BRAZILIAN WOMEN PROTEST COACH’S RETURN 🇧🇷

Players across Brazilian top flight covered their mouth to mark the return of Kleiton Lima, the Santos manager who was allowed to return despite 19 complaints of harassment.

Great reporting, Dibradoras. 💪

This week UK politics has seemed backwards, engulfed by an appalling race row.

But we end the week with a remarkable fact- after Gething’s election none of the UK nations will be led by a white man, for the first time. It’s not nothing.

👇 This is a history-maker 👇

Sunny Singh Gill will become the first British South Asian to referee a Premier League match this weekend when he takes charge of #CRYLUT 💪

Sam Allison will become the first black referee to officiate in the Premier League for 15 years tonight, and only the second ever

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The voice of Benjamin Zephaniah has been running over in my head all day. Can’t get over his loss.

Poet, rasta, vegan, car-lover, martial artist, anti-imperialist.

I had the pleasure of knowing Benjamin. Seeing him was always uplifting. He was our poet. He was a giant.

RIP

La CONMEBOL hace un llamado a los hinchas de Boca Juniors y Fluminense F.C. a compartir todos juntos los momentos de alegría y celebración que nos dan nuestro fútbol. Los valores del deporte que más nos apasiona deben ser inspiradores de conductas de paz y armonía. Por eso,…

There is a lot of misinformation circulating right now.

Misinformation can result in people being left uninformed & can put lives at risk during a crisis.

What we share online can have consequences in the real world.

Take time to pause & verify facts.

It's official! U.S. Soccer Men's National Team captain and AFC Bournemouth 🍒 midfielder Tyler Adams will join us, vss and schools around the globe for our FREE live Q&A session in support of #WorldMentalHealthDay 10.10.23 at 9:30am BST. If you haven't signed your class up already, do it here:

Remarkable to hear Braverman say multiculturalism has failed. She's a British Home Secretary descended from Goan Indians from Mauritius and Kenya, married to a Jewish husband, in a government headed by Britain's first Hindu PM. What would successful multiculturalism look like?

Happy #RoshHashanah to our supporters celebrating across the world!

To celebrate this Jewish New Year, we are proud to launch our first Jewish Supporters Group. 🍯

Chelsea Jewish Supporters’ Group 💙

🇺🇸 A busy but good few days in Washington and Chicago this week.

Washington in summer is 🤘🏽

Great to catch up with Brenda Elsey Evan Whitfield 🔥✊🏽🏳️‍🌈 N. Jeremi Duru and so many others.

#MLSAllStar

Wow Luton Town.

Just wow.

When you were last here, the Premier League didn’t exist.

La Liga chief Javier Tebas’ comments on Vinicius Jr in wake of racist abuse “tells us the scale of the problem we face”, Piara Powar the head of European football’s anti-discrimination body Fare tells me.
Full BBC News (UK) at 10 report here at 16:20”
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Watch this video. Share this video. As the rest of the world looks on in disgust at racism in Spanish football, the Spanish coverage blamed the victim of racist abuse. This is what is happening in Spain. Victim-blaming.

Pleased that Frenchman Philippe Diallo got elected. He becomes the first Black person to be elected to the UEFA Exco.

Philippe Diallo has been involved in club football for a long time.

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This is disappointing. Lise Klaveness is the future

Staying optimistic ❤️

It is a real honour for me to accept my invitation from Ramadan Tent Project as guest speaker at their Open Iftar in partnership with Chelsea Foundation today. It will be held at the side of the pitch at Stamford Bridge - a 1st for Chelsea FC & for a Prem League stadium 👏🏾

#RamadanKareem

Chelsea FC with Chelsea Foundation⁩ to host first Open Iftar at Stamford Bridge 🏟️ this month. chelseafc.com/en/news/articl…

This is what a culture war looks like. Where are those freedom of speech advocates when you need them?

Amazing day in Lausanne yesterday with the Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport and some of the worlds leading researchers, policy wonks and change-makers.

Payoshni Mitra Lou Englefield The Honest Broker Maria Bobenrieth and a whole lot of others.