*SUMMER TRANSFER NEWS*
Welcome to the world Gigi Elizabeth Akua Asante-Fisher.
Born on June 28th at 1850, weighing in at a decent 8lbs.
We couldn’t be more in love with you ❤️
A huge thanks to the staff at the University Hospital of Wales for their amazing care & support.
Booing a minute silence dedicated to fans who lost their lives at a football game is the lowest of the lows. You deserve to lose football matches doing that.
As someone who is married to a woman & about to have a baby together, I find it WHOLLY unacceptable that homophobic views are allowed to be broadcast like this. What on earth is going on? I’m beyond furious. My life & family isn’t up for debate.
It wasn’t “peculiar” it was racial discrimination & sexual harassment in a bloody pub at 6.30 pm!!!!!
Please can EVERYONE do better at calling out & dealing with this type of behaviour because it’s happening bloody everywhere.
The last time England won a major football trophy women were banned from playing football.
What a moment for all those who battled before to get this current crop here 🙌🏻
#WEURO2022
This World Cup has been like going out on a girls night out. Ya know like…ending up in a really cool bar, you’re all dancing, having fun then some idiotic men act like pricks. It hasn’t ruined ya night but it feels a bit sour. That’s how I feel tbh.
Captains face yellow card for wearing the One Love armband, whilst LGBTQI+ people in Qatar face the death penalty for being themselves…
One love until it gets hard aye! ✌🏼
Urgh. Really didn’t want Spain to make the final. He’ll never be sacked now. Thinking of all the players who have given up their dream to fight for bigger things
#ESP
#FIFAWWC
It wasn’t my best & it probably won’t be my worst.
But it was my first. And the first time a woman has done full football commentary for
@BBCSportWales
Thanks to all the women & men who have paved the way. And to every little girl & boy out there...dreams do come true.
Never forget what the
@Telegraph
did to help stoke the homophobia & transphobia in this country. Nike has already said it’s a nod to the 1966 England team but I guess that’s too white and male for your agenda.
You are an absolute rag of a paper & you do it all the time.
I’ve lost my best friend. To be frank, it will never be the same because she got me, just like I got her. But bloody hell we laughed. Laughed more than some people get to laugh in a lifetime. So my darling everything I do, I’ll do with you in my heart. I’ll love you forever 💛💛
In the excitement of the
@Lionesses
making a Euros final, it’s worth remembering that there are players in the WSL who have to pay for their own lunch,are being paid as little as £20k a year & have sketchy medical care. I hope clubs wake up & start treating their players better.
I’m calling for all bars, clubs & all other public places to implement a “one strike” rule & remove people who are harassing women from their premises instantly. Who’s with me?
#onestrike
🏴🏉 Wales women had NO hot water for showering after being absolutely soaked during that game. Most of us have suffered the same fate playing an away game for our clubs but surely this shouldn’t be the case at an international fixture!!
why the fuck isnt this a bigger thing in the media coverage? The fucking president of the Spanish federation kissed a player on the fucking mouth for no fucking reason?
Why did he do it? Because he is a man with power cause men can do anything as it seems. This is so disgusting
Here’s the thing. If you are a sportsperson who has the privilege of playing your sport in this current climate, when a lot of people are struggling -whether that’s mentally, physically or financially,then you should be absolutely ASHAMED of yourself if you are breaking the rules
He clearly asks the manager not to touch him but he touched us at least half a dozen times???? The manager of the bar didn’t chuck him out but just called his behaviour “peculiar”
Why do men get so triggered by women playing sport?
This is a teenage girl practicing in her garden (actually what she is doing is hard!) and there are GROWN men putting her down.
Have a word with yourselves.
We will not be stopped. Sport is ours too
Keep going girl 🙌🏼
I’ve been handed the total honour of presenting
@ITVWales
Euro coverage - my first ever presenting job!
Joining me for the first show is;
Neil Taylor, Hal Robson-Kanu & Jayne Ludlow 🙌🏼
I won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but I’ll be me so let’s enjoy this next month together ❤️🏴
Hard to say “happy” Pride month tbh when the Trans community, of all ages in the UK are being vilified in every part of our society. So I am pleading that you don’t believe what you read on here or in some media. It’s what they did to us Gays back in the 80’s.
#PrideMonth
My most embarrassing zoom incident to date on the
@CardiffCityFC
presser today...
I had two choices;
1) Stay on mute & pretend I wasn't there
or
2) Tell the truth
In hindsight, I wish I had gone with option 1...😂😂
As a lot of the caterers have already prepared lots of food ready for tomorrow - would it now be a great idea to donate this food to local charities that need it instead?
So first of all they said “no one watches women’s sports” 🙄 and when nearly 1.5 million people do watch ROI v Lionesses they say it’s because it’s free to air 😂😂😂
The eyes of the world literally saw what happened to Hermoso & we’re rightfully talking & protesting about it. But can we have the same energy for the Zambia team who in some respects have gone through even more atrocious things but behind closed doors.
Just remembered this classic story from when I interviewed Neil Warnock in 2019.
“What’s the best excuse a player has ever given you?”
I didn’t expect this…😱
Didn’t think he could top “I feel gay” speech but this is utterly infuriating from the guy who heads up world football.
Why have we got to convince you like we’re asking for a new car or something!? It’s so patronising I can’t deal and…
JUST OPEN THE DOOR YOURSELF FFS!!!
Gianni Infantino said, to the women in the room: "Pick the right battles. You have the power to change. You have the power to convince us men what we have to do and what we don’t have to do. Just do it. With men, with Fifa, you'll find open doors. Just push the doors."
