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Colombia reached the last 16 of the World Cup for the third time in their last three appearances at the tournament with a 1-0 win over Ghana.Los Cafeteros reached the quarter-finals at Brazil 2014 and the last 16 in 2018. Nestor Lorenzo’s side will now face Switzerland in Vancouver on July 7, with a place in the quarter-finals, against either Argentina or Egypt, on the line. An unwanted piece of history was made early on in Kansas City, with both sides forced into changes after injuries to Colombia’s Jhon Cordoba and Ghana’s Marvin Senaya. No World Cup match on record…

It’s sometimes hard to believe that modern Superman movies existed for nearly four decades before the Man of Steel met Batman on the big screen. Since 2008, when Iron Man first clanged into life, we’ve become used to superhero cinema as one giant, interlocking machine: capes, gods, aliens and magic rocks all rattling around the same cosmic pinball table. There have been dozens of these comic book films, often built around characters once little known to the average cinemagoer: Rocket Raccoon, Ant-Man, Blue Beetle.Until recently, audiences lapped up each new arrival like an all-you-can-eat superhero buffet. It felt as if…

Nigeria’s senior men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, came from behind to defeat Guinea 80-79 on Friday, recording their second consecutive victory in the FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers. After opening the qualifying window with a hard-fought 84-81 victory over Tunisia, the Nigerians once again showed resilience, overturning a late deficit to strengthen their hopes of reaching the 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup. Caleb Agada led the charge with a game-high 22 points, while Uche Iroegbu added 14 points. Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu also made a valuable contribution with 10 points as Nigeria completed another dramatic comeback. D’Tigers started brightly, taking the first…

A third teenager has been charged over the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy found outside a Melbourne hospital.A 14-year-old from Victoria’s Hume area was arrested on Friday evening and was charged with murder, police said.He has been scheduled to appear before a children’s court.Mickleham teenager Darweish Mohamed was found critically wounded outside Craigieburn community hospital, in the city’s north, about 7.50pm on Wednesday.A staff member from the clinic rushed to his aid and delivered CPR but he died at the scene.Police arrested two people in the nearby suburb of Pascoe Vale early on Thursday.Sign up for the Breaking News…

Taylor and Travis went Instagram official with a photo taken backstage at a London date of the Eras Tour in June 2024. The snapshot showed the couple with Prince William and his two elder children – who’d attended the show to celebrate William’s 42nd birthday.The following night, Travis made his stage debut as one of Taylor’s dancers. Dressed in a top hat and tails, he carried the singer across the stage to a couch where she changed outfits before performing I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.It was his only cameo during the 149 dates of the two-year Eras…

By Emma Ujah President and Chairman of the Board of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Dr. George Elombi, has tasked African nations to stop the export of Lithium, the main raw material used in the production of electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Nigeria is a major exporter of Lithium in Africa, though most of the quantity is illegally exported. Speaking at the bank’s Mid-Year Media Roundtable in Abuja on Wednesday, he said that rather than exporting raw lithium, African countries should use it to manufacture EV batteries on the continent. He also said Afreximbank has sufficient funds to finance the production of…

About a decade ago, when I left the Houston Chronicle newspaper to write about space full-time for Ars Technica, I also started a website focused on local weather. Our purpose was clear: In an era of sensationalized storm coverage, Space City Weather would provide no-hype information about weather impacting the lives of people in Houston. We stuck to that, and when giving public talks, I often joke, “Boring is our brand.” But in a world awash in clickbait and shouting, the quiet work we have done with Space City Weather still resonated with people. When storms threaten the community, it…

NewsFeedCristiano Ronaldo has sent a message to a young Venezuelan earthquake survivor, who is recovering in hospital after having his leg amputated. Andres Mieles, who was also orphaned in the June 24 disaster, had requested a Ronaldo trading card to keep his spirits up – but the superstar himself had other ideas.Published On 4 Jul 20264 Jul 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

We might only be a few days into July, but two record-breaking summer heatwaves have already provided the UK and Europe with a snapshot of their new climate.Hot on the heels of May’s heat, June saw temperature records not only broken but smashed in what the UN’s weather agency called an “extraordinary” event across the continent.And after a brief period of respite, another heatwave is on the way.If this feels unusual, that is because it is. But it is also exactly what scientists predicted in our warmer world, driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels releasing heat-trapping greenhouse gases…

Bradford DoolittleJul 3, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseMLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN since 2013Multiple AuthorsWhat if the MVP award were just for position players?The Cy Young Award has always been strictly for pitchers, so that would mean two distinct groups of big league players competing for two distinct awards, with no overlap.Pitchers have won MVP awards several times, even though those winners didn’t have Shohei Ohtani’s built-in advantage of being a premier hitter and premier pitcher. Pitchers have always been eligible to win MVP, and there is no reason they…