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Jeff CarlisleOct 24, 2025, 09:42 PM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.The annual January camp for the U.S. men’s national team will not be held this winter, according to U.S. Soccer vice president Oguchi Onyewu. The camp will now be held every December starting in 2026.The January camp has long been a mainstay of the USMNT program, and while players based abroad were often not able to participate, it was of particular importance to MLS players looking to break into the national team. Its first incarnation took place in 1997 following MLS’s inaugural campaign…

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast is voting to elect a new leader Saturday as longtime President Alassane Ouattara seeks a fourth term.Voting is expected to open at 0800 GMT and close by 1800 GMT, with 8.7 million people registered to vote. Turnout has only been slightly above 50% in the last two elections. Vote counting is expected to begin immediately after the polls close.The election is the latest example of aging men continuing to hold power in Africa, which boasts the youngest population in the world. Cameroon’s Paul Biya, 92, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, 81, and Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro…

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — At age 72, Rosalba Casas finally celebrated her 15th birthday on Friday, donning a flowing pink dress and a tiara for the quinceañera she dreamed of as a teenager.“This is the happiest day because I’m celebrating my 15th birthday,” Casas said, adding that she’d stayed up all night thinking about the big day.It was the first time she wore professional makeup or a formal gown, or rode in a limousine, where she joined 28 other older women chosen by the Sueños Hechos (Dreams Come True) Foundation for belated birthday celebrations.Quinceañeras are a time-honored tradition in Latin…

After raising the MLS Golden Boot trophy, Lionel Messi recorded two goals and one assist to inspire Inter Miami CF to a resounding 3-1 victory over Nashville SC in the first game of the Round 1 playoff series at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.Inter Miami clinched the first victory in the best-of-three series before traveling to Nashville on Nov. 1 in hopes of advancing to the knockout round of the postseason. Tadeo Allende also scored in the first half in a win that Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano labeled as a team effort.”At this stage, all players are important.…

After raising the MLS Golden Boot trophy, Lionel Messi guided Inter Miami CF to a resounding 3-1 victory over Nashville SC, scoring two goals in the Major League Soccer playoffs opener on Friday night.Before the match, MLS commissioner Don Garber presented the Argentina star with the 2025 Golden Boot award, declaring the forward had reset the trajectory for the league.Messi clinched the Golden Boot by scoring 29 goals in 28 games, earning the award for the first time since joining Inter Miami in 2023.”I’m here tonight not just to attend the game but to present Leo with the Golden Boot,”…

For a quarter century, President Vladimir Putin has faced the specter of Russia’s shrinking and aging population.In 1999, a year before he came to power, the number of babies born in Russia plunged to its lowest recorded level. In 2005, Putin said the demographic woes needed to be resolved by maintaining “social and economic stability.”In 2019, he said the problem still “haunted” the country.As recently as Thursday, he told a Kremlin demographic conference that increasing births was “crucial” for Russia.Putin has launched initiatives to encourage people to have more children — from free school meals for large families to awarding…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Tropical Storm Melissa was expected to strengthen into a hurricane on Saturday as forecasters warned of massive rainfall and life-threatening flooding and landslides in the northern Caribbean, with an astounding 35 inches (89 centimeters) of rain anticipated in southwest Haiti.The erratic and slow-moving storm has killed at least three people in Haiti and a fourth person in the Dominican Republic, where another person remains missing.Up to 25 inches (64 centimeters) of rain was forecast for Jamaica and the southern regions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through Monday, with up to 35 inches (89 centimeters) of…

LONDON (AP) — When President Donald Trump took the stage in Egypt to hail the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a row of world leaders stood behind him like extras in a political drama.It was a telling image. European governments have struggled to play a significant role in diplomacy over the Gaza war, while the “America First” leader has played a central one, pushing longtime allies in Europe toward the sidelines. Closer to home, they have labored with mixed results to shape Trump’s response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s obstinate pursuit of the Ukraine war, a conflict with…

“Supply constrained,” are the two of the most important words CNBC’s Jim Cramer said he’s heard so far during earnings season and explained why this dynamic is favorable for companies.”When you’re supplied constrained, you have the ability to raise prices, and that’s the holy grail in any industry,” he said.Intel’s strong earnings results were in part because of more demand than supply, Cramer suggested. He noted that the company’s CFO, David Zinsner, said the semiconductor maker is supply constrained for a number of products, and that “industry supply has tightened materially.”Along with Intel, other tech names that are also supply…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Saturday’s newspapers…Premier LeagueManchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has a release clause of £56.68m in his current contract, which can be triggered by teams outside of England – BBC. Manchester United academy staff and parents of the next generation of hopefuls have been left “bemused” by Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s latest outburst, which saw him claim standards at the club’s famous academy had “really slipped” – The Sun. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim hails the role and influence his captain Bruno Fernandes has on…