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Joey LynchCloseJoey Lynch is a Melbourne-based sports journalist and AYA cancer advocate. Primarily working on football, he has covered the Socceroos, Matildas and A-Leagues for ESPN for over a decade.Nov 10, 2025, 10:30 PM ETKicking off on Jan. 17, 2026, at Auckland’s famous Eden Park, the OFC Professional League, even if you might not have heard of it until now, is one of the most ambitious footballing projects in recent memory.Covering the vast expanse of the Pacific, the FIFA-backed league will seek to bring professional football to not just one country for the first time but an entire confederation, with…

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — In a residential neighborhood in Mali’s capital, a parade of giant marionettes marched through the streets as motorcycles and taxis squeezed through the busy road, stopping at intervals to give way for the puppets.Rendez-Vous Chez Nous, which translates to “come to us” or “meet at our place” in French, was a three-day festival organized by the Nama marionette and dance group. The ninth annual edition of the event, held in Bamako Nov. 6-8, featured dance performances, concerts and plays.But the spectacle of colors, raucous music and merriment belied the fear that Bamako residents have lived with…

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its stake in Nvidia, raising $5.8 billion to pour into other investments. It also reported its profit nearly tripled in the first half of this fiscal year from a year earlier.Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. said it sold the stake in Silicon Vally-based Nvidia in October, a move that reflects its shift in focus to OpenAI, owner of the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.SoftBank reported its profit in April-September soared to about 2.5 trillion yen (about $13 billion). Its sales for the six month period rose 7.7% year-on-year to 3.7…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers…Premier LeagueReal Madrid and Manchester City are closely monitoring Dominik Szoboszlai with Liverpool increasingly worried about his contract situation – AS. Liverpool are interested in Inter centre-back Alessandro Bastoni, who is valued at around £87m – Mundo Deportivo. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Football analyst Pythagoras In Boots provides a tactical breakdown of how influential Dominik Szoboszlai is for Liverpool. Wolfsburg are exploring a possible January move for West Ham striker Niclas Fullkrug – Sky in Germany’s Florian Plettenberg.Chelsea’s Nicolas Jackson is focused on completing the season…

After President Donald Trump’s recent meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, there is hope for U.S. farmers that the soybean business may be on the way back.At the China International Import Expo last week, Illinois soybean farmer Scott Gaffner said he came to Shanghai to save his China business.”We want to make sure that our soybeans are getting exported to China because it’s a very important market to us,” Gaffner, who is a member of the U.S. Soybean Export Council, told CNBC.He said the Gaffner Family Farm typically sells 40% of its annual soybean exports to China, but as he…

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico enacted legislation Monday to provide state funding for food assistance each week past the end of the year if federal SNAP food aid falters.Lt. Gov. Howie Morales signed the bill as acting governor to ensure delivery of food assistance to EBT cards amid a flurry of legal activity on SNAP distributions to states, and efforts in Washington to bring the longest shutdown in history closer to an end.The initiative makes up $20 million available each week if necessary to backfill typical SNAP benefits through mid-January when the Legislature meets again.New Mexico Gov. Michelle…

Paramount Global and Skydance logos are seen in this illustration taken December 17, 2024. Dado Ruvic | ReutersParamount Skydance said on Monday it expects $1 billion more in merger savings than it previously forecast as it outlines CEO David Ellison’s ambitions for the company.The update came in Paramount’s third-quarter earnings report — the company’s first since its merger closed in early August. Ellison has been investing heavily in streaming and content, including live sports rights, and paying for it in part with cuts to other parts of the business.Paramount on Monday announced a new round of layoffs, affecting roughly 1,600…

Michael Intrator, co-founder and CEO of CoreWeave, speaks at the Semafor World Economy Summit during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring meetings in Washington on April 25, 2025.Kent Nishimura | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCoreWeave, a provider of infrastructure for artificial intelligence companies, reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue on Monday, but the company delivered disappointing full-year guidance. The stock dropped 6% in extended trading. Here’s how the company did in comparison with LSEG consensus:Earnings: Loss of 22 cents per shareRevenue: $1.36 billion vs. $1.29 billion expectedRevenue in the quarter soared 134% from $583.9 million a year ago, according to a…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government will end the involvement of police officers in regulating gun ownership, an official said Tuesday as she announced sweeping firearms law reforms.The move is intended to ease tensions between the gun regulator and firearms owners, which have been fraught since the agency’s creation following a shooting massacre at two New Zealand mosques.The Firearms Safety Authority has overseen gun ownership since 2022 after an inquiry underlined the way the white supremacist attacker legally acquired numerous weapons without attracting law enforcement scrutiny. Near-total ban on semiautomatics to stayThe changes unveiled in Wellington by Associate…

Columbus Crew boss Wilfried Nancy has emerged as a candidate for the Celtic managerial vacancy. It is understood the 48-year-old is among the names on the shortlist to replace Brendan Rodgers, which also includes Bodo/Glimt’s Kjetil Knutsen and Ipswich Town boss Kieran McKenna. In the last two years, Nancy has won the MLS Cup and Leagues Cup as well as being named MLS Coach of the Year. He also took Columbus Crew to the CONCACAF Champions Cup final last year. Image: Nancy has won the MLS Cup and Leagues Cup with Columbus The Celtic hierarchy are still pondering over whether to…