15 Sep, 2025
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World Cup 2026: What is Uefa’s racism protocol?

[ad_1] Uefa established a three-step racism protocol to handle incidents of discrimination inside stadiums in 2009. It is designed to give referees the power to halt matches, and even abandon games if racist behaviour continues. If the referee becomes aware of a racist incident, they will: Firstly stop the game. They will then request an […]

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French president's politics weakened mainstream parties & energised populist radicals on right, left

[ad_1] Another prime minister gone. Another crisis unfolds. In France, what once shocked is now routine. François Bayrou resigned after a crushing confidence vote. It’s the third fall of a head of government in 14 months, leaving Macron scrambling and a nation stuck in collapse. Bayrou, 74, lasted nine months, three times longer than his […]

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Israel attacks Hamas leaders in Doha, drawing condemnation from Qatar over “cowardly strike”

[ad_1] Israel’s military said Tuesday that it had “conducted a precise strike targeting the senior leadership of the Hamas terrorist organization,” amid reports of large explosions in Qatar’s capital city, Doha.  Qatar’s government quickly issued condemnation of what it called a “cowardly Israeli strike,” which it said had violated international law. The Israel Defense Forces […]

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Is Rory McIlroy on USA Ryder Cup fan shirts? ‘It looks a little similar!’ – golfer tells Sky Sports | Golf News

[ad_1] Rory McIlroy has told Sky Sports a silhouetted golfer emblazoned on a USA Ryder Cup shirt for sale “looks a little similar” to himself. A report in The Telegraph on Tuesday revealed the potential blunder, with the golfer on the shirt bearing a striking resemblance to McIlroy’s signature high-finish post-swing pose with a driver, complete […]

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“Brutally savage” Russian strike kills at least 20 in east Ukraine as pensions were handed out, Zelenskyy says

[ad_1] A Russian strike on Tuesday killed 21 people during the distribution of pension payments in a front-line town of eastern Ukraine threatened by Moscow’s push to capture the entire industrial region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday. Zelenskyy posted amateur video showing several corpses strewn on the ground, and a burned-out minivan near a […]