🚨🔵🔴 Barcelona president Laporta: “I’ve tried in every way to get Lautaro Martínez in August”. “He’s an excellent striker, we wanted him at Barça. I personally called Inter president Marotta and he immediately stopped me: no chance”. “He was not for sale and I respect Inter https://t.co/lFm6HR2LTR #FCBarcelona #LautaroMartinez #TransferNews #ES #IT
🚨 Alexander Isak returns to Liverpool as he leaves Sweden camp due to minor injury. “The striker will not be involved in Sweden’s three remaining fixtures in the current international break and will now be assessed by club medical staff”, club confirms. https://t.co/IotQoe3Qeo #Isak #Liverpool #Sweden #SE #GB
No victims in any category below have been double-counted. Outside Peru, no war-related deaths or imprisonments have been included. Communism vs. Villagers 400,000 dead — Cambodian rural (1) 19.5 million dead — Chinese peasants (2) 250,000 dead — Ethiopian nomads (3) 5 million dead — Soviet peasants (4) 340,000 dead — Tibetan rural (5) Communism vs. Landowners 3 million dead — Chinese landowners (6) 100,000 dead — Vietnamese landowners (8) Note: Soviet kulaks are counted among the villagers. Communism vs. Religion 47,000 dead — Cambodian Buddhists (9) 13,000 imprisoned — Czech priests / religious (10) 7,000 imprisoned — Mozambican Jehovah’s Witnesses (11) 100,000 imprisoned — North Korean Christians (12) 2,100 imprisoned — Polish priests & Jehovah’s Witnesses (13) 200,000 dead — Soviet clergy (15) 2,000 dead — Tibetan monks & pilgrims (18) 400 dead — Romanian Christians (14) Moreover, Christians suffered the following in Romanian prison: In a “baptism of immersion,” inmates’ heads were plunged into buckets of urine and feces, while guards chanted baptismal rites. Near the point of drowning the Christian’s head was let up for air and then plunged back into the sewage (65). Communism vs. Cossacks 400,000 dead or deported ethnics (20) Photo: Bolshevik instructions on “the need to do away with the cossacks.” (21) “Order no.7: In the event of an unauthorized exit of a registered [Cossack] family, the family shall be shot.” “Order no. 8: This execution shall be carried out among every family member.” “Order no. 9: All property of the executed [Cossack] shall be confiscated and given to the poor.” Communism vs. Native Americans 6,000 dead — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 5,000 imprisoned — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 10,000 forcibly relocated — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 35 destroyed — Ashaninka communities (Peru/luminoso-22) 35,000 imprisoned or forcibly relocated — Nicaraguan tribesmen (Sandinistas-23) Communism vs. Unclassified Dissidents* 5,000 dead — Albanian dissidents (24) 10,000 dead — Angolan dissidents (25) 29,000 dead — Bulgarian dissidents (26) 1 million dead — Cambodian dissidents (27) 43 million dead — Chinese dissidents (28) 16,000 dead — Cuban dissidents (29) Moreover, in Cuba’s concentration camps, inmates faced the following “punishments.” They were forced to “cut grass with their teeth,” endure “mock executions,” live in iron cages “1 meter wide, 1.8 meters high,” sit for hours in toilet ditches, withstand shock treatment, die by the hundreds from starvation and lack of medical attention (30). 44,000 dead — East German dissidents (31) 10,000 dead — Ethiopian dissidents (32) 50,000 dead — Hungarian dissidents (33) 3,000 dead — Nicaraguan dissidents (34) Moreover, 11,000 Nicaraguans were tortured at the hands of the Sandinistas. This included their being skinned alive & then executed; drawn & quartered; forced to watch wives and daughters sexually assaulted; caged in cubicles less than a square meter; “punished” via electric shock; deprived food and water (35). 1.6 million dead — North Korean dissidents (36) 21,857 dead — Polish dissidents (37) 120,000 dead — Romanian dissidents (38) 8 million dead — Soviet dissidents (39) 425,000 dead — Tibetan dissidents (40) Moreover, Tibetans suffered the following atrocities at the hands of the Chinese. They faced: crucifixion drowning beheading boiling alive burying alive mutilation (41) Communism vs. Gay Rights 25,000 imprisoned — Cuban gays and other “deviants” (42) 500 dead — Peruvian gays, bisexuals, and transgendered (43) 11,000 arrested — Polish gays (44) 100,000s imprisoned — Soviet gays in slave labor camps (45) Moreover, Chinese gays were targeted for persecution although numbers are impossible to quantify (46). Communism vs. Collective Laborers 160 dead — East German strikers (47) demonstrators killed after protesting a 10% increase in work quotas. 110 dead — Nicaraguan strikers executed by the Sandinistas after demanding back pay (48). 31 dead — Novocherkassk strikers (Kruschev) 24 killed on the spot; 7 later executed; over 100 workers arrested. (49) 51 dead — Peruvian union leaders (50) 106 dead — Polish strikers Poznan demonstrators killed after protesting working conditions & pay issues; others killed in later strikes; thousands attacked by military (51). 3,000 dead — Soviet strikers (Lenin / Trotsky) some shot / others, as N. Werth describes, “loaded onto barges and then thrown by the hundreds into the Volga with stones around their necks” (52). Moreover; Massive factory protests in China — strikers beaten back by 30,000 red soldiers after disputing wages (53). Striking outlawed in Cuba (54). Organizers sentenced to as many as 26 years in prison (55).
