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UEFA reportedly threatens World Cup boycott over FIFA stake sale plan
UEFA has reportedly threatened to boycott the World Cup over FIFA’s proposal to sell external stakes in the tournament, in a dispute that culminated in FIFA giving national football associations just 53 days to accept a £30 million offer tied to the plan. Critics, including Daily Mail columnists Jeff Powell and Jonathan McEvoy, accused FIFA…
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“She stormed away from the room and went up to the hotel room and just wrote the words in their entirety.” How a sleazy record company man inspired Heart’s classic feminist anthem Barracuda
Heart’s 1977 hit Barracuda was written as a direct response to sleazy treatment by their record label, Mushroom Records, which ran an advertisement implying singer Ann Wilson and guitarist Nancy Wilson were lovers rather than sisters. The ad, styled as a National Enquirer parody with a suggestively cropped photo of the pair captioned “It was…
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Is Kazuyoshi Miura the oldest goalscorer in competitive football history? | The Knowledge
Japanese striker Kazuyoshi Miura extended his own record as the oldest goalscorer in professional football, netting for Fukushima United in a 7-0 thrashing of Iwaki Furukawa in the Emperor’s Cup on 25 July 2026, aged 59 years and 149 days. It was his first competitive goal in almost four years, and the achievement reignited the…
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The Devil’s Mouth review – Amazon’s shark thriller gives us just about enough to chew on
The Guardian reviews The Devil’s Mouth, a new Amazon Prime shark thriller released during Shark Week, which follows a group of American college friends whose Thailand holiday turns deadly when they become trapped in a cave system with an aggressive bull shark. The review notes that 2026 has become saturated with shark films, roughly six…
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Silent Hill: Townfall promises to “massively subvert” your expectations, and it’s left me painfully excited
Silent Hill: Townfall’s developers have given press an extended hands-on preview of the upcoming survival horror instalment, promising that while it echoes familiar series themes, it will “massively subvert” player expectations. Eurogamer’s writer played through the opening four to five hours, describing high anticipation given the strong reception of recent entries such as the Silent…
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Airbus keeps an A350 flying for 24 hours
Airbus has completed a record-breaking non-stop flight from Australia to France, keeping its new A350-1000ULR (Ultra-Long Range) variant airborne for over 24 hours. The flight is a key milestone for launch customer Qantas, which plans to use the aircraft for direct routes between Australia and Europe, as well as to New York, cutting out the…
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Family of a young man, 22, fatally stabbed on NSW Central Coast share heartbreaking message
A 22-year-old man named Zane Robson has died after being fatally stabbed on the New South Wales Central Coast, near Gosford. His grieving family has since shared an emotional tribute following his death, though further details of the incident, including the circumstances surrounding the attack, were not available in the source material provided. The case…
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Japan in a ‘race against time’ to rescue people trapped beneath rubble after quake
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck the Japanese island of Kyushu, killing at least 13 people, leaving others missing and displacing thousands from their homes. Rescue teams are engaged in what has been described as a “race against time” to reach people still trapped beneath rubble, with officials warning that the death toll is likely…
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‘I thought I would die’: Survivors describe the shock and horror of powerful Japan earthquake
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan late on Tuesday, killing at least 13 people and leaving dozens more feared trapped beneath a collapsed Aeon shopping mall in Kumamoto city. Survivors described scenes of terror as buildings shook violently, with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warning that rescue teams face a “race against…