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@TVSportsUpdates So now that USA isn’t under NBC, does that mean all Premier League matches next season will be fully streamable on Peacock now?

“All 300-plus Bundesliga games will air on either USA or Fandango. … USA is expected to have at least 30 games, starting with … the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup on Aug. 22.”

I’m going to take my time with this one. If you’re busy, save this post and read it later. If you’re a night owl like me, this is a good late-night read. Do you know the worst thing about Cristiano Ronaldo? It’s that he set the standards for what defines a legend… and in the end, he couldn’t even live up to the standards he created himself. After winning Euro 2016, Ronaldo said: “You can’t become a legend until you win a trophy with your national team.” It was an obvious dig at Messi. Argentina had just lost the 2014 World Cup final to Germany, and Messi was going through the toughest period of his international career. Those words only added fuel to the fire. Where was the respect for a rival, Ronaldo? The surprising part was that social media completely embraced that narrative. Messi was labeled a bottler, while Ronaldo was declared the winner of the rivalry—at least in the media, not on the pitch. Then Messi retired from international football, came back, won the Copa América, and suddenly they were level in major international trophies. What happened next? Ronaldo fans started saying that one Euro is worth more than a hundred Copa Américas, claiming there was no competition in South America. Not true—but that became the excuse. Then Messi went on to win the World Cup. This time, the excuses changed again. They claimed FIFA had fixed the tournament for Messi. That the World Cup was scripted in his favor. They simply didn’t know what else to say. Then Ronaldo himself came out with one of the strangest quotes imaginable: “A legend’s career can’t be defined by just seven games.” At first glance, it sounds reasonable. But beneath it was another attempt to diminish what Messi had achieved. Before the World Cup, they insisted it would be Ronaldo’s tournament. On paper, Portugal had a fantastic squad. If the manager couldn’t get the best out of them, that’s Portugal’s problem—not Ronaldo’s. Yet that same Portugal squad wasn’t any weaker than the Argentina team Messi led to the 2014 World Cup final—the same team people mocked Messi for not carrying to the title. Just a couple of days ago, Ronaldo said: “The World Cup doesn’t define my career, whether I win it or not.” A statement that directly contradicts what he had said years earlier, when he admitted that winning the World Cup would make him feel completely fulfilled. Now you’re 41 years old, Cristiano. By your own standards: * You have 5 Ballon d’Ors, not 8. * You have one European Championship, not two Copa América titles. * You never won the World Cup. * You have four European Golden Shoes, while Messi has six—even though you’re an out-and-out striker. So what now? Will you keep playing until the next World Cup and become the first player to appear in one at 45, hoping to finally win it? If we judged you by the standards you created, you wouldn’t qualify as a legend. Of course, nobody actually judges you that way. Everyone still recognizes you as one of football’s greatest legends. The real mistake was comparing Ronaldo to Messi in the first place. That rivalry was exaggerated from the beginning by the media and figures like José Mourinho. Messi conquered every major trophy available to him, shattered records that once seemed untouchable, and at 39 years old he’s still competing with Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland—the stars of the next generation—for the Golden Boot. And honestly, he could still win it. What made Messi beloved by so many fans is that he never tried to diminish Ronaldo’s achievements. Ronaldo, on the other hand, repeatedly made comments that many interpreted as attempts to downplay his greatest rival’s accomplishments—and that’s never an admirable trait. Cristiano helped create a generation that thinks belittling other people’s achievements while constantly glorifying your own is a way to establish dominance. Good bye. Ronaldo.

@theoldzealand I remember during 2021 Olympics NBC showed a full screen commercial with no small window of the match when the ball was still in play during a women’s football match.

Just saw my first hydration break commercial and I think I’m ready to be radicalized

Peru, presidential election (second round), Datum fast count projection: Sánchez (JPP, left): 50.1% Fujimori (FP, right): 49.9% #Peru #Elecciones2026Peru #EG2026 #SegundaVuelta

@FootRankings Or they are unrelated now?

@FootRankings What if Lyon loses their UCL playoff and got in the UEL again? Whom of the two is going to be relegated to UECL?

🚨 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace will play in the 2026/27 Europa League! ✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Crystal Palace secured their spot by winning the 2025/26 Conference League!

@SweeperPod Can they file the first team for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the future Club World Cup?

🇳🇿 What a weekend for Auckland FC! Saturday: First team become first New Zealanders to win Australia’s A-League Sunday: Reserves are the first-ever winners of the OFC Pro League. Two trophies in two confederations in two days!

@enavenue @YbgGaeul This group of people is very common in South Korea called Hwagyo. They held ROC (therefore Taiwan) passports with little actual connections to Taiwan.

@enavenue @YbgGaeul Not quite. If the rumors were true, their family left mainland CN for Korea before the CN civil war in the 40s. They held passports of the Republic of China (which fled the mainland for TW) as Korea only recognized ROC back then. They should have no actual connection with Taiwan.

@BreezyRauw @jaime98Official @IanDarke Yeah you need the $30 ESPN unlimited. They only previously guaranteed La Liga to be on ESPN+ but Supercopa is a separate competition. Also, maybe they will put important games on ESPN unlimited only in the future to grab more money.

@jaime98Official @IanDarke It doesn’t work for me either is it a different plan or it just doesn’t work in general?

