Duppy Conqueror 1,534 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Really sad news..Spanish roads like most in the med,i wouldnt drive on.first time i was in Spain was during the '82 World cup.went on a coach trip between games, going up a winding mountain road,traumatized for life. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,313 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 19 minutes ago, Duppy Conqueror said: Really sad news..Spanish roads like most in the med,i wouldnt drive on.first time i was in Spain was during the '82 World cup.went on a coach trip between games, going up a winding mountain road,traumatized for life. That road from Santander into France and the Pyrenees is sketchy as fuck. Had some scary times driving up to Northern France. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 8 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said: So the model was Urus. An SUV. Still goes like shit off a shovel though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,313 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 8 hours ago, Vesper said: 0-60 in less than 3 seconds, 800bhp, insane performance Fernando and Vesper 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVINAA 129 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Partey of arsenal charged Fernando and Vesper 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Just typifies Arsenal, allowed him to play knowing what he did the dirty cunt Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Special Juan said: Just typifies Arsenal, allowed him to play knowing what he did the dirty cunt They wanted to renew his contract as well. Sickening. Edited July 4 by LAM09 Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,313 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 Innocent until guilty - but if you had a player suspected of FIVE rapes and other sexual assaults any club with any morals or standards would suspend them. That isnt Arsenal apparently, rape apologists. Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 On 03/07/2025 at 17:19, YorkshireBlue said: Just been reading he just had minor surgery and the doctors advised him not to fly home, so he was driving to catch a ferry so he could be back in Liverpool by Monday for pre season training. That makes it worse! His poor mum as well to lose both children. Horrific. Vesper and Johnnyeye 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 FIFA dropping anti-racism messages a ‘human rights risk’ for 2026 World Cup, say rights groups https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6473509/2025/07/04/fifa-racism-discrimination-world-cup/ FIFA’s decision to drop messages explicitly challenging racism and discrimination at the Club World Cup “signals a human rights risk” for next year’s men’s World Cup finals in the United States, according to a coalition of 15 human rights groups. The Athletic reported on June 16 that no videos, signage or marketing assets referencing anti-racism and anti-discrimination slogans would be displayed in U.S. venues hosting the FIFA Club World Cup, despite such promotional content being developed ahead of the tournament. The Dignity 2026 Coalition — via Human Rights Watch, a founding member — said FIFA, world football’s governing body, should publish the reasons for doing so and should reinstate the messaging for the rest of the tournament, as well as for next summer’s World Cup. FIFA did display the messaging on Wednesday, June 18, to mark International Day for Countering Hate Speech, but that has not been replicated throughout the competition. What You Should Read Next If Club World Cup attendances are an issue, FIFA will bear much of the responsibility There are going to be lots of emptry seats when the tournament begins but that is not the fault of U.S. soccer fans Earlier this week, supporters at Monterrey’s Club World Cup last-16 game against Borussia Dortmund were warned by FIFA that the game could be suspended after homophobic chants were heard repeatedly during the second half. The match finished before any further action was taken. There have not been any announcements from FIFA within stadiums explaining the organisation’s anti-racism protocols or its “universal anti-racism gesture” which was rolled out in September last year and was supposed to be applied to all competitions. The lack of messaging stands in contrast to recent FIFA-run tournaments when messages were displayed on in-stadium screens and across social media, such as at the 2023 Women’s World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand and the 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar. The Dignity 2026 coalition contains 15 national-level human rights groups, labour unions and worker networks, along with fans, athletes’ organisations and migrant rights groups, which represent the interests of affected communities around next summer’s men’s World Cup. (Alex Grimm/Getty Images) FIFA’s decision not to carry such messaging for this summer’s tournament has been described as an “inexplicable and inexcusable step backward” by Minky