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Darren Tulett

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Sports reporter. TV presenter. Brit in France.

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😳 Pep before cheats verdict: “If you lie to me, the day after I am not here. I will be out and I will not be your friend anymore.” Pep after verdict: “I am, always have been, always will, be behind my club, my owner, my chairman, Ferran, the players staff, Enzo and you, our unique supporters.”
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
August 2023 - Qnet, an official partner of Manchester City since 2014, has been implicated in human trafficking investigations, and faces ongoing allegations that it is a Ponzi scheme which contributes to suicide and financial ruin.
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City of dreams - josimarfootball.com
Qnet, an official partner of Manchester City since 2014, has been implicated in human trafficking investigations, and faces ongoing allegations that it is a Ponzi scheme which contributes to suicide a...
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
September 2022 - Mystery surrounds 8XBet, Manchester City’s new Asian betting partner. Open-source intelligence points to the UAE.
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Ghost in the machine - josimarfootball.com
Mystery surrounds 8XBet, Manchester City's new Asian betting partner. Open-source intelligence points to the UAE.
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
July 2022 -Manchester City’s new training kit sponsor, cryptocurrency exchange OKX, is under investigation in Canada for “violating securities law” and “failing to comply with the registration and prospectus requirements under Ontario securities law”
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City of controversy - josimarfootball.com
Manchester City's new training kit sponsor, cryptocurrency exchange OKX, is under investigation in Canada for "violating securities law" and "failing to comply with the registration and prospectus req...
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Following the news that Manchester City FC has been found guilty of 114 breaches of the PL's rules and regulations, @josimarfootball.bsky.social has lifted the paywall on articles of ours focusing on MCFC and its commercial partners since 2018. Links follow in this thread.
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The Men Behind Manchester City: The Dark Side | Josimar
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Lewis Dunk 🤩
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It would be more helpful for him to acknowledge and explain the role that his austerity policies played in encouraging people to vote for what he correctly critiques here.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This week's column is about the Starmer-like self-destruction of the impending decision to approve new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea. It might appease certain lobby groups, but it sabotages Burnham's own project and drives voters away. Utter madness. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Is Burnham trying to appease Trump? Or Reform? What other reason is there for these North Sea oil plans? | George Monbiot
Climate catastrophe is on our doorstep – yet Labour’s impending approval of further drilling will bring more pain for negligible gains, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Kvara! 🤩
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The silent killer.
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
With Honest Ahanor on his way from Atalanta and Emi Martinez perhaps/probably to come, Chelsea will have spent not far from half-a-billion euro gross and 200m net in this transfer window, with no CL money coming in, debts of well over a billion, and a combined loss of £400m+ since 2022.
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Chelsea reach agreement for £40m Honest Ahanor transfer from Atalanta
The 18-year-old has been given permission to travel for a medical and complete a move to Stamford Bridge.
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
You inspired me to point my phone towards the Hawaiian sky.
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
« Arguably » ?
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A litany of errors and bungled organisation. Awful.
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Whaaaaaaaat? Surely not!
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
More than a tad surprised to see so many empty seats in the stadium for the European athletics in Birmingham as the 5000m final is disputed. British fans usually so keen. Que pasa?
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Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
With his synapses ravaged by unlimited wealth, man who first had himself blasted into space and then hired the most beautiful city in the world for his wedding - but still found himself entirely unmoved - makes final desperate attempt to have a meaningful experience. news.sky.com/story/amazon...
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Amazon founder Bezos nears deal to buy stake in Liverpool Football Club
An announcement about a deal with the consortium led by Amit Bhatia, and including Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, could come as soon as this week, Sky News learns.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 08/08/2026
Climate denial is getting louder. Reality is getting harder to ignore. When parks are brown, rivers are shrinking and firefighters are battling blazes across the globe, governments must accelerate climate action, not slow it down.
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This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Look at our blazing forests and parched cities. Green policies aren’t a ‘luxury’, and we can’t burn more oil and gas. People need the truth, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
‼️ ⚽️ Top FIFA officials including Matias Grafstrom, the CEO who made peace with Gianni Infantino, signed off on the plan to sell the World Cup after a secret meeting in New York the day before the World Cup final. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/b...
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FIFA Executives Were Given Ultimatum to Approve World Cup Privatization Plan (Gift Article)
The day before the World Cup final, key FIFA figures faced a stunning demand to sign off on a multibillion-dollar privatization project.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
