Mourinho called him a “lonely and fragile boy”, Putin stooge Kadyrov co-opted him during the 2018 World Cup , and English opposition fans sang songs about him being a suicide bomber. This is the Heroes & Humans story of Mo Salah with the brilliant James Montague…

9 hours until the kick-off of the UEFA Europa League quarter-final between SL Benfica & Olympique de Marseille, & it’s still unclear whether OM fans, who have away section tickets & are in the city in their thousands, will be allowed in the stadium. 1/5

The Best of the Second Five Years is a selection of our favourite contributions from 2016-2021, including James Montague on the Hakeem al-Araibi affair, Aleksandar Holiga on a controversial Zvonimir Boban interview, and Igor Rabiner on the USSR’s first club.

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EU courts, new cases 1/2

Roman Abramovich appeals to the CJEU against EU sanctions (having lost in the EU General Court)

What was the point of embarrassing the kids? Should have just not turned up

Style Lessons from George Costanza

In this thread, I will talk about some dos and don'ts of men's tailoring using one of my favorite style icons, George Costanza. 🧵

#Croatian Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic said that 54 people had been arrested and three police officers injured in the riots following the Hajduk-Dinamo football match at the Split stadium
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Police in the city of Split arrested dozens of people after large groups of Hajduk football fans threw lighted flares, bottles and stones at them after a match.

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Posted this last year. Still applies. #RegisterToVote #HaveCorrectVoterID #DontLetThemGrindYouDown

The reason you know the global rise in fascism is caused by social media is that it’s happening almost everywhere regardless of underlying economic or demographic or political trends. It’s not whatever over-complicated explanation sounds smart. It’s just the stupid memes

This is the video that was played to the Fenerbahce AGM showing how the club has been done wrong by everyone.

Fenerbahçe kongresinde açılan video

Our Extraordinary General Assembly Meeting, where our club's reactions to the injustices against our football team in the Türkiye Super League will be discussed, has started.

You can follow the meeting on our Fenerbahçe TV Youtube account👇

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At this very moment:

The minimum ticket price on StubHub to get into the Men’s Final Four: $571

The minimum ticket price on StubHub to get into the Women’s Final Four: $970

Russian propagandists are telling us what they are planning to do: create a massive European crisis by making Ukraine uninhabitable. This can be achieved either through continued bombing, or through brutal occupation, or both.
Listen to them. Take them seriously.

Fan unrest in Dutch football is on the rise. High-profile matches have been abandoned due to violence in the stadiums.

But is it simply a reemergence of hooliganism, or is there something deeper going on within society?

✍️ James Montague
🎨 Craig Silcock

'A tsunami': Why Erdogan lost Turkey’s local elections

• Erdogan voters wanted to punish him by switching to the parties which aren’t demonised by the gov’t or staying at home says ahmeturhan, who correctly predicted a major defeat weeks beforehand

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Shares of Turkish construction firms fell sharply after the ruling party suffered an unprecedented defeat in municipal elections, making it less likely for government-backed mega projects to materialize trib.al/wkfQL5Z

Before being arrested in Florida, one of the Russians that Putin sent to attack American law enforcement agents, causing them permanent traumatic brain injuries, built cover as a chef, even appearing on mainstream TV.

This agent was eventually killed for talking to the FBI.

Quite a remarkable story that has been unearthed by Michael Weiss and others. A detailed and scary read