Rwanda by creation. Kenya by circumstance. Norway by chance. UK by choice. @BBCWorldservice. Former home @BBCAfrica. @UN Youth Delegate. Clapbacks/views - me 😉
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Time to activate that old site and be ready for when a message drops in the DMs 🤣
No, but seriously this story is so wholesome ☺️
Cabo Verde's starting center back Roberto Lopes was recruited to the team via an unsolicited message on LinkedIn. No, really. reuters.com/sports/soccer/ho…
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Breaking News from @TheAthletic: In one of the most shocking results in World Cup history, Cape Verde held European champions Spain to a goalless draw, thanks in no small part to a heroic performance by their 40-year-old goalkeeper, Vozinha. nyti.ms/4vHHiiM
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▪️ World Cup debutants
▪️ World ranked 64
▪️ Smallest country by land area to ever qualify
▪️40-year-old goalkeeper who plays in Portuguese second division
▪️ Central defenders who play in League of Ireland and UAE Pro League
THE MIGHTY CABO VERDE JUST HELD SPAIN TO A GOALLESS DRAW 🤯🇨🇻
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Absolute delight convo. If you can watch it too as it delivers extra experience seeing both Mishal and Gary interact and chat about football, World Cup, BBC, Netflix and future of podcasting and journalism
Jun 13
Latest episode - in which @GaryLineker becomes the first guest not to remember his own book :) We also talk about our Olympics experience, way back!
Photo credit: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
Listen here⬇️
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What in the world. I still don’t know what I just watched but sweet baby Jesus. 🙆🏾♀️ Poor Reagan, Wade nd their families for all this evil they endured
A young woman in East Texas gives birth in her car. When rushed to the hospital, doctors will quickly realize that the baby is not her own and neither is the blood she’s covered in.
Maternal Instinct — a new documentary — is now on Netflix.
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When do we call what we are seeing happen for what it really is? Or we are just ignoring it, “nothing to see here” despite what we are seeing with our own eyes?
Sure, Jan 👀
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Jun 6
Roland-Garros dream: achieved ✨
#RolandGarros
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We need everyone’s fit for departure/arrival to the #WorldCup, too much drip we are risking of missing out on 🤣
Ivorians 🥰 what do you mean you have the colours of your flag reflected in clothes 𝗔𝗡𝗗 luggage! Come on now!
Don’t get me started on blazers’ back 🙆🏾♀️
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Venez souhaiter bon voyager aux éléphants dans les commentaires ❤️❤️❤️
Que Dieu vous protège les gars! Rien que la Coupe In Sha Allah.
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“Erling looks great with his hair down, but I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of the coach Stale Solbakken. He’s a tough guy.”
Norway have released an iconic 'Viking' image ahead of their trip to the World Cup.
@GregOK speaks to photographer David Yarrow about how it came about.
🔗 nyti.ms/4e3smEK
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Let the adventure begin🇺🇸
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Halloien @jonasgahrstore. Ett lite spm, er du snill 😆 hva er dine tanker om donuts? Denne godbiten er fra den populære tegneserien Donut Squad (i magasinet Phoenix). Takk på forhånd ☺️
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BBC gets loads of flak but it really does bring us so much. Believe in magic as a podcast a few years ago was elite, and now settling in for a 3-part docu series on iPlayer (one of the most slept on streamers if you ask me. Treasure trove if you are keen 😆)
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The mother of all cons (title of the new iPlayer docu series) blew my mind 🫣 and I knew the story from the Believe in magic podcast from a few years back. If you can, find it and watch it. If you can’t (sorry about that), look for the podcast and then read up on the story 🤯
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“For those of us with African roots, Arsenal represented something larger - a club that embraced African players before much of Europe bothered to scout continent seriously. A club that sent players to AFCON”
Mamdani’s beautiful tribute to his Arsenal
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May 25
Gael, it's been more than a pleasure 🧡
#RolandGarros
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May 25
From 2005 to 2026: 19 Roland-Garros appearances, countless memories.
Merci La Monf 🧡
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I’m sorry @netflix, but we needed the 2010 French team World Cup docu in cinemas 😳 I’m dying here reliving that wild era 🤣
By 5th minute, we are on a ride (we aren’t on the infamous bus yet 😂)
By 8th, absolutely floored because what do you mean astrology 😂
I’m locked in 💃🏾
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Okay. So it was funny and wildly so. In parts. But then you get to the end and you see what a bloody gut wrenching saga this ended up being for so so many talented Black players. Certain people in this docu 👀 (ntacyo mvuze)
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Klar for å se denne trioen på Ullevaal Stadion i morgen 🤩
#UWCL
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With this logic, Ms White, shall the English FA sack the current coach? Or ancestry of team’s coach doesn’t matter in your eyes?
By the way… this is a legit and genuine question
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You should have ancestry from the country to represent the country. Common sense.
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