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TOKYO – Fresh off getting outmaneuvered by Tokyo on a “trade deal,” President Donald Trump’s team is going even further to demonstrate its ignorance of the state of play in Japan. Case in point: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complaining that the Bank of Japan isn’t hiking interest rates fast enough, when his boss is the reason officials can’t tighten policy. As Bessent told Bloomberg this week: “They’re behind the curve. So they’re going to be hiking and they need to get their inflation problem under control.” Sure, just as soon as Bessent gets Trumponomics under control. Does Bessent not understand that…

Bill ConnellyCloseBill ConnellyESPN Staff WriterBill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019.Ryan O’HanlonCloseRyan O’HanlonESPN.com writerRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”Aug 14, 2025, 05:00 AM ETCan you believe we’re already back? Well, neither can we.It seems like just last week Liverpool were celebrating their second Premier League title — and their first one in front of fans. And it seems like just yesterday that Chelsea were celebrating winning Gianni Infantino’s beloved inaugural FIFA…

Manchester City’s ‘wet-look’ third kit is sure to split opinion. PumaManchester City have gone all out to make a big splash with the source of creative inspiration for their new third kit — the dreary Mancunian drizzle.City have opted to pay homage to the famously near-perpetual rain clouds over Manchester with a perplexing jersey that is sure to split opinion between those who think it is a quirky cult hit and those who believe it to be among the worst football shirts ever designed.Certainly among the wetter cities in the UK, Manchester has on average 86.7 centimeters of rain every year.…

 KUWAIT:  The third Kuwaiti planeload departed Thursday from Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base, carrying 10 tons of food supplies to Gaza as part of the ongoing second Kuwaiti air bridge.Chairperson of Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Khaled Al-Maghames told KUNA the shipment is part of Kuwait’s urgent national relief campaign and reflects the country’s continued humanitarian commitment. This was prepared in cooperation with local charities and Kuwait Flour Mills & Bakeries Company to ensure quality and swift delivery, said Al-Maghames, noting ongoing coordination with Kuwait’s embassy in Jordan, the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, and the Palestinian Red Crescent for distribution inside…

Aug 14, 2025, 03:08 AM ETTottenham Hotspur have said they are “disgusted” after forward Mathys Tel received racial abuse on social media after Wednesday night’s UEFA Super Cup defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.Tel missed a spot-kick in a penalty shoot-out, which Tottenham lost 4-3 after they had surrendered a late 2-0 lead to draw 2-2 after 90 minutes.The France under-21s international, whose loan deal from Bayern Munich was made permanent in a £30 million ($40.76m) deal in June, was targeted with abuse after firing his effort wide.- Olley: ‘Spursy’ tag hard to shake- 2025-26 Premier League predictions- Luis Enrique: PSG didn’t…

 KUWAIT:  Dr. Turki Al-Otaibi, Kuwait Transplant Society President said Wednesday that Kuwaiti surgeons made trailblazing achievements in 2024 with successful kidney transplant surgeries hitting 149.Speaking to reporters on World Organ Donation Day, globally observed on August 13, he said this is an occasion to renew the humanitarian appeal and raise public awareness about the importance of organ donation.Organ donation reflects humanitarian and compassionate response from donors and a moral responsibility for saving the lives of other people, he pointed out. The State of Kuwait has now nearly 15,000 registered donors Dr. Al-Otaibi, also chairman of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation…

Aug 14, 2025, 02:38 AM ETFormer Birmingham City manager Wayne Rooney has said Tom Brady’s criticism about his work ethic was “unfair.”NFL legend Brady, who is also a part-owner of Birmingham, said he was “worried about [Rooney’s] work ethic” in a recent Amazon Prime documentary about the club.Rooney was appointed Birmingham manager in October 2023 before he was sacked in January 2024 following a poor run of results.Wayne Rooney managed Birmingham for three months in 2023-2024. Stu Forster/Getty ImagesThe documentary showed the pair meeting for the first time, before Rooney held a team meeting with the players, watched on by Brady,…

Jeff KassoufAug 14, 2025, 01:10 AM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.It felt like it took months to reach another five rounds of NWSL play (spoiler: it did), but it’s that time again: Version 3.0 of ESPN’s NWSL 2025 MVP Tracker.Fifteen games are in the books for every NWSL team, meaning we are past the halfway point of the season. As we have been doing, we are keeping tabs on…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to London on Thursday, a day before a critical U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska.Zelenskyy’s trip to the British capital comes a day after he took part in virtual meetings from Berlin with U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of several European countries. Those leaders said Trump had assured them he would make a priority of trying to achieve a ceasefire in Ukraine when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Anchorage. Both Zelenskyy and the Europeans have worried the bilateral U.S.-Russia summit would leave them and their…

LONDON (AP) — The summer holidays are here and many of us will heading off on trips to hot and sunny destinations, and bringing our electronic devices along. But don’t forget that phones, tablets and other electronics are vulnerable to extreme heat. Southern European nations like Spain, Italy and Greece have been baking under the sun, while forecasters have consistently issued heat advisories across the United States, particularly in the Southeast. Here’s what device makers and experts say on keeping your electronics cool: What heat does to a phone: Most electronic devices work best in a specific temperature range. Apple…