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World Cup betting markets shift after Jordan Henderson’s bizarre celebration injury
Jordan Henderson, the 36-year-old England midfielder, will miss the remainder of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after suffering a serious wrist and forearm injury during post-match celebrations on July 6. He wasn’t even playing when it happened. Henderson was an unused substitute in England’s dramatic 3-2 victory over Mexico in the round of 16. The
Kraken’s World Cup debut and Brazil’s collapse: what crypto gets from the beautiful game
Brazil came into the 2026 World Cup as one of the tournament favorites. They left in the Round of 16, beaten 2-1 by Norway, undone in part by a tactical decision that raised eyebrows across the footballing world: deploying 34-year-old Casemiro as a central striker, a position he hadn’t occupied in years. Haaland scored both
Hill: Focus is on football not abuse allegations
Marcel Louis-JacquesSep 12, 2025, 04:09 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for
Funding focus: Fusion startups shatter investment records in push for clean energy
Funding focus is a new series analysing cash flow into the European tech ecosystem. Last week, we looked at the largest investment rounds in the Netherlands, and now we’re honing in on Europe’s budding fusion energy sector. European fusion energy startups raised a record €290mn in the first half of this year as VCs bet
Energy in focus: Hungarian and Bulgarian foreign ministers meet in Budapest
Bulgaria is a reliable transit partner, without whom Hungary’s energy security could not be guaranteed at this point, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó said at a joint press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Georg Georgiev in Budapest on Monday. Szijjártó said Bulgaria was now an indispensable actor for the safe operation of
Govt to focus on promoting Malaysia as a safe investment destination
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will place greater emphasis on promoting Malaysia as a safe investment destination, based on political and economic stability, pro-business policies, and its strategic location in Southeast Asia, said the Ministry of Investment, Trade, and Industry (MITI). The ministry stated that this promotion would be strengthened through an export diversification strategy to
The Art of Strategic Focus: Spending Time on What Matters Most
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Beware the AI hype – and focus on AI designed for healthcare, expert cautions
Artificial intelligence is the technology that dominates the conversation, and 2025 will be the "year of adoption," where healthcare sees AI more broadly deployed across the industry, said Chris Althoff, executive vice president, marketing, at emtelligent, in Booth 124 at HIMSS25. The company sells AI-driven systems designed to help healthcare organizations extract, structure and integrate
Lendlease’s focus on domestic work begins to pay off
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. After several years of losses, a strategy pivot by Australia-based builder and developer Lendlease appears to be paying off . On Monday, the firm reported a statutory profit of $48 million Australian dollars ($30.46 million) for its first half of fiscal year 2025
Xi Focus: Xi stresses winning tough, protracted battle against corruption
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, addresses the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on Jan. 6, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) BEIJING, Jan...
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World Cup betting markets shift after Jordan Henderson’s bizarre celebration injury
Jordan Henderson, the 36-year-old England midfielder, will miss the remainder of the 2026 FIFA World Cup after suffering a serious wrist and forearm injury during post-match celebrations on July 6. He wasn’t even playing when it happened. Henderson was an unused substitute in England’s dramatic 3-2 victory over Mexico in the round of 16. The
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Kraken’s World Cup debut and Brazil’s collapse: what crypto gets from the beautiful game
Brazil came into the 2026 World Cup as one of the tournament favorites. They left in the Round of 16, beaten 2-1 by Norway, undone in part by a tactical decision that raised eyebrows across the footballing world: deploying 34-year-old Casemiro as a central striker, a position he hadn’t occupied in years. Haaland scored both
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FIFA overturns Balogun’s red card, Trump intervenes for US World Cup match
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7424790/2026/07/06/folarin-balogun-red-belgium-explanation/ FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee has overturned the red card suspension of Folarin Balogun, a key player for the U.S. Men’s National Team, allowing him to participate in the upcoming Round of 16 match against Belgium. This decision, made under Article 27 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, places Balogun on a one-year probationary period, enabling him
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UK Foreign Secretary Warns World Cannot Wait for ‘AI Hiroshima’ Before Acting
UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has warned that the world cannot wait for an AI equivalent of Hiroshima before acting, urging global powers to build consensus on artificial intelligence (AI) safety principles and standards. Cooper made the case in an essay, positioning Britain to lead international talks on the technology. ...