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UEFA introduces new four-yellow-card suspension threshold

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:6 August 2026
Post last modified:6 August 2026

UEFA has confirmed changes to its yellow card suspension rules for the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League. These new rules are set ahead of the 2026–27 campaign. From this season, players and members of the coaching staff will receive a one-match suspension after accumulating four yellow cards during the league phase. This new rule replaces the previous threshold of three. Notably, these adjustments reflect UEFA guidelines. UEFA confirms new suspension rules Once that first suspension has been served, another ban will follow after every two additional yellow cards. That means further suspensions will be triggered after a sixth,…

Wimbledon: Zeynep Sönmez’s watermelon symbol ‘below threshold’ for ban

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:4 July 2026
Post last modified:4 July 2026

The Wimbledon tennis tournament has surprisingly backed Turkish tennis player Zeynep Sönmez’s stand of solidarity with Gaza. Yet the gesture still exposes the establishment’s cowardice in the face of Israel lobby arrogance. Sönmez used a watermelon-design ‘string dampener’ to get around the tournament’s ban on watermelon pins. Wimbledon — Deadly double standard Sönmez, ranked 51 in global women’s tennis and Turkey’s highest-ever ranked women’s player, said that she had switched to the dampener specifically because tournaments banned Palestine pins. She also accused organisers of double standards because pins supporting (nazi-riddled) Ukraine are not banned: I used to wear a pin. Tournaments…