Lewis Hamilton won the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix in style for Ferrari, finishing ahead of George Russell and Lando Norris in a thrilling race.
Lille midfielder excelled against Brazil but it was no surprise to his national coach after a key role in convincing him to turn down France’s overtures
The name Ayyoub Bouaddi was on everyone’s lips after Brazil’s draw against Morocco on Saturday night. Even the army of concerned South American journalists firing questions at Vinícius Júnior at the MetLife Stadium had to acknowledge that the Real Madrid forward had been fortunate to be named as man of the match despite scoring a superb equaliser to rescue a point for Carlo Ancelotti’s side in their opening game of the 2026 World Cup.
Instead it was the imposing figure with a distinctive mop of hair in Morocco’s central midfield who stole the show on his first competitive international appearance. Bouaddi managed the most touches (88), won the most duels (11) and completed the most successful passes in the opposition’s half (30), finishing with a passing success rate of 93% as he dominated Casemiro – a player almost twice his age and with a vastly different career trajectory. It came as no surprise to his coach, Mohamed Ouahbi, after he played a crucial role in convincing Bouaddi, who made his debut for Lille in March 2023 three days after his 16th birthday, to turn down France’s overtures just before this tournament.
Continue reading...Far-right plan defeated in referendum, according to projection by national broadcaster SRF
Voters in Switzerland appeared on Sunday to have rejected an unprecedented far-right proposal to cap the country’s population at 10 million in a divisive referendum dubbed “the Swiss Brexit”.
A projection by the national broadcaster SRF, which traditionally calls referendum votes, showed that about 55% of voters were against the proposal by the Swiss People’s party (SVP) and about 45% were in favour.
Continue reading...US broadcaster overran ads during hydration break
Broadcasts must return 30 seconds before play resumes
Fox will not face any sanction from Fifa for breaking the governing body’s advertising rules during the opening game of the World Cup between Mexico and South Africa last week.
The US broadcaster broke Fifa’s strict guidelines for showing commercials during hydration breaks on the first occasion they were in operation by returning to the live action 10 seconds after play had resumed during the second half at Mexico City Stadium.
Continue reading...Precious win gives Steve Clarke’s team a platform but nervy display against Haiti could prove a missed opportunity
It felt so typically Scottish that even rare success on the World Cup stage delivered such paradoxes of emotion and analysis. In Ireland, sporting glory is routinely cherished without contradiction. Scots have far more of a tendency to apply “ah, but” as an addendum. So it proved from Boston to Brora, where dissection of the 1-0 win over Haiti was far from straightforward. Rightly so.
Record books will show John McGinn’s scruffy goal earned the Scots just a fifth win at a World Cup finals. The claiming of a point against Morocco on Friday will, barring an extraordinary set of results elsewhere, seal Scotland a knockout berth for the first time. They haven’t even featured at this level since 1998. Any team within touching distance of heady times, rewarding a fantastic supporter base in the process, can hardly be castigated.
Continue reading...Charities are right to be concerned about the supreme court’s decision to lessen oversight of care settings
The UK supreme court has ended a system of safeguards around the human rights of disabled people that has been in place for over a decade, in its recent ruling on a legal question brought to it by the attorney general of Northern Ireland. In doing so, the judges have alarmed charities and disability advocates and pushed a little-discussed aspect of social care regulation into the spotlight.
Any person “under continuous supervision and control” and “not free to leave” the place where they live has until now been entitled to protections known as deprivation of liberty safeguards (Dols). These are part of the Mental Capacity Act, and include annual assessments. While the safeguards mostly apply to older people with dementia, children and younger adults with autism, learning disabilities and brain injuries are also covered.
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"Blizzard Entertainment is continuing its crusade against private World of Warcraft servers," reports the gaming news site Aftermath:
The company filed a new lawsuit on Friday in a California court against the makers of Project Ascension, alleging copyright infringement, Digital Millennium Copyright Act violations, and other claims. Blizzard Entertainment claims that Project Ascension is a "lucrative way to exploit and profit from the popularity of the WoW game experience," according to the complaint, obtained by Aftermath. Blizzard Entertainment's lawyers say in the complaint that Project Ascension purports to have "over a million players." Lawyers write that the developers have "distributed (and are continuing to distribute) millions of pirated copies of Blizzard's copyrighted WoW game software."
They also allege that Project Ascension's servers are hosted on Russian "bulletproof" servers with Aeza Group, a company that was sanctioned in 2025 "for its role in supporting cybercriminal activity targeting victims in the United States and around the world," per a U.S. Department of Treasury press release... Project Ascension lets players combine pieces of World of Warcraft's different classes to build unique characters. It's free-to-play, but players can purchase in-game currency, Donation Points, to buy things in-game, such as cosmetics and experience boosts. Blizzard Entertainment's lawyers assert that Project Ascension has made "millions of dollars from the sale of Donation Points...."
