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West Midlands, England
Joined June 2009
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German police estimating there are about 100,000 Dutch fans in Dortmund. Not all of them will have a ticket to ENGHOL, but will be there for the atmosphere, which appears to be a pretty good one
Nederlandse fans kwamen Engelse fans tegen en speelde 'Hey Jude' voor hun. Geweldig! #EURO2024 #NEDeng
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Key difference between IOC and FIFA: - IOC had daily pressers in Sochi 2014, Beijing 2008, Beijing 2022, Rio 2016, all Games hit with issues beyond sport. Like it or not, the IOC answered tough questions every day. - FIFA has 0 daily pressers in #Qatar #WorldCup #Olympics
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Gianni Infantino is, presumably, not feeling gay today
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Exclusive: just had brief word with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the elusive Newcastle Utd chairman & supremo of Saudi sovereign wealth fund PIF - which is funding highly controversial LIV golf series which starts here at Centurion Club tmrw. Asked him about claims of sportswashing
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Boris Johnson's "victory" in today's vote of confidence was only by 59:41 per cent that is lower in percentage terms than: John Major in 1995 Margaret Thatcher in 1990 Theresa May in 2018
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BREAKING: Six days after the Champions League policing fiasco, UEFA issues "sincere apology to fans" for "frightening and distressing events". Still no apology or retraction of the statements Uefa made on the night, that Liverpool fans were to blame. uefa.com/insideuefa/mediaser…
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Happy days for Steve Hodge
The Diego Maradona @Argentina shirt which he wore in the 1986 @FIFAWorldCup quarter-final against England has sold for £7,142,500 at the end of a two-week online auction at @Sothebys, it officially becomes the most expensive match-worn sports jersey in history.
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Families with checks done in Rzeszow being told to now travel 200 miles to Warsaw to collect their visas. People who’ve made dangerous journeys from a war zone shouldn’t be sent from pillar to post before they can join family. Appalling that Home Secretary is letting this happen
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IPC President Andrew Parsons appeared to Chinese viewers and listeners to have a mic issue at the Paralympic Opening Ceremony this evening. But in fact his speech about how he was "horrified at what is taking place in the world right now" was censored in China.
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BREAKING: IPC decided Russia and Belarus athletes WILL be allowed to compete at the Beijing Winter Paralympics which start tomorrow - as neutrals. They will compete under the Paralympic flag and not be included in the medal table. Conditions below 👇
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FIFA has blood on its hands. Infantino should stand up to Putin not appease him. Utterly spineless from FIFA to let Russia continue competing in World Cup qualifying just with a different name. While brave Ukrainians die. #UkraineInvasion 🇺🇦
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"Maybe I'm not so good. I want to try and move this situation and to also make assessments with the club" 👀 Antonio Conte questions whether he is the right man for the job at Spurs in a dramatic post-match press conference 😳 #THFC
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Is the U.K. O.K. ?
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Big athletics news: Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been banned for a total of 10 years - five years for the presence and use of multiple prohibited substances and five years for her refusal to co-operate with the AIU’s investigation into her case athleticsintegrity.org/downl…
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Magnificent by @AndyBurnhamGM on the Hillsborough outrages: 97 people unlawfully killed, South Yorkshire police 32 years of toxic lies to blame the victims, nobody held to account; ‘Scales of British justice need levelling up.’ #bbcqt teapawt.net/bbcquestiontime/status…
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We're not an airline but we do fly planes #Djokovic
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Memo to sportspeople: don’t go into your granddad’s medicine cabinet and take his heart drugs. I know, we’ve all done it.
Kamila Valieva has argued her positive drugs test was due to contamination with her grandad's medicine. #BBCOlympics #Beijing2022

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Michail Antonio is talking about a loss of scale. He makes a good point. The cat stuff is bad. The relative levels of outrage are also instructive
West Ham's Michail Antonio has questioned the reaction to Kurt Zouma kicking his cat, asking if it's worse than players convicted of racism.
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The FA confirm they will turn their attention to hosting Euro 2028 rather than the 2030 World Cup, as first called by @ianmallon in October.
Following an extensive feasibility study, we can confirm we have agreed to focus on a bid to host UEFA EURO 2028 along with the @IrishFA, @ScottishFA, @FAWales and @FAIreland. Find out more here:

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