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Sachin Nakrani
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Deputy Football Editor at @theguardian.com I Random thoughts & rubbish jokes
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Alfie Tobutt @alfietobutt.bsky.social · 4h
THE GUARDIAN SPORT: RFU proposes 'anti-pee paint' to ease local residents' fears #TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7h
Scott McTominay and Ché Adams on target as nervy Scotland edge out Belarus
Scott McTominay and Ché Adams on target as nervy Scotland edge out Belarus
Scotland edged closer to the World Cup with this result. It is just that next summer’s festival of football felt so far away as the Scots limped and laboured to victory over Belarus. A dismal showing has left Steve Clarke with far more questions than answers beforethe two closing fixtures that will determine Scotland’s Group C fate. More of this will not do; as the Hampden Park crowd pointed out with increasing ferocity during the second half. Scott McTominay eased nerves with a late goal; the Napoli man’s lack of celebration said it all. Continue reading...
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 7h
Freed from Desire blaring across Hampden Park after Scotland beat Belarus 2-1 with an average performance and having basically been hanging on at the end may be the most inappropriate use of Freed from Desire in Freed from Desire history.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 9h
Ha! Reckon I’ve got one more watch in me.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 9h
Get that. Reckon I’ve got one more watch in me.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 11h
He’s sensational.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 12h
… it’s a great movie, btw. Absolutely do watch it if you haven’t done so already. The stress is totally worth it.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 12h
Yep, it’s Uncut Gems. I literally almost threw up during the scene where Sandler is repeatedly trying to let Kevin Garnett into the jewellery store and repeatedly can’t.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21h
‘Verging on unwatchable’: Guardian writers on their most stressful movies
‘Verging on unwatchable’: Guardian writers on their most stressful movies
With the US release of Rose Byrne’s anxiety-inducing motherhood spiral If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, writers relive their most uncomfortable movie watches
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 16h
It’s a cracker, tbf.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 16h
It can’t get any worse. It can.

@dombooth19.bsky.social on watching Blackpool lose again at Edgeley Park. For @sport.theguardian.com.

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
It can get worse: Blackpool’s latest defeat recalls Mick McCarthy meme
Blackpool had high hopes in August under Steve Bruce but, now managerless, are second bottom of League One after losing at Stockport
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 1d
Great read on bad people doing bad things.
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Bryan Graham @bryanagraham.bsky.social · 1d
Welcome to hell! www.theguardian.com/football/202...
A World Cup preying on Fomo: Fifa’s 2026 ticket scheme is a late-capitalist hellscape
NFTs, dynamic pricing and double resale fees have turned the 2026 World Cup into a fintech carnival where fandom meets late-capitalist absurdity
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 1d
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 1d
Finally read this by @barneyronay.bsky.social on Gary Neville and flags. It’s great. And important.

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Flag alert! Gary Neville may not be Orwell but he is a very English type of patriot | Barney Ronay
An easy target for accusations of luxury hypocrisy, Neville has at least tried to address an issue that has everything to do with aggressively flag-draped and militarised modern sport
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 1d
Yours sincerely, Manuel Ugarte.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d
Column: How can I help a teammate who comes across as rude, loud and abrasive to people who don’t know him as well?
Column | Work Advice: Managing a quirky colleague’s interactions with outsiders
How can I help a teammate who comes across as rude, loud and abrasive to people who don’t know him as well?
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 1d
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 1d
… lots of lovely reflections by Clive but, for me, he was especially good on the here and now, specifically on the state of modern-day commentary. Couldn’t agree with him more on the fundamental failure of two-plus comms teams. You’re talking to yourselves and not us, lads.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 1d
Was a pleasure helming @sport.theguardian.com latest reader interview, especially as it meant speaking to the great Clive Tyldesley. Top man, iconic voice and really thoughtful and interesting responses to a range of questions, including one on Joni Mitchell.

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Clive Tyldesley: ‘I’ve only been drunk twice and once was with the England women’s team’
Veteran commentator answers your questions on famous lines, favourite stadiums and being told ‘Not for me, Clive’
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James Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 1d
Next up in our reader interview series … Clive Tyldesley.

Famous lines, favourite stadiums and how many times a day he gets told: ‘Not for me, Clive.’ With @sachinnakrani.bsky.social
Clive Tyldesley: ‘I’ve only been drunk twice and once was with the England women’s team’
Veteran commentator answers your questions on famous lines, favourite stadiums and being told ‘Not for me, Clive’
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 2d
Stewart Lee has had his say on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and it’s as excellent as you’d expect it to be.

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Stewart Lee goes off on the Riyadh Comedy Festival, Louis CK and Cancel Culture
YouTube video by Class Clown Podcast
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 2d
Indeed
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 2d
Excellent piece and especially excellent payoff.
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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 2d
a column on the brave, brave comedians who went to saudi arabia and told jokes about gay people and women drivers

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We know what the comedians got out of the Riyadh comedy festival. What about the Saudi regime? | Jonathan Liew
The tawdry event was an ultimately doomed attempt by the Saudi government to buy the kind of authentic grassroots culture it is unwilling to countenance, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 2d
Perhaps, but would also definitely be more enthusiastic given how much of a ‘treat’ seeing England would be to, say, a crowd at the Stadium of Light.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 2d
Or play more games around the country.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 2d
💯 agree.