Jonathan Snape

Dear Lizzy, What an amazing job you’ve done in the @BBCSport studio. The insight , knowledge, your love and joy of sport, living the moments, so inspiring. Plus outfits and 😀. It’s another🥇! @LizYarnold

Today’s mental health win: despite struggling recently, I’ve managed to leave the house every day for a month! 😊

She is back … never really been away!

Today I am celebrating 17 years of working as an Emergency Medicine Consultant in the busiest ED in the UK, while living with #Parkinsons for nearly 10 years of them. At diagnosis this was just a pipe dream.

@parthaskar Happy birthday 🥃

Fifty-two Skies of blue.. Dreams come true Follow what you love to do #BirthdayNumber52 💕

@SophiLouBar Epic

Some 4am alarm that was 😍🌅🛶

@henrywinter Brilliant!

The Adoration of the Maga. A few thoughts. It all felt a step too far by Gianni Infantino. The award of the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize felt more to do with its president’s desire to please powerful politicians as much as Donald Trump’s love of such glitzy, expensive offerings of loyalty last seen in medieval courts. It felt more about politics than sport, a risky game for Fifa to play whenever it wants to bring a national association into line for perceived interference by government in the future. The Trump trophy weakens Fifa statutes. It also distracted from the real trophy, the World Cup, and the group-stage draw, traditionally a celebration about bringing countries together. Infantino took his eye off the balls. A football draw designed to work out who plays who and (eventually) where and when is not the time or place for such politics. Infantino wasn’t speaking for the world in bestowing the Peace Prize, as he claimed. So presumptuous. So out of touch. Many probably agree that Trump has been a force for good in geopolitics, some might disagree. Most would probably feel such decisions should be left to experienced experts like the Nobel Committee and, please, can we get on with a football draw. It’s spectacularly naïve or simply arrogant for Fifa to enter such non-football areas. It feels more and more that this was as much an Infantino initiative as Fifa’s. Infantino was supposed to drain the swamp when he arrived at Fifa in 2016 in the wake of assorted corruption scandals bedevilling the governing body of world football. How fitting that the nadir of Infantino’s propensity for self-aggrandisement as leader of what’s supposed to be a team game came in Washington. It was there that Trump promised to transform politics with his “drain the swamp” rhetoric, also in 2016. The selfie moment was particularly cringe-worthy. Infantino forgets that football is the star of the show, not a 55-year lawyer. A senior football executive, who’s been at the heart of the English and European game for more than 20 years, messaged me during the drawn-out draw with his verdict on Infantino. “I feel revulsion, anger, shame, disgust – how has our sport been taken over by a Swiss ***** and turned into a total travesty???” He also pointed out that ensuring the leaders of USA, Mexico and Canada each somehow pulled out their own country’s name was not a good look for a draw based on chance. Great for the cameras, though. Flash, bang, wallop, what a picture of Infantino's priorities. And who gets the next FIFA Peace Prize? And wouldn't Infantino have gained more respect had he used the money for the Trump trophy to subsidise excessive ticket costs? He's lost sight of what should be the real priorities for the leader of football. The game. It's sad, really. Many sensible people work at Fifa, passionate about the game not their own ego, but it's alarming what happens to the leadership when they take power there. Even the great football manager Arsene Wenger has changed since becoming Chief of Global Football Development at Fifa. He now campaigns for more games, backing the expanded World Cup, which he would have railed against as a widely-admired, free-thinking club manager, fiercely protective of his players' well-being. "I believe that 48 teams is the right number." Arsene, just listen to yourself. Many fans probably won’t lose much sleep that Wenger dances to Fifa's tune or that Infantino cosies up to Trump, Aramco and co. Some probably think Fifa’s a video game. Most just can’t wait for the football. The game’s about Mbappe and Messi, Haaland and Salah, Kane and Dembele, not Infantino and Trump. The game’s about the Tartan Army, the brilliant Mexican following, the ever-hopeful English, the mobile carnival of Brazilians and the millions of other fans flocking to venue cities next summer, only a third with tickets. The USA is prepared for the party. I covered USA 94 and you couldn’t really tell there was a tournament on, certainly where I was in Detroit, Chicago and DC. You will this time, also in Canada. Mexico's total immersion was never in doubt given their passion for the game. Infantino should remember this. He runs a great football organisation, not a political organisation. He needs to re-focus. Fifa is undeniably a force for good in many countries. The Fifa Foundation runs a new community programme that supports 154,924 people in 54 nations. Its new Digital Education Programme works on computer literacy amongst disadvantaged groups, helping them into the workplace. It’s easy to say it’s all about Infantino (Foundation board president), soft power and ensuring he keeps countries onside, voting for him, but the Foundation undeniably changes lives. Infantino needs to look at his Adoration of the Maga and remember what he should be doing for football: serving it, not himself. #FIFAWorldCup.

@patmurphybbc @5liveSport All the very best @patmurphybbc Thank you for many years of top class broadcasting

Just done my last report for @5liveSport ending 51 yrs at the Beeb & 44 in the Sports Dept. My decision. Will remain on this platform, fulminating & eulogising in equal measure. Thanks for listening & ( usually) the supportive feedback.

What a fantastic night at the HSJ Awards in London! ✨🏆 I’m delighted that our Stroke Thrombectomy and Interventional Neuroradiology teams won two awards — Modernising Diagnostics award and Acute Sector Innovation of the Year. A proud moment for all of us and great recognition of the incredible work transforming stroke thrombectomy care at @UHNM_NHS

RIP our wonderful brother Mani. The greatest bass player and friend we could ever have wished for. X

I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday - It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself. One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend Love you Mani x x Never to be forgotten

@Roddy_Neilson @EasyPeasy_3 @AnthonyNolan … and treatment 👍🏻

@EasyPeasy_3 @AnthonyNolan Oh we love Septrin as anti PCP prophylaxis.

Everyone at Arsenal is devastated by the shocking news that former academy graduate Billy Vigar has passed away. All our thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this time. Rest in peace, Billy ❤️

@gunsandribbons @OfficialPVFC @OfficialBHAFC @NUFC @Capo_Dan_AFC @block93afc @14will14 Good luck in the next round

Made a visit @OfficialPVFC What a great football ground. Shame about the football but it’s all about the result We have @OfficialBHAFC in the fourth round Next up @NUFC away on Sunday Come on you Gunners 🔴⚪️🔴

@SSV_AFC Good luck in the next round. 🤝

Great away day.. Port Vale superb ground such an old skool vibe. Onto the next round #thearsenal #CarabaoCup #afc #gooners

Anyone with a previous booking history can now purchase 20 tickets for our game against Northampton Town... See you on October 4th. 😉 Port-Vale.co.uk/Tickets

great finish to a busy week

We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran. Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq

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