Newspaper headlines: 'Cruel summer' and 'Football's staying home'
"Football's staying home," is the Sun's assessment, external of the English FA joining the threat to boycott the World Cup, if Fifa goes ahead with Gianni Infantino's plans to sell stakes in the competition to private investors. "Red Card for Infantino" is the Daily Mirror's, external take on the story. The i Paper, external calls the decision a "game changer". With every member country in European football's governing body backing the threat, The Daily Star's, external headline reads "Uefa 55 - Fifa nil".
Five players to watch ahead of Aug. 2 WNBA trade deadline - ESPN
Michael VoepelJul 30, 2026, 09:00 AM ET
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- Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women's college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
With the WNBA trade deadline looming at 3 p.m. ET Sunday, some important moves might be made in the next few days. Teams vying for the playoffs must assess their needs, what can be gained by filling them and what could be lost with what they give up in return. Teams further down the standings have to gauge whether they can truly improve their futures by making a deal now.
WNBA Power Rankings: How every team can make a playoff push - ESPN
Michael VoepelJul 28, 2026, 08:00 AM ET
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- Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women's college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
Consistency, defense, chemistry, execution and resolve. Those are things a basketball team must have for success. As the WNBA continues its 2026 season after All-Star Weekend, each team looks to improve on those qualities in hopes of making the playoffs.
Which college football teams could break through and bounce back in 2026? - ESPN
Bill ConnellyJul 30, 2026, 07:00 AM ET
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If Hamas disarmament plan holds, it could mark first credible step to ending Gaza war
After months of marathon talks, Hamas has, for the first time, accepted a framework of the Board of Peace's plan to completely disarm in Gaza.
The plan provides for the inventorying and storage of its remaining heavy weapons under Palestinian supervision, potentially removing the most significant obstacle to advancing the Trump-backed peace initiative for Gaza.
After OpenAI disclosure, Anthropic says Claude also hacked outside systems
The incidents have heightened concerns about AI agents, software products designed to perform tasks autonomously.
Anthropic has said its Claude AI model hacked into the systems of three organisations during testing that was supposed to keep them isolated from the internet.
Will brutal wildfires force French leaders to take climate crisis seriously?
As dozens of forest wildfires burned across France this week amid the summer’s fourth brutal heatwave and increasing air pollution, some wondered whether voters’ first-hand experience of the climate emergency would change the political debate ahead of next year’s presidential election.
India to increase penalties for exam leaks after Cockroach party protests
The new legislation, which doubles prison terms for exam leaks, comes after youth-led protests that called for sweeping reforms and forced a minister’s resignation.
India’s upper house of parliament has passed a bill to increase penalties for leaking examination papers, after youth-led protests called for sweeping reforms and forced the country’s education minister to resign.
Trump says Morocco named Tiznit-Dakhla highway after him: Why it matters
The announcement by United States President Donald Trump that Morocco had named an important highway after him came as a surprise to many, not least because Rabat itself has remained silent.
Pacific island nation Nauru officially changes name to ‘Naoero’
The switch honours a name lost to colonial rule more than a century ago.
The Pacific island nation of Nauru has officially reclaimed its traditional name, becoming the Republic of Naoero.