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Kylian Mbappé said he wants to be at Real Madrid “for many years” — and win more trophies at the club — after receiving the European Golden Boot for 2024-25.Mbappé scored 31 LaLiga goals last season, his debut campaign with Madrid, to win the prestigious individual trophy, presented by the organisation European Sports Media, for the first time in his career.”It’s a pleasure for me to win the Golden Boot,” Mbappé said in a ceremony at the Bernabéu on Friday attended by coach Xabi Alonso, the Real Madrid squad, and president Florentino Pérez.”It’s an important moment for me, the first…

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City, U.S., February 26, 2025. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersAmazon shares soared 10.81% on Friday after the company reported an across-the-board beat for the third quarter and boosted its forecast for spending due to demand for artificial intelligence services.Cloud was a major driver of revenue and profit growth, with sales at Amazon Web Services climbing 20% from a year earlier to $33 billion, topping expectations.The unit generated operating income of $11.4 billion, accounting for roughly two-thirds of Amazon’s total operating profit.Revenue in the digital advertising business, another growth engine,…

Oct 31, 2025, 09:32 AM ETFormer Tottenham goalkeeper Alfie Whiteman announced his retirement from football to pursue a career as a film director and photographer.Whiteman, 27, joined Spurs aged 10 and spent 16 years at the club until his contract ended last summer.In that time, he made just one appearance for the first team, replacing Joe Hart after 82 minutes in a Europa League victory over Ludogorets on 5 November 2020.Alfie Whiteman replaces Joe Hart against Ludogorets in his only Tottenham appearance. Vincent Mignott/DeFodi Images via Getty ImagesHaving been part of the squad that won the Europa League last season, Whiteman…

Bournemouth winger Antoine Semenyo says he is not oblivious to speculation around his future, but is glad he remained with the Cherries in the summer.The Ghana international was linked with a number of clubs after his former team-mates Dean Huijsen, Milos Kerkez and Illia Zabarnyi made big moves in the last transfer window. But Semenyo – who joined Bournemouth from Bristol City in 2023 – stuck with the south-coast club despite the interest in him and is now reaping the rewards with a brilliant start to the season.Ahead of the game against Manchester City on Super Sunday, the winger chatted…

CAIRO (AP) — Groups of gunmen who reportedly killed at least 460 people at a hospital in Sudan attacked in several waves, abducting doctors and nurses, then gunning down staff, patients and people sheltering there, the World Health Organization said Friday.The attack Tuesday in the country’s Darfur region was part of a reported rampage by the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group, as it captured the key city of el-Fasher after besieging it for 18 months. Witnesses have reported fighters going house-to-house, killing civilians and committing sexual assaults.Many details of the hospital attack and other violence in the city…

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesTech’s internet giants have made it through earnings season, and they offered a consistent message to Wall Street: Artificial intelligence investments are only getting bigger.Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon each lifted their guidance for capital expenditures and now collectively expect that number to reach more than $380 billion this year.Microsoft’s forecast was for fiscal 2026, which ends in June.The companies are racing to build out infrastructure for what they…

Oct 31, 2025, 09:21 AM ETReal Madrid are leading the chase over Liverpool to sign Marc Guéhi from Crystal Palace in the summer, while Barcelona are interested in Strasbourg striker Joaquín Panichelli. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers home page | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Man United have transfer ‘plan’ to back Amorim- Sources: Lyon lead chase for Madrid teen Endrick- Juventus appoint ex-Napoli, Italy coach SpallettiCrystal Palace defender Marc Guéhi has a choice to make in the coming months. (Photo by Lewis Storey/Getty Images)TRENDING RUMORS- Real Madrid are confident that they…

Jeff CarlisleOct 31, 2025, 09:11 AM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.The adrenalin jolt that accompanies the start of the European club season has long since passed. The weather is getting colder — in most places, anyway — and the grind of the season is very much underway. The ups have given way to downs, or vice versa.So it goes for members of the U.S. men’s national team. Injuries have piled up, and in some cases, FIFA World Cup dreams are in peril. But others have risen to the challenge, and have considerable momentum…

Films about rebels taking on a powerful state or empire are no rarity in Hollywood. The original Star Wars was made by George Lucas with the Vietnam War in mind, but featured enough spaceships and robots to evade political scrutiny. Avatar, The Hunger Games and even the Marvel movies have performed the same function in the past few decades.  Such films are often criticised for their self-indulgence. More often than provoking serious reflection on the world, they allow western audiences to enjoy imagining themselves as plucky rebels and heroes doing battle against tyranny. Others, however, argue that these films subtly influence…

The massive rally of the Haredi community in Israel on Thursday was not merely another episode in the long-running conflict between secular and religious Israelis.  It revealed something deeper: a tectonic shift driven by dramatic demographic change, internal fractures within the Haredi community, and the unravelling of a political bargain that for decades linked the state’s ruling coalitions to Haredi parties. For decades, the political architecture that sustained Haredi political power rested on a simple transactional logic: in return for predictable Knesset support, Haredi parties secured budgets, institutional autonomy, and protections for religious life.  Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long…