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England held on for an excruciating 3-2 win against Mexico thanks to a heroic defensive performance to book their place in the quarter-finals of the World Cup.Two goals for Jude Bellingham put the Three Lions in control. Julian Quinones pulled one back before Harry Kane’s penalty and Jarell Quansah’s red card then made for a chaotic end to the game. But the stoic defensive performance from every player in an England shirt to see out the game now means they will face Norway in the quarter-final. Here, Sky Sports rates all the players from an eventful evening in Mexico City.Jordan…

House of the Dragon9pm, Sky AtlanticWith the thunderous warships v dragons Battle of the Gullet and its smouldering aftermath, season three of the Game of Thrones prequel has rapidly chalked up an impressive butcher’s bill of main cast casualties (plus hundreds of barbecued bystanders). Having sacrificed so much to claim the Iron Throne, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy) must now figure out what sort of ruler she wants to be at a time of kingdom-wide unrest. Graeme Virtue24 Hours in A&E9pm, Channel 4More urgent cases for the dedicated team at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, one of Europe’s busiest emergency departments.…

The Australian Space Agency has said the six so-called “space balls” found in north Queensland were likely from a “foreign rocket body” that had recently re-entered the atmosphere after being in orbit.The six mysterious objects were found by the public washed ashore in the Forrest Beach area, north of Townsville, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and were suspected of containing hazardous chemicals.One expert said the objects were likely “space balls” – pressurised balls of fuel and one of the most common types of space debris to fall to Earth after a rocket launch.Police and fire authorities examined the debris and…

Markets do not require perfect governments; they require credible institutions. The Presidency’s handling of allegations surrounding a so-called “ghost agency” – the Presidential Economic Advisory Council – and its self-styled Director-General, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, now risks undermining that credibility. The matter is further complicated by the reported involvement of President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, a former Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives. Left unaddressed, the controversy risks becoming less about the substance of the allegations and more about a deeper governance problem: the erosion of institutional trust. This issue risks creating a governance problem larger than…

A China spot gold ETF has overtaken the Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF to become the country’s largest exchange-traded fund, highlighting the extent to which state-backed support for the stock market has faded.

Nearly 1 million people have lost a total of $3.8 billion after buying President Donald Trump’s $TRUMP memecoin, according to cryptocurrency analytics firm Nansen. The New York Times reports that Nansen’s analysis is based on transactions that are publicly visible on the blockchain, showing that 988,905 accounts had lost money on the memecoin as of the end of June. That represents around two out of three $TRUMP buyers. On Sunday, $TRUMP was trading at $1.69, down nearly 98% from its high of $75.35. Trump announced the memecoin three days before his inauguration in 2025. He’d previously co-founded a crypto startup,…

•APC, PDP, ADC thumb up process •We’ve issues in our party – NNPP •ADC progressing well towards completing exercise —Bolaji Abdullahi By Soni Daniel, Clifford Ndujihe, Henry Umoru, Omeiza Ajayi, Luminous Jannamike, John Alechenu, Gabriel Ewepu & Gift ChapiOdekina POLITICAL parties are recording mixed fortunes in the ongoing upload of candidates on the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. With the electoral umpire insisting on July 11 as deadline for the exercise, a host of the parties are having challenges and may not meet the deadline. Although, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and African…

Learning another language could slow ageing in the brain by up to 13 years, according to research.People who speak more than one language seem to have younger brains and the more languages you speak and the earlier you speak them, the better, according to findings from a study being presented at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies conference in Barcelona.The study found that those who spoke two languages had brains that appeared around six years younger than those who spoke only one language. People who spoke three languages had brains that appeared around seven years younger, and for those who…

Cristiano Ronaldo has insisted he will retire from international football on his own terms, dismissing persistent questions about the end of his career ahead of Portugal’s FIFA World Cup last-16 clash with Spain. The 41-year-old captain addressed reporters on Sunday before what is expected to be his final World Cup campaign, making it clear that no one else would decide when he walks away from the national team. While acknowledging that age has changed him, Ronaldo admitted: “I am not the player I used to be.” The former Manchester United, Juventus and Real Madrid forward, however, insisted he was still…

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 3 of “House of the Dragon,” now streaming on HBO Max. Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen got a slap in the face from her hand of the queen, Corlys Velaryon, on tonight’s episode of “House of the Dragon,” when the Sea Snake publicly called out Rhaenyra’s sons (his grandsons) as “bastards” in the halls of her newly reclaimed Red Keep in King’s Landing. Until now, Corlys (Steve Toussaint) has never wavered from acknowledging Rhaenyra’s (Emma D’Arcy) three oldest boys — the “sons” of his presumed-dead son, Laenor Velaryon (John Macmillan) — as his…