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Happy 9th day of Black History Month! As I'm sure y'all know, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria will face off in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations this Sunday, and their fans have reacted with jubilation

Ivorian fans celebrate in the streets of Paris (notice how they're not destroying anything like yt football hooligans)

Nigerian fans sing South African superstar Tyla's song "Water" after beating South Africa in the semifinals

https://twitter.com/sportbible/status/1755547089348473191

Let's look at a few highlights from both teams:

Côte d'Ivoire squeaks past Mali with a stunning goal in the final minutes of overtime

https://twitter.com/centregoals/status/1753865987907072395

Côte d'Ivoire advances to the final after a superb goal off a volley

https://twitter.com/Full_Gist/status/1755346412152172611

Nigeria beats South Africa on penalty kicks

https://twitter.com/drpenking/status/1755875433814319132

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The revolutionary move will be announced by Ifab as part of sin-bin protocols that will see players removed from the field for 10 minutes if they commit a cynical foul or show dissent towards a match official.

What the frick is a sin-bin.

The new protocol announced on Friday will limit the new card to fouls that prevent a promising attack plus dissent, as well as confirming a player should be shown a red card if they receive two blue cards during a match or a combination of yellow and blue

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Soccer fans are subhumans

!nonchuds racist L

Amit Patel, a midlevel finance manager, has pleaded guilty to stealing $22 million through a virtual credit card system the Jaguars used for expenses. Sources with knowledge of the case told ESPN that Patel lost about $20 million of the funds on daily fantasy and sports bets at FanDuel, which had assigned him a VIP host. He lost about $1 million on DraftKings, sources said.

Patel siphoned the funds over 3½ years, according to federal court documents. In December, he pleaded guilty to fraud charges in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida. He faces up to 30 years in prison and a $500,000 fine when he is sentenced March 12.

Online records show Patel was a high-stakes and high-volume daily fantasy player on FanDuel and DraftKings, both of which are official betting partners of the NFL. Patel played daily fantasy sports as far back as 2017, the records show, and his play escalated in 2021 and 2022. ESPN previously reported that Patel played daily fantasy under the username "ParlayPicker" and was believed to have racked up big losses playing against elite competition in contests with buy-ins upward of $24,000.

One veteran daily fantasy player told ESPN on condition of anonymity that they believe ParlayPicker is "the biggest loser ever on FanDuel."

"He was legendarily bad," the person said.

Sources said FanDuel alerted the NFL to Patel's betting in January 2023 after he placed traditional sports bets in Tennessee. The amounts and types of wagers that triggered the investigation are unknown. The Jaguars had no knowledge of the embezzlement scheme or Patel's extensive daily fantasy habit until they were notified by the NFL, team and league sources said.

This will likely land in the top 5 worst SB shows of the 21st century which have been surprisingly good. Unless he has some great surprise musicians and creative visuals (). Most over rated R&B artist 10+ years after his has been relevant. If only R Kelly wasn't a degenerate p-do.

Who's he going to replace in the top 5?!

Not so coincidentally, Usher was a surprise artist for the Black Eyed Peas halftime show.

Sevilla expressed their "disgust" and asked La Liga to take action after winger Lucas Ocampos appeared to be touched "completely inappropriately" by a fan in their win at Rayo Vallecano.

A fan appeared to poke the winger's backside while he was preparing to take a throw-in during Monday's first half.

Ocampos told the referee about the incident before continuing the game.

The Argentina international said he wants La Liga to treat the incident "as seriously as it takes racism".

"I kept my calm because I have two daughters, I hope this doesn't happen to them in the future," he told broadcaster Dazn.

In a statement, Sevilla said: "We would like to place on record our disgust at the incident.

"Lucas Ocampos was subjected to an obscene and completely inappropriate act by a home fan. We hope that the appropriate measures outlined in the regulations will be taken to prevent such behaviour from happening again on a football field, and we have expressed this to La Liga directly."

Rayo Vallecano said they were working to identify the supporter and would take appropriate disciplinary action.

"This isolated action is solely the individual responsibility of the fan who carried it out," the club said in a statement.

"Rayo Vallecano is currently working to identify the fan so that, if he is a season-ticket holder of the club, the appropriate disciplinary measures can be taken in accordance with the internal regulations."

Sevilla won the game 2-1 to move up to 15th in the table, with Morocco striker Youssef En-Nesyri scoring twice.

Do you hire exclusively black people for your NBA team because you believe their race and all of its biological traits (height, superior stamina and strength) gives them a competitive advantage? https://t.co/eVFIPSenBs

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 29, 2024

If you weren't aware they have been pretty much consistently the whitest team in the league since he bought them

The two most famous players in their history are both white Europeans

!nonchuds come laugh at this failure of a chud dunking

Some more r-slurred chuds trying to jump in to support the white Portuguese Ian

https://twitter.com/TheRabbitHole84/status/1751786117094105115

https://twitter.com/forceonatr/status/1751785984793194621

https://twitter.com/altrightythen/status/1751789164507648143

https://twitter.com/ericthewheeler/status/1751810533836431402

The box for UFC weigh-ins are now sponsored by Rizz Pharma, announced yesterday as the UFC's official erectile dysfunction and hair loss medication partner.

Interesting choice... pic.twitter.com/EqHpq1CtbF

— Aaron Bronsteter (@aaronbronsteter) February 2, 2024

Hockey Canada has issued statements on @NHL players participating in the 2026 and 2030 Olympics.#MilanoCortina2026

Déclarations de Hockey Canada sur la participation des joueurs de la @LNH_FR aux Jeux olympiques de 2026 et de 2030.#MilanCortina2026

— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) February 2, 2024

!Leafs IN IN IN

I dunno dude, I'm drunk and feeling love for Rodgers right now

I don't know what to feel TBH. I hate him and hes joining the team I root for (and cry every year)

I have to support him???

NO I WILL NOT

I hope Chuck Legreg outshines him

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

!illuminati FIX THIS SOMEHOW

Plebbit freaking out https://old.reddit.com/r/formula1/comments/1ag83xn/lewis_hamilton_to_join_ferrari_for_2025_formula_1?sort=controversial

https://old.reddit.com/r/sports/comments/1ag8ooc/lewis_hamilton_to_join_ferrari_for_the_2025?sort=controversial

r/formuladank is full on r-slurred mode rn

I Went To Noah Knigga’s High School Basketball Game pic.twitter.com/k1eXSVY9As

— Mantis (@YoungMantis2) January 29, 2024

Das rite interview that neighbor.

I will 1v1 anyone else here

He got it before the season started and now has to live with it

@A whoever pin this to establish dominance over our lesser euro/Asian/efrican users.

It's GameDay baby. Go go defeat the league designated and the coastal .

So this just happened… officer has got the moves! Coach Self was smiling like crazy! Tremendous!#GetJuicy#cyclONEnation pic.twitter.com/kPhc9VmnS6

— Nathan Terry (@nathansterry) January 27, 2024

Frickd