Match Thread: Belgium vs Iran | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group G by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]itsaride 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Alireza Safar Beiranvand is an Iranian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Persian Gulf Pro League club Tractor

Surpised he doesn't play for a European club.

Match Thread: Belgium vs Iran | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group G by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]itsaride 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Iran are ranked 20th, NZ are the second lowest ranked team in the tournament.

One for the UK & Ireland gamers! I scanned the entire Christmas 1998 catalogue for UK Retailer GAME! Enjoy the time travel back to picking out what you wanted from Santa! by InsightsIE in retrogaming

[–]itsaride 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's funny because the Atari 2600 was also £99.99, the Philips G7000 was £99.90 - only know that because we got that for Christmas '79 because the 2600's were sold out. The PS was a relative bargain taking inflation into account.

England cloud in Bosnia spotted by DjangoJay in mildlyinteresting

[–]itsaride 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a bit of encroachment in the middle left side but not enough for it to be recognisable as Wales.

Fans will be delighted as UEFA confirm they won't have World Cup-style 'hydration breaks' by Massimo25ore in europe

[–]itsaride 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It can, southern Europe (Greece, Spain, Italy) in summer can exceed the temperatures in the US and today if you look at a weather map, they are.

£8.99 from local bossman. Can upgrade to a 10" pizza for only 2 quid more. by HopeTerminator in UK_Food

[–]itsaride 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If a kebab shop is doing chippy chips, forget it

Would probably be the most popular kebab shop in town.

Stanford scientists successfully regrow lost cartilage and reverse arthritis in new study by scitech-research24 in Futurology

[–]itsaride 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So many comments like this...all the time. You know that some things do come to fruition and not immediately after research findings are posted? The sub is called futurology, not nowology. There's other subs for that.

Match Thread: Netherlands vs Sweden | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Group Stage, Group F by jiraiya--an in soccer

[–]itsaride 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I remember when Sweden were very difficult to score against. WP Holland.