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Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and #climatecrisis That’s $700,000 a minute Iran conflict windfall over 3 months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage Story by Jillian Ambrose and me www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...
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Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
As an aside, if any other professionals were as incompetent as certain journalists, they'd be sacked and disbarred. But in the rightwing press, gross incompetence appears to be a qualification. After all, without its bullshitters for hire, how else would capital deny, deflect and distract?
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John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
No one thinks they will have to pay for social care. Until they find they do
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hello David. Looking forward to reading this. Do you by any chance have an idea on how l can get my hands on a copy in France (perhaps l shall have to wait until l’m back in Blighty some time)? Many thanks et salutations amicales!
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Dinner time
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Spain, now holders of the European, Olympic and World titles. Prodigious.
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Sachin Nakrani @sachinnakrani.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Uefa accuses Fifa of “crossing a red line” over lifting of Folarin Balogun’s red card, describing the decision as “incomprehensible and unjustifiable”. Shots fired, and rightly so. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Uefa accuses Fifa of ‘crossing a red line’ over lifting of Folarin Balogun’s red card
Uefa has hit out at Fifa’s decision to lift US striker Folarin Balogun’s one-game suspension for Monday’s last-16 tie with Belgium
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/07/2026
BREAKING: The White House called FIFA’s Gianni Infantino to review Team USA’s Folarin Balogun’s red card, AP source says.
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White House called FIFA’s Infantino to review Team USA’s Folarin Balogun’s red card, AP source says
The White House made a call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card, according to a person familiar with the call who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the matter.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Trump celebrating Balogun’s eligibility to play for Team USA when his administration would strip Balogun’s citizenship tomorrow if he didn’t play world class soccer is really a chef’s kiss.
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
And this is news?
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I shall add this to my French passport request dossier. Who wouldn’t want to be French with a team like this? 🤩
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Deserves a goal. Wonderful player. That flying bicycle kick has replaced the Vinicius dribble and shot from yesterday atop my Presque But standings.
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
What do we think? Out in the first round?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 20/06/2026
You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law | Geoffrey Robertson
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You may not sympathise with the Elbit four’s methods. But you should be outraged by their treatment under the law | Geoffrey Robertson
The jurors who found the pro-Palestine activists guilty of criminal damage had no idea their verdict would be treated as a verdict on terrorism, says Geoffrey Robertson KC
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Ever since we at @josimarfootball.bsky.social have been investigating the world of illegal sports betting, we've been coming across crazier and crazier stories. This one - the deepfake Bruno Fernandes - is in keeping with what's come before. Crazy - and deeply concerning in so many respects.
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New op-ed for @josimarfootball.bsky.social, by Kornelija Tiesnesyte: how on earth is it still possible to bet on...yellow cards? But is, including at this World Cup.
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Why are we still allowing bets on yellow cards? - josimarfootball.com
Year after year, betting offers keep growing: more and more markets, more and more events to monetize, but betting on a yellow card is no longer betting on sport. By Kornelija Tiesnesyte, advisor to t...
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Darren Tulett @darrentulett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Terribly sad to lose our friend Eric Roy to cancer. A fine pundit, excellent player in his day and a coach who achieved a modern-day miracle by taking Brest into the Champions League. Stayed on their bench all last season in spite of his illness, stoically keeping his story private. RIP mon ami.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Terrible news: the Court of Appeal has just ruled that the Government’s ban on Palestine Action is lawful. PA is now likely to lodge an appeal before the Supreme Court. So the mass arrests of peaceful people sitting with cardboard signs will continue. Because that is what terrorism looks like ...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Meanwhile, not one of the groups so far known to have been orchestrating the violence in Belfast and Southampton has been banned as a terrorist organisation.
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
“For the past year, FIFA, has leased an office on the 17th floor of New York’s Trump Tower that has sat all but empty. The rent goes to President Trump’s family business, but the space sits largely idle. Paying rent to the Trumps was the choice of Gianni Infantino.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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A Yearslong Effort to Woo Trump Culminates With the World Cup
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James Nalton @jdnalton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
A reminder that Infantino said in 2017 that all qualified teams, their fans and officials, need to have access to a host country, otherwise it can't host. There are already numerous (predictable) US visa issues with the World Cup about to kick off and likely more to come.
Infantino was asked about the issue at the time and responded clearly, saying that if teams and supporters couldn’t access a country, there would be no World Cup there.

