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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 3h

In advance of tomorrow's match between Italy and Israel, here again is my and @antoineduval.bsky.social piece in @josimarfootball.bsky.social on the serious governance failures that mean Israel is still allowed to compete. And no, the peace-plan changes nothing josimarfootball.com/2025/10/06/m...

More political theatre while Gaza burns - josimarfootball.com

Uefa and Fifa’s failure to sanction the Israel Football Association is a moral and political failure.

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 20h

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 19h

I don’t think it’s good that we have an entire class of media elites who believe that people getting mad at them means they’re doing a good job, but identifying that makes me wonder if it’s actually better to not get mad at them and deprive them of what they want.

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 20h

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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 1d

NRK reports that the police used tear gas against protesters who broke through the barriers at Ullevaal Stadium.

www.nrk.no/norge/demons...

Demonstranter marsjerer opp mot Ullevaal før kampen mellom Norge og Israel

Pro-palestinske demonstranter brøt sperringene utenfor stadion, ifølge politiet.

www.nrk.no

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 2d

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Shahrzad Shams @shahrzadshams.bsky.social · 1d

Unsurprisingly all over online right-wing media channels too.

Amid the flood of ads for grifty “wellness” products and the occasional pitch to invest in gold, these recruitment ads have joined the steady rotation of horseshit on Rumble

Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 2d

ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

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ICE recruitment ads air on UFC, WWE programming

Chilling ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

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Sam Kunti @samindrakunti.bsky.social · 2d

Protests ahead of Norway - Israel.

Lars Johnsen @reporterlars.bsky.social · 2d

OK oppmøte og trøkk på Karl Johan.1

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Eric @grapplers.win · 2d

It sure is weird how the "keep politics out of sports" crowd keeps trying to use sports as political props. /s

Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 2d

ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/ice-recrui...

ICE recruitment ads air on UFC, WWE programming

Chilling ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 2d

ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/ice-recrui...

ICE recruitment ads air on UFC, WWE programming

Chilling ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

www.sportspolitika.news

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your friendly neighborhood mel @geekmisconduct.bsky.social · 2d

🎶one of these things is not like the others…🎶

Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 2d

ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

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ICE recruitment ads air on UFC, WWE programming

Chilling ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

www.sportspolitika.news

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WIRED @wired.com · 3d

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money." www.wired.com/story/men-ar...

Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles

Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."

www.wired.com

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 2d

Thanks for letting me know!

Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 2d

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juan, immigrant fall sports fan @ecuamerican.bsky.social · 2d

Getting them here in Philly. Also have heard radio spots 😬

Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 2d

ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/ice-recrui...

ICE recruitment ads air on UFC, WWE programming

Chilling ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 2d

ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/ice-recrui...

ICE recruitment ads air on UFC, WWE programming

Chilling ICE recruitment ads are seeping into sports and entertainment programming, including the UFC, WWE, WNBA and NFL programming depending on the viewer's location.

www.sportspolitika.news

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 3d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 3d

Because when you burn down a house and nobody ever rebuilds it, someone is still forced to live in the ashes

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 4d

Two genuine heroes, who were both smeared and vilified for speaking out. Abdullah spent three years in jail in Qatar. His crime: defending the truth about a strike by migrant workers who were employed on a 2022 World Cup project. #ptg2025

Play the Game @playthegame-org.bsky.social · 4d

On the last day of #ptg2025, the Play the Game Award was awarded to two courageous whistleblowers in sport:
Maggie Nichols and Abdullah Ibhais👇

www.playthegame.org/news/whistle...

Whistleblowers Maggie Nichols and Abdullah Ibhais receive the Play the Game Award 2025

On the last day of Play the Game 2025, the Play the Game Award was awarded to two courageous whistleblowers in sport: Maggie Nichols and Abdullah Ibhais.

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 6d

In my speech at @playthegame-org.bsky.social 2025 in Finland, I delved into Donald Trump’s bond with the UFC and reveal the cast of power players shaping his sports agenda.

You can reach the speech and watch the entire session here: www.sportspolitika.news/p/speech-tru...

Speech: Trump, the UFC, and the new world order in sports

In my speech at Play the Game 2025, I delve into Donald Trump’s bond with the UFC and reveal the cast of power players shaping his sports agenda.

www.sportspolitika.news

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Play the Game @playthegame-org.bsky.social · 7d

How sport became one of Trump's most powerful tools🛠️

Go to the theme page that traces Donald Trump's extensive use of sports as both a personal branding tool and a central instrument of political power and public influence💡👇

playthegame.org/projects/tru...

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How Trump has turned sport from brand to power

Decades of self-promotion through sport have become the foundation of Donald Trump's political theatre.

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 12d

The Rock is teasing a future presidential run...again. And yet, for a wrestler once known as “The People’s Champ,” he seems wary of taking sides. So instead, he serves up Hallmark sentiments dressed as politics while courting conservatives on Fox News.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/dwayne-the...

Between ‘The Rock’ and a hard place

For a wrestler once known as “The People’s Champ,” The Rock seems remarkably wary of taking sides. And by serving up little more than Hallmark sentiments dressed as politics, he alienates everyone.

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 12d

Wrote this back in February after Dana White defended a Hitler-loving UFC fighter but it is just as relevant after his free speech remarks on 60 Minutes.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/dana-white...

Dana White loves free speech, but his UFC still bans journalists like me

The UFC's Dana White is casting himself as the champion of free speech despite fronting for a sports league infamous for its heavy-handed repression of the media, including journalists like me.

www.sportspolitika.news

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Karim Zidan @karimzidan.com · 12d

The Rock is teasing a future presidential run...again. And yet, for a wrestler once known as “The People’s Champ,” he seems wary of taking sides. So instead, he serves up Hallmark sentiments dressed as politics while courting conservatives on Fox News.

www.sportspolitika.news/p/dwayne-the...

Between ‘The Rock’ and a hard place

For a wrestler once known as “The People’s Champ,” The Rock seems remarkably wary of taking sides. And by serving up little more than Hallmark sentiments dressed as politics, he alienates everyone.

www.sportspolitika.news

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 14d

Many migrant workers who came to Qatar to build the 2022 WC infrastructure found themselves jobless after the tournament. @josimarfootball.bsky.social reveals how some of them have been recruited by the Russian army, are fighting and die on the Ukrainian front.

josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...

The migrant soldiers - josimarfootball.com

For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine.

josimarfootball.com

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