Worden, director of global initiatives at Human Rights Watch. Bailey Brown, president of the leading North American alliance of fan groups the Independent Supporters Council, said FIFA were risking “normalising discrimination and undermining the progress made in soccer in recent years” by scaling back on their messaging. “FIFA’s retreat from basic anti-discrimination commitments sends a chilling message that discrimination will be tolerated,” said Andrea Florence, executive director of the Sport & Rights Alliance. FIFA’s decision was criticised as “a shocking setback for efforts to end homophobia and transphobia in sport” by Hudson Taylor, executive director of Athlete Ally, which fights for equal access, opportunity, and experience in sports. FIFA was asked to “clarify the reasons for this sudden reversal and to reaffirm its commitment to human rights, anti-racism, and equality,” by Jamal R. Watkins, senior vice president of strategy and advancement at the NAACP, an American civil rights organization for African Americans. What You Should Read Next FIFA spent more than $50million on Club World Cup marketing to boost ticket sales The Club World Cup has been beset by organisational challenges ahead of the first edition of the revamped 32-team tournament in the U.S. In its statement to The Athletic last month, FIFA did not explain why they have reduced their in-tournament messaging for this competition in the United States, if competing clubs had been consulted on the matter or if the slogans would return for the 2026 men’s World Cup, which will be held across the U.S., Mexico and Canada. A FIFA spokesperson said: “FIFA has a firm, zero-tolerance stance against all forms of discrimination and racism. This commitment was recently reinforced through the unanimous approval by the FIFA Council of the revised FIFA Disciplinary Code, which introduces new measures to fight racist abuse — including increased minimum bans for racist incidents and enhanced financial penalties as duly informed to the 75th FIFA Congress in Asuncion in May 2025.” FIFA also said its three-step anti-discrimination procedure is in effect should incidents occur, while adding that a social media protection service is available to players and match officials, which helps hide abuse from their social media channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,319 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Vesper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nyikolajevics 2,698 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 10 hours ago, Special Juan said: Just typifies Arsenal, allowed him to play knowing what he did the dirty cunt So, timeline should be like: 1. Arsenal buys him for big money in 2020- 2. He commits these crimes in 2021 and 2022(as for the charges) 3. Investigation ongoing 4. Three days after his contract expires, he gets officially charged with his name going on public. Arsenal communicates "he is not our player anymore, we cannot comment" Wonder if it's coincidental. Met police politely took their time to investigate so he can fulfill his contract and Arsenal didn't have to face PR-nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,509 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Still in shock about what happened to Diogo Jota and his brother, such a big tragedy, horrible way to go. Jota just got married with the love of his live, he was in delight and had the world at his feet both professionally and personally, but in a split moment it’s all taken away from him, now his wife and 3 children have to live without him. I can’t even imagine what the parents of Diogo and Andre are going trough, there are not enough words to describe this, this is simply gut wrenching and heartbreaking💔 Many condolences to his family and friends. May both brothers rest in peace. 😢❤️🙏🕊️ Fulham Broadway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laylabelle 9,535 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 Seen Liverpool are going to pay his contract in full Johnnyeye and Vesper 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 8 hours ago, Laylabelle said: Seen Liverpool are going to pay his contract in full ultra rare class move from the scouse vermin although I wager they will have taken out insurance on all their players long ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 FIFA opens New York office in U.S. president’s Trump Tower https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6479639/2025/07/08/fifa-trump-tower-new-york-club-world-cup/ FIFA’s close relationship with Donald Trump is about to become even closer as the U.S. president is set to become its landlord, with world football’s governing body opening a New York office in Trump Tower. FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has spent the last year forging ever stronger links with Trump, visiting the White House and the president’s Florida base Mar-a-Lago on numerous occasions, as well as accompanying him on a recent tour of the Gulf, a trip Infantino prioritised over FIFA’s annual congress in Paraguay in May. That decision drew