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Mexico 1 - Germany 0

The tournament’s first big upset as Mexico beats Germany.

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We’re not really posting anymore, but this A+ blog is and it’s extremely clever and whoever’s making these MS paints deserves some love, give them a follow.

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After German 3. Liga team 1.FC Magdeburg failed to score in 5 straight games, fans decided to help guide their players to the net.

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Happy 2017 folks!

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Fantasy Premier League

With the 2016/2017 Premier League season starting in less than 8 hours, we here at the World's Game want to remind you to get your fantasy teams together. We're late with reminder this season, apologies. If you want to play, head over to fantasy.premierleague.com and create a team. Add our league if you want play against all of us for the season...or at least until you forget you even have a team. Our league: The World's Game Tumblr League Code: 953996-252579 Good luck to everyone playing! Here's to another great Prem season!

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Riyad Mahrez, ladies and gentlemen.

[theeconomist]

The world’s richest football clubs

There are now nine Premier League clubs among the world’s richest 20. 

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Why the English Premier League has been turned upside down

IF ON the opening day of the 2015-16 English Premier League (EPL) season, you had marched into your local bookmaker and bet on lowly Leicester City to sit at the top...

Long but interesting read that has all sorts of data, like how Chelsea was apparently the second slowest attacking team last season.

[think-progress]

Sexism In U.S. Soccer On Display After USWNT Match Canceled Due To Dangerous Field Conditions

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"When FIFA’s Congress gathers in February, less than 1 percent of the voters will be female. National soccer boards have just 8 percent women. Players? An estimated 10 percent female. Coaches? Only 7 percent. How about the reform committee itself? One solitary woman on a committee of 13."

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Adidas just announced Spain’s Euro 2016 away kit.

It’s like they designed it to proactively account for the food the players are going to spill on it or something.

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Suspended FIFA Head Sepp Blatter in Hospital After Stress Concerns

"He is fully preparing himself to…fight against his 90-day suspension"

It’s stressful maintaining such a high level of corruption and arrogance, you know?

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Very important read: Here's what happens when you respond to women on Tinder using only Wayne Rooney tweets

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Oof.

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OOOOOOOOOP

Follow along at https://twitter.com/SamBorden

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The dates — Nov. 21 through Dec. 18 — mean a shorter tournament, which will still disrupt league schedules in much of the world in ways that a summer event did not.

Mark your calendars...

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Michel Platini speaks about possible USA-Qatar World Cup U-turn

The potential new president of FIFA has admitted "he might have told" American officials he would vote for the U.S. World Cup bid but then changed his mind and voted for Qatar after a meeting in Paris with the President of France and leading Qatari officials.

Welcome to America’s shit list, Platini.

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Investigators expect even more indictments in FIFA corruption probe

Investigators in the U.S. and Switzerland announced Monday that they expect more indictments in the sweeping FIFA corruption probe.

oooop

[catastrofe]

you can get mad, but you’ll never be able to get as mad as Van Gaal