🚨 Joint-statement from Cape Verde, Curaçao, Uzbekistan, Congo, Haiti, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire expressing their “profound disappointment” following the recent comments made by UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin arguing the expanded World Cup will create “uninteresting” games. “We respectfully but firmly reject these comments. “For our countries, there is no such thing as an unimportant World Cup match. “For Cape Verde, Curaçao and Uzbekistan, qualification for the FIFA World Cup represents a historic achievement and the realization of a dream shared by generations. “For nations such as Congo and Haiti, returning to football’s biggest stage after a long absence carries a special meaning for millions of supporters who have waited years, and in some cases decades, for this moment. “To suggest that these matches are somehow less important is deeply disappointing and fails to recognize the efforts, sacrifices and aspirations of players, coaches, clubs, football leaders and supporters across the world. “Behind every qualification stand years of work and investment. Behind every national team stand entire communities and millions of people who see football as a source of pride, hope and unity. “Football does not belong to a select group of nations. Its strength comes from its universality. The FIFA World Cup is the world’s greatest football competition precisely because it brings together different cultures, different histories and different football journeys. “For many countries, participation in the FIFA World Cup is not only a sporting achievement. It is a moment that inspires a generation, accelerates football development and creates memories that last a lifetime. “We believe that every nation that qualifies deserves respect. Every team has earned its place on merit. Every supporter has the right to dream. Every match carries meaning for millions of people around the world. “We therefore reject the UEFA President’s comments and reaffirm our belief that the growth of football must continue to create opportunities, inspire new generations and strengthen the truly global nature of our game. “Every team qualified on merit. “Every match matters.”

Slot: "Mo was really happy with the style we played last season when we won the league. We both want Liverpool to compete for trophies."

We didn’t know it then but this was a game changer

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Mohamed Salah is to bring the curtain down on his illustrious career with Liverpool Football Club at the end of the 2025-26 season. The time to fully celebrate his legacy and achievements will follow later in the year when he bids farewell to Anfield ❤️

a million and one questions for GQ's April cover story, by me gq.com/story/jay-z-cover-int…

Kiss or Banks

Michael B. Jordan 🌟

Most streaming platforms rent space on third-party delivery networks to get their content to you. Netflix decided that wasn’t good enough so they built their own. They spent roughly $1 billion over a decade building a once-secret content delivery network called Open Connect, consisting of over 17,000 servers strategically placed across 158 countries.  While competitors pay companies like Akamai and Cloudfront to move their data around the world, Netflix owns the pipes. Here’s why that matters. Even at the speed of optical fiber, it takes approximately 100 milliseconds for data to complete a roundtrip between Los Angeles and London.  Multiply that delay across millions of simultaneous streams and you get buffering. Netflix’s solution was to stop sending data across the world entirely. Instead, they place their cache servers directly inside ISP data centers bringing the content physically closer to you before you even press play.  By the time you hit play on a popular show, a copy of that video is likely already sitting on a server less than a mile from your home. Then there’s how the video itself is delivered. Netflix doesn’t send you one fixed quality stream. It uses adaptive bitrate streaming dynamically adjusting video quality in real time based on your current connection speed.  Your internet slows down for two seconds and Netflix quietly drops the resolution, buffers ahead, and steps the quality back up before you notice anything. You never see a loading spinner. You just watch. Netflix accounts for approximately 15% of global downstream internet traffic and at peak times, up to 15% of worldwide internet bandwidth.  All of it flowing smoothly, because a decade ago they made a bet that owning their infrastructure was worth a billion dollars. And it was.

When you are losing, everything you do is wrong. When you are winning, everything you do is right. End of story.

Yall gotta admit, ‘Fan of a Fan’ was a FLAMES. Top 100 ever type mixtape.

Vincent Kompany defends Vini Jr and criticizes José Mourinho for his statements after the game

BAILA @vinijr and please never stop. They will never tell us what we have to do or not. ✊🏽

Non of these songs “opened doors”. So tired of this narrative

Streets finding out about wilt chamberlain to Lakers

No one could tell me nuim about DS15 these days ❤️

The Euro 2020 final nearly ended in a stampede where people without tickets were forcing their way into Wembley. 2022 CL final was delayed by 40 mins due to chaos outside of Stade de France caused by French police. But never it is pinned as a indictment on European football 🤷🏾‍♂️

This performative annoyance at Slot that is going on in this fanbase <<<<< You guys are just getting mad for the sake of it

This morning around 4am some idiots broke into my office / studio and went thru a hassle just to get next to nothing. i had my grammys there and i know they wanted my jewels but not today champions FOH. i did a freestyle called "Crow Bars" watching the footage of these low life's going thru my shit smh.

One of the best feints you’ve ever seen against one of the best at feints. Young players need to practice this.