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A video from Gaza. Another sunny day. No clouds.  Hundreds of sweating people lie crowded together on the hot sand, stretching as far as the eye can see. Waiting. Gunfire crackles toward them. They duck their heads.  In the middle of the crowd rises a mound of sand. Bullets hit the mound again and again, sending up small clouds of dust. People shout at each other not to move. The shooting continues. A video that encapsulates an entire reality. Since the start of its war on Gaza, Israel has restricted the amount of humanitarian aid allowed into the strip as…

The Champions League is back, and with it comes a host of under-21 players looking to impress. Some, such as Liverpool’s Rio Ngumoha (17) and Arsenal’s Max Dowman (15), are so young that it may take some time for them to develop fully. Others, like Chelsea’s Estêvão and Real Madrid duo Franco Mastantuono and Dean Huijsen, moved for large transfer fees over the summer and are already well-known across Europe.So here’s a collection of U21 players who have yet to make a breakthrough, but will view this season’s Champions League as the perfect place to do so.- O’Hanlon: Ranking UCL…

Sep 17, 2025, 04:00 AM ETManchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo is a January target for Newcastle United, while Real Madrid could bring Nico Paz back to the Bernabéu. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Mourinho in Benfica talks after Lage sacking – sources- Sources: Amorim still has backing of United board- Struggling United to reveal scale of financial crisisManchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo started the Euro 2024 final, but has lost his place in the England squad with the World Cup less than…

Sep 17, 2025, 03:47 AM ETJosé Mourinho has returned to Portuguese football as coach of Benfica, the club announced on Thursday.Mourinho, 62, has signed what is provisionally a two-year deal with the Lisbon-based outfit less than three weeks after being sacked by Fenerbahce.The club have confirmed Mourinho’s contract contains a clause that notes “10 days after the last match of the 2025-26 season, under the same conditions, both Benfica and the coach may choose not to continue the contract for the 2026-27 season.”A defeat against his former club Benfica in the Champions League qualification playoffs led to Mourinho being let…

Opposition viewDermot Corrigan, Spanish football expert (The Athletic)On Atletico’s start to the season in La Liga…There was a lot of excitement and optimism around Atletico after over €150m spent on new players this summer, but much of that drained away as the team took just two points from their first three La Liga games. Diego Simeone’s team played well in some moments of those games, but kept giving away poor goals, and confidence around the squad was hit. Last weekend’s 2-0 win over Villarreal, however, lifted spirits, though they are already seven points behind leaders and neighbours Real Madrid in…

Jose Mourinho has confirmed that Benfica have approached him over their coaching vacancy and that he’d be open to returning to the Lisbon club.The Portuguese side sacked Bruno Lage after his team threw away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 to Qarabag in the Champions League on Tuesday.Mourinho has been out of work since being dismissed by Fenerbahce in August.”Benfica officially asked me if I was interested, and I said that I was abroad and would like to talk to [Benfica’s] people when I returned,” Mourinho said.”When I was confronted with the possibility of coaching Benfica, I didn’t think twice,…

 KUWAIT:  The Kuwait Cabinet extolled on Tuesday the speech delivered by the Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at the emergency Arab-Islamic summit held in Qatar on Monday to discuss the brutal Israeli occupation attack on Doha.The praise came during the customary Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday at Bayan Palace, under the chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shareeda Al Maousherji said in a statement after the meeting.In the…

By wheeling the Typhon missile system into Japan, the US has planted a mobile, multi-mission spear at China’s doorstep—extending strike range even as its bulky footprint invites satellite surveillance, missile attacks and drone swarms. This month, multiple media outlets reported that the US Army has deployed its Typhon mid-range missile system to Japan for the first time, unveiling it at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture as part of the two sides’ annual Resolute Dragon joint exercise. The system, which can fire Tomahawk cruise missiles and Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) interceptors with ranges of up to 1,600 kilometers, enables…

Not long ago, the fate of governments in South Asia was decided in the barracks. Generals whispered in midnight meetings, tanks rumbled into capitals by dawn, and radio stations announced “new orders” with military precision. From Islamabad to Dhaka, it was a grimly familiar theater: coups carried out under the watchful gaze of Washington or Moscow, each side installing pliant allies in the great Cold War chess game. That age of overt coups has ended. In its place, a subtler model has emerged—one that does not march, but trends. Regime change is now live-streamed, hashtagged, and algorithmically amplified. Smartphone-wielding protesters,…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports to the United States plummeted 13.8% in August compared to the same month the previous year, marking the fifth straight month of declines, as auto exports were hit by President Donald Trump’s tariffs.The Finance Ministry data released Wednesday showed the rate of the drop in exports to the U.S. compared to the previous year worsened from a 10.1% slip in July.U.S. tariffs on Japanese automobiles and auto parts decreased from 27.5%, the amount Trump initially levied, to 15% this week, but that’s still higher than the original 2.5%.Wednesday’s data reflect the month of August, when…