"Ladies and Gentlemen, please stand up if you are able"

Loudspeaker announcement at the Euro Cup. Would have been better if the people addressed weren't gendered, but it's a start.
The English players seemed to have remembered that God is being asked to save the king, not the queen. It seems like that might be hard after all those years.

As we were leaving the Greenway area this afternoon, I kept seeing guys (all) with various team shirts hastening toward the sports pub near Haymarket. England, Man United, something else. Whatever was at home in a drawer, I guess.

As seen on twitter a while back. Writer quoting her daughter "Is this the men Lionesses team?" Her answer was yes.

Too many things to watch over there

I watched a few minutes of soccer. I watched a few minutes of Wimbledon. I watched a few minutes of fan-cam footage of Stray Kids in Hyde Park London. OK, done with the England-related content.
Cross the channel.
BTS member Kim Seokjin, representing South Korea, carried the Olympic torch to the Louvre. This is a little confusing to me, because the opening ceremonies (supposed to be along the Seine) aren't for another 12 days (the 26th). Shouldn't the torch be somewhere far away, working its way toward Paris? Maybe it's a special side-trip for Bastille Day.
https://youtu.be/Jq1uYn1abZk?si=7DsPjXmC6wlSMQuy