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NBC Sports hopes to keep the nation’s summer of soccer alive, harnessing the interest in its World Cup telecasts on Telemundo and Peacock for its annual focus on Premier League play. NBC Sports and the league on Thursday launched “Find Your Match,” a shareable, interactive 11-question quiz that pairs die-hard fans or even the merely curious with a Premier League club based on personality traits and cultural interest. The result, says Lyndsay Signor, senior vice president of marketing at NBC Sports, is a connection that will result in NBC and the League being able to send each participant information about…

By Tunji Olaopa It is the task of the institutional reformer not only to push for concrete reform steps and policies, or take stock of the steady achievements of reform articulation and implementation. It is also very cogent for the institutional reformer to always stay ahead of political and electoral dynamics. The civil service was founded on its capacity for administrative stability and continuity that defies political and regime changes. In other words, despite the regular changes in government, it is the task of the civil service system to keep up the administrative frameworks that undergird the business of government.…

Defending champions Argentina are heading back to the World Cup final after a 2-1 victory over England on Wednesday in Atlanta.La Albiceleste will face Spain in Sunday’s final and are seeking their fourth title, having also lifted the trophy in 1978 and 1986.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listEngland, meanwhile, now have to play France on Saturday in the third-place match and the inquest into their defeat has begun.Al Jazeera breaks down some of the key deciding factors in how Argentina prevailed over bitter rivals England in the semifinal.Tuchel’s questionable tacticsEngland protected leads against Mexico in the last 16…

NewsFeedOvernight Israeli settler attacks set farmlands ablaze in Masafer Yatta and burned vehicles near Tulkarem, as Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank continue to face a growing wave of settler violence and land loss.Published On 16 Jul 202616 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Shell Company in Nigeria awarded contracts worth 518 million US dollars to indigenous companies in 2025, reinforcing its commitment to the growth of Nigerian content in the oil and gas industry. The company’s Communications Manager, Gladys Afam-Anadu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Mrs Afam-Anadu said 123 indigenous companies were engaged across Shell’s operations and value chain within the year under review. She quoted Shell’s Vice President, Commercial, Rohan D’Souza, as saying the payments reflected strong support for Nigerian service providers operating within the company’s businesses. Mr D’Souza said Shell views the development of indigenous companies as more than…

To replicate the performance of GPS, a satellite navigation system in low Earth orbit would need about 10 times more satellites than a similar satellite constellation in medium Earth orbit, Kassas explained. But as the recent rise of Xona and other competitors shows, lower manufacturing and launch costs have made it possible to build and launch such a satellite constellation dedicated to delivering PNT services from low Earth orbit. Tim Graham is leading satellite development across hardware, software, and propulsion at Xona Space Systems. Credit: Xona Space Systems Tim Graham is leading satellite development across hardware, software, and propulsion at…

Dearest World,Britain, that small yet once highly influential nation that once proudly ruled over much of you, that “gifted” you the English language as well as William Shakespeare and Mark Morrison, that kindly bestowed upon you industrialisation as well as industrialised slavery, the proud nation that won two world wars and created football … I’m afraid to reveal, is not what it used to be.First, we lost “our” empire, then we lost Queen Elizabeth II, then we lost our sense of identity. And now, it would appear, a good number of us have lost our minds. Little crystallises this more…

Funmi Ogundare A Professor of Community Medicine at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Kayode Thadius Ijadunola, yesterday warned that Nigeria’s worsening health workforce crisis now poses a serious threat to the country’s health security and sustainable development, calling for sweeping reforms to avert a collapse of the healthcare system. Ijadunola gave the warning while delivering the fifth Oladipo Akinkugbe distinguished lecture of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, titled: ‘Reimagining the Nigerian Healthcare System: Leadership, Research and Innovation for the Future’. He identified the mass migration of healthcare professionals and the retirement of experienced personnel as a double…

The police have arrested an 18-year-old student after allegedly recovering a mini revolver from him at an Islamic school in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. The police state command’s spokesperson, Victor Mshelizah, said in a statement on Thursday that Usman Usman was arrested following a report received on 14 July from the management of Sheikh Abdullahi Bala Lau Institute for Koranic Memorisation over a disagreement between two students. Mr Mshelizah said preliminary investigations showed that Master Usman, a native of Sansani in Gassol Local Government Area, was allegedly found in possession of the firearm during the altercation. “Preliminary investigation revealed…

Key eventsI hope you are planning to stick with the blog all day, but in case you’re not here are the key timings:ShareWilliam FotheringhamWilliam Fotheringham’s stage guideNevers/Magny Cours to Chalon-sur-Saône, 179.1kmThe penultimate sprint stage, with nearly half the race left. Today may have a little twist in it however; the three ranked ascents are fourth category, but team managers with sprinters who can climb a bit will look closely at the lumpy roads between 141 and 162km. The obvious tactic would be to pile on the pressure at this point and see if Merlier, Pedersen and Philipsen can be dislodged…