Bengals owner Mike Brown stays mum on the state of contract negotiations with star QB Joe Burrow
Owner Mike Brown and other Cincinnati Bengals executives are staying quiet in the state of contract negotiations with Joe Burrow
2023-07-25 02:54
Pro-Chinese online influence campaign promoted protests in Washington, researchers say
A Chinese marketing firm likely organized and promoted protests in Washington last year as part of a wide-ranging pro-Beijing influence campaign, according to new research.
2023-07-25 02:52
Greg Abbott defies White House warning on floating Texas border wall: ‘See you in court, Mr President’
Texas governor Greg Abbott says he will continue deploying floating border barriers in the Rio Grande River, despite a warning from the Justice Department last week it might sue the state for overstepping its jurisdiction. “Texas will see you in court, Mr President,” the Republican governor wrote in a letter Monday to President Biden, claiming the Democrat’s border policies left him “no other choice” but for Texas to build military-style defences along the US-Mexico border. “All of this is happening because you have violated your constitutional obligation to defend the States against invasion through faithful execution of federal laws,” Mr Abbott added. This is a breaking news story and will be updated with new information.
2023-07-25 02:51
North Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles after US submarine arrives in South Korea
South Korea's military says North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missile into its eastern sea, adding to a recent streak in weapons testing
2023-07-25 02:48
Son Heung-min makes admission on Harry Kane's potential Tottenham exit
Son Heung-min has insisted he will respect whatever decision Harry Kane makes on his Tottenham future amid interest from Bayern Munich.
2023-07-25 02:46
DeSantis campaign pitches donors on 'leaner,' 'insurgent' campaign to beat Trump
Responding to intensifying concerns among his supporters, top advisers to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with key donors and fundraisers over the weekend in Utah, where they promised a new direction to jumpstart his fledgling White House bid.
2023-07-25 02:45
Special counsel obtains thousands of documents from Rudy Giuliani team that tried to find fraud after 2020 election
A Donald Trump ally has turned over thousands of documents to special counsel Jack Smith related to efforts to find supposed voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election -- including materials that haven't been previously disclosed to investigators looking into events surrounding January 6, 2021.
2023-07-25 02:29
Treason, contempt, exposing secrets. Legal challenges against Pakistan's Imran Khan keep growing
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been granted bail by the country’s Supreme Court in a case related to a lawyer’s murder last year
2023-07-25 02:25
Former England striker Trevor Francis, the first £1m player, dies at age of 69
Trevor Francis, British football’s first million-pound player, has died at the age of 69. The ex-Birmingham and England striker, who scored Nottingham Forest’s winner in their 1979 European Cup final triumph, earned 52 England caps and later guided Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham to major finals as a manager. Plymouth-born Francis burst onto the scene as a teenager with Birmingham, making his first-team debut at 16 in 1970. “He died in Spain this morning from a heart attack,” said a spokesperson. Forest shattered the British transfer record when they paid £1.15m for him in 1979, although manager Brian Clough famously claimed the fee was £999,999 to take pressure off the player. He started his career at Birmingham, playing 328 times and scoring 133 goals. In 1971, at just 16 years old, he became the youngest ever player to score four times in Football League history in the Blues’ 4-0 win over Bolton. At international level, he played for England 52 times between 1976 and 1986, scoring 12 goals, and played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He earned his record move to Forest in 1979 and headed the winner in the 1-0 victory over Malmo to win the European Cup just a few months later. Francis missed the European Cup win over Hamburg a year later through injury and joined Manchester City in 1981. Spells at Sampdoria, where he won the Coppa Italia, Atalanta, Rangers and QPR – where he was player-manager – followed. He moved to Sheffield Wednesday in 1990 before he replaced Ron Atkinson as manager. Under Francis, the Owls finished third in the old First Division in his first season in charge before finishing seventh in the newly created Premier League while also being runners-up to Arsenal in the 1993 FA Cup and League Cup finals. He left in 1995 and returned to Birmingham the following year, reaching the play-offs three times and also the 2001 League Cup final where they lost to Liverpool. Francis left St Andrew’s in October 2001 and joined Crystal Palace soon after, leaving the Eagles in 2003 in what was his last job. Francis spent half a year in Spain and the rest in Solihull. He suffered a heart attack 11 years ago and had kept himself fit with daily power walks. He had an annual health check through the League Managers’ Association and, according to his spokesman, was “enjoying life very much having eventually got over the death of his wife”. Helen passed away in 2017 after a battle with cancer. Read More Charity boss speaks out over ‘traumatic’ encounter with royal aide Ukraine war’s heaviest fight rages in east - follow live Today at the World Cup: Ary Borges hat-trick has Brazil up and running James Anderson could play until he’s 50, says Saqib Mahmood We’re massively up for it – Zak Crawley says England hungry to end on Oval high
2023-07-25 02:18
Following a historic start, the slumping Rays are suddenly playing catch-up in the AL East
Baseball’s best team for much of this season has seen a historic start give way to a July swoon that’s loosened its stranglehold on the top record in the American League
2023-07-25 02:15
Crawley adamant England still 'massively up' for Ashes finale
England batsman Zak Crawley has insisted the hosts will have no trouble motivating themselves for this week's fifth Test against Australia even though they can...
2023-07-25 01:57
NY Mets: 4 monstrous trade packages for Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer
As the New York Mets come to terms with a selling mentality, Justin Verlander and Max Scherzer are on the trade block.It's been a disappointing season for the New York Mets, but the team is in a decent position to retool for the 2024 campaign, should they make the right decisions.Tradin...
2023-07-25 01:55
