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Football’s biggest tournament returns as the FIFA World Cup 2026 unfolds across three countries.The United States, Mexico and Canada will host matches from June 11 to July 19, with an expanded pool of 48 teams fighting to be crowned world champions.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listHere is a detailed breakdown of the 16 stadium venues and 16 cities hosting the event, stretching from Boston, located in the far east of the US, to Vancouver on the west coast of Canada, and to Guadalajara in central Mexico.Al Jazeera also has a virtual tour of all the World Cup 2026…
An investigation under way after the deadly accident during a training exercise near the town of Sourton in Devon.Published On 3 Jun 20263 Jun 2026A helicopter crash in northwestern England has killed three British naval crew, according to the UK Ministry of Defence.The crash occurred about 4:00am (03:00 GMT) on Wednesday during a helicopter training exercise near the village of Sourton in the county of Devon, a Royal Navy spokesperson said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe Ministry of Defence announced the news with “deep sadness” in a social media post. “Our thoughts and sympathies are with their families…
Captain Ben Stokes has warned that players could abandon international cricket if England take a hardline stance on the Indian Premier League.Fast bowler Jofra Archer is missing the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s following his IPL stint and may not be ready to play in the second.”In an ideal situation it would be unbelievably great to have everyone who you want available at every single opportunity. That is not the way of cricket at the moment,” said Stokes.”There is a situation where it could get messy and players like Jofra might not play for England again if you…
World number one Aryna Sabalenka saw her French Open title hopes vanish as she completely unravelled in a crushing quarter-final defeat by Diana Shnaider in yet another shock result at this year’s tournament.Sabalenka, a beaten finalist at Roland Garros last year, was 6-3 4-1 up before the momentum suddenly shifted and sparked an extraordinary comeback from Shnaider.The Russian 25th seed, playing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final, reeled off 12 of the final 13 games to win 3-6 7-5 6-0 and complete a monumental upset.Sabalenka had been the only Grand Slam singles champion remaining in an open women’s draw and…
Rand Halawani’s detention also saw four other women arrested on Tuesday, including a former Palestine player.Published On 3 Jun 20263 Jun 2026Israeli authorities have extended the detention of a player on the Palestinian women’s national football team after she was summoned for questioning in Jerusalem, Palestinian officials have reported.The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) denounced the prolonged detention of 20-year-old Rand Halawani, who was arrested on Tuesday evening.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn a statement, it said Halawani’s arrest and that of a former national team player was “not an isolated incident, it is part of a well-documented pattern…
A revealing global journey into declining birth rates, ageing societies, and their far-reaching impact.The last 100 years have seen a boom in trade, prosperity and wealth across the world, at unprecedented rates in human history. As a species, we are now more wealthy, healthy, and less likely to be killed in conflict than ever before, despite the many horrors we see in the daily news cycle.This golden age we live in has run in tandem with an ever-expanding population; in the 1920s, there were only two billion people on the planet. A century later, that number has skyrocketed up to…
The longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley, who was fired by CBS News on Tuesday after clashing with the network’s new management, issued a public statement accusing the network’s new executives of silencing employees and claiming they instructed him “to inject falsehoods and bias” into his reporting.“‘60’ has been the number-one program in America for decades because our beloved audience finds integrity, quality, and humanity in our stories,” Pelley wrote in the lengthy statement he shared on social media on Wednesday morning.“When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a…
Jean-Yves Le Drian, France’s special envoy for Lebanon, is to arrive in Beirut on Wednesday as Paris seeks to restore its flagging diplomatic role in the country, experts say.When the former French foreign minister meets President Joseph Aoun, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, talks are expected to focus on continued aid for communities badly affected by Lebanon’s economic collapse, Israel’s invasion and occupation of one-fifth of the country, and the future of the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, which France is deeply involved in and whose mandate is due to end this year.Recommended Stories…
In Paris, Chwalinska has played with infectious freedom and joyful creativity, beating two seeded players and Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen along the way.She kept her composure well against Kalinskaya, first having to reset after letting a 5-1 lead slip in the opener, before reeling off five straight points from 3-2 down in the resulting tie-break to take the lead.She then held her nerve in the second, recovering from being broken as she tried to serve out victory before clinching her first match point on Kalinskaya’s serve.”I was definitely nervous. I am stressed, of course, but I try to focus on…
Hello and welcome to The Long Wave. On a Dublin street two weeks ago, Yves Sakila died. The 35-year-old, who was of Congolese origin, was pinned down by security guards for almost five minutes after being accused of shoplifting a bottle of perfume from a department store. When the police arrived, Sakila was dead. I spoke to Dr Ebun Joseph, special rapporteur on racial equality and racism in Ireland, about what is being called Ireland’s “George Floyd moment”.The impact of Yves Sakila’s death continues to reverberate across Ireland. Joseph was appointed to give an independent evaluation of the government’s National…