🚨 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge: “My Ballon d’Or winner is Harry Kane”. “Harry scored a total of 73 goals for Bayern and England last season - only Lionel Messi was more successful in a single year this millennium. That is the benchmark”. “And strikers often win this award. I also https://t.co/0nKj6ceKOt #BallonDor #HarryKane #BayernMunich #DE #GB
🇵🇹🗣️ 𝗚𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗩𝗢 𝗩𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗔 (𝟮𝟭): "My role model is Pio Esposito." Gustavo Varela is 5 months older than Pio Esposito. TWO GREAT SERIE A STRIKERS 🇮🇹✨ https://t.co/ldU9x3hUsl #SerieA # futebol #GustavoVarela
Just look at the recognition that still exists today for the Irish rugby players who refused to tour apartheid South Africa, for the Dunnes Stores strikers. Shame on the Irish government. Shame on the FAI. We must stand up against genocide. We must #StopTheGame. #Irland #StopTheGame #RugbyJustice #IE #ZA
🚨 Diego Simeone: “It seems Barcelona is playing a different sport from the one we're playing”. “They didn't have a number 9 striker, then Raphinha showed up and scored 12 goals”. “And Yamal, if I'm not mistaken, scored 7”. “They press you in your own stadium and steal your https://t.co/hxGfhRXsyN #DiegoSimeone #Barcelona #FootballAnalysis #ES #AR
Harry Kane is Bayern‘s greatest striker since Gerd Müller. Tottenham fans were right all along https://t.co/h82iIrhs2y #BayernMünchen #HarryKane #Tottenham
No victims in any category below have been double-counted. Outside Peru, no war-related deaths or imprisonments have been included. Communism vs. Villagers 400,000 dead — Cambodian rural (1) 19.5 million dead — Chinese peasants (2) 250,000 dead — Ethiopian nomads (3) 5 million dead — Soviet peasants (4) 340,000 dead — Tibetan rural (5) Communism vs. Landowners 3 million dead — Chinese landowners (6) 100,000 dead — Vietnamese landowners (8) Note: Soviet kulaks are counted among the villagers. Communism vs. Religion 47,000 dead — Cambodian Buddhists (9) 13,000 imprisoned — Czech priests / religious (10) 7,000 imprisoned — Mozambican Jehovah’s Witnesses (11) 100,000 imprisoned — North Korean Christians (12) 2,100 imprisoned — Polish priests & Jehovah’s Witnesses (13) 200,000 dead — Soviet clergy (15) 2,000 dead — Tibetan monks & pilgrims (18) 400 dead — Romanian Christians (14) Moreover, Christians suffered the following in Romanian prison: In a “baptism of immersion,” inmates’ heads were plunged into buckets of urine and feces, while guards chanted baptismal rites. Near the point of drowning the Christian’s head was let up for air and then plunged back into the sewage (65). Communism vs. Cossacks 400,000 dead or deported ethnics (20) Photo: Bolshevik instructions on “the need to do away with the cossacks.” (21) “Order no.7: In the event of an unauthorized exit of a registered [Cossack] family, the family shall be shot.” “Order no. 8: This execution shall be carried out among every family member.” “Order no. 9: All property of the executed [Cossack] shall be confiscated and given to the poor.” Communism vs. Native Americans 6,000 dead — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 5,000 imprisoned — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 10,000 forcibly relocated — Ashaninka (Peru/luminoso-22) 35 destroyed — Ashaninka communities (Peru/luminoso-22) 35,000 imprisoned or forcibly relocated — Nicaraguan tribesmen (Sandinistas-23) Communism vs. Unclassified Dissidents* 5,000 dead — Albanian dissidents (24) 10,000 dead — Angolan dissidents (25) 29,000 dead — Bulgarian dissidents (26) 1 million dead — Cambodian dissidents (27) 43 million dead — Chinese dissidents (28) 16,000 dead — Cuban dissidents (29) Moreover, in Cuba’s concentration camps, inmates faced the following “punishments.” They were forced to “cut grass with their teeth,” endure “mock executions,” live in iron cages “1 meter wide, 1.8 meters high,” sit for hours in toilet ditches, withstand shock treatment, die by the hundreds from starvation and lack of medical attention (30). 44,000 dead — East German dissidents (31) 10,000 dead — Ethiopian dissidents (32) 50,000 dead — Hungarian dissidents (33) 3,000 dead — Nicaraguan dissidents (34) Moreover, 11,000 Nicaraguans were tortured at the hands of the Sandinistas. This included their being skinned alive & then executed; drawn & quartered; forced to watch wives and daughters sexually assaulted; caged in cubicles less than a square meter; “punished” via electric shock; deprived food and water (35). 