So the players don’t want them. The managers don’t want them. And the fans don’t want them. Makes you wonder who FIFA are really serving with the hydration breaks… 🙄

Curaçao's first World Cup goal in the history of the nation, scored by Livano Comenencia! Call by Andres Cantor on the Telemundo broadcast

humans have known how to construct a shoulder seam for thousands of years, but with AI, we are unlocking untold new ways to fuck it up

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Don’t host a World Cup if you don’t want people to come to your country. Ok?

What an absolute disgrace. A FIFA-certified referee being denied entry to the United States purely because he is Somali. The World Cup is meant to bring people together. This is racism, plain and simple. Shameful. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

I was excited for the World Cup for like a day and yeah that was silly of me

A reminder that Infantino said in 2017 that all qualified teams, their fans and officials, need to have access to a host country, otherwise it can't host. There are already numerous (predictable) US visa issues with the World Cup about to kick off and likely more to come.

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Reports that a referee on FIFA’s World Cup list from Africa has been turned back after trying to enter the US for the tournament. Surely, this is basic stuff FIFA should have ironed out well before now. FIFA has been, as usual, contacted for comment.

The US has shirts in every seat that say "no under, only dogs" and for that they should start today off down 2 goals

The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has written to FIFA after "countless" journalists from Iran and African countries have faced US visa restrictions ahead of the World Cup despite being accredited by FIFA to cover the tournament.

You want to see Norway men’s national football team’s official photo for World Cup 2026 www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...

support an independent artist who's been getting their work nicked by a.i grifters (if you can)...

I really dislike the defensive pose of “you can’t talk about anything but cars” that some urbanists get into when other problems come up. We have to make the streets safe and pleasant for everyone, and that includes handling the challenges of electric scooters and bikes.

End-of-year summary of City’s 2025/26 season for Guardian Sport. Ultimately, a more than respectable campaign 🏆🏆. But, the end of an era too. Pep departs after 10 incredible years. Bernardo & Stones also leave. Any RT’s much appreciated #MCFC (Penned before Sunday)

we don't need the daylight offside rule we just need to go to back to common sense that being offside should be visible to the naked eye

have to laugh a bit at people trying to evaluate how city played today...obviously very emotional day not to mention an 11 that haven't played together all season, wouldn't take anything from how anyone performed too seriously 😅

Great Premier League season everybody, let’s make the hot new tactical trend next time be coherent passages of open play

Seems like the comments on anything related to Guardiola’s departure from non city fans is that he is a fraud and a cheat and his achievements mean nothing, what are the chances those commenting support a club managed by someone who learned under Guardiola at some point 🤔

No idea why Tuchel is getting all the hate over his squad selection. Toney's experience playing in half-empty stadiums under an authoritarian regime could prove invaluable.

AI yesterday after being prompted to make 2728949029274 Man City bottle memes

The mute words for 30 days option doing the heavy lifting today 😅😭

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Why are people acting like Trafford said something really offensive by saying he expected something else? We all knew he came in with expectations and Ederson leaving/Donnarumma coming in happened very quickly, but he is obviously up for putting in a shift in the cups while he’s here

What an absolute loser!!! Maybe he should start paying taxes if he’s concerned with the state of the country 🤡

I wanted the Cherki goal to stand so it could be in every year end compilation 😔

More than ANY other referring decision I’ve seen. Denying that Cherki goal. That moment. Shows just how out-of-touch the referees/PGMOL are.

Criminal that they disallowed it!

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VAR in theory should be preventing human error like refs not having X-ray vision or the ability to see every angle of a move in real time but instead it’s just multiplied the number of human errors possible

Fun that VAR has found a way to change its mind retrospectively and give Solanke that first goal because they realised what it meant if it went down as an OG 😂

City were poor second half but it’s hard to not think about where the game would’ve been momentum wise had this been given as a foul

When exactly do you have time to “lift heavy, run far” in this schedule? Or get to know someone well enough to “marry early”, also of course it’s an AI start up, a bunch of people who see no value in creativity so see no value in leisure time

Well done to @anabnos.com for putting his personal and professional interests to one side in order to express in eloquent, powerful fashion an increasingly clear truth: the World Cup should be taken away from the US. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

There's no way FIFA should be hosting a World Cup in the US in this climate. It's a big risk if they do, potentially endangering visiting and domestic fans.

Shame on Khaldoon Al-Mubarak and Abu Dhabi. Gross.

I’ve never understood how this wouldn’t cause absolute mayhem. Defenders holding the line and having to look behind them. Gives attackers way too much of an advantage and alters the game quite drastically imo.

I don’t really get the criticism that city played first team players Saturday, if you play all kids you haven’t taken it seriously, if go strong apparently you are a bully, was there any other premier league side that didn’t include first team players in their line up?

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Rodri on returning to action: "What I've been through has been terrible for me so winning, drawing, losing - right now everything is a gift. "To play, have joy of the game, recover the smile, the rest will come; victories, successes. It's about staying fit, enjoying..." More on cityxtra.co.uk 💙

Trump is now saying "something's gonna have to be done with Mexico" in relation to cartels, which is the same excuse he's used to attack Venezuela. Wonder how FIFA will respond to this 2026 World Cup co-host issue given Infantino's recent involvement in the region's politics...

He won’t, of course, but you do hope that somewhere between the press releases and private flights, Gianni Infantino glances at today’s headlines and feels the faintest flicker of embarrassment for inventing a novelty peace prize and handing it to Donald Trump.

Throughout their win vs Botswana at AFCON, a DR Congo supporter replicated the stance of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in African and Congolese independence who was assassinated in 1961 following a joint plot between political opponents, Belgium, the US, and UK 🇨🇩

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

they gotta do something about set pieces man if you can win a penalty like that why would anyone do anything but play for set piece violence

i’ll never understand why public transit haters discourage use of public transit and want to defund it. if less people use cars the roads will have less traffic and you’ll get to where you want faster with your own car. stupid people

ChatGPT is spending trillions of dollars and destroying the environment so people can figure out that you should make pasta on a date

HAITI ARE INTO THEIR FIRST WORLD CUP IN HALF A CENTURY ❤️

There is no need to be upset.