Good luck @z10ane tonight, will be staying up to watch 🇮🇶 🌏 Go do your thing young man ⚽️👌

Married his childhood sweetheart, has four kids, donates to the armed forces and mental health charities while running his own foundation. Doesn't drink or smoke. Zero career scandals, which is rare for anyone at his level of fame. He's also his country's and boyhood club's all-time top scorer, with six Golden Boots including four in the Premier League and one at a World Cup. He's easily the best striker in the world right now. And yet Harry Kane remains one of the most disrespected and underrated players in world football. Which is bizarre because he's exactly the type of footballer kids should be looking up to. 👏

#BREAKING Australian actress Holly Valance says that everyone “starts out as a lefty” But then you “wake up” when you try to “run a business or buy a home” “And then you realise how crap their ideas are” Hard to argue, Holly.

Imagine being a family where both parents work full time, pay tax, pay their own full council tax bill, and still can’t afford a trip to the Tower of London or a day at the zoo. Next door, a family on benefits can take the kids to the same attractions for £1 or a few pounds a ticket – the Easter “treats” that are a major financial stretch for working households become “remarkably affordable” if you happen to be on Universal Credit. Ticketing platforms now openly advertise “Universal Credit days out” with massive discounts and special offers, while websites compile lists of the “top outings” for benefit recipients – the welfare state has mutated from basic support into a lifestyle loyalty scheme with its own privileges, perks and VIP access. Politicians claim this is compassion, but there’s nothing compassionate about telling low‑paid workers they must pay full price while funding other people’s beach huts, bargain spa days and cut‑price leisure memberships. That’s not social justice. That’s a state‑sanctioned insult to the people who keep the system running.

Many couples work hard, but cannot afford to have another child. Yet from this week, they’ll be paying more in tax so that couples on welfare with four, five, or six children receive more in benefits. This is not fair. It is not compassionate to make welfare pay more than work.

A great typically British take on the state of our roads. Very funny but sadly true. Where is all of the tax money going ? Not on repairing potholes that’s for sure. Please share

let me get this straight a team will not be playing in the FIFA World Cup because they are currently being bombed by the FIFA Peace Prize winner

➟ 2022: Cesc Fàbregas signs as a new player for Como. ➟ 2023: Cesc Fàbregas becomes captain of Como. ➟ 2024: Becomes assistant coach of Como's first team. ➟ 2024: Reaches Serie A after 21 years away from the club. ➟ 2025: Ends his first season with Como as head coach in Serie A by saving the club from relegation. ➟ 2026: Has Como in fourth place in Serie A, with a chance to play in the Champions League. And is in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. ➟ Retired as a player for Como, became a shareholder, and is leading the club to glory as a coach. RESPECT TO CESC FÀBREGAS. 🧠👔

The FA has set a target for 25% of England men’s team coaches to come from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds by 2028. For the Lionesses’ coaching staff, the aim is 50% representation. This is of course despite the fact that they make up less than 20% of the population - so they would be over represented significantly. All this will do, is put barriers up for talented white people and rob them of a job they deserve, this is wrong and unfair but is happening everywhere That’s why I am taking the bar council to court over their black internship scheme. We cannot allow this unfairness and racism against white peoples to go unchallenged. Please support my campaign if you can crowdjustice.com/case/help-m…

Imagine two families, each with three children. One set of parents work. The others don’t. If Labour lifts the two child benefit cap, the working parents will need to earn £71,000 to match the family on benefits. We shouldn't tax the hardworking to pay for the non-working.

I say this with the utmost respect... Do the role makers and referees have any experience of playing football at any level? I'm not even talking semi-pro, I'm talking jumpers for goalposts football.

Reason number 4567 to not have VAR in the Championship. Second Tier alumni Lloyd Kelly sent off for.. landing from a header 🤨 x.com/BBCMOTD/status/2026795…

The amount of people agreeing with the red card is laughable Never even a yellow, let alone a red

Most people I grew up with supported United, City or Liverpool. I grew up supporting Bury. I dreamed of wearing the shirt for my boyhood club. I fell short at 16. This week, I’ve been given the honour of managing the club I’ve always loved. Dreams really do come true ⚪️🔵

Lady in blue, "Will student loans be the next misselling scandal?" #BBCQT Oli Dugmore, "My three year course, £9,000 a year for the tuition, on top of that a maintenance loan, I left uni with £37,500 of debt" "From the day I was charged RPI interest" "Since I went to uni in 2012, the amount of interest I have accrued is £32,000" "Was it missold to me when I was told it would cost me £9,000 a year? Yes" "On top of that its a regressive system" "If you're wealthy enough to pay the fees up front, you don't get charged interest - if you're rich enough you don't pay the same as me" "The government changed the terms of the agreement, I call that loan sharking" Fiona Bruce, "How else would you pay for university?" Oli Dugmore, "How did you guys pay for it?" "The state paid for it, didn't they?" Fiona Bruce, "They did" Oli Dugmore, "Good enough for you, good enough for me?"

Joshua Paul, an English football coach, offering an essential lesson to the young kids on his team. 👏👏

Dads at the under 7s game when the referee gives a throw in the wrong way

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

I scout professionally in football. But I never played above Sunday league. Six years ago, I got my first scouting assignment. Panic set in. "I'm just an analyst. I've never played professionally. Who am I to judge players?" Imposter syndrome hit hard. But I had something ex-pros didn't: 6 years analysing betting markets and a coaching qualification. I understood performance data. I knew how to spot value. First live game I attended, I was buzzing. Left-back. Top of my data models. Contract ending. Looked perfect on paper. He was awful. Completely exposed defensively. Couldn't handle the pace. I wrote a negative report. Then went back and tore apart my rating model. That's when I learned: data tells you who to watch. But the eye-test is still important. I stopped waiting to feel qualified. Your background doesn't disqualify you. Your hesitation does. If you're waiting to feel "ready" to start scouting, you'll wait forever. Start watching. Start writing. Start now.

The way Antoine Semenyo handled his move from Bournemouth to Man City is an example for any player transferring clubs. In the summer, it was the polar opposite. Players forcing moves. Refusing to play. Fans suffering as heroes became villains. Not with Semenyo though. Despite reports that a move from the South Coast to City was all but done, he still turned up consistently for the Cherries and put the work in. With his last game at the Vitality, he bagged the last minute winner against Spurs. A fairytale ending. Then, he hired a page in the local newspaper to give thanks and wish the club his best. A true example. 👏