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WORLD CHAMPIONS!! 🏆 The wait is finally over! Congratulations to Elfyn Evans & Scott Martin for securing their first-ever WRC title! 👏🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #WRC

QPR 90+5247 days 22 hours 29 minutes and 56 seconds

City starting CB next season

City’s lawyer after only beating 1/115 charges

🇽🇰 42% (900,000) of Kosovo's population were forced to leave Kosovo. Over 13,500 people were killed.

Tony Pulis knows everybody in football

There is an emergency shelter on top of Ben Nevis, invaluable for injured or exhausted walkers to get out of the weather. This is how it looked yesterday. Beer cans, abandoned rucksack, cigarette packets, mouldy food… I despair sometimes.

Ychwanegiad diweddaraf i'r casgliad o effemera gwleidyddol Plaid Cymru diolch i Mr eBay (i be?!). ☕️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Latest addition to my collection of weird and wonderful Plaid Cymru election nicknacks courtesy of Mr eBay. ☕️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Tim Curry as Long John Silver in Muppets Treasure Island might genuinely be one of the greatest casting decisions of all time. One of my favourite performances by any actor, in any film, ever. Campwaith. Coffa da amdano.

Finally. A proper headline on the expensive backfiring stunt.

President Zelenskyy’s visit to Serbia is important. Dialogue is always welcome, particularly when it creates space to address difficult questions with clarity, responsibility and a sense of history. Just as Albania stands, and will continue to stand, firmly with Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and European future, we stand equally firmly for Kosovo’s sovereignty, independence and rightful place in the Euro-Atlantic family. There should be no misunderstanding on this point: any attempt to draw a parallel or establish an equation between Kosovo and any other international situation is wrong, opportunistic and profoundly misleading. Kosovo’s case stands on its own historical, political and legal foundations. At the request of the UN General Assembly, the International Court of Justice was unequivocal: Kosovo’s declaration of independence did not violate international law. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is an entirely different matter. It constitutes a grave violation of the UN Charter and international law, and a blatant breach of the rules-based international order. From Albania’s perspective, one principle is fundamental: a peaceful, stable and European Western Balkans requires acceptance of the reality and irreversibility of Kosovo’s independence. Kosovo independence has contributed to regional stability and is part of a future in which borders are not changed through force, and peoples and communities can determine their future in peace and security. We firmly maintain also that Serbia and Kosovo both belong in a common European future. The normalisation of their relations, ultimately leading to mutual recognition, would not weaken Serbia. On the contrary, it would help close one of the most painful chapters of our region’s recent history and open the way to genuine reconciliation, good-neighbourly relations and lasting peace. The Western Balkans needs that positive energy today, perhaps more than ever. President Zelenskyy’s visit to Serbia advances, first and foremost, Ukraine’s interests. This is both understandable and legitimate. Yet, every step that helps Serbia move further away from Russia’s malign influence and closer to Europe is positive. But every engagement is also an opportunity to advance a fundamental understanding: the Western Balkans must move forward, not backward.

🇽🇰🇺🇦 Update: The “Free Ukraine” banner in the center of Kosovo’s capital, Prishtina, is being removed following Zelenskyy’s anti-Kosovo statements.

Football is a simple game. 22 players chase a ball for 90 minutes, and England lose to the first good side they play in a tournament.

60 mlynedd! #Gwynfor

Ahead of England’s next World Cup match, a certain cohort of Scottish people are suddenly feeling very Norwegian… 18+ GambleAware

There’s a growing Mexican community in Scotland. Ahead of the game against England, we paid some of them a visit… 18+ GambleAware

Blas ar fy nghrwydro diweddar yng Nghosofo yn y Plu'r Gweunydd. 🇽🇰 ✍️

🗓️ 29/06/00 - Patrick Kluivert erró su penal en Semi de Euro. 🗓️ 29/06/26 - Justin Kluivert erró su penal en 16vos de Mundial. Padre e hijo, MISMA ejecución, con Holanda siendo eliminada, el MISMO DÍA con 26 AÑOS DE DIFERENCIA. INCREÍBLE. 😳⛔️

Back in my day, Brazil used to be this mythical group of amazing players you'd never seen before until the World Cup. These days, it's lads from Brentford, Bournemouth, Newcastle.