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Tom HamiltonCloseTom HamiltonSenior Writer• Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018Julien LaurensJul 11, 2025, 10:01 AM ETNottingham Forest are set to complain to the Premier League over Tottenham Hotspur’s move for Morgan Gibbs-White with the deal now on hold, sources have told ESPN.An announcement on the move was expected in the coming days, with a £60 million ($81m) release set to be activated by Spurs.Sources told ESPN that Forest are not happy with the approach, and will complain to the Premier…
CNN — A ceremony in northern Iraq on Friday saw a handful of Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants lay down their weapons, a small but hugely symbolic gesture that marks the beginning of an end to a conflict with the Turkish state that’s lasted nearly five decades and cost tens of thousands of lives. Politicians and observers gathered for the ceremony held in the ancient cave of Casene near the town of Sulaymaniyah, where about 30 men and women from the militant group placed their weapons in a large cauldron that was later set on fire. The PKK fighters announced…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Three brothers in the Gaza Strip woke up early to run to a local clinic to get “sweets,” their word for the emergency food supplements distributed by aid groups. By the time their father woke up, two of the brothers had been fatally wounded by an Israeli strike and the third had lost an eye.The strike outside the clinic on Thursday in the central city of Deir al-Balah killed 14 people, including 9 children, according to a local hospital, which had initially reported 10 children killed but later said one had died in a…
Nottingham Forest consider Morgan Gibbs-White’s proposed move to Tottenham Hotspur to be off for now, Sky Sports News has been told, while Forest consult their lawyers over potential legal action.Sky Sports News understands Forest have ceased all communication with Spurs as things stand. Forest believe Spurs made an illegal approach to the player and never granted permission for them to speak to him. Image: Morgan Gibbs-White’s move from Nottingham Forest to Tottenham is in jeopardy Sky Sports News reported on Thursday that Tottenham had triggered a £60m release clause in his Forest contract.Forest believe there has also been a breach…
SUTTON, Vt. (AP) — Communities in rural parts of Vermont on Friday woke up once again to damaged homes and washed-out roads due to heavy rainfall and flash flooding, making it the third consecutive summer that severe floods have inundated parts of the state.Up to 5 inches (13 centimeters) of rain fell in just a few hours on Thursday, prompting rapid flooding as local waterways began to swell, said Robert Haynes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Burlington office.Nearly 20 homes were cut off in the small town of Sutton as a local brook quickly rose from its banks…
Venus Williams accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at this month’s DC Open, which would be the seven-time Grand Slam champion’s first tournament in more than a year.Williams, who turned 45 in June, is listed as “inactive” on the WTA Tour’s website.She hasn’t competed in an official match since the Miami Open in 2024.“There’s something truly special about D.C.: the energy, the fans, the history,” Williams said in a statement released Friday by organizers of the hard-court tournament, which begins with qualifying next weekend. “This city has always shown me so much love, and I can’t wait to compete…
AP — The International Criminal Court (ICC) believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are continuing to take place in Sudan’s vast western Darfur region where civil war has raged for more than two years, the tribunal’s deputy prosecutor said Thursday. Nazhat Shameem Khan told the UN Security Council that the depth of suffering and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur “has reached an intolerable state,” with famine escalating and hospitals, humanitarian convoys and other civilian infrastructure being targeted. “People are being deprived of water and food,” she said. “Rape and sexual violence are being weaponized. Abductions for ransom or to…
CAIRO (AP) — The fight between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has escalated in Sudan’s central Kordofan region, killing at least four people, healthcare workers said on Friday. Sudan’s paramilitary forces launched artillery shelling on neighborhoods in Obeid city, the capital of North Kordofan province, on Thursday night, killing at least four people and injuring others, Sudan Doctors’ Network said in a statement. The group said the shelling targeted women and elderly people.“The RSF is targeting civilians with guided artillery rockets, deliberately inflicting fatalities in the neighborhoods of El-Obeid, which … are densely populated with displaced…
Once upon a time, “Never again” was uttered with trembling sincerity. It was the mantra forged in the ashes of Auschwitz, a promise to generations unborn that the horrors of genocide would never be repeated. But today, in an age of digital spectacle and political impunity, “Never again” has become “Ever again”. And we are witnessing a grotesque inversion of memory. From the Warsaw Ghetto to Srebrenica to Gaza, the imagery of genocide – especially the suffering of children – has not only lost its sacredness, it has become fodder for mockery, comedy and the most cynical forms of entertainment.This is…
Ryan O’HanlonJul 11, 2025, 08:00 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”Back in May, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta annoyed pretty much everyone who wasn’t an Arsenal fan.”Winning trophies is about being in the right moment in the right place,” he said. “Liverpool have won the title with less points than we have in the last two seasons. With the points of the past two seasons, we have two Premier League [titles].”He was wrong and right at the same time. Liverpool ultimately won the league for…