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Dec 10, 2025, 06:37 AM ETEgypt and Iran have complained to FIFA over a World Cup match in Seattle that is planned to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride.Leaders in the nation’s football federations publicly rebuked the idea of playing the match June 26 at Seattle Stadium, which local organizers say will include a “once-in-a-lifetime moment to showcase and celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities in Washington.”In Egypt, the federation issued a statement late Tuesday saying it sent a letter to FIFA “categorically rejecting any activities related to supporting homosexuality during the match.”Seattle PrideFest has been organized in the city since 2007 by a nonprofit which…

Dec 10, 2025, 06:11 AM ETPaul Pogba has invested in a Saudi camel racing team, becoming the first professional footballer to buy into the sport.Al Haboob, based in Saudi Arabia, labels itself as the world’s professional camel racing team. Organisers say they are laying the foundations for the sport’s first professional league.Pogba has signed on as both an ambassador and a shareholder.Camel racing is predominantly a Gulf sport, with the animals racing across a certain distance with robots — rather than humans — positioned as the “jockey.”Footage of the sport has shown team officials driving alongside the race in cars,…

Mikel Arteta said Arsenal are in a “really dangerous circle” as their injury crisis worsened over the weekend with news that teenager Max Dowman has been sidelined for a number of weeks with ankle ligament damage.Arsenal’s 28 injuries is the highest in the Premier League this season. Their current absentee list is made up of three centre-backs in William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes and Cristhian Mosquera, as well as Kai Havertz and now Dowman. Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka, Ben White, Gabriel Martinelli, Leandro Trossard, Gabriel Jesus, Viktor Gyokeres, Noni Madueke, Christian Norgaard and Piero Hincapie have also faced spells on the…

On Boxing Day 2023, Tarryn Allarakhia played an hour of Wealdstone’s 2-0 win over Maidenhead United in the National League. Less than two weeks later he was making his debut for Tanzania in a friendly against Egypt, facing off against Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Elneny, Trezeguet and Omar Marmoush, no less. The word ‘whirlwind’ comes to mind. Allarakhia was east London born and raised; his mum is English, with his Tanzanian heritage from his dad. He was on Leyton Orient’s books as a youngster, but barring three seasons at Crawley between 2018 and 2021, has otherwise played in non-League.The 28-year-old had visited…

NEW YORK (AP) — Diana Ross has been named the headliner on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve.”The pop icon will perform a medley of hits on New Year’s Eve in New York City including “I’m Coming Out” and “Upside Down,” anchoring a telecast with 39 artists appearing across New York, Las Vegas, Chicago, Puerto Rico and more.“Together we begin a new year. Let’s embrace a new beginning, new opportunities, new joy — a celebration of love, where we all come together as we begin 2026,” Ross said in a statement.Other performers include Mariah Carey, Post Malone, Chappell Roan, Demi…

LONDON (AP) — Writer Sophie Kinsella, whose effervescent rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a millions-selling series, died Wednesday, her family said. She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.The family said in a statement on Kinsella’s Instagram account: “We are heartbroken to announce the passing this morning of our beloved Sophie (aka Maddy, aka Mummy). She died peacefully, with her final days filled with her true loves: family and music and warmth and Christmas and joy.“We can’t imagine what life will be like without her radiance and love of life.”Kinsella, who also published under her real name,…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Aid deliveries into Gaza are falling far short of the amount called for under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, an Associated Press analysis of the Israeli military’s figures showed.Under the October ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, Israel agreed to allow 600 trucks of aid into Gaza each day. But an average of around 459 trucks a day have entered Gaza between Oct. 12, when flow of the aid restarted, and Dec. 7, according to an AP analysis of latest figures by COGAT, the Israeli military body in charge of coordinating aid entry. By all accounts, aid has fallen…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected suggestions that he is using the war as an excuse to cling to power, saying he is ready to hold elections if the U.S. and other allies will help ensure the security of the poll and if the country’s electoral law can be altered.Zelenskyy’s five-year term was scheduled to end in May 2024, but elections were legally put off due to Russia’s full-scale invasion. That has become a source of tension with U.S. President Donald Trump, who has criticized the delay as he pushes Zelenskyy to accept his proposals for…

NEW YORK (AP) — The new Met Gala co-chairs have been announced, and it’s a high-powered quartet: Beyoncé, Venus Williams and Nicole Kidman will join Vogue’s Anna Wintour in hosting the star-packed event next May.Williams, who has never hosted before, takes the role seven years after her younger sister and fellow tennis champion, Serena, was co-chair. Beyoncé was honorary chair in 2013, and Kidman co-chaired in 2003 and 2005. Wintour, of course, oversees the annual event, a fundraiser that last year brought a record $31 million to the coffers of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. The museum on…

 KUWAIT, Dec 10: 1979 — Kuwait Football Association (KFA) was reproclaimed according to the sports associations’ decree-into-law. It was established in 1952, and joined FIFA in 1962, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1964 and the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) in 1974.1986 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed decree-into-law regulating the swap of some property plots.2000 — Kuwait won membership in the International Fencing Federation’s executive bureau.2007 — The Cabinet relieved Kuwaiti martyrs of their financial liabilities.2009 — Kuwait became a member of the World Allergy Organization.2009 — Kuwaiti national Fuad Al-Rabeea returned to Kuwait after spending…