sharp criticism from European football chiefs. Infantino, however, believes he must have a good relationship with the leader of the nation that is hosting the current Club World Cup and most of next year’s men’s World Cup, as well as being football’s largest growth market. And the 55-year-old Swiss football administrator would point to the inclusion of $625million of security funding for the World Cup in Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill as proof that his approach is working. Infantino was at an event at Trump Tower on Monday to launch a five-day exhibition of the Club World Cup trophy when he announced that FIFA would be moving in. https://www.instagram.com/p/DL1TtxoI-Jo/ With Trump’s son Eric stood beside him, Infantino said: “FIFA (is) a global organisation (and) to be global, you have to be local, you have to be everywhere. “We have to be in New York – not just for the FIFA Club World Cup this year and the FIFA World Cup next year – we have to be in New York as well when it comes to where our offices are based. “So, today, we are opening an office of New York here in Trump Tower. Thank you, Eric, thank you to everyone. Thanks, of course, to President Trump as well, who is a big fan of soccer.” While some will greet this news with a shrug and point out that Trump Tower is as good a site as any for a base in the city which is hosting your organisation’s most important events, others will be less impressed. Infantino’s critics, of which there are many, will note that FIFA has only just opened a huge office in Miami, where it has moved most of its legal department, and also has a significant presence in Toronto, where there is an office of staff working on next summer’s tournament. In fact, having only needed one base in Zurich for most of its 121-year history, Infantino has been opening offices around the globe for a decade, including an expensive operation in Paris that he has already started to wind down. What You Should Read Next Who is the real Gianni Infantino, FIFA president and ‘the king of soccer’? Before the Club World Cup, The Athletic has spoken to dozens of people to gain a clearer picture of the most powerful man in football There are also unhappy institutional memories of Trump Tower itself, as it was the home of the late Chuck Blazer, the U.S. football administrator whose testimony as a government informant brought down Infantino’s predecessor Sepp Blatter a decade ago and almost destroyed FIFA. Blazer, in fact, had two apartments in the 58-story skyscraper, one for him, one for his cats. And he was not the only disgraced member of the old regime to reside there, as Brazilian football chief Jose Maria Marin was kept there under house arrest for his part in the FIFA corruption scandal. And then there is the wider and thornier issue of the increasingly blurred lines between Trump the president and Trump the businessman, as many will point to this as yet another example of the president’s family using his political position for their own commercial benefit. Even if the Trumps are giving FIFA the space for a reduced rate or even for no charge at all, having FIFA as a tenant is a marketing coup. (Photo: Ira L. Black – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Carlo Ancelotti sentenced to one year in prison over tax offence https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6320182/2025/07/09/carlo-ancelotti-tax-real-madrid/?campaign=14162257 Brazil head coach Carlo Ancelotti has been sentenced to one year in prison and fined €386,361 by a Madrid court for failing to pay tax on his image rights revenues in the 2014 financial year. Ancelotti, who left Real Madrid at the end of the side’s 2024-25 La Liga season to take charge of Brazil, has been acquitted by Section 30 of Madrid’s provincial court of a similar offence related to the 2015 tax year. The Italian head coach managed Real Madrid from 2013 to 2015 and again between 2021 and 2025. The court were unable to prove Ancelotti had stayed long enough in Spain in 2015 to incur tax liabilities, as he moved to London in May that year after being sacked by Madrid. It is rare for Spain to enforce jail sentences of under two years for non-violent and first-time offenders. Ancelotti, 65, was charged in 2020 after being accused of failing to pay around €1.62million ($1.24m; £915,000 at current rates), with €386,361 from 2014 and €675,718 from 2015. The Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office had been seeking a prison sentence of four years and nine months, as well as a fine of €3.2m. The charges related to earnings from Ancelotti’s image rights during his first stint as Madrid head coach in 2014 and 2015, with the allegation that the Italian had failed to include the relevant income in his tax returns, despite declaring himself as a tax resident in Spain and listing his residence as Madrid. The case was heard in the 30th Criminal Court of the Provincial Court of Madrid on April 2 and 3. It was clarified on the first day of proceedings that Ancelotti had since paid his €1.5m debt to the Spanish tax authorities in 2021. Ancelotti