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Lamine Yamal missed Barcelona training on Tuesday and is a major doubt to face Newcastle United in the team’s Champions League opener on Thursday.Yamal, 18, sat out Sunday’s 6-0 win against Valencia in LaLiga after aggravating a groin problem during the international break with Spain.The forward has not trained with his teammates since, but he was at the training ground on Tuesday to do some individual work as he focuses on returning to action as soon as possible.Barça coach Hansi Flick rallied against Spain’s handling of the situation, urging them to take more care with their young players.Flick revealed that…
The Global Sumud Flotilla has attracted worldwide attention in its bid to deliver aid to Gaza despite Israel’s ongoing naval blockade. Bringing together more than 300 activists from 44 countries, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, the civilian flotilla is the largest maritime aid convoy to head for Gaza since Israel’s invasion of October 2023. The flotilla was attacked by projectiles launched by drones while anchored in Tunisia on September 8 and 9. The Tunisian government described the attacks as “premeditated”. Israel has attacked or intercepted all Gaza-bound flotillas since 2010, when the Israeli army stormed the Mavi Marmara passenger…
Julián Álvarez has been left out of Atlético Madrid’s squad for their Champions League trip to face Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday.A club source told ESPN that the star forward was suffering from discomfort, without providing further details.Álvarez, 25, was substituted at halftime in Atlético’s 2-0 LaLiga win over Villarreal on Saturday — after providing the assist for Pablo Barrios to open the scoring — being replaced by Alexander Sørloth.USMNT midfielder Johnny Cardoso was also omitted from the squad to face Premier League Champions Liverpool on matchday one, while Atlético are also without two of their high-profile summer signings, Álex…
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria, Jordan and the United States agreed Tuesday on a roadmap to restore security in a southern Syrian region that saw deadly sectarian clashes in July, including plans to guard main roads and prosecute those who incited violence.The days of fighting between members of the country’s Druze minority sect and members of local Bedouin tribes in the Sweida region left hundreds of people dead. Mistrust remains, and some Druze have been demanding self determination.Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani told reporters at a news conference in Damascus that the agreement among the three countries includes moves to prosecute…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — King Willem-Alexander appealed Tuesday for the return of a Dutch culture of compromise as the increasingly polarized Netherlands heads to the polls next month for its fourth general elections in less than nine years.The king’s speech to a joint sitting in a Hague theater of both houses of parliament marks the formal opening of the political year and came against a backdrop of political turmoil and the looming Oct. 29 elections.“Unfortunately, people in the Netherlands seem increasingly to be at loggerheads — on the street, online, at our universities, and not least in The Hague,”…
MADRID (AP) — Spain said Tuesday that summer 2025 was the hottest on record for the southern European nation, which like the entire Mediterranean region is being hard hit by climate change.Its national weather service said that the country had an average temperature of 24.2 C (75.5 F) between June 1 and Aug. 31. That is the highest temperature since the service started keeping records in 1961. The previous record was set in 2022 at 24.1 C.This summer was also 2.1 degrees Celsius (3.7 F) hotter than the national average from 1991-2020. The highest single-day temperature of 45.8 C (119.3…
Sep 16, 2025, 05:37 AM ETBenfica presidential candidate João Noronha Lopes has denied speculation he wants to bring coach Ruben Amorim back to the club if he wins the elections next month.Noronha Lopes has expressed his admiration for the 40-year-old Amorim but insists Benfica coach Bruno Lage will remain in charge if he becomes president.”Ruben Amorim? He’s a great coach, he has a contract with Manchester United,” Noronha Lopes told CMTV as reported by Record.”He is a Benfica fan. Of course I like him. I don’t have a contract for Ruben to sign. Bruno Lage will be Benfica’s coach, naturally.…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A court in South Africa has denied a legal bid by the family of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu to appeal a ruling that he must be buried in his own country.Lungu, who served as the leader of Zambia from 2015-2021, died in a South African hospital in June. He was 68.His family want him to be buried in South Africa and to bar current Zambian president President Hakainde Hichilema from attending or speaking at a state funeral service.However, the Pretoria High Court ruled in August that the government of Zambia had a right to bury its…
Paul Merson says Ruben Amorim must adapt his tactics at Manchester United to improve his “unthinkable” record.In his latest column for Sky Sports, Merson argues the players at United do not fit Amorim’s system – and he has even suggested Chelsea would have been a better fit for the Portuguese manager. Also, The Magic Man discusses Arsenal’s Premier League title hopes after their 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest and Liverpool’s interesting start to the season after Mohamed Salah’s late penalty got them out of jail at Burnley.Read on for Merson’s thoughts in full…’Amorim’s system doesn’t suit the players’ Please use…
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan high court has ordered the arrest of a British national on charges of murdering a local woman near a British army training ground in central Kenya 13 years ago, court officials said Tuesday. The body of 21-year-old Agnes Wanjiru was found in a septic tank in April 2012 in Nanyuki, north of Mt. Kenya, weeks after witnesses said she was seen leaving a bar with British soldiers.The court in Nairobi on Monday ordered the arrest of the suspect, who is in Britain, but said that the suspect’s name could not be published, without giving…