#fifawwc
I have to say having watched Frida Maanum collapse right in front of me it was honestly the worst thing I have personally witnessed in sport. A huge credit has to go to her teammates and staff because it was harrowing to witness. Wishing her a full recovery ❤️🩹
The Spanish FA are circulating this statement, on behalf of Jenni Hermoso: “This was a totally spontaneous and mutual gesture due to the immense joy that winning the World Cup gave us. The president and I have a great relationship, his behaviour with everyone has been excellent…
Remember when everyone was outraged & upset after watching It’s a Sin…Well our Trans community is currently being treated with the same vitriol behaviour NOW.
Be outraged now. Be an ally now. Don’t wait 30 years for a TV series about it.
Happy 3rd anniversary to my queen 🥰
You don’t put the bins out or remove the fluff from the tumble dryer but other than that you’re alright! You’re my inspiration & I thank god (and Jon Holmes) everyday that I met ya ❤️
It was only a minute package but I made my national
@itvnews
debut last night!
Just over 2 years ago I was a medical rep selling socks so to anyone out there with a dream of doing something, keep working hard & don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it 👊🏼
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen footballers wrestle with the opposition for the ball but yet again there are vile comments towards Lauren James. Turner’s subsequent social media stuff is totally immature and classless and has added to the pile on.
One of my biggest regrets in life is not being able to speak Cymraeg but genuinely watching our beautiful language being spoken by
@Cymru
athlete & staff has given me the push to really try. I’m notoriously bad at learning languages but I am going to give this 100% 🏴🏴🏴🏴
Have ya bank holiday, have ya fly over & the balcony thing but honestly it makes me shudder that people in the UK actually cannot afford to eat & pay their energy bills yet MILLIONS is being spent on this Jubil££.How is this more important than people just being able to survive?
Mistakes made but history made.
First woman to ever commentate on football on
@BBCRadioWales
💅🏻
And yes I will celebrate it cause it took us 7 hours to get to Bradford & I also have a HORRENDOUS cold!!! 🤣
Thanks to all the brilliant people who supported me in the run up ❤️
In light of yesterday I wanted to share this video
@CardiffCityFC
did which gives more details on how to do CPR. Cardiff City’s Dr Len Nokes lost his daughter & wanted to ensure that one extra life was saved by doing this ❤️
@OnlyTimeBook
I'm not having this "proper Welsh fan" nonsense. As far as I'm concerned no sport or person owns Wales so if people want to wear a pin badge, a footy shirt or a giant daffodil hat then let them blinking enjoy it! Ridiculing people because it's not "your way" is school yard stuff.
You might not be supporting England or Germany, but there will be little girls around the world who will be so inspired & from that moment on football will be all they ever think about.
All Nations need to get moving to ensure that they have the path to emulate their dreams ❤️⚽️
Learnt something at the Chelsea game last night…Mjelde’s penalty in extra extra time was the “last kick” of the game so no other player could enter the box! So the ref made all the other players retreat as per this pic! Talk about pressure!
“Step away from the bin and I’ll come out!”
A woman from Merthyr Tydfil has been running errands for her elderly parents who are in self-isolation during the coronavirus outbreak
Here we go…another headline which will stir up even more hatred & vitriol noise about a 21 year old woman who hasn’t even raced yet. Just a reminder that Emily has done nothing wrong & followed all the rules set by GB Cycling & the UCI.
He said “do you know who I am?”
I obviously replied no.
He said he was the queens plumber to which I replied that I didn’t care & could he leave us alone. I asked the bar staff to intervene which they eventually did but here’s the bit at the end which I recorded....
WHY AM I CRYING!!!!!! What a win for
@WelshRugbyUnion
! The first back to back
@Womens6Nations
win since 2015.
I am so pleased for the girls 👏🏼👏🏼
Wales 24 Scotland 19 🏴🏴
Pivac told me post-match if Wales reach a 1/4 or semi final in the WC then “everyone will be happy” but when he took over Wales were in a place where the next step was all about winning it. I’ve always said give him time but 18 months out I’m genuinely worried. I hope I’m wrong.
Gareth Thomas having HIV doesn’t shock me. What shocks me is that some disgusting human being blackmailed him about it. And I’m disgusted at the “journalist” who went to his parents house. The pain that Alfie has gone through is unbearable to think about tbh.
After 3 years at ITV it’s time to try something new! I have no idea exactly what that looks like yet but I’m really looking forward to continuing reporting, presenting & picking up football commentary again.
Maybe just maybe I’ll even see what this politics malarkey is about…👀
I went to the bar to order drinks. I got asked by a man where I was from. Fine right? But he then stroked my back but I played it off. He made a joke which I “laughed” at......longing him to just go away.
He then asked my best friend “where are you from?” She answered “Wales”
For those too young to know how it felt just before Section 28 I have a feeling it felt like something like we are feeling today. I actually feel total despair and heartbreak for my trans family. What an awful world we are living in 😭
Some time passed by & he asked whether him & his friend could join our table.
We responded firmly “no thanks, we’re catching up”
He persistently asked what we meant by “catching up”.
I asked him firmly again to leave us alone which he told me to “SHUT UP”
Bonkers day at work but ecstatic I get to tick “Hollywood actors” off the interview list…
Thank you to
@Wrexham_AFC
@RMcElhenney
&
@VancityReynolds
for today 🎬
Hope you enjoy this as much as I did!
Part 1 starts with an apology for the F bomb 😂
That’s it. I’m never watching a single episode of I’m a celeb ever again! Just when you think it can’t get any worse than Hancock, they pay this amount for this horrible man. This country is messed up.
Him: “No where are you actually from ORIGINALY*”
*My BF’s heritage is Welsh Indian in case you’re wondering like him 🙄
I told him straight that you cannot ask someone that. His response?
He touched her nose & said “You’ve got nice eyes”