I took this photo earlier this week. A man had carefully sewn this patch onto his #IRN kit. Resistance will never die. #FIFAWorldCup

The World Cup is incredible. We own it, not them.

Can someone over there ask Wenger about how well the USWNT played when they were simultaneously fighting for equal pay AND winning BACK2BACK World Cups?!? Megan Swanick Miguel Delaney Oliver Holt

Absolutely scathing. theguardian.com/football/2022/…

Family of jailed whistleblower Abdullah Ibhais accuse Fifa and Infantino of “callous indifference” and being “complicit” in a “human rights travesty”, which is “tearing apart” his young family Ibhais’s case was referred on Wed to a team of UN experts independent.co.uk/sport/football…

With drones, video cameras, facial recognition software, and undercover police, the Qatar World Cup may be the most-surveilled sporting event ever. Welcome to the new era of digital authoritarianism in sports My latest for The Nation: thenation.com/article/societ…

En Instagram, su hermano Eric, dice: "Soy gay, soy la razón por la que mi hermano usó la remera con arcoiris en el Mundial. Mi hermano era sano. Él me había dicho que había recibido amenazas. No creo que mi hermano haya muerto, creo que lo mataron". instagram.com/p/Cl977mRJ-R8/…

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Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner has been named MLS Sporting Executive of the Year in the 2022 Mark Abbott MLS Club Awards. Tanner is the architect of a low-spending Union squad that topped the Eastern Conference & made it to an MLS Cup final, their first ever.

Will Latif Little believes widespread, unaddressed trauma is at the root of Philadelphia’s gun violence crisis, and that the city must invest in integrating therapy into every facet of daily life — from schools and jails to workplaces — as a solution. inquirer.com/news/philadelp…

I've read the report in its entirety and and if I have one overarching takeaway on the systemic nature of all this, it's how even today, nobody takes responsibility for anything. People claiming they can't remember an email/convo, saying they told someone to ask someone else.

This is jaw-dropping and should be a much, much bigger story. How DHS had specific, highly alarming intel well in advance but failed to sound the alarm about January 6 news.yahoo.com/exclusive-an-i…

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Billboards in Kathmandu call on FIFA to ‘support the hardest working team in Qatar’ by finally agreeing to compensate them for abuses suffered. This one is outside Tribhuvan airport, where migrants too often return without wages, and where bodies are regularly repatriated. 🧵

Man United marketing 101

Not a great day for the “Soccer is boring” crowd.

Soccer is boring, huh?

Big fruitcake lobby in full effect here. dried fruit belongs with cheese but keep those shriveled jawns outta my bread!!

I’m gonna need the my heart will go on version ASAP please and thank you