This Athletic story could have been written precisely to illustrate why modern players are so overvalued in comparison to past greats. A whole story - 1000 words! - about what's nothing more than a nice nutmeg. #breathless

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Biografias de brasileiros importantes previstos para 2026.
- Edson Arantes do Nascimento
- Hilda Hilst
- Lygia Fagundes Telles

O doutor Sócrates Brasileiro. Perfil de un futbolista singular, carismático y politizado como pocos que brilló en el Corinthians. Hace 40 años estaba en primera línea para restaurar la democracia tras la dictadura. Con su biógrafo Andrew Downie
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Elon Musk's attack on Brazil is about one thing: Using Twitter to undermine democracy.
His incisive desire to amplify authoritarian disinformation speaks volumes. It's all about weaponizing lies to boost would-be dictators.
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How many of our social institutions will GenAI overwhelm before we began to hold the developers responsible?

They may as well be spewing toxic chemicals into the water.

Also not a penalty. Shameful.

Scottish football, man. Unbelievable. This is a penalty 366 days of the year unless it's against the Old Firm. Beyond scandalous.

The Sunday Telegraph, a fanzine. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Footballers who forget there are TV cameras at matches. Chicharito.

When a Maths teacher has to cover a History lesson at short notice

What a brilliant explanation of the Tory attack on Angela Rayner. In today's Times letter section.

Poor Ante Budimir. Never seen a penalty like this, EVER. twitter.com/Squawka_Live/s…

Great week to highlight why football pyramid matters. Atalanta showing up at Anfield and trouncing Liverpool. Bilbao winning a major trophy for 40 years. And Leverkusen winning the Bundesliga with a stunning unbeaten season. Huge celebrations. None of them invited to super league

Every day, Ukraine is losing its people, its territory, its electricity. I ask Congress to vote now on Ukraine aid. It’s vital to US interests that Russia is stopped from taking a country of 40M by force. We lived this history in Europe before & we know the cost of failing to act

It's not Edinburgh, 22 May, 2016, but it's very close! Athletic celebrate winning the Copa del Rey with a river parade through Bilbao.

'If Ukraine is defeated, we will find ourselves in a far more dangerous world. It will be a world where we can expect war in Europe and war in Asia,' nuclear proliferation and a refugee crisis on a whole new scale. Read this appeal: edition.cnn.com/2024/04/10/opi…

This is a shared view across US and its allies:

The commander of US European Command said that Ukraine “will not be able to prevail” in the war against Russia without continued US support this year. 
 
“The severity of this moment cannot be overstated,” Gen. Chris Cavoli told…

Why is he apologising? The definition of uncool is thinking you're so cool that other people mustn't wear the same clothes as you.

Pele met Maradona for the first time 45 years ago today in Rio de Janeiro. They got on famously. “I knew Pelé was a God as a player,” Maradona said. “Now that I’ve met him, I know he is as a person, too.'