“The best revenge is not to be like that.” - Marcus Aurelius “Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.” - Ben Franklin “If you see fraud and do not say fraud, you are a fraud.” - Nicholas Nassim Taleb

Love it! I don’t know if he’s in any position to say he’d rather have the job than the money. Just like it’s the pinnacle of the game for players, it also is for refs. But at least he’s not lost his income, plus he’s got the UEFA Super Cup in August.

🚨🗣️New: Thierry Henry reacts to the Brazil, Morocco, and Netherlands press conferences, where questions in Spanish were reportedly not permitted for Hakimi, Vinícius Jr., and Frenkie de Jong: “I have covered World Cups for years, and this situation makes absolutely no sense to me. You’re telling me a World Cup co-hosted by Mexico can stop journalists from asking questions in Spanish? That’s like hosting a Formula 1 race and banning cars from using their engines. We saw it with Hakimi. We saw it with Vinícius. Now we’re hearing similar stories involving Frenkie de Jong. The players understood the questions. The journalists spoke one of the most widely spoken languages on the planet. Yet somehow the language became the problem. Gianni Infantino talks about inclusion, diversity, and bringing football to everyone. Fine. Then explain this contradiction. How can FIFA celebrate diversity in every promotional video and then create headlines because Spanish journalists are being told to switch languages at a tournament hosted by Mexico? Spanish isn’t some obscure dialect spoken by a handful of people. It’s the language of hundreds of millions across the Americas and beyond. If a journalist from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Colombia, or anywhere else asks a question in Spanish and the player understands it, why is football creating barriers where none existed? The irony is unbelievable. FIFA keeps telling us football belongs to everyone, but this controversy has many fans asking whether some voices are more welcome than others. Maybe there’s a logistical explanation. Maybe it’s a translation issue. But perception matters. And right now the perception is terrible. Because what fans are seeing is simple: a World Cup hosted partly by a Spanish-speaking nation, players who understand Spanish, journalists who speak Spanish, and officials telling them not to use Spanish. If that’s progress, somebody needs to explain it better. Because from the outside, it looks like football’s governing body is tripping over its own message.” “FIFA wanted a celebration of diversity. Instead, they’ve handed the internet a controversy that won’t stop being discussed.”

One of the hosts is MEXICO, but journalists aren’t allowed to ask in Spanish. Players aren’t allowed to respond in Spanish. Fuck FIFA. Fuck Trump.

Telemundo. Don’t give fox or any English broadcasting airtime.

🚨🚨| OFFICIAL: Senegalese supporters will 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃 the 2026 World Cup in the USA after visa applications were denied. 🚫🇸🇳 Senegalese authorities confirmed to AFP that no official supporters' delegation will make the trip.

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🤷🏻‍♀️ stay mad fifa

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Fucked up for @ESPNUK to even run this make believe bullshit. Oh yeah, he’s got terrorist ties, but we let him go… WE’RE NOT THAT STUPID YA ORANGE BASTARD. Look how long the response time was, had to come up with something cause it wouldn’t go away.

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Embarrassing. More worried about folks traveling to do their jobs, have a good time than the nut jobs engaged in open carry.

Hey guess what, fifa also takes majority of profits, none of the risk. That’s the contract, that’s not capitalism.

With Omar Artan getting denied access from this bs country, getting denied the opportunity to host the World Cup Finals! The first Somalian to ref in the tournament! I’m bringing back this gem. Got over shadowed in 2010… Waving Flag by Somalia’s K’naan youtu.be/WTJSt4wP2ME?si=r8Rl…

Been thinking about Grant a lot lately. A voice for the game, a voice for the people. He should be here.

𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐔𝐊: “We are now in the process of defining the bid requirements,” Infantino said in 2017. “In the world, there are many countries that have bans, travel bans, visa requirements and so on and so forth.” “It’s obvious when it comes to FIFA competitions, that any team including the supporters and officials of that team who qualify for a World Cup, need to have access to the country, 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩.” “The requirements will be clear. And then each country can make up their decision, whether they want to bid or not, based on the requirements.” #WorldCupwithMicky #FIFAWC #WorldCup2026

Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to referee at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States. He received a diplomatic passport from the Somali embassy but was turned away upon his arrival. Omar Artan was elected Best African Referee in 2025.