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Spanish mayor bans DR Congo pre-World Cup 2026 game in La Linea de la Concepcion due to Ebola fears.Published On 2 Jun 20262 Jun 2026A pre-World Cup friendly involving the Democratic Republic of Congo has been cancelled by the mayor of the Spanish town hosting the football match over health concerns regarding the Ebola outbreak in the African country.“I have signed the decree banning the holding of the June 9 match between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Chile,” said Juan Franco, mayor of La Linea de la Concepcion in southern Spain.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFranco said…
The delayed offside flag could almost become a thing of the past after Fifa unveiled new technology to be used at the 2026 World Cup.Fifa will introduce advanced semi-automated offside for video assistant referees (VAR) which should make decisions faster and mean an assistant can raise the flag rather than wait for a move to play out.A real-time audio alert will be sent to the assistant if a player is more than 10cm offside. Previous versions of the technology tested at the Club World Cup and the Intercontinental Cup only notified the officials if a player was greater than 50cm…
Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk faces Russia’s Mirra Andreeva in semifinal after beating Elina Svitolina at Roland Garros.Published On 2 Jun 20262 Jun 2026Marta Kostyuk accused Russian players of hiding behind silence over the war in Ukraine, saying after four years of conflict they had shown “whose side they are on”, as she reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open.The 23-year-old beat fellow Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 6-3 2-6 6-2 in an emotional quarterfinal on Tuesday, played hours after another night of Russian strikes on Kyiv, then launched a scathing attack on Russian players who continue to avoid publicly condemning…
Police have released bodycam footage showing officers handcuffing 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay dying. The BBC has chosen to remove the sound in parts of this video due to its distressing content.The footage from December showed his killer, Vickrum Digwa, claim he was racially abused by the teen and acted in self defence, which was a lie. He told officers his turban had been knocked off and said he had been injured.Police say they liaised with Henry Nowak’s family before sharing the footage. It was also played in court.Digwa, 23, was jailed for life with a minimum of 21…
NFF president Lise Klaveness has called on FIFA to scrap the FIFA Peace Prize award to protect its political neutrality.Published On 2 Jun 20262 Jun 2026The Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) has formally backed an official complaint against FIFA President Gianni Infantino over a breach of political neutrality rules, NFF president Lise Klaveness has said.Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday ahead of the national team’s departure for the World Cup, Klaveness stated that the NFF’s letter of support had been officially submitted. She acknowledged that the move has triggered political friction within football’s world governing body.Recommended Stories list of 4…
The administration of United States President Donald Trump has proposed a new 25 percent tariff on imports from Brazil amid allegations of unfair trading practices.US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the new punitive tariffs late on Monday, stemming from issues including digital trade and illegal deforestation.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe new tariffs would be imposed under Section 301 of US trade policy — a statute that gives the US government broad authority to impose trade sanctions based on violations of trade agreements, as well as what it deems “unfair” trade practices under the Trade Act of 1974.Greer…
A tearful Marta Kostyuk dedicated her French Open quarter-final against compatriot Elina Svitolina to Ukraine after she made history to reach the last four in Paris.The 23-year-old outlasted seventh seed Svitolina – who she earlier described as “a legend of Ukrainian tennis” – in a deciding set in the first major quarter-final between two Ukrainian women in history.Kostyuk is the first Ukrainian woman in the Open era to reach the singles semi-finals at Roland Garros – and she achieved the feat with the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine never far from her mind.Kostyuk and Svitolina took to court the day…
‘Would they have agreed?’Donors to both universities are not allowed to make requests about how their bodies will be used, and their families cannot obtain that information after the fact.Adding to the controversy, donor documents reviewed by AJ+ did not indicate that the cadavers would be used to train military personnel, either from the US or Israel.Dr Mohamad Raad, a USC-affiliated physician, questions whether the donors would have knowingly signed up if they knew their bodies would be used for procedures like perfusion.“Regardless of whether we think it’s gruesome to do that to a dead body, the part that’s even…
France defender Ibrahima Konate is in advanced talks with Real Madrid about joining the La Liga club on a free transfer.As reported by the Daily Telegraph, external, Konate is close to agreeing terms over a move to the Bernabeu when his contract at Liverpool expires at the end of June.Liverpool announced on Sunday that Konate would leave the club at the end of his current deal. The 27-year-old had previously been in discussions to extend his stay on Merseyside but those talks came to an end amid a gap between the centre-half and the club over his value and wages.Konate…
Marta Kostyuk was her own toughest rival for so long during the early stages of her career. As she tried to navigate the pressure that accompanied her status as a teenage prodigy, she often struggled to think clearly on the court without her emotion, fears and desperation to succeed torpedoing her form.The path towards unlocking her potential has been tough, requiring the Ukrainian to be honest with herself and encounter the right people to help take her forward. That work continues to pay off. Kostyuk made another significant breakthrough by ending the Ukraine derby as the victor, holding her nerve…