Michael Calvin
@mcalvinbook.bsky.social
Award winning sportswriter. Internationally best selling author of 20 books, including a football trilogy that led to three TV documentaries. The scope of my collaborations has widened recently to include a Holocaust survivor & special forces soldier.
This….The kleptocrats and the incompetents of the water industry must be curbed, immediately.
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d agoHalf of the country is in "exceptionally serious drought" - putting us at more risk of wildfires and threatening our food security. Meanwhile water companies are wasting a staggering 2.87 billion litres of water every day through leaky pipes. Time to end water privatisation.
England won the World Cup 60 years ago today. If only there was a book that brought everything into focus…..
Excellent analysis from Nick. Our FA will be deservedly damned if it does not immediately rescind its endorsement of Infantino. England should also be among the nations threatening a boycott of FIFA’s tainted showpiece.
Nick Ames@nickames82.bsky.social · last wk.Enough statements, enough words, enough "careful consideration", enough private disgust. It's time for UEFA and Europe to take action against what FIFA and Infantino are doing to football: www.theguardian.com/football/202...
La Copa del Mundo es española. Las Malvinas son inglesas.
Argentina. No shots. No scruples. No class. Hopefully no chance.
This reminds me of the worst World Cup final I covered, in 1990. Hopefully Argentina will again lose this one, 1-0.
Seriously wondering whether to bother watching the second half after the obscenity of this half time “show” The game will be an afterthought for Infantino, who will only have eyes for the Mango Baboon.
Tuchel. England managers judged by biggest calls. He blew it.
Appreciate I should know this but who is that garden gnome in a FIFA blazer who is always sitting alongside Arsene Wenger???
Joined H&J today talking about my 66 book and the Hand of God game. Interview between 22.00 and 29.30 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
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We said farewell to a friend, father and football man today. Ken was hugely admired and respected by his clubs : Millwall fans raised £1500 for this tribute, and his assigned charity.
Stand down in Clacton or your credibility, and that of your party, will be shredded
Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 4w agoNigel Farage is a grifter. He always has been and he's continuing to grift. He knew he was heading towards a byelection anyway so has pulled the trigger early. The people Vs the establishment?! Reform are literally part of the establishment.
FIFA’s actions confirm their corrupted state. Anyone remotely surprised?
Tariq Panja@tariqpanja.bsky.social · last mo.Trump called Infantino on Wednesday to get Balogun's red card lifted. Nice to ride alon with Tyler Pager on what will be seen (and is) in many parts as one of the biggest scandals in World Cup history. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
I’ve lived through enough first stage pessimism which tends to cling to England in World Cups to never say never. But if this static, lifeless, leaderless team is to challenge the best, I’ll be amazed.
Spare me the politics. Iran might be my favourite team in this World Cup, due to the intransigence and ignorance that blights their progress.
I lost a friend yesterday. Football lost one of its finest men. RIP Ken. share.google/SZzBEv6uz2pa...
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Well done to all of you who had VAR nonsense on your World Cup bingo card…
And so it begins…football turned into a game of four quarters.
Once upon a time, the World Cup was affordable for the ordinary fan. Read this and weep for the subsequent damage done by FIFA’s kleptocracy.
The start of a World Cup used to be greeted with global joy and expectation. Today I suspect millions are indifferent to a bloated, hyper commercialised , politically poisoned tournament. Infantino’s contemptuous instruction for critics to “chill” should be his, and FIFA’s epitaph.
Another global milestone for what we regard as an important book. Thanks everyone for their interest.
The Blair Partnership@tbpagency.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Sunday Times bestselling book ‘MIRACLE: The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber in Auschwitz’ by Michael Calvin & Naftali Schiff is out now in the US 🇺🇸!!! Get your copy here: www.harpercollinsfocus.com/978140025558...
More please whenever he, and the lickspittle Infantino, dare show their faces at what is already a crucially compromised World Cup.
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 2mo agoTrump gets booed and heckled out of New York City as he departs Game 3 of the NBA Finals.