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Maybe we will now, finally, see an end to the stutter step penalty.

There has never been a funnier ending to a sports tournament in history. It would not surprise me at all if 'woke' Gareth Southgate put blacks on at the end of penalties (3rd, 4th, and 5th) so that the winning penalty - to be remembered & repeated on TV for the next 50 years - was scored by a...

No. Whites pushing a "racial justice" (Gary Neville's words on ITV) agenda is far worse than non-whites doing it.

Messi had a poor match but a very good tournament overall. The pitch was in bad condition with lots of bobbling. This seems to be a common problem at Copa America tournaments.

If I'm not mistaken lack of representation of an ethnic group, race, or religion is, in and of itself, proof of systemic racism in the UK. Yet where are all the Asian players for England? There are more people of Asian than African extraction in England. In the English-speaking world blacks are...

I was away most of the weekend so I didn't see the England & Denmark wins but based on highlights the Ukrainians were out of their depth. They conceded a goal after four minutes, then two minutes into the second half conceded an unnecessary free kick that resulted in a goal. England have not...

Belgium eliminated by Italy. With Spain beating Switzerland in penalties that means England is the last of the multiculti teams. Unfortunately, they are favoured to make it to the final as their side of the draw is quite soft. Ukraine got lucky, and the other two potential opponents are...

I think the winner of Italy v Belgium will win the tournament. Right now the good guys are winning 2-1.

Chadli, the only Arab for Belgium came on, touched the ball once - almost set up a goal - then went off injured. Arab fragility?

I think I might have to go with the more diverse Sweden team v Ukraine for the simple reason that I think they have a better chance of upsetting England in the quarter finals.

I don't want to get my hopes up too much but if she doesn't win this year's US Open I don't think Serena will beat Margaret Court's record.

Looks like Serena's Wimbledon is about to end in the 1st round due to sliding and falling on the court.

Funny you should mention that because I thought of frederic38 saying that just before Pogba took his penalty. As Alfie says the stats might not back that up (at least in England, though that country is often an outlier) but it feels true for the continent. Any time I've seen clips of Mbappe...

Just before Rodriguez took the penalty the British commentator mentioned that he'd missed a few lately and I think he said Rodriguez's record was 6 goals, 3 missed from the spot (now 6 & 4). At that moment I said to myself "if that's so, why is he still taking them?" After he missed I figured...

Hilarious own goal in the Spain v Croatia match. Reminded me of a goal Poland conceded at Windsor Park:

Dutch PM Mark Rutte refused to attend the Budapest match & said Hungary should be thrown out of the EU because it opposes teaching homosexuality to children. That tells you all you need to know about the state of the Netherlands these days. Many of their fans provocatively flew the so-called gay...

Scotland took the knee before the England match but I don't think they did in their next match. So far it has been England, Wales, and Belgium. But the Finns also took the knee when the Belgians did, but not in their other matches. Before the Wales v Italy match the Italians actually kicked off...

If I'm not mistaken it was the Irish who started that whole business of representing your granny's country. Prior to 1990 - when Ireland made their first WC - I don't recall too many examples of such. I remember hearing (maybe around 1991) of some national federation - Italy, I think - being so...

Have to disagree with Rebajlo. Every Taffy took the knee for St George of Minneapolis whilst every Dane stood like men are supposed to. It's Denmark for me. Mind you, it is not an easy match to watch with all the "Pride" propaganda. Just about every Western company with a sideline billboard is...

Phall - Germany has taken it upon itself to bully all of its recalcitrant neighbours into accepting Globohomo. When it is not Hungary it is Poland. I wouldn't be surprised if the Germans engage in some kind of virtue-signalling gesture during tonight's match. It's interesting that UEFA would...

Just put on Sweden v Poland. Sweden scored to make it 2-0 then Lewandowski with a fantastic strike to give Poland some hope...but they need to score 2 more. Apparently they conceded the first goal after 2 minutes. Amazing how often one sees teams that need to win conceding early, almost as if...

Image of the tournament. How do they say "souvlaki" in, er, North Macedonian, anyway? Too bad we don't still have that Greek guy who used to post here. Zeus? Rebajlo - zwycieski remis (victorious draw) I'll have to remember that one. It reminds of the condescending "plucky loser" &...

Spain 1 Poland 1 Spain, once again, with loads of possession but their lack of creativity meant they rarely looked like scoring. They even missed a penalty. (Penalties have been very poor at this tournament). Morata scored Spain's goal but he's missed quite a few chances in both matches and...

I concur with Freethinker. Pogba had a good game but calling it a "masterclass" reminds me of when liberal sports commentators (is there any other kind?) claim a black athlete/manager is "real smart" or "very cerebral" simply because he managed to string together a couple of talking points into...

Yes, it is interesting that the only Arab countries that seem to ever be able to produce decent teams are in North Africa, particularly the Maghreb three. A lot of those people are Berbers, who appear to be a kind of mixture of south European and Arab. Also interesting is how few blacks in...