Blizzard Entertainment successfully sued a popular World of Warcraft server called Turtle Wow last year. The project had been running since 2018, taking donations from players for the free-to-play server. Both sides announced in April 2026 that they'd reached a settlement after Blizzard Entertainment was awarded a permanent injunction to shut down Turtle WoW. The details of the settlement were not made public. Turtle WoW was shut down for good shortly after May 15; players gathered online to mourn the end of the server.
The company filed a new lawsuit on Friday in a California court against the makers of Project Ascension, alleging copyright infringement, Digital Millennium Copyright Act violations, and other claims. Blizzard Entertainment claims that Project Ascension is a "lucrative way to exploit and profit from the popularity of the WoW game experience," according to the complaint, obtained by Aftermath. Blizzard Entertainment's lawyers say in the complaint that Project Ascension purports to have "over a million players." Lawyers write that the developers have "distributed (and are continuing to distribute) millions of pirated copies of Blizzard's copyrighted WoW game software."
They also allege that Project Ascension's servers are hosted on Russian "bulletproof" servers with Aeza Group, a company that was sanctioned in 2025 "for its role in supporting cybercriminal activity targeting victims in the United States and around the world," per a U.S. Department of Treasury press release... Project Ascension lets players combine pieces of World of Warcraft's different classes to build unique characters. It's free-to-play, but players can purchase in-game currency, Donation Points, to buy things in-game, such as cosmetics and experience boosts. Blizzard Entertainment's lawyers assert that Project Ascension has made "millions of dollars from the sale of Donation Points...."
Blizzard Entertainment successfully sued a popular World of Warcraft server called Turtle Wow last year. The project had been running since 2018, taking donations from players for the free-to-play server. Both sides announced in April 2026 that they'd reached a settlement after Blizzard Entertainment was awarded a permanent injunction to shut down Turtle WoW. The details of the settlement were not made public. Turtle WoW was shut down for good shortly after May 15; players gathered online to mourn the end of the server.
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ARLINGTON (ANP) - Honderden supporters van het Nederlands elftal hebben zich verzameld bij de Road to Six Flags Street bij het Choctaw Stadium in Arlington. Daar brengen Yuki, FeestDJRuud en Yves Berendse de fans in de stemming voor het eerste duel van Oranje op het WK voetbal met Japan, dat om 22.00 uur Nederlandse tijd in het Dallas Stadium begint.
Het is opgehouden met regenen en het is warm en benauwd in de regio Dallas, waar het zeven uur vroeger is dan in Nederland. De temperatuur loopt op richting de 30 graden en de gevoelstemperatuur ligt hoger. Enkele uren voor het begin van de wedstrijd gaan de Nederlandse supporters richting het overdekte stadion, dat tijdens het WK plaatsbiedt aan ruim 70.000 fans.
De Oranjebus, die onlangs na een lange oceaanreis aankwam in Texas, gaat daarbij voorop. De KNVB verwacht dat er duizenden Oranjesupporters meelopen in de fanwalk. Bij het EK in Duitsland waren twee jaar geleden bij de meeste wedstrijden zo'n 40.000 Nederlandse supporters bij het Oranjefeest in de speelsteden aanwezig. Voor de halve finale tegen Engeland in Dortmund liep dat aantal op tot 110.000.
Patrick uit Roosteren en Geert uit Asten zingen ook mee met muziek van Nederlandse artiesten. Ze waren zaterdagavond ook al op het fanfeest. "Het was weer ouderwets gezellig", vertelt Geert. "Er waren ook veel Amerikanen in Nederlandse shirts. Sommigen hadden familie in Nederland. Het is logisch dat er niet heel veel fans uit Nederland hiernaartoe komen. Ik heb een kaartje via de KNVB gekocht en 430 dollar betaald."
BERN (ANP) - Er komt geen bevolkingslimiet in Zwitserland. De Zwitserse bevolking heeft een voorstel daartoe verworpen in een referendum. 55 procent stemde tegen het plan.
Volgens het voorstel had het bevolkingsaantal in ieder geval tot 2050 onder de 10 miljoen moeten blijven. Als de Zwitsers hadden ingestemd, zou het Alpenland het eerste land ter wereld zijn geweest met zo'n limiet.
Het plan kwam van de rechts-conservatieve Zwitserse Volkspartij (SVP), uit zorg over immigratie en de toenemende druk op publieke diensten, infrastructuur en de woningmarkt. Volgens het voorstel zou de regering vooral op het gebied van asiel en gezinshereniging actie moeten ondernemen op het moment dat er meer dan 9,5 miljoen inwoners zouden zijn. Het land heeft nu een bevolking van 9,1 miljoen.
Tegenstanders vreesden juist voor een tekort aan buitenlandse arbeidskrachten. Ook zou de relatie met de EU onder druk komen te staan, omdat het vrije verkeer van personen aan banden zou worden gelegd.