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Previous World Cup appearances: 8Best performance: Third place (1966)First appearance: 1966 (England)Top goal scorer: Eusebio (9)Most appearances: Cristiano Ronaldo (22)Player to watch: Cristiano RonaldoFIFA world ranking: 5Portugal come into yet another tournament dominated by the question of Cristiano Ronaldo and whether the veteran and his side can finally win the one major trophy that has eluded them in his final World Cup.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listEven in the 2022 edition, there were many questions over whether Portugal are worse with their record goalscorer in the lineup.While those concerns have hardly abated in the intervening four years, Ronaldo…
World number one Nelly Korda won her first US Women’s Open title, pipping England’s Charley Hull to victory by a single shot.American Korda made a crucial birdie on the 17th hole as she posted a two-under-par 69 to finish eight under at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles.It is the fourth major win of the 27-year-old’s career and her second consecutive victory of the season, having reclaimed the Chevron Championship title in April.Hull, who was seven strokes behind at the halfway mark, followed her third-round 65 with a four-under-par 67 in the fourth to equal the lowest 36-hole total…
A diver who filmed an incredibly rare encounter with a Great White shark in the Mediterranean Sea in May has described the moment as “pretty special”.”The shark was pretty close to us […] And in fact my fingers were trembling when I was trying to get the camera operating,” volunteer diver Derk Remmers told the BBC. It is thought overfishing has contributed to driving the species to near extinction in the Mediterranean. Scientists say people should not be concerned as the shark, believed to be an adult male, was spotted many miles offshore between Tunisia and Sicily. Conservationists said they…
After all that happened during the Ashes, it was just so important England won this first Test against New Zealand – and that they won it emphatically.It was a very difficult pitch at Lord’s but it is the same for both sides, and they came out on top.Speaking to both head coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes, I think they felt enormous relief. It has been a difficult time for all of them after the Ashes. It is a long time sitting and thinking and brooding.So to come and win the first game and to do it in a…
Brexit: A Very British Civil War9pm, BBC TwoWhat a decade it’s been. As the nation prepares to link hands and joyfully celebrate the 10th anniversary of the decision to leave the EU, this two-part documentary recaps the febrile weeks and months around that choice. History, it is said, is written by the winners. And so it proves here: disappointingly, this story is told overwhelmingly from the perspective of the factions making up the leave campaign, as Michael Gove, Kate Hoey, Nigel Farage, Arron Banks and Boris Johnson offer their thoughts. Meanwhile, in the remain corner, it’s basically David Cameron, George…
Since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran 100 days ago, the full scale of destruction across the region has been difficult to assess.Satellite imagery companies, including Planet Labs – the world’s largest commercial satellite operator based in California – have placed an indefinite blackout on pictures of the conflict at Washington’s request.But before the restrictions took hold, cameras in space from Airbus, Planet Labs, Sentinel and Vantor captured a sweeping picture of the devastation.Al Jazeera’s Open Source Unit has compiled 15 sites from Iran, Lebanon and across the Gulf that show what this war has looked like…
Israel launched airstrikes on central and western Iran on Monday in apparent defiance of Donald Trump after he urged restraint over a reprisal attack by Tehran in an escalation that threatens to drag the Middle East back into a regional war.It was the first exchange of direct strikes between the two enemies since a ceasefire paused the US-Israel war with Iran in April. Iran’s attack came in response to earlier strikes on Beirut by Israel.Israel’s strikes on Monday came just hours after Trump had called the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to urge him not to retaliate immediately for an…
Jay*, a Filipino migrant, cares for an 82-year-old US veteran in San Francisco’s Bay Area who has suffered from a stroke. They were playing a word search memory game together when Jay saw the news on Facebook about a policy memo from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS).It suggested migrants might have to return to their home countries in order to apply for their green card, which allows its holder to live and work permanently in the US, unlike temporary visas that have expiration dates and can require renewals.Within a week, the DHS appeared to have walked back the…
An Australian teacher who went missing in India for two weeks was allegedly murdered by his brother over a property dispute, police say.Melbourne maths teacher Sunil Sharma disappeared on 22 May after he travelled to Amritsar, in India’s north-western Punjab state.Local police said on Sunday morning (AEST) that investigations into the disappearance suggested Sharma was allegedly murdered over a property he owned.Four people have been arrested as part of the investigation, Amritsar local police said.Indian police allege Sharma’s brother, Satish Sharma, spiked his drink with sleeping pills before delivering fatal blows to his head with a baseball bat.Sharma’s body was…
Johannesburg, South Africa – In the quiet mining town of Swartruggens, a small courthouse is preparing to decide whether five Mexicans accused of a major illegal drug operation will be granted bail or remain in custody.Their arrests followed a raid on a remote farm in North West province, where police said they uncovered a large methamphetamine laboratory worth about one billion rand ($60m).The case is one of several pointing to a pattern taking shape in South Africa’s rural interior.The Swartruggens laboratory was not an isolated discovery.It was one of four major meth sites linked to Mexican criminals uncovered in South…