had decided to testify in court after saying he would not attempt to strike a deal with the prosecution. Catch Up On The Story Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti appears in court over alleged tax fraud Ancelotti was charged in 2020 and Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of four years and nine months and a fine of €3.2m. Ancelotti’s defence was that it had been Madrid’s obligation to make the correct withholding for the tax authorities when it came to income from his image rights. He told the court on day one that he “never” intended to defraud. Ancelotti said he negotiated directly with Madrid a contract of €6m net annually over three years. “I negotiate in net (salary) because I am not an expert,” he added. “I thought it was quite normal because at that time all the players and the previous coach (Jose Mourinho) had (done the same). For coaches, (image rights) don’t mean the same as they do for players because they don’t sell shirts. “I have never given importance to image rights. I only cared about collecting a net six (salary of €6m net annually).” After Ancelotti’s testimony and questioning on day one, the second day in court saw five tax experts — three called by the prosecution, one by the defence and one from the tax office — appear as witnesses and be questioned by lawyers from both sides. Ancelotti first coached Madrid for two seasons between 2013 and 2015. After spells at Bayern Munich, Napoli and Everton, he returned to the Spanish side in June 2021. Across his two periods with Madrid, Ancelotti won two La Liga titles, two Copas del Rey and three Champions Leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahmedou 192 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 19 hours ago, Vesper said: Carlo Ancelotti sentenced to one year in prison Haram Ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,175 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Lamine Yamal to be investigated over dwarfism row https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cn5kpd4y2yvo Spain's Ministry of Social Rights has asked the country's prosecutor's office to investigate Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal after he reportedly hired people with dwarfism to perform at his 18th birthday party. Lamine Yamal hosted a party on Sunday at a rented property in Olivella, a small town 50 kilometres north west of Barcelona, with guests including YouTubers, influencers, and several Barcelona team-mates. It is alleged Lamine Yamal hired a group of entertainers with dwarfism, something the Association of People with Achondroplasia and other Skeletal Dysplasias in Spain (ADEE) described as "unacceptable in the 21st century". When contacted by BBC Sport, the Directorate General for People with Disabilities - part of the Ministry of Social Rights, ConsumerAffairs, and 2030 Agenda - said: "ADEE has filed a legal complaint. "Therefore, this Directorate General has asked the Prosecutor's Office to investigate to determine whether the law and, therefore, the rights of people with disabilities have been violated." The ADEE said it "publicly denounces the hiring of people with dwarfism as part of the entertainment," and said it would take legal action as it "perpetuates stereotypes, fuels discrimination, and undermines the image and rights" of people with disabilities. In a statement it said: "These actions violate not only current legislation but also the fundamental ethical values of a society that seeks to be egalitarian and respectful. "The general law on the rights of persons with disabilities expressly prohibits the following practices: 'Shows or recreational activities in which people with disabilities or other circumstances are used to provoke mockery, ridicule, or derision from the public in a manner contrary to the respect due to human dignity are prohibited'." However, Spanish radio station RAC1, external broadcast an interview with someone claiming to be one of the entertainers present at the party who defended Lamine Yamal. "No-one disrespected us, we worked in peace," said the artist, who asked to remain anonymous. "I don't understand why there's so much hype. We're normal people, who do what we want, in an absolutely legal way. "We work as entertainers. Why can't we do it? Because of our physical condition? "We know what our limit is and we will never exceed it: we are not fairground monkeys." The performer said it lasted one hour, and afterwards the entertainers joined in with the party. "We dance, we distribute drinks, we do magic... there are many types of shows. Everyone had a great time." When approached for comment by BBC Sport, a Barcelona spokesperson said the club was "not in a position to comment on an act that falls strictly within the private sphere", but added their position would be reassessed once "concrete information" has been ascertained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVINAA 129 Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 ERIK TEN HAG LOST BAYER LEVERKUSEN 5 - 1 TO U20 FLAMENGO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.