As the T20 World Cup 2024 enters its last week, it’s time for cricket teams to get back to the metaphorical drawing board and map out their paths to the knockout stage of the tournament. Four out of the eight teams that progressed to the second round will fall to the side and watch on … Read moreWhich teams can qualify for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 semifinals, and how?
The Albanian Football Federation said UEFA has banned its player Mirlind Daku for two games at the European Championships after he led fans in nationalist chants. Daku took a megaphone after Albania’s 2-2 draw with Croatia on Wednesday in Hamburg and joined in chanting slogans against Serbia and North Macedonia. The Albanian Football Federation also … Read moreAlbania says player banned for two Euro 2024 games for ‘nationalist’ chants
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said he is “concerned” about the prospect of a victory for the far right in France’s upcoming parliamentary elections. President Emmanuel Macron’s party is trailing badly with less than two weeks to go before the first round of the snap elections he called in response to the far-right drubbing that … Read moreGermany’s Scholz expresses concern over a far-right victory in France
Anti-racism groups joined French unions and a new left-wing coalition in protests across France against the surging nationalist far right as frenzied campaigning is under way in advance of snap parliamentary elections. About 21,000 police and gendarmes were deployed at rallies on Saturday with authorities expecting between 300,000 and 500,000 protesters nationwide, France’s interior ministry … Read moreHundreds of thousands in France protest far right ahead of snap elections
United Kingdom royal Kate Middleton made her first public appearance since announcing in March she is battling cancer. The princess of Wales, as she is officially known, appeared at the “Trooping the Colour” on Saturday, an annual military parade held in central London to mark King Charles’s birthday. The princess, whose husband Prince William is … Read moreUK royal Kate Middleton makes first public appearance since cancer revealed
⚽ England – Key Euros Stats ⚽ Euros appearances: 10 Euro Titles: 0 Best finish: Final (2020) Euros Record: W15 D13 L10 Goals scored: 51 Biggest win: 4-0 vs Ukraine (Euro 2020) Player to watch: Phil Foden World ranking: 4th Team nickname: The Three Lions … Read moreEngland vs Serbia – UEFA Euro 2024: Can England finally win a major title?
Playmaker Christian Eriksen, whose last outing at the UEFA European Championship for Denmark ended in a heart attack witnessed by millions watching around the world, has been included in coach Kasper Hjulmand’s football squad for Euro 2024 in Germany. The 32-year-old was among the 26 names announced on Thursday for the tournament in which Denmark … Read moreEriksen stages fairytale return to Denmark’s Euro squad after heart attack
The Slovenian government has approved a decision to recognise an independent Palestinian state, Prime Minister Robert Golob said, following in the steps of Spain, Norway and the Republic of Ireland. “Today the government has decided to recognise Palestine as an independent and sovereign state,” he said at a news conference in Ljubljana on Thursday. The … Read moreSlovenia’s government approves recognition of a Palestinian state
European Union trade ministers have agreed to impose prohibitive tariffs on grain and other agricultural products from Russia and Belarus from July 1. The tariffs will be 95 euros ($102.76) per tonne for cereals and 50 percent of their value for oilseeds. Tariffs will also apply to beet-pulp pellets and dried peas. The ministers’ decision … Read moreEU agrees tariffs on Russian, Belarusian grain imports from July
On November 11, 37-year-old teacher Marieha Hussain joined thousands of pro-Palestine protesters in London to call for an end to Israel’s war in Gaza. During the rally, she raised her placard depicting the faces of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman, the former home secretary, alongside coconuts under a tree on a beach. Her … Read moreUK charges pro-Palestine protester behind divisive ‘coconut’ placard