Cowdenbeath to be renamed the Blue Norway.

Pele! Astrud Gilberto! Oscar Niemeyer! Heitor Villa-Lobos! CAN YOU HEAR ME HEITOR VILLA LOBOS?

We are simply never going to beat Australia again 🏏

IMPORTANT: The Women’s T20 World Cup final is free to air (whatever that means) on Sky Mix. Game starts at 3:30. #WT20WC 🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇺

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The Quai d’Orsay is going to summon the Paraguayan ambassador for a dressing down after this game.

“Congratulations Jacob Bethell, for your 76 (46) here’s a bottle of wine and a cuddly toy dog”

*Victoria Coren pleased with herself face*

This confirms that FIFA was about to confirm a change to the kick off time and then, didn’t. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Bob and Terry resume search for church that’s open through the night.

Oh for the sake of absolute fuck

This is quite possible (will someone not think of the news planners?)

REUTERS: SUNDAY'S MEXICO-ENGLAND GAME MOVED TO NOON LOCAL TIME - LOCAL MEDIA

it's pretty funny that the World Cup has sensors that detect the ball's rotation, acceleration, and location every .002 seconds (not exaggerating, the actual tech specs of the sensor) but also the game gets to the end and the ref says "ok I think 9 more minutes ... maybe more if I feel like it"

In a teams chat about the Swift wedding in which people keep talking MSG and my brain keeps asking why people are talking about monosodium glutemate

Derry — I keep meaning to resolve this

Lovely scenes at the Oval where England are into the World Cup final

News of England taking the lead against Congo has reached the House of Lords, and the steel bill

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Eeeeeeesh

A sad tale in three words from @afp.com

There is absolutely someone just WAITING to post "The horror! The horror!" if DRC score later today, and I want you to know that we're all very, very impressed that you did English Literature for A-level.

With Humphrey Smith dead, it would be interesting if the Guardian now published a version of this that hasn't been lawyered to within an inch of its life for their own safety. And the planning committee for Tadcaster will hopefully find they're a lot less busy wth stupid, and expensive, arguments.

Where were the Germans? And frankly who cares?

SCHADENFREUDE KOMMT NACH HAUSE

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A TV recommendation. I covered the whole Rolf Harris trial in 2014, and was asked to take part in this very good Australian-produced documentary. It recounts some of his worst crimes and reveals new stories from Australian victims. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...

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TV historian Laurence Westgaph sued us to expose our sources and posted sinister threats about me and the 'cutthroats and sell outs'. We spent £75,000 fighting him in court - a crucial first test of the 'journalism exemption' in GDPR. And we won!! ✌️ www.livpost.co.uk/a-dish-best-...

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I wonder who the next state educated England cricket captain will be

The correct accompaniment for a montage today is of course Ben by Michael Jackson

I do think this is an important thing mostly overlooked even in the celebrating of the tartan army. You hear "boozed up blokes in public" and basically expect a certain negativity by default and yet every time this particular group travels, they reliably provide the antithesis.

Stop calling it D.R. Congo and call it “Doctor Congo” like the rest of us.

“It is the concrete jungle where dreams are made of”

“It just had to be him” No it didn’t, there are several footballers in each team.

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Cricket's coming home?

I’ve got a picnic blanket from 1976

Amber Heat-Warning would be a good name for a drag queen

Actual rain in the London Borough of Hillingdon lads

Last day of Long Wave. Some good posts from my ex-colleague BlogMy here.

Clearly it’s working for them, but I simply do not understand what was wrong with any or all of “picnic food” “delicatessen”, “spread” or “mezze”, all well-known terms that do not evoke some kind of dermatological complaint.

“You’d better remember where you were watching this tonight because in thirty years somebody will probably ask you”. Des Lynam, June 26 1996.

Wie sagt man “Schadenfreude” auf Deutsch? 🇪🇨

Yes it’s record-buster Merryfield

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Yes, obviously it is suspended, but is it operating or not? Useless TfL app.