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Previous World Cup appearances: 16Best performance: Winners (2010)First appearance: 1934 (Italy)Top goal scorer: David Villa (9)Most appearances: Sergio Busquets, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos (17)Player to watch: Lamine YamalFIFA world ranking: 2The reigning European champions arguably boast the finest collection of Spanish talent since the 2008 and 2012 golden generation that swept all before them, and arguably come into the 2026 World Cup as the team to beat.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThis potentially new golden generation is even younger and arguably boasts more depth than the last, and Spain have moved on from their tiki-taka heyday to instil…
West Ham United co-owner David Sullivan has stepped down from his position as joint chairman and director with immediate effect.The club said it had “been made aware of the impending publication of serious historic allegations”.Sullivan has denied any “illegal conduct” and the Hammers say he is leaving “in order to avoid disruption to the club while he addresses the matter privately”. Sullivan has been the club’s largest single shareholder since the death of his business partner David Gold in January 2023, which left him with a 38.8% stake.Sullivan and Gold became joint chairmen of West Ham when they completed their…
Violence in the occupied West Bank has escalated since Israel began its genocidal war on Gaza in 2023.Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026Israeli forces opened fire on a car in the occupied West Bank, killing a seven-month-old boy and wounding his parents.Sam Fahd Abou Haikal was killed and his parents injured in the city of Hebron on Friday “after the occupation forces opened fire on them”, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listDr Tareq Barbarawi told the AFP news agency that the infant was taken to hospital but died from his injuries.Ferial Abu…
Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026At New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, India’s most famous protest strip, hundreds of mostly young people in cockroach masks and with dog-eared exam guides in hand tried to turn an online joke into a real-world force.They call themselves the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) – a satirical “people’s party” born barely three weeks ago after India’s chief justice reportedly likened government critics and unemployed youth to “cockroaches” and “parasites”.What began as a parody account and meme factory has since exploded into a channel for anger over exams, jobs and a fraying sense of economic promise.On Saturday,…
Football came to Armstrong, via a television set, in suburbia.His family moved from the Southeast part of Washington DC when Armstrong was young and later settled in a largely white neighbourhood in Maryland, where he befriended a soccer coach’s son. One afternoon, the coach called Armstrong over to the television.He was pointing to a Brazilian in a New York Cosmos jersey.”It was Pele,” says Armstrong.”His movement reminded me of a lot of the point guards that played basketball, but he was doing it with a ball at his feet.”He was one of the few black players on the team, so…
CJP organisers rally supporters to demand the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party (Cockroach People’s Party, or CJP), a satirical social media movement in India, have gathered in New Delhi after weeks of grabbing news headlines.The party, a play on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has attracted millions of online followers and widespread support among young Indians.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listOn Saturday, hundreds gathered in New Delhi’s protest zone near parliament, with some participants wearing cockroach masks.Last month, India’s Chief…
When the European Union issued its latest tranche of sanctions against Israeli settler groups and their leaders, Regavim, founded in part by the country’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, these groups welcomed the measures as a “badge of honour.”Another sanctioned figure, Daniella Weiss, whose movement, Nachala, has held conferences on the Gaza border to discuss plans for settlement expansion into the occupied Palestinian territory, likewise dismissed the European penalties as “ridiculous” and “banal”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn total, the EU sanctioned four entities and three individuals associated with the settler movement, which includes high-profile characters such as Weiss,…
Inside H block, staff at Sweden’s largest jail are preparing for the arrival of the first child prisoners in the institution’s 60-year history. New furniture has been ordered, extra beds have been removed from what were previously double-occupancy adult cells and classrooms are under construction. There are plans to repaint the walls from red to a shade of light green.In a matter of weeks, Kumla, a high-security prison on the edge of a small town in central Sweden, is expected to start receiving boys as young as 13. The Swedish parliament has already voted through plans for 15- to 17-year-olds…
The man was fishing when he was bitten by a shark, police say.Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026A man has died after he was bitten by a shark off the south coast of Michaelmas Island in Western Australia.The 35-year-old was attacked while spearfishing with his family close to the town of Albany, police said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe man was treated by paramedics but died of his wounds.Police said a 4.5metre (15ft) shark of an unknown species was spotted by a witness near Michaelmas Island, which does not receive many visitors.The state’s Department of Primary Industries…
US Central Command said seven ballistic missiles were fired at Kuwait and Bahrain, hours after it downed four drones launched towards the Strait of Hormuz.Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026The United States has announced that it has intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones that were launched towards the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf as negotiations between the two sides stall.According to the US Central Command (CENTCOM), seven ballistic missiles were fired towards Kuwait and Bahrain on Friday night, hours after CENTCOM shot down four Iranian attack drones that were launched towards the Strait of Hormuz.Recommended Stories list…