With the World cup just around the corner I thought it's the perfect time to finally start reading this

So, has anyone heard the new Boards of Canada album then? I'm intrigued to know what it's like after reading that scathing Guardian review

This look great. Only sorry you didn't have to find a Welsh establishment as part of your quest

Allegri at Napoli? Hmmm

Controversial take: Mateta's go-pro video is going to be fucking shit

Most recent total wage bills of this season's UEFA finalists (all 2024-25 except Freiburg): UCL • Paris Saint-Germain £450m • Arsenal £347m UEL • Aston Villa £273m • Freiburg (2023-24) £65m UECL • Crystal Palace £148m • Rayo Vallecano £30m

Palace used to have an embarrassing fan base that only sang that terrible glad all over song on repeat. So its good that when they've actually started winning things the supporters are playing their part

Seen the story about a German economist with form for predicting World Cups saying that the Netherlands will win this year - and I'm all for that

I wish Palace well tonight, but one thing: whatever TNT/HBO thinks, they're not wearing "Palace For Life" jerseys because they're a lovely club supporting a good cause, but because their actual sponsor, NET88, is an illegal Asian sports betting company and cannot be advertised in a UEFA competition.

All Rayo aren't we?

Now that every mainstream media channel has reported on the first Enhanced Games, how about completely ignoring any future incarnations and leaving it to the far-right, crypto, tech-bro fan base to get weirdly excited about?

A Knicks championship followed by the team rebuffing the White House and visiting the mayor would feed this city for centuries.

This is getting ridiculous now

Saw someone being interviewed on TV earlier saying that "if this is global warming, I'll take it". It's not. You're a fucking idiot

Hard not to see parallels with the AI industry's determined destruction of cultural products. It is not enough that people be wealthy, and respected for their wealth, they demand also to be the fastest man in the world and a Noble Prize-winning writer, but without needing talent, craft or effort.

Excellent as always. I had the good fortune to go to watch Rayo a few years ago and it is one of the best football experiences of my life. We're all Rayo on Wednesday aren't we?

10 STRAIGHT FOR NYK 🚨 The Knicks win Game 3 on the road, take a 3-0 ECF lead and become the 10th team in NBA history to win 10 consecutive games in a single postseason! NBA Conference Finals presented by Google

You're all watching the A League grand final right?

Got 95 on a Russian city - it's going to be a good day www.maptap.gg May 20 95🏆 100🎯 98🔥 96🏅 95👑 Final score: 964

Knicks breaking a lot of records during these pkayoffs

Woke up in the night and checked the Knicks score to see them 17 points down. Nice change to get up to see the Knicks had won

Think this is my best yet www.maptap.gg May 18 91😁 95👑 100🎯 95🏅 100🎯 Final score: 971

No Chinese cities and Istanbul helped today www.maptap.gg May 15 93🎉 97🔥 98🎯 100🎯 96🔥 Final score: 974

Judging by the media coverage, the biggest scandal in English football history is that a "spy" was spotted at a training ground, not that so many of its clubs are owned by brutal regimes, private equity grifters and gangsters, and take the money of quasi-criminal crypto companies and bookies.

I imagine the number of people wanting a World Cup half time show is about the same as the number who want Wes Streeting to be Prime Minister www.theguardian.com/football/202...

I know there’s a lot going on in the world, and we don’t have enough attention to pay to any of it. But the throttling of Cuba by the US should be a bigger story than it is. There are about 10 million people in Cuba, subjected to horrendous collective punishment. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

So, there are some Labour MPs who think that Wes Streeting is the answer?

Not bad... www.maptap.gg May 13 95🏅 94🏆 100🎯 95👑 98🎯 Final score: 968

Sign him up!

How many times does Joelinton get booked a season?

Saved it with my South Pacific islands knowledge! www.maptap.gg May 10 95🏅 77😑 88✨ 100🎯 98🔥 Final score: 942

I had a short break in Portugal recently near Faro and passed what I thought was the local team's home ground a few times. That's all it took to become interested in the club - Farense

Anyway, here's a glimmer of hope

Depressingly predictable results in this nasty, selfish, and traditionally racist country

Ah well, it was a good run. Villa much the better side tonight. Hopefully Forest can raise themselves again for the league

The only time I've been to Villa Park was for the FA Cup semi in 91. We split the Holte End with the West Ham fans and thought it was an incredible place to watch football. Wouldn't mind the same result tonight!

Ice Cube should sue

I was watching something the other day when a character said someone ALWAYS dies on a cruise and I felt like a truer line had never been spoken

I hope Villa are this shit on Thursday

Idea for a TV show I'd watch - Race Across the World but all the checkpoints are football grounds

Made up to see Hull sneak into the playoffs. I've got a few mates who are fans and know they'll be enjoying making it

That's more like it!

Anyone needing a Scandinavian fix should check the stream now - it's snowing! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Can't wait for Arsenal 5 Atletico 4 tomorrow night

As business was so good, there was probably no need to put up petrol prices then? BBC News - BP profits more than double as Iran war sends oil prices higher www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I watched Sovereign at the weekend, an excellent and depressing movie starring Nick Offerman and a brilliant performance by Jacob Tremblay as his son

Just heard 50 ways to leave a lover on 6music and, as good as it is, I do think Carol Brown by the Flight of the Conchords is better - and more poignant

Did not see that Forest result coming

Listening to Steve Mason tell Huw Stephens how transformative Adam and the Ants were. Kings of the Wild Frontier was my first album and I couldn't agree more

He really does think he's insanely clever doesn't he?