Show it to the police in Miami who currently don't seem to find the Tartan Army much fun to be around.

The 0-0s have been compelling, much more fun than a 4-0 that was over by the first ad break.

Yikes. Most boxes of collective sports media doom ticked here.

But 2 of those 3 games on probation, yes? No? Just for Ronaldo?

Cristiano Ronaldo starts and captains Portugal against Congo next, thanks to a FIFA pardon in November for his red card in qualifying that, for mere mortals, would have been a 2-game ban. (Leveled out by a clear red card not shown to Lionel Messi last night?) apnews.com/article/worl...

Maybe they all had an involuntary twitch in their leg.

World Cup VARs following Infantino’s order to chill and relax. Clear red card challenges by three all-time greats in Lionel Messi, Achraf Hakimi and Kenny McLean who all somehow stayed on the pitch.

Adding Hervé Renard at very short notice to a World Cup can only raise the fun factor. apnews.com/article/worl...

Is it bad when a company spends $21 billion more than it earns?

Good luck to Red Sox fans today searching the back story of Andrew Considine and "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie." #nsfw

The Tartan Army at Fenway Park last night is an all-time great sport crossover moment. Scotland fans in for another week-long residency in Boston. www.youtube.com/shorts/AU-5E...

The Salt Bae of this World Cup is in the house.

3 European teams have played, 1 goal by each, all set pieces. Scotland to break the stereotype, please.

There is some good decision-making and leadership in football. apnews.com/article/worl...

It's especially hard to remove a sports body's president with one-member-one-vote used by others - like FIFA, taking a random example. FIS voting system gives extra votes to heartland nations. The margin Thursday was one vote.

Proof that it's possible to democratically oust the president of a sports governing body. Ski leader Eliasch beaten by just one vote with a parting shot at the IOC for alleged election influence. apnews.com/article/fis-...

The UN human rights agency in Geneva is seeing the “racial profiling, surveillance and immigration enforcement” around the World Cup and has concerns. Also 2 Olympics and a Women's World Cup coming to the US by 2034. apnews.com/article/worl...

An allegation that World Cup ref Omar Artan has links to terror groups made with no public proof by an administration that shredded its intelligence capacity and overseas aid work. What is the quality of its information from Somalia? Maybe try to prove it? apnews.com/article/worl...

That time in 2017 when Infantino said 2026 World Cup teams, fans and officials “need to have access to the country, otherwise there is no World Cup. That is obvious." cdn.theguardian.tv/mainwebsite/...

The World Cup referee from Somalia was picked by FIFA 2 months ago and still could not enter the U.S. with a valid visa. This is so farcical from a World Cup host and has potential to get even worse for the 2028 LA Olympics when bona fide people from every country are coming.

🚨 Exclusive 🚨 On the day it finally went live, regulators in several countries immediately moved to block ADI Predictstreet, Fifa’s $150m prediction market sponsor, for operating illegally. (Free to read for 24 hours, then paywalled.) josimarfootball.com/2026/06/08/f...

The fallout from FIFA raids, investigations, trials since May 2015 at the Baur au Lac will never be over, ever. apnews.com/article/plat...

Maybe no US federal agency ever saw this…

You would have to be out of your depth as a World Cup host to treat the Tartan Army as a problem.

There probably should be a hearing in Congress about FIFA ticketing operations for the World Cup, especially as the Women’s World Cup is coming to the U.S. in 2031.

Swiss team confirms Breel Embolo’s travel was blocked to verify a conviction from an incident in 2018 was non-violent. He was at the US Embassy in Bern today. They seem sure he’ll soon be at the World Cup where the trophy will be presented by a recent felon. apnews.com/article/worl...

“Infantino is both absolutely in control and strangely ill at ease.”

Remembering when PSG-Bayern was so much fun to watch.

Was this interview filmed 4 months ago?

Serie A prize money is worth much less than the Conference League.... www.calcioefinanza.it/2026/05/26/r...

Checking in on Super League founder members: AC Milan, Juventus in the Europa League next season. Chelsea. Spurs didn’t qualify for anything. It can be hard when merit is a factor.

Joy and weirdness in the morning read. Paul McCartney closing with Colbert, and the smooth-skin mask guy on Fox News. Have a joyful day.

Howard Fendrich, a national sports writer for The Associated Press whose persistent reporting brought readers inside dozens of Grand Slam tennis finals, record-breaking Olympic moments and harrowing trips down Alpine ski slopes, has died. He was 55.

The 2015 FIFA bribery scandal removed an entire cadre of top leaders, paving way for relative unknowns like Infantino to rise to the top on promises of change. Now one of them - a FIFA vice president - is accused of getting a chunk of the same money after its return www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...

This is a World Cup win Scotland can claim. tbf to Del Amitri, self-deprecating territory that was well staked out in 1998. www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

New! Ny! A mobile app bearing the name and logo of Fifa’s new “prediction market partner” ADI Predictstreet has finally landed in the Google Play store. What it leads to is an illegal online casino. josimarfootball.com/2026/05/18/a...

Celtic win the title with…

Celtic-Hearts about to start. There is a right way and a wrong way for this Scottish league season to finish.

The array of penalty decisions weighing against Hearts in the last 10 days would be funny if not so absurd. Risking long-term damage to the integrity of games. apnews.com/article/scot...

A 79-year-old president who’s been having poor results lately blames the media and says he wants to stay in office longer. apnews.com/article/flor...

The World Cup is a true celebration of diaspora. So FIFA has now cleared Iraq to pick a Sweden U21 player who’s at Nashville and a Finland U21 player at Dundee United. apnews.com/article/worl...

After FIFA gave Cristiano Ronaldo a sweet probation ruling to avoid a World Cup ban, now this happy ruling for Otamendi and Caicedo. Tough times these for traditional legal process. apnews.com/article/worl...

Arsenal’s Champions League season is going to live short in the memory. Nothing there for neutral fans to hang on to.

What a season in Europe. Yes, PSG-Bayern is great but look beyond that to Mjällby, Bodo/Glimt, Thun and Hearts. Epic stories.

A case of go big and then go home. Busted for 4 anabolic steroids at age 44 at the World Baseball Classic. apnews.com/article/worl...

Benfica’s Prestianni gets a shorter ban for abusing Vinicius Jr, because racism couldn’t be proven while he admitted a homophobic slur he later said was "a normal insult for us Argentinians”. Still could cost him a World Cup place.

“Trump envoy” is one way to describe Zampolli though maybe doesn’t capture the fuller picture.

The Champions League final on May 30 in Budapest could be a kind of last supper for some of the VIPs....

“perhaps the real legacy of this tournament – and one with implications that go well beyond football – will be to expose the contempt in which the powerful hold the powerless.”

“Fewer international visitors than promised” should always be on every World Cup bingo card.