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Lionel Messi has announced the first edition of the Messi Cup, an international youth soccer tournament to be held in South Florida that will include Inter Miami and Barcelona.Messi, with his production company 525 Rosario, will host the Under-16 tournament between Dec. 9-14.The competition will have 18 matches and be played by eight clubs: Inter Miami, Barcelona, Manchester City, River Plate, Inter Milan, Newell’s Old Boys, Atlético Madrid, and Chelsea.”Thrilled to finally share this with you. This December, Miami will host a very special youth football tournament featuring some of the top clubs from around the world,” Messi said in…
Oct 14, 2025, 11:57 AM ETRaphinha has told ESPN he considered leaving Barcelona for life changing money in Saudi Arabia before Hansi Flick took over in 2024.The Brazil international, who signed a new contract until 2028 this summer, felt a lot of people wanted him to leave after his first two seasons at the club, but was convinced to stay by Flick, who had replaced Xavi Hernández.The German coach made Raphinha a key part of his side, utilising him on the left of the attack, and the former Leeds United forward responded with 34 goals and 26 assists in 57…
Alaa Salem is talking about the destruction Israel’s genocide in Gaza has wrought on his family. The family’s home: bombed. Thirty-seven members of the extended family: killed. But it is the fate of his cousin Haitham that now haunts the Salem family. In November 2024, Haitham Salem was arrested. The family had undertaken some rough repairs to their home and were sitting in a makeshift shelter on the day he was taken. Israel’s siege of northern Gaza, which began in October 2024, was squeezing the life out of the family’s neighbourhood. By 20 November 2024, the UN was reporting that…
As the ceasefire in Gaza takes effect after two years of relentless devastation, one truth stands clearer than ever: Israel did not win, and Gaza did not break. For all the ruin and grief, Israel’s war ended not in victory but in exposure – the exposure of a state that failed militarily, politically, economically and morally. What unfolded in Gaza was not a demonstration of strength, but the collapse of legitimacy. From the outset, Israeli leaders vowed to “eliminate the resistance”, “purge Gaza”, and “restore deterrence”. Yet, none of those objectives has been realised. The resistance remains standing; its leadership has…
Hastings residents woke up on 7 October to an unusual sight along the seafront: Israeli flags stretching for nearly a mile from Hastings Pier to the Marina in St Leonards, near the town’s mosque. The act was bizarre, but the timing was not lost on residents of the southern coastal English town. The flags appeared on the second anniversary of 7 October attacks on southern Israel that triggered Israel’s genocide in Gaza that has killed and wounded more than 245,000 Palestinians. CCTV footage recorded between 1:20am and 6am appeared to show a figure moving along the promenade, stringing the flags from…
Published 2 hours ago By Liverpool FCLiverpool FC’s men’s team will spotlight ‘Play On’ as their front-of-shirt logo this weekend, continuing efforts to raise awareness for the club and Standard Chartered’s joint initiative to keep girls in sport.Arne Slot’s squad will wear the special-edition shirts on Sunday (October 19) when they face Manchester United at Anfield.This follows Liverpool FC Women using the ‘Play On’ logo when they faced Manchester City in L4 last weekend.‘Play On’ – launched in 2023 by LFC and main club partner Standard Chartered – raises awareness of the challenges girls face in staying engaged in sport…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials failed to disclose that they had applied for federal reimbursement for an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” leading to a false impression before an appellate court panel that put on hold a judge’s order to wind down operations at the facility, according to a lawsuit filed Monday.The public records lawsuit was filed in state court in Tallahassee by the Friends of the Everglades, which along with another environmental group and the Miccosukee Tribe, sued federal and state agencies, alleging they didn’t follow federal law requiring an environmental review for…
Montgomery, Ala. (AP) — A second person has been charged with murder in connection with a shooting that killed two people and injured 12 others in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama’s capital city in early October, police said.Montgomery police announced Tuesday that Dantavious McGhee, 19, was arrested a day earlier and charged with one count of capital murder, nine counts of assault in the first degree and three counts of assault in the second degree. McGhee is the second suspect charged for his alleged role in the Oct. 4 shooting that unfolded just before midnight in a crowded…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The family of a Kenyan woman who was killed after a night out with British soldiers 13 years ago requested Tuesday that the U.K. government ensure the suspect is arrested and extradited, one month after a court ruling in Kenya.British Defense Secretary John Healey met with a spokesperson for the family of Agnes Wanjiru, who termed the meeting as “crucial.”“We are urging him and the government to do everything in their power to ensure the man is arrested, extradited to Kenya, and faces trial without further delay,” said the spokesperson, Esther Njoki, who is also Wanjiru’s…
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Justice officials in Haiti are asking the U.S. and Canada for help after a court of appeals ordered a new investigation into the killing of President Jovenel Moïse, the third one of its kind since he was fatally shot at his private residence in July 2021.Monday’s ruling overturns last year’s indictment of 51 people, including Moïse’s widow, Martine Moïse; the former director of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles; and former Prime Minister Claude Joseph.A Haitian appeals court said it would seek help from U.S. and Canada in securing interviews with people including Charles, Martine Moïse, her…