually innocent but ill-informed advice from parents. Some of the stories here are ridiculous. Some adults don't have the emotional maturity required for kids sport. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

🇦🇷 Club Deportivo Morón Primera B Nacional (2nd tier) Would be moronic of me not to share this glorious video from Morón where this hincha has the best seat in the house! 😍

Anyone of the travelling Cardiff fans who stays to watch the second half needs their head checked. Get to the pub until the bus home, they're not worth your time.

Huge potential for scenes nobody wants to see in this Arsenal game. Powder keg.

100 reviews on Amazon for #BloodOnTheCrossbar. Thanks for all the positive words. www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Crossb...

League 1 Bluebirds. Sickening.

The replies to this thread are very funny, but it’s a warning sign that one of the key functions of Googling - the ability to factcheck a quote, verify a source, or track down something half remembered - will get so much harder if AI prefers to legitimate statistical possibilities over actual truth

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

Pasión is out now. Enjoy this journey around Spain's cultural and sporting identities, a book like no one before, covering up to 40 different clubs, plus managers, players, events, places and cultural icons, with the help of 40 plus elite contributors. Enjoy it 🇪🇸⚽️💪

Has that streak of piss Courtois retired from international football? Could do with him not being in goal for the game in June, tbh.