Good to see you again @GolfShoeBandon going to be a great day for sure!

This is the year when the game of two halves became the game of four quarters. And the greatest sport and event was damaged for fistfuls of dollars. Hydration breaks ruin the game’s flow and frustrates fans and viewers. If hydration breaks were solely about player welfare then they would be linked to the temperature in the stadia. It’s a nonsense having a three-minute break in an air-conditioned arena. Fifa should long ago have established a working party of coaches, sports scientists, national team doctors and Fifpro to agree a set temperature at kickoff, say 25C, which triggers the breaks. That would prove the breaks were for player welfare. At the moment, and to nobody’s surprise, it is widely accepted that these breaks are for US TV to accommodate commercials. Big bucks for the small screen. Fifa should have thought more about the effect on games and to fan (and viewer) experience when negotiating. Coaches’ desire for a mid-half tactical time-out masquerading as a drinks stop should be resisted anyway. Games have been played for 150 years without needing such intervention. Coaches can shout instructions. And who says that 22 mins and 67 mins is when a coach needs to intervene anyway. It’s nonsense. It’s about money. Respected and sane footballing voices from Virgil van Dijk to Mauricio Pochettino have spoken out against the breaks. Fifa should listen to them not appear only to listen to the rustle of dollar bills. It’s important that there is resistance to this from all over. Because if we tolerate this, our TV games could be next. BBC can’t do ads, ITV says it won’t follow its US counterparts. But it has been discussed by TV people. It’ll come one day. #FIFAWorldCup.

I don't care for soccer, so I haven't been watching. And then this slipped into my Tiktok feed. From Boston, Massachusetts. This is the best anthem, without a doubt. No-one is going to convince me otherwise, ever.

Absolutely no bottom with these people.

They really let a UFC fighter call our only Black First Lady a man on the White House lawn at an official White House event … while thousands cheered and the biggest podcaster in the world smiled. There is no economic policy fix for this. Many of these people are just racist.

None of this makes sense. 1. Who would think to make up a fake gambling scandal using Eric Trump and Daniel Cormier? If someone did, wouldn't they fake it and post it and say it's from Cormier. Cormier not only posted it, which means he really got those DM's in his box. There should be a full investigation that could easily end with X officials saying the DM was genuine on the back end. There will be nothing. mediaite.com/media/sports/fo…

🇯🇵 FUNNIEST THING: Japanese fans ran onto the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo for 40 seconds to celebrate the 2:2 tie against the Netherlands. They ran onto the crossing only for 40 seconds while it was green! The Japanese DID NOT BREAK TRAFFIC RULES! After the light turned red, everyone went back and stopped the celebration. They did not even break the traffic rules for this moment. lol

I assumed the screenshots going around were fake until this post, which makes absolutely zero sense. If Eric said he was hacked and that wasn’t really him messaging DC and that’s why DC deleted, I get it. But DC posting AI generated screenshots of himself talking makes no sense.

The misogynistic smearing of a former First Lady at a White House event sanctioned by a President … is a stain that will not be removable

Claiming it is AI generated when the guy posted it himself, and the post had a URL that then said “deleted by the author” is next level stupid lol

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Lo que acaba de pasar con la pausa de hidratación después del gol de Curazao es exactamente el motivo por el que estoy tan en contra. Alemania había quedado tocada, Curazao se le venía arriba a puro envión anímico y, de golpe, te frenan el partido, enfrían todo y lo reinician como si nada. El fútbol no se juega en cuatro cuartos. Esto no es la NBA, la NFL ni uno de esos deportes yankees armados alrededor de las interrupciones. Dejen de alterar el deporte más popular de la historia.

The Scots are creating one hell of an environment

yo @EricTrump who we betting on tonight?

I've never seen a president start a war and then beg the enemy to make a deal to end the war. Republicans are terrible at governing.

"It's ridiculous." The panel let their frustrations known about the hydration breaks introduced at this year's World Cup. Watch all 104 games from the #FIFAWorldCup on RTÉ

A YOUNG SCOTLAND FAN HAS CAUGHT A HOME RUN AT THE RED SOX GAME 🤯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Best trip ever for this young lad 💙

Scotland's Tartan Army has taken over Fenway Park in Boston 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

🚨Low level employees at secondary ticket exchanges turn a blind eye when resellers bust orders, especially @StubHub. Don’t kid yourself, many of the horror stories you are seeing and hearing for the @FIFAWorldCup the ticket resellers won’t even get penalized. CEO’s and upper management of secondary exchanges care about the customer. Get these people into these games regardless of what the cost is and throw these bad actors off your sites ASAP! Mr. Eric Baker - You’re on the world stage now and am blasting every @FIFAWorldCup 🎟️ order I see @StubHub busts. You POS scum of the earth‼️

If confirmed, this is a seismic scandal for both the worlds of politics and sports.

MAJOR BREAKING: In a now deleted post by former MMA fighter Daniel Cormier, he posted screenshots of Eric Trump trying to get an insider scoop on whether any of the MMA fights at the White House are rigged so that he could try and illegally make money off of them.. Below is the Direct Messages that Trump allegedly sent Cormier. There is no reason to doubt the legitimacy of these messages.