Industry insiders say on-and-off-pitch growth has helped smaller countries play entertaining football and cause upsets. Abidjan, Ivory Coast – As the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) kicks off on Friday in Ivory Coast, none of the five teams highest-placed teams in the FIFA ranking of December 2023 will feature. Reigning champions…
By Chris Lau, CNN Netanyahu vows a “long fight” in Israel-Hamas war after he visits Gaza. Here’s what you need to know From CNN staff Israel’s war in Gaza “will be a long fight” and is far from ending, the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, after he returned from a trip to the…
Liverpool assistant manager Pep Lijnders has insisted the decision for Mo Salah to return from the Africa Cup of Nations was made with the player’s best interests at heart as he targets a rapid return from a hamstring injury. Salah suffered a muscle injury in Egypt’s draw with Ghana last week, with the forward returning to…
A Japanese man has been sentenced to death for an arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio in 2019 which killed 36 people and injured dozens more. The incident, one of Japan’s deadliest in recent decades, killed mostly young artists and shocked the anime world. Shinji Aoba, 45, pleaded guilty to the attack but his…
If someone stole your phone, how quickly would they be able to steal your money? It’s a scenario that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg says has become all too common: an unwitting person hands over their phone to someone who asks to use it for a moment and has their account drained. That’s to say nothing of…