Sepp Blatter: “I’m really sorry. I’m sorry that I’m still somewhere a punching ball.” https://t.co/TtBV2h7OoA pic.twitter.com/gzrvcovjxY
— Financial Times (@FT) December 21, 2015
Fifa’s ethics committee on Monday handed down eight-year bans from “all football-related activity” for Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini. Blatter says he will appeal.
Here's everything you need to know about Blatter & Platini'seight-year ban in 60 seconds. https://t.co/haGy0LHktV pic.twitter.com/I5F6upMLcz
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 21, 2015
Blatter: "This committee has no right to go against the president. I am the president!" https://t.co/GNsRID4zpv
— Mirror Football (@MirrorFootball) December 21, 2015
FIFA bans Sepp and Platini for eight years, and therefore, finally commits Seppuku. https://t.co/5mBQJP89W0
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) December 21, 2015
So Blatter and Platini will have to miss the 2022 World Cup in ….er, Qatar isn't it ?
— Ian Darke (@IanDarke) December 21, 2015
Lunch with Sepp Blatter in October, when he admitted he did try to rig the World Cup vote: https://t.co/DFaMOj6Mpn pic.twitter.com/tQ30CjA2zQ
— Financial Times (@FT) December 21, 2015
Blatter concludes bizarre, defiant, rambling 52-min press conference with "I'll be back. Thank you." Please don't come back, Sepp. Just go.
— Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) December 21, 2015
Sepp Blatter remains defiant after his suspension from soccer for 8 years https://t.co/eJUE17A7tQ pic.twitter.com/M2iIr52xlS
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) December 21, 2015
FIFA ban Blatter and Platini from all football-related activities for 8 years. They can still attend Aston Villa games. #bantz #burn #ouch
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) December 21, 2015
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WORLD
Spain needs broad consensus to go forward after messy election result https://t.co/GSX0zUPiwX
— The Guardian (@guardian) December 21, 2015
These are the people now deciding Spain’s future https://t.co/BKRMy7QQ2B
— Quartz (@qz) December 21, 2015
Spain's politics are a mess & investors are reacting by selling Spanish stocks, @mahargbf https://t.co/WwkJuHkIzd pic.twitter.com/uibEfo9pQG
— ReutersBreakingviews (@Breakingviews) December 21, 2015
In the US presidential race, the GOP field shrunk by one…
Republican Lindsey Graham says quitting race for White House https://t.co/YF7644hlyT
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) December 21, 2015
The two "lanes" of the GOP aren't necessarily Establishment/Tea Party. They're college-educated vs. non-college. https://t.co/tm5IHHVKS5
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) December 21, 2015
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BUSINESS
UPS' worst nightmare: Amazon building its own overnight airfreight operation, sources say https://t.co/HYSU7uUmy3 pic.twitter.com/VNsGusTvA8
— David Gewirtz (@DavidGewirtz) December 21, 2015
15% of US adults have become "cord cutters"-abandoning paid cable or satellite television https://t.co/MhKzn5S6IO pic.twitter.com/y9sSYVhG6Q
— PewResearch Internet (@pewinternet) December 21, 2015
Really, totally, finally the end of Yahoo. Death by surrender or proxy fight. https://t.co/TzdFuyYhzK
— Michael Wolff (@MichaelWolffNYC) December 21, 2015
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JOURNALISM
This journalism Christmas card is a copy editor’s nightmare https://t.co/MG6iQ5fX4v pic.twitter.com/ZcXNSqO3Lz
— Poynter (@Poynter) December 21, 2015
The funny, the weird, the elaborate, the terrible – 33 media errors from 2015 https://t.co/us4ScS7moo via @Poynter
— Journalism.co.uk (@journalismnews) December 21, 2015
WashPost will soon take web traffic into account for performance reviews https://t.co/6f26BCbBec
— Eddie Scarry (@eScarry) December 21, 2015
whoever could he mean..?
Scrolling down to the comments section of a certain online newspaper is like looking directly up the devil's arse 😂😂😂
— Phillip Schofield (@Schofe) December 21, 2015
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CULTURE
Colombians are not happy with Steve Harvey right now: https://t.co/PNG8eU05IQ pic.twitter.com/FYaZRny240
— Slate (@Slate) December 21, 2015
In all honesty, an Earth-based beauty pageant has no business declaring the most beautiful woman in the universe anyway. #earnesttweets
— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) December 21, 2015
Radio DJ plays Wham's Last Christmas 24 times in a row after barricading himself in studio https://t.co/iJUcbxw597 pic.twitter.com/gdqlKkRTNn
— Indy Music (@IndyMusic) December 21, 2015
The Beatles entire catalog may begin streaming on Christmas Eve: https://t.co/nPTY5R8MVN pic.twitter.com/qyLP7csd81
— Slate (@Slate) December 21, 2015
45 years ago today…
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SPORTS
Mourinho to Man Utd & Guardiola to Man City? Piecing together the managerial jigsaw: https://t.co/Qy1Y7qbMIg pic.twitter.com/3hMTFrTjtP
— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) December 21, 2015
The Overnight Note 