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“Before every tournament there are always concerns,” Kelly Cates says as she approaches her fifth World Cup as a television and radio presenter. “There’s always something everybody’s worried about. This time I worry about the humidity and the altitude for the players and there are political concerns, obviously.“But there are also concerns that it’s not going to feel like a World Cup. In the US, they probably see that as a good thing. They probably see it as: ‘We’re going to make it better.’ Whereas we’re looking at it from a more traditional point of view, thinking: ‘Why are you…
The world’s nine nuclear-armed states are upgrading and expanding their arsenals, accelerating an arms race that is creating “new risks” amid rising global tensions, a new report has warned.Published on Monday, the study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said most of these countries deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems last year.It added that the powers’ increasing reliance on nuclear weapons is reversing decades of demobilisation efforts, even as dangers of escalation and miscalculation are growing.“The evidence is growing that the nuclear weapon states are sidelining, and even walking away from, their disarmament commitments and are instead…
The England and Wales Cricket Board are investigating an incident in a nightclub involving captain Ben Stokes and pace bowler Gus Atkinson following the first Test against New Zealand.An ECB statement said the pair were involved in a “breach of team protocols” in the early hours of Monday morning, after the conclusion of England’s win at Lord’s on Sunday.It is the latest controversy to hit the England team following an Ashes tour dogged with allegations of a drinking culture.As a result, England imposed a midnight curfew on all players and staff.”The ECB is currently investigating a breach of team protocols…
In 1987, the tabloid press in Britain was at the peak of its powers. The Sun newspaper, with its brash celebrity scoops and strident support for Margaret Thatcher – who won her third general election that year – was selling almost 4m copies a day.Competition for stories and readers was relentless, resulting in ever more salacious and lurid editorial devices to win a slice of the readership from rivals on the newsstand. The Sun stood atop the tabloid market, its topless Page 3 girls credited with a share of its popularity. It was against this backdrop that the Sunday Sport,…
Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have expressed readiness for stronger military confrontation if necessary, after ending an exchange of fire with Israel that raised concerns of a return to all-out war.Iran’s armed forces on Sunday night launched an air attack against Israel in response to strikes on the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh in Lebanon, as they had previously threatened to do if Israeli raids continued.Israel’s government said it targeted a command centre of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, while US media reports said Washington was aware of and supportive of the attack that killed at least two people.Iran fired ballistic…
After weeks of warning that continuing Israeli attacks on Lebanon would jeopardise diplomacy, Iran launched its first direct strikes on Israel in two months overnight on Sunday, casting new doubts about the likelihood of a US-Iran peace deal.While Israel and the US have sought to separate Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon from the wider US-Israeli war on Iran, Iran has consistently stated that it will not entertain a peace deal that does not extend to Lebanon as well.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listLast night’s attacks confirmed this.Following an initial Israeli raid on the southern suburbs of Beirut on…
Manchester City and Chelsea remain locked in negotiations about Enzo Maresca replacing Pep Guardiola.Guardiola announced on 22 May he would step down as City boss after a trophy laden decade in charge, and Maresca was quickly identified as the leading contender to be his replacement.Talks are at an advanced stage, with senior figures at both clubs discussing a compensation package for Maresca.The 46-year-old won the Club World Cup and Conference League during his time at Stamford Bridge but left in January and is keen to take the City job.Chelsea feel they are due compensation under the terms of Maresca’s departure…
Sweaty, shirtless football players lying on the pitch have seldom raised eyebrows as they did last week when photographs of European players struggling to train in the heat sparked concerns over sweltering US summer temperatures at the World Cup.Scientists have long cautioned that extreme heat could disrupt sporting events. Last month, climate experts warned that one in four World Cup games could be played in very hot conditions, affecting fans and players alike.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThose warnings materialised last week; social media was abuzz with sunburnt players — mostly from European teams used to cooler climates…
Former England winger Theo Walcott says Marcus Rashford is the Three Lions player he is “most psyched about” at the upcoming World Cup.Rashford was left out of Gareth Southgate’s Euro 2024 squad and did not play for his country for 12 months between March 2024 and 2025.Re-introduced by Thomas Tuchel, he has featured in every Three Lions squad under the German other than in June 2025 when a hamstring injury ruled him out.A loan spell at Barcelona, where he scored 14 goals and registered 14 assists in 47 games for the La Liga champions, has revitalised the 28-year-old Manchester United…
US Representative Thomas Massie set to honour the crew of the vessel on the House floor, bringing attention to the 1967 attack.On June 8, 1967, at least 34 US sailors were killed and 171 others were wounded in an Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, a United States Navy technical research ship stationed in the Mediterranean Sea off Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.Israel claimed it was a case of mistaken identity, saying its naval forces thought the vessel was Egyptian. But some of the survivors and researchers have disputed the Israeli version of the incident. They lament that successive governments did little…