Barcelona v Athletic Club in first semi of the Spanish Super Cup live on ESPN2 , ESPN Plus and Deportes today from 1.30 ET across America. Barca favourites but the club from Bilbao have shocked them before in this competition

@yakupsamsunspor @FootRankings Yeah but option 2 will protect the U.S. Now it’s Infatino’s decision about which papa he likes more.

@FootRankings Katar ve S.Arabistan'ı kollayacakları için 1. seçenek gerçekleşir.

🚨 2026 FIFA World Cup - Projected Pots. ❔ FIFA are yet to confirm in which way the Play-offs nations will be placed at the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage draw. 1⃣ Option 1 (1st graphic) - All six winners of the UEFA/FIFA Play-offs will be placed in Pot 4. 2⃣ Option 2 (2nd graphic) - Highest seeded Play-offs nation will be used as placeholders accordingly. 👉 For example, 🇮🇹 Italy might be placed as a placeholder in Pot 1, with the chance that Play-offs winner of their path (e.g. 🇲🇩 Moldova) end up taking their World Cup - Pot 1 spot instead. ✍️ As reported per @fmeetsdata, Option 2 is more likely to be used, though Option 1 was used for the 2022 FIFA World Cup group stage draw. 😀 Potential Winners if Option 2 is used: 🇮🇹 Italy, from Pot 4 to Pot 1 🇹🇷 Türkiye, from Pot 4 to Pot 3 🇺🇦 Ukraine, from Pot 4 to Pot 3 🇵🇱 Poland, from Pot 4 to Pot 3 🇳🇬 Nigeria, from Pot 4 to Pot 3 ☹️ Potential Losers if Option 2 is used: 🇩🇪 Germany, from Pot 1 to Pot 2 🇦🇹 Austria, from Pot 2 to Pot 3 🇹🇳 Tunisia, from Pot 3 to Pot 4 🇶🇦 Qatar, from Pot 3 to Pot 4 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan, from Pot 3 to Pot 4 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, from Pot 3 to Pot 4 🇿🇦 South Africa, from Pot 3 to Pot 4

@SweeperPod Any of the Spanish and Portuguese clubs except Barcelona being drawn with Kairat will break the record set by Lisboa Teams against Astana as the longest away day in UCL history.

3) That is because of Kazakhstan's geographic location. Almaty is even further east than Astana and is actually not far from the border with China. If Kairat were to be paired with Sporting/Benfica in the league phase, that would mean a mammoth trip of 6,135km each way for the away side.

🇰🇿 Kairat Almaty made history by becoming the easternmost club to ever reach the UEFA Champions League group/league phase tonight. What kind of away days might we see in the competition this season? And why do Kazakh clubs play in Europe. Here are 9 fun facts for you! THREAD 🧵

@rpyers That looks like a maximum 48-4 map?

🚨🚨The Mitchellmander California Maps are out

@SweeperPod It’s even crazier since that they finished second to last and the team finished last actually defeated them 20-1 in October

🇲🇳 Tuv Azarganuud have pulled off one of the most incredible relegation escapes ever in the Mongolian Premier League. They lost their first 9 games, conceding 111 goals, including a 21-0 defeat, but rallied mid-season and won a relegation play-off against Ulaangom City 9-0!

@reshadrahman Real Madrid should withdraw from the Copa del Rey final and play their 3rd leg Remontada with Arsenal this week.

Real Madrid really believe the world revolves around them. Some institution, that.

@orthonormalist So Tariff = max(10, (import-export)*2/import)

DID I CRACK IT? I think I figured out at least a chunk of the math. It's trade deficit divided by their exports. EU: exports 531.6, imports 333.4, deficit 198.2. 198.2/531.6 is 37, close to 39. Israel: exports 22.2, imports 14.8, deficit 7.4. 7.4/22.2 is 33.

@WAFCToby @SweeperPod If you mean non-sovereign countries, besides the four home nations, Dutch East Indies participated in the 1938 World Cup (before UN exists). If you mean non UN member states, Switzerland qualified multiple times before they joined the UN in 2002.

@SweeperPod Would they be the first non-UN recognised country to qualify?

🇳🇨 Despite holding out for an hour, New Caledonia ultimately lost 3-0 to New Zealand in the final round of OFC World Cup qualification. But they can still qualify via the intercontinental play-offs and become the first French overseas territory to ever reach a World Cup finals.

@windowintlpod A draw for Argentina itself can do it even if Bolivia wins.

🇺🇾 0-1 🇦🇷 Argentina can qualify on Tuesday against Brazil with a win. A draw would do if Bolivia draws or loses. They could even qualify with a loss if Bolivia draws or loses. Uruguay 🇺🇾 can no longer qualify this window. #FIFAWorldCup

@windowintlpod @We_Global AFC are now charging $4.99 ppv for every match on their official YouTube channel. They used to be free last year.😅

🆕🎙️ March Window Preview, Part I In our 66th episode: 🌏 Oceania #WCQ semi's and final 🇯🇵🇮🇷🇰🇷 First qualified Asia nations for 2026? 🇮🇩 moves up in our rankings 🇵🇭🇹🇯 for Group A 🇵🇰 ban lifted ☀️ Caribbean ⚔️ for Gold Cup ...and more! @We_Global creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-w…

@RealAlbanianPat Trump may be not aware of the difference between the LPC leadership election and the general election. That's why he asked Trudeau about the election date. That also explains why Trump hasn't mentioned Mark Carney ever because he may not even know who he is.

“Trump on Justin Trudeau running again for Prime Minister” You have to be a special kind of idiot to include so many factual errors in a sentence