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Africa’s performance at World Cups peaked at Qatar 2022 when Morocco became the first side from the continent to reach the semifinal stage.Even their quarterfinal appearance was noteworthy – the Atlas Lions were only the fourth African nation to get there.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listAlthough Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana are the three other African teams to reach the quarterfinals, North Africa has dominated the continent’s success overall at the World Cup and at the Africa Cup of Nations.Egypt are the record seven-time winners of AFCON, while three of the top five African qualifiers for World Cup finals…
Sunday marks 100 days into the war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran.But as fighting and ceasefire negotiations continue to grind on, the conflict remains overwhelmingly unpopular among the US public, making it a political liability for President Donald Trump and his Republican Party.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listEven before the war started, public opinion polls showed that most Americans opposed bombing Iran. When the fighting began, the numbers did not improve, with many US voters perceiving the war as unnecessary and detrimental to the country.“What’s really clear is that few Americans think that this…
Given the grim nature of the weather forecast, even the small amount of play that was possible on Saturday could be viewed as a bonus.Perhaps more could have taken place. Lord’s appeared dry and ready during an early lunch taken at 12:20 BST before play eventually began at 13:00.The players yo-yoed on and off the field over the course of the next 70 minutes, with two delays before the weather had the final say at 14:10.Just as in his 5-39 in the first innings, Robinson revelled in the conditions in his first Test for more two years. The damp conditions…
Just 58 legal deliveries – plus one no ball – were bowled as rain dominated the third day here. It was an unsatisfyingly brief glimpse of action that nevertheless allowed England to upgrade their chances of victory in the first Test after their post-Ashes reset from probable to overwhelmingly likely.New Zealand scored 19 runs and lost two wickets, leaving them on 55 for five and still 199 from victory. The rate at which they scored illustrated the continuing difficulty of the batters’ task on this capricious surface and also a determination simply to survive until Sunday, with its promise of…
At least 15 people also wounded in strike on site housing displaced people as wedding was under way nearby, local sources say.Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026At least six people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a Gaza City tent camp near where a wedding was taking place, according to local sources.A source at al-Shifa Hospital told Al Jazeera reporters on the ground that at least 15 people were injured in the attack on Saturday, with many being treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listWomen and children are believed…
New Delhi, India – Saurav Kushwaha, 17, packed just a change of clothes and boarded an overnight train with his elder brother to reach New Delhi early on Saturday from their village in central India’s Madhya Pradesh.The brothers rested on a footpath, waiting for Abhijeet Dipke to arrive from the United States.The anger in Indian youth – where half of the country’s 1.4 billion population is under 25 – has been simmering for a while now, exacerbated by paper leaks and discrepancies in the country’s largest school boards.And that anger seemed to have found an unexpected outlet in a satirical…
Russell struggled for grip throughout the session and never looked likely to get into the fight for pole, and he ended up 0.394secs behind his team-mate.He admitted to being baffled as to why he had lost performance in recent races.”Start of the year it was just easier,” Russell said. “Every lap I did in practice, qualifying, it was P1 or worse case P2 – every single session, Q1, Q2, Q3.”The last three races, it has just been nowhere and even Canada, it was a real fight to get a decent lap and then I just nailed it at the end…
At least 10 people, including high-ranking soldiers, have been killed in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon, days after the countries agreed to a conditional truce during United States-mediated talks.Lebanon’s army said on Saturday that two officers, a brigadier general and a captain, as well as a soldier, were killed in an Israeli strike on a military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe Israeli army said in a statement that the attack had been in an “active combat zone”, and that “movement in a combat zone requires coordination” with the Israeli army. It added that “the…
Teenager Mirra Andreeva won her first Grand Slam title as Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska was denied a fairytale French Open victory.Andreeva, 19, fulfilled the potential she has long shown with a 6-3 6-2 victory over an opponent who was a 500-1 outsider before the tournament.Russian eighth seed Andreeva is the youngest woman to win the Roland Garros title since Monica Seles in 1992.After securing victory in one hour and 22 minutes, Andreeva fell to the court in elation before quickly running up to the stands for a warm embrace with her coach Conchita Martinez – herself a former major champion…
Why Lebanon remains central to Israel’s multi-front wars. Plus, AfrofeminasGPT, a chatbot designed to promote more ethical AI.The impasse in the US-Israel war on Iran has turned Lebanon into the conflict’s most active front. Israeli forces are entrenched in the country’s south, a de facto occupation, and have reduced entire neighbourhoods to rubble. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump seeks to preserve delicate negotiations with Iran, but, as Israeli support for the war continues to grow, Lebanon remains a key point of contention.Lead contributors: Nicholas Noe – Senior fellow, Refugees InternationalMaya Rosen – Editor, Jewish CurrentsRanda Slim – Middle East programme director,…