1.6 million dead — North Korean dissidents (36) 21,857 dead — Polish dissidents (37) 120,000 dead — Romanian dissidents (38) 8 million dead — Soviet dissidents (39) 425,000 dead — Tibetan dissidents (40) Moreover, Tibetans suffered the following atrocities at the hands of the Chinese. They faced: crucifixion drowning beheading boiling alive burying alive mutilation (41) Communism vs. Gay Rights 25,000 imprisoned — Cuban gays and other “deviants” (42) 500 dead — Peruvian gays, bisexuals, and transgendered (43) 11,000 arrested — Polish gays (44) 100,000s imprisoned — Soviet gays in slave labor camps (45) Moreover, Chinese gays were targeted for persecution although numbers are impossible to quantify (46). Communism vs. Collective Laborers 160 dead — East German strikers (47) demonstrators killed after protesting a 10% increase in work quotas. 110 dead — Nicaraguan strikers executed by the Sandinistas after demanding back pay (48). 31 dead — Novocherkassk strikers (Kruschev) 24 killed on the spot; 7 later executed; over 100 workers arrested. (49) 51 dead — Peruvian union leaders (50) 106 dead — Polish strikers Poznan demonstrators killed after protesting working conditions & pay issues; others killed in later strikes; thousands attacked by military (51). 3,000 dead — Soviet strikers (Lenin / Trotsky) some shot / others, as N. Werth describes, “loaded onto barges and then thrown by the hundreds into the Volga with stones around their necks” (52). Moreover; Massive factory protests in China — strikers beaten back by 30,000 red soldiers after disputing wages (53). Striking outlawed in Cuba (54). Organizers sentenced to as many as 26 years in prison (55).
🇩🇪 The extended pool of players Jürgen Klopp is likely to pick his squad from: • GOALKEEPERS: Baumann, Urbig, Atubolu, Dahmen, ter Stegen, Nübel, Backhaus, Karius • LEFT-BACKS: Brown, Mittelstädt, Raum, Gosens, Behrens • RIGHT-BACKS: Baku, Vagnoman, Treu, Banks, Baum • CENTRE-BACKS: Tah, Schlotterbeck, Anton, Bisseck, Thiaw, Ginter, Chabot, Jeltsch, Koch, Coulibaly • MIDFIELDERS: Kimmich, Nmecha, Pavlović, Stiller, Bischof, Kade, El Faouzi, Groß, Stach, Prömel, Eggestein, Röhl, Remberg • ATTACKING MIDFIELDES/WINGERS: Musiala, Wirtz, Karl, Amiri, Leweling, El Mala, Gruda, Adeyemi, Schade, Gnabry, Führich, Krattenmacher, Sané • STRIKERS: Havertz, Undav, Pejčinović, Burkardt, Tresoldi, Ebnoutalib, Tietz, Beier, Woltemade, Lemperle, Brunner [@SkySportDE] #DieMannschaft #Fußball #WM2026
🚨🔵🔴 Hamza Abdelkarim signs new deal at Barcelona until June 2030 with a new release clause. The former release clause was worth €15m; the new one will be worth €150m. Salary increase for the Egyptian striker. 🇪🇬 https://t.co/ex0xikEHP6 #Barcelona #HamzaAbdelkarim #LaLiga #EG
An Irish striker just scored the winner against Real Madrid to put his side joint top of La Liga 😍😍😍 #LaLiga #RealMadrid #FootballGoals #IE #ES
🚨🔵 EXCLUSIVE: Everton agree personal terms with Folarin Balogun on four year deal with one year option, here we go! 🇺🇸 Club to club agreement done at €45m plus €5m add-ons and sell-on clause as revealed. USMNT striker authorized to travel for medical on Tuesday. #efc https://t.co/hZ2z6Yxjyk #Everton #FolarinBalogun #TransferNews #US
🚨🔴⚪️ BREAKING: Jonathan David to Atlético Madrid, here we go! Verbal agreement done with Juventus. Initial loan deal with buy option clause for the Canadian striker who’s set to join Atléti as exclusively revealed last week. Atléti will cover more than 50% of the salary. https://t.co/6h9G99uuR3 #JonathanDavid #AtleticoMadrid #TransferNews #CA #ES #IT
🚨Former Manchester United striker Rasmus Højlund had an excellent finish in Napoli’s match vs Como https://t.co/GTksYlijv2 #Napoli #SerieA #ManchesterUnited
Republicans from across Ireland came together in Ballina today to remember & honour the hunger strikers. Their courage & sacrifice unlocked a new chapter in our national struggle & gave fresh momentum to the cause of Irish freedom. Today, Ireland is changing again. A new https://t.co/7mvskUerqS #IrishFreedom #HungerStrikers #Ballina #IE
🚨🔵 Official, confirmed. Ollie Watkins has joined Al Hilal as he leaves Aston Villa. 🇸🇦 New chapter for the English striker. https://t.co/ZFmP8guuEh #OllieWatkins #AlHilal #AstonVilla #SA