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⚡️⭕️ BREAKING: Explosion at Fujairah Oil Depot 🇦🇪An oil depot in Fujairah has reportedly exploded following an alleged drone attack. 📣 Follow @FP_News_247 for continuous updates. #Iran #Israel #UAE #Sharjah #Dubai #SaudiArabia #Iraq #Doha #Qatar #TelAviv #jerusalen #TelAviv #Tehran #Kuwait

You don’t win a Test match on the Day 1. You win it with the throwdowns in the dark, the early nets in February, the discipline to leave outside off. Leadership’s the same — it’s a game of inches before it’s a game of runs. Top read, this. @kleidos1 x.com/kleidos1/statu…

What is wrong with the image @RoyalMail Useless

@elonmusk @elonmusk are you going to be gaining a licence in the UAE anytime soon?

Starlink is not allowed to have an Internet provider license in South Africa for the sole reason that I am not Black. This is not ok.

Suicide. I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis. You take a rope. You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away. You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck. Then you drop. Some are decapitated. Some aren't. All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them. A son. A daughter. A brother. A sister. A mother. A father. I know 2 men who hung themselves. One was found by his Mom. One was found by his brother. Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on. A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something. So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"? A segway for a moment. I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group. After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is.. "Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue". Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling. "Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom. After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle". Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard". And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying. Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag. If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention. They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up". They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them. If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine. Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out. So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are. You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked. For those who struggle, you're not alone.

Oasis tonight at the end of live forever

We're back on the big stage! Old Georgians face @HCRotterdam in the #EHL Final 8 on 18 April in Den Bosch. After finishing 3rd last year, we’re coming back stronger. Let’s make history. #EHLFinal8 | #OGHC | #EuroHockeyLeague | #Hockey | #RoadToGlory | #Rotterdam | @ehlhockeytv

Lee Morton, one of Scotland’s greatest-ever players, steps away from the national team during a stellar season with Amsterdam & Gonasika in the India Hockey League. 🇸🇨🏑 A proud Scot making a tough call—what’s behind his decision? Read more 👇 buff.ly/3Pty3Qb #Hockey #LeeMorton #Scotland #AmsterdamHockey | Hockey World News @Blue_Sticks @ScottishHockey @AHBCAmsterdam

England: Holcombe Release Nick Bandurak Statement CLUB STATEMENT Holcombe Hockey Club confirm that, following the departure of Nick Bandurak in his playing capacity for the Men's 1XI, after a... #hockey | #HWNews | #media | #England #featured hockeywrldnws.com/england-holcom…

Nick Bandurak's Forced Departure from Holcombe: A Disappointing End to a Decade of Excellence In a move that has sent shockwaves across the hockey world, Nick Bandurak, one of the sport's biggest stars, has been left out... hockeywrldnws.com/nick-banduraks… @HolcombeHC #hockey #news #breaking #sport #fieldhockey

Absolutely gutted to be removed from my team and my club against my will. I’ll be using this next month to get back to match fitness and hopefully find a club that sees the value I can bring. I’m looking forward to this next chapter and the opportunities now available to me.

Olympics: Annan's Special Ending to a Chinese Fairy Tale For the third consecutive Games, Alyson Annan will be coaching the women's hockey final. In Rio 2016, she lost with the Dutch team to Great Britain,... #hockey | #HWNews | #media | #Netherland bit.ly/3ypdpMu

@sploshmedia @OneLoveSAW @eurosport @discoveryplusUK He's not the only one that does that. Players turned commentators that played with her also pronounce it Cost-a-low. @AmyCostello6 please clear this up. Is that the correct way to pronounce your name?

@OneLoveSAW @eurosport @discoveryplusUK Not to mention continually pronouncing our number 9’s name like a cut-price supermarket - Cost-a-low. Also…can he not read the name on Ansley’s back? It’s not ARnsley! Grrrrr.

Ten minute yellow for the #hockey commentator on @eurosport / @discoveryplusUK for the random terminology he is using. It’s not much to ask a commentator has some basic professional competency when there are perfectly well qualified alternatives available!

The GOAT 🐐 is back. Come on @LewisHamilton let's go again. #BritishGrandPrix #britishgp #MercedesBenz #Formula1 @MercedesAMGF1

England football and Saturday night Fajitas... @oldelpaso had other ideas 😱 5 months before the expiry and they try to add this extra bit of flavour to the wraps. How mouldy will they be come November🤔 @oldelpasouk do better, you're making @sainsburys look bad

OLYMPICS: @TeamGB Announces Great Britain Hockey Squads for #Paris24 #hockey | #HWNews | #media | #greatbritain #olympics bit.ly/45sPO9s

The @BBCSport was the first to release the @GBHockey olympic selection. @LauraUnsworth4 is selected for her fourth #olympics, whilst @Balsdon_Grace only makes the reserve list. On the men's section, @olliepayne0 is selected ahead of @JamesMazarelo in goal, and @NickBandurak23 & @7Forsyth miss out, with just one recognised forward selected. sports.yahoo.com/gb-hockey-sele… @TeamGB #hockey #paris2024

@angusjporter @hockeyWrldNws @bonhectare @GBHockey @TeamGB @Samuel_Ward13 @NickBandurak23 @7Forsyth Agree Wardy is in great form. However, I think the point of the post, and the stats, are more to question why only one of these is going to Paris. But only one can lead the goals to game ratio.

@hockeyWrldNws @bonhectare @jjbloom_ @GBHockey @TeamGB @Samuel_Ward13 @NickBandurak23 @7Forsyth In his GB career, Bandurak has scored 16 in 29 matches. Ward has scored 26 in 27 in 2023 and 2024 alone.

.@hockeyWrldNws has seen the Olympic selection for @GBHockey ahead of the @TeamGB announcement on Monday. Despite 70% of responses voting for @Samuel_Ward13 , @NickBandurak23 and @7Forsyth to lead the line... We are extremely surprised to say only ONE recognised striker has been selected. #WhatIsTheGamePlan #olympics #paris2024 #hockey

@bonhectare @hockeyWrldNws @GBHockey @TeamGB @Samuel_Ward13 @NickBandurak23 @7Forsyth I completely disagree with that, Bandurak has the best goals to game ratio from any of the midfield/forwards in the team. That includes Sam Ward.

@hockeyWrldNws @GBHockey @TeamGB @Samuel_Ward13 @NickBandurak23 @7Forsyth presumably Forsyth and Bandurak haven't made the cut - surprising at least in the latter's case but neither has managed consistently to translate their domestic scoring feats to the international game

Seems like @GBHockey are going to be 99% reliant on Penalty Corners. How can you go into an Olympic Games fully reliant on one man from open play!!