BANYANA IS THE SA TEAM
To those South African football fans on Twitter, or any other social media platforms, who thought it was funny to go, “Can we make Banyana the national team?”. Err, they are. The comparisons with the men’s national team’s failures and the women’s side’s success are understandable, as is the mockery. However, it’s about time everyone ditches the pseudo sexism. Desiree Ellis’ team are elite athletes, they deserve our respect.
BITTER LORD
Meanwhile, on the topic of sexism in sport. Step forward Alan Sugar, who likes to put the title “Lord” in front of his name. This goofball, who is rich, has been watching the Women’s Euro championships, which are currently being hosted in England, and thought it funny (we think) to wonder about the lack of male commentary – because you know, women can’t commentate on sport all by themselves. He described the use of female commentators on men’s football matches as “symbolic”,
WRIGHT STUFF
Sugar then remarked about Ian Wright, the former Arsenal and England striker, being on commentary for the next game he watched. “I was pleased to see my old mate Ian Wright was given the opportunity to commentate on the ladies game last night,” tweeted the Lord. Wright, of course, responded. “Alan, the thing is, my friend, rather than just say I got it wrong, lots of men are working at all levels of the tournament, you doubled down on some complete f ***** g foolishness,” he said. “In your mind you actually thought after you sent that tweet that the BBC phoned me up, never mind the fact that I’ve been booked to do this for a year, and said: ‘Ian, you’ve got to get back from Germany ASAP. Alan Sugar’s tweeted and we need to get you on. We can’t upset him’. You genuinely believe that that happened? That says to me your ego is totally out of control. You’re coming on Twitter for attention – it’s laughable. In all seriousness, I’m glad you’re watching. The only thing that you can find fault with doesn’t even exist.”
RONALDO’S SHORTS!
The next Premier League season can’t come soon enough because yoh, the stuff that passes for news in the off-season. Let’s start with Cristiano Ronaldo’s shorts. With much speculation about his future at Manchester United – a lot of
it manufactured, we feel – every move, or in this case item of clothing Ronaldo wears, is a sign about where he’ll play next season. The
Sun brought the world this incredible scoop: “WANTAWAY Cristiano Ronaldo broke his silence with a tantalising hint – as he posted a training picture wearing just MANCHESTER UNITED shorts.” The use of ‘caps lock’ is theirs, not ours. The report adds: “His choice of outfit sparked speculation he might rethink his future.” When does the new season start?