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The mistake here is actually Misa changing her mind about coming out and clearing the ball. Leaves Catley scrambling to get between Grant and the goal when you see she slows down for Misa before having to sprint again.
Samir Gelb retweeted
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BREAKING: Infantino forced to withdraw World Cup sell-off!
Statement attributable to the FIFA President
The FIFA Forward Enterprise project was intended to provide a basis for further strengthening our FIFA Member Associations and our sport worldwide, especially in those countries where support is most needed. And more so, as we said from the outset, to do this only if a majority of the FIFA Member Associations were in support and always subject to a consultation process with them, the FIFA Council, the Confederations and wider stakeholders.
Having listened carefully to all the views, it has become clear that the project has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place.
Our purpose has always been - and will always be - to unite and improve.
As a result, this proposal will not proceed.
Moving forward, my intent is to bring all interested parties back together in the coming days and weeks in the spirit of shared interest in our game, and with the objective to continue growing football everywhere, particularly in those countries that mostly need our support.
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🏟️ From dreaming about it to living it.
For Happy Jele, Lehlohonolo Majoro, Lucky Lekgwathi and Katlego Mphela, stepping onto the hallowed turf of Emirates Stadium wasn't just another game — it was a moment decades in the making. ❤️⚽
A journey fuelled by passion, football, and unforgettable memories. This is what the Betway Squad Clash is all about.
🎥 Relive the moments. Feel the emotion. Witness the dream.
#BetwaySquadClash #BetwayXArsenal
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At 41, Ronaldo has finally tied with Ellyse Perry for knockout World Cup goals. In other news, Ellyse Perry is nominated for the Player of the Tournament in T20 World Cup.
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1 - This is also the first time Bafana Bafana finish in the top two positions in their Group at the World Cup. Progressed. #BafanaBafana 🇿🇦
Samir Gelb retweeted
Its all over in Monterey as Bafana Bafana defeat South Korea 1-0 to book their place in the next round of the FIFA World Cup
#BafanaPride #BafanaBafana #FIFAWorldCup
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Yesterday’s FIFA World Cup Opening showed what this handful of hateful Ntelezi idiots have done for South Africa’s international reputation and decades of goodwill.
All the genuine outrage against illegal immigration has drowned under their violent acts, human rights violations and threats while they run around the country barefoot telling us they are “men”
Decades of goodwill built on international solidarity, opposition to Israeli genocide in Palestine, cooperation with other nations, gone to dust.
Football is a global language where even politics find expression, and these jokes about how SA at the World Cup is in a “rush to go home and defend their jobs and women” or how “They can’t attack Mexico because they are not African and Black” - this is not only banter, it’s political satire
It shows how the world view is shifting towards viewing South Africa as a hub of hate, something that has never been part of our identity. I mean we are being compared to Argentina and Morocco, who have committed human rights atrocities against Africans respectively.
The State should take responsibility for allowing hate groups which stop children at clinics, schools, beat people and in some instances incite murder, to define our international identity. It’s not a joke, and we cannot banter our way out of it. It’s a stain.
South Africa being regarded as the hate capital of Africa at a FIFA World Cup would have been unimaginable in 2010.
Israel is smiling wherever it is, because its mission accomplished. We have lost our moral authority on the global stage.