“We are now in the process of defining the bid requirements,” Infantino said in 2017. “In the world, there are many countries that have bans, travel bans, visa requirements and so on and so forth. 

“It’s obvious when it comes to Fifa competitions, that any team — including the supporters and officials of that team — who qualify for a World Cup, need to have access to the country, otherwise there is no World Cup.

“The requirements will be clear. And then each country can make up their decision, whether they want to bid or not, based on the requirements.”
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The Soccer Times @nysoccertimes.com · 07/06/2026
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani contacts some of the fans who were successful in the ballot for $50 World Cup tickets to let them know in person that they're going to a match.
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Nigel Farage is a demagogue who has little regard for facts or the truth. Journalists covering him have no such excuse app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73749/...
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Nigel Farage is a dangerous demagogue—here’s how to stop him
The Reform leader and his media cheerleaders have cynically exploited the murder of Henry Nowak.
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Adam Crafton @adamcrafton.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The International Sports Press Association (AIPS) has written to FIFA claiming that “many” Iranian and African journalists have been denied the necessary visas to cover the World Cup in the United States. www.nytimes.com/athletic/733...
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Iranian and African journalists denied necessary World Cup visas, sports press association says (Gift Article)
AIPS president Gianni Merlo said in a letter to FIFA that the cases are "countless and unacceptable" and part of a "long-standing" problem.
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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
How Infantino and Trump fit into the history of the World Cup and FIFA, going right back to Jules Rimet and Mussolini. And why people should watch and love the tournament regardless. Me rolling out the history and politics just before setting off to my 10th World Cup @FT as.ft.com/r/f960df4e-e...
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The power games that paved the way for Trump’s World Cup
Football’s biggest show kicks off next week and the US president means to be its biggest star. But hosts do not always get what they want
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It's hard to convey just how monstrous the privatisation of children's care homes has become. Highly vulnerable children have been turned into cash machines, with devastating impacts on their wellbeing. Please sit down before reading this week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot
Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Widow of gambling addict who took his life after falling £18,000 into debt is suing Betfair in a case that could have serious consequences for the gambling industry. Luke Ashton placed thousands of bets with the Flutter Entertainment subsidiary, which sent him “free” bets @byrobdavies.bsky.social
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Widow of gambling addict takes Betfair to court in possible landmark UK case
Success would establish for first time that a betting firm had duty of care to customers with signs of problem gambling
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Libération @liberation.fr · 03/06/2026
«Cet individu porte des valeurs contraires à la démocratie, aux droits de l’Homme et à la Paix» ➡️ l.liberation.fr/sv
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New for @josimarfootball.bsky.social: Jose Mourinho loves endorsing brands, and has a special tooth for betting companies - though his managerial role should make it impossible for him to promote them. So can it be that Real's old/new señor has partnered with two different gaming brands?
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Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) - josimarfootball.com
Fifa's Code of Ethics prohibits active participants in football from taking money from gambling-related activities, but that rule doesn't seem to apply to new Real Madrid manager José Mourinho, the cu...
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