I don’t know whether to laugh or cry as the memes do the rounds out there. It’s hard but #ManUtd for life!

Today marks 20 years since South Africa lost the extraordinary Lebo Mathosa in a tragic car accident on 23 October 2006. A fearless performer, a trailblazer and one of the defining voices of Kwaito, she helped shape the sound of a generation. Gone too soon, but never forgotten. Thank you AI, for refreshing my 20 year old picture with her . 🕊️🇿🇦

I wouldn’t look beyond Eddie Howe to replace #MichaelCarrick. As a former centre-back, he could sort out our defence quickly. More importantly, he knows how to build teams and has proved himself in one of the toughest leagues in the world. He’d be my choice for United. #ManUtd #MUFC #EddieHowe

Fernandes CRITICISES Carrick’s tactics after Man United’s defeat to Como 🤯 I am still shocked by what I saw tonight. I think #Carrick has lost the dressing room. What a mess!! #ManUtd #MUFC youtu.be/ABR_hNqwLv0?si=-pGG…

I am now wondering if Pep Guardiola jumped ship knowing that this was coming.

In simple terms, City were accused of cooking their financial books to make themselves look more compliant with spending rules than they really were — including allegedly disguising owner funding as sponsorship income, failing to fully disclose payments to players and manager Roberto Mancini, breaching financial rules and then failing to cooperate properly with the Premier League investigation. One example: Mancini was reportedly paid £1.45m by City while also receiving £1.75m a year through a consultancy deal with Al Jazira in Abu Dhabi. The significance is obvious: if you make your income look higher and your costs look lower, you can potentially spend more on players while appearing to stay within the rules. That’s why this isn’t just “accounting” — it goes directly to whether City gained an unfair sporting advantage.

I disagree. In athletics, when someone wins by cheating, we don’t just punish them going forward and allow them to keep the title. They can be disqualified and the medals reallocated. Why should football be fundamentally different? If you finished second or third while playing by the rules, only to discover that the team above you gained an unfair advantage by breaking those rules, why should you simply accept that result? Relegation and a transfer ban punish future Man City teams. They don’t address the clubs and players who may already have been denied titles while competing within the rules. If cheating materially helped you win, then surely the trophies themselves have to be part of the conversation. Otherwise, what are we saying — cheat, win the titles, take the punishment later, but keep the glory?

That completely misses the point. What if you had players on the pitch you simply would not have been able to afford had you played by the same financial rules as everyone else? Would you still have won those league titles without them? Financial cheating isn’t some harmless accounting technicality. If you artificially inflate revenues or disguise costs, you increase your spending power — and that advantage ends up on the pitch. That is precisely why financial rules exist. You cannot gain an advantage by breaking the rules and then argue that the trophies are legitimate because the players still had to win the matches. Cheating is cheating. If it gave you an advantage over clubs that followed the rules, then it wasn’t a level playing field.

Manchester City have reportedly been found guilty of 114 of the 115 Premier League charges against them. Everton, Nottingham Forest and others have received points deductions for far fewer breaches. So what would constitute a fair and proportionate sanction for #ManCity? If the rules are to mean anything, surely the punishment has to reflect the scale and seriousness of the breaches. What do you think? | dailymail.com/sport/football…

🇿🇲 #Zambia’s election dispute reaches the United Nations. Zambians in the diaspora are taking their concerns over the 2026 election to the streets of New York during #UNGA81. Activist Augustine Mukoka spoke to @ChannelAfrica1 about what they believe went wrong, why they’re protesting at the #UN and what they want President #Hichilema and the international community to do. | #Zambia #ZambiaElections ▶️ Watch the full interview:

🇿🇲 Is #Zambia’s democratic space shrinking? Foreign Affairs Minister Mulambo Haimbe responds to questions over the 2026 election, the treatment of opposition figures and cancelled passports, and explains what President #Hichilema’s Grow Zambia Agenda will mean for ordinary Zambians. He spoke to @channelafrica1 from #UNGA81 in New York. ▶️ Watch: