El tipo levanta 70 KG con Mancuernas. Qué animal.

Yes, there has been some inhumane treatment of various nationalities in the US this summer. For what its worth, myself and the entire media contingent during last year’s Club World Cup were K-9 searched like this entering PSG training. Its not that weird.

I don’t have proof, but I believe South Africa was deliberately sabotaged for the opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be the most-viewed opening event in television and streaming history. After having visa issues and being stranded at OR Tambo International Airport, Bafana Bafana arrived in Mexico on 2 June, just nine days before their opening match on Thursday, a day after they were originally scheduled. Nine days may seem reasonable, but according to sports scientists, this is the worst possible timeframe to arrive in South and Central America before a match. The issue is that Bafana are hosting their training camp in Pachuca, where the 2400-metre altitude requires at least 14 days of physiological adaptation. At that height, athletes lose about 10% of their maximum oxygen consumption, also known as VO2 max. To physically adapt to that deficit by stimulating the kidneys to naturally boost red blood cell counts takes a minimum of 14 to 21 days. Now, it’s possible to arrive at such altitudes and still be fine. However, this requires arriving less than 36 hours before a match. This is the preferred method for single matches, frequently used by visiting teams playing a one-off game at Estadio Azteca, where the opening match will be played. They call this the “hit-and-run” strategy. The idea is that altitude fatigue and dehydration usually peak between days 2 and 5 after landing. By flying in the day before the match, playing, and immediately flying out, players compete before the acute physiological “crash” fully hits their systems. However, if a team is playing a month-long tournament like the World Cup, they cannot rely on a hit-and-run. This is because it takes a minimum of 2 to 3 weeks at altitude for the kidneys to release enough erythropoietin to stimulate the bone marrow to produce a significantly higher red blood cell count, which permanently increases the blood’s oxygen-carrying capacity. By arriving 9 days before, Bafana players are not protected by the initial adrenaline of a hit-and-run, yet they haven’t spent enough time there to build up new red blood cells. They are trapped right at the peak window of sluggishness and poor sleep recovery. The boys will walk onto the pitch at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday, trapped right at the peak of their physiological crash, haven’t been there long enough to build the blood stamina required to survive 90 minutes of high-pressing football against a Mexican side perfectly tailored to the thin air of the central highlands.

they kept running ads on the airwaves here in Houston about Messi & Argentina when everyone who follows both knew he wasn’t going to play