Someday, I believe I will hear the sound again

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[holybeings]

What a blessing to be moved by anything at all

[sequestering]

Full Time: Fading Images of the World Cup by Brian Phillips (Grantland)

[antoniopuerta-fan-club]

My 2010 boys 🥹

[fraudcelona]

the vulnerability of precious things is beautiful because vulnerability is a mark of existence

simone weil, translated by emma craufurd

[fcbswiatek]

okay man

[la-muse-noire]

Kingsley Sedem Dzade, Violin Pose, 2023

[patdyuri]

the kiss made them both play well today thank you for saving us fedri

[zero-cycle]

Argentina having more red cards than goal attempts is my favorite statistic of this finale

[miunose]

you could say tina tried their best, gave it their all, were good sports, were only slightly outplayed, and showed their fighting spirit but alas none of that is true. oh dear!

[weepingwidar]

Essam Marouf (Egyptian, 1958) - Untitled (2010)

[paverics]

“my father is a boy and my mother is a girl so i’m mixed” is the funniest possible response to someone asking your gender and it came from 6’5 Viking footballer and notable weird little guy Erling Haaland on a Snapchat

[paverics]

comedians can only dream of writing something this funny

[odettewagner]

ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER that Borja Iglesias, who was the only man to join the strike against the Spanish National team after the Luis Rubiales sexual assault incident at the Women's World Cup in 2023, and who was clowned for it and told he would never play for Spain again, is now a world champion

[unrealcities]

Xavi Hernandez must be so proud of his children

[loveridden1999]

when england lose, women bruise

[3liza]

and this isnt even an english phenomenon, it is worldwide

The connection between football and domestic violence isn’t uncommon. A study shows that police receive increased calls reporting domestic violence every Sunday during football season [iii]. Researchers analyzed over 700 cities and counties using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) of police reports, revealing that these spikes are linked to teams losing a game [iii]. In fact, domestic violence incidents rise by about 10% on days when NFL games are played, usually occurring in family homes and most of the time affecting women [iii].  This shows that the outcomes of football games can have a real impact on people’s lives off the field. It’s important for fans, teams, and communities to recognize these patterns and work together to raise awareness and prevent domestic violence from happening, especially during football season.

NFL games bring people from all over the United States together to show their love for the game, creating an atmosphere where diverse cultur

when i say the sports-industrial complex should be destroyed im not indulging in goofy hyperbole

[3liza]

canada:

Make a Game Plan - Women's Shelters Canada

It's a heartbreaking and disturbing reality: Whether a team wins or loses, domestic violence increases by up to 33%* during major sports eve

[worldcupwinner]

❝That photo is crazy. It was taken when he was a baby, and now we'll be facing each other in a World Cup final.❞

[tributary]

okay, so spain wins the falkland islands/las malvinas then?

[dramatic-dolphin]

and if i said nolan's odyssey starring no greek actors and with no recognizable aspects of greek culture or involvement by greeks, is the direct legacy of white supremacist colonialism that treated ancient greece as not just the pinnacle of ancient culture, but of an artificially created "european" culture, which white western europeans and their settler descendants, as the new pinnacle of culture, were the sole spiritual inheritors of.