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Sports News Roundup: Neymar and Danilo to miss rest of group stage with ankle injuries; Iran deliver sucker punch to Wales with stoppage-time winners and more | Sports-Games
Following is a abstract of present sports activities information briefs.
Kenya scrambles to stave off athletics ban for mounting doping circumstances
Kenya’s authorities is urging World Athletics to not ban the nation from the game, promising to step up its struggle in opposition to the usage of banned substances after a collection of its athletes have been suspended for doping. The East African nation is world famend for its center and long-distance runners, who’ve gained quite a few gold medals at Olympics and World Championships and clocked up file instances. Kenya ranked third within the athletics medal haul on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Soccer-Germany substitute grocery store emblem with OneLove in press centre
Germany changed the emblem of a grocery store chain that pulled its sponsorship over the ‘OneLove’ variety armband controversy with that of the armband itself at their World Cup press centre on Friday. The background wall of the German press convention room that shows all of the staff’s sponsors at their coaching base in north Qatar on Friday included the ‘OneLove’ emblem and rainbow instead of the REWE grocery store chain that pulled out.
Soccer-‘Wonderful’ Iran win psychological battle to rescue World Cup marketing campaign
Iran’s coach and gamers put their beautiful World Cup turnaround on Friday all the way down to profitable their very own psychological battles, amid rising public stress on them to make a stand over a lethal crackdown on protests in opposition to their nation’s clerical rulers. Iran have been headed for a goalless draw in opposition to Wales in Al Rayyan on Friday however scored twice deep in stoppage time to seal a last-gasp victory and preserve alive their hopes of reaching the World Cup second spherical for the primary time ever.
Argentina honors Maradona anniversary, hopes reminiscence can spur World Cup revival
Argentines honored soccer icon Diego Maradona on Friday, the second anniversary of his dying, together with with an enormous new portray of the striker within the heart of Buenos Aires, hoping to spur the nationwide staff forward of a must-win World Cup sport. The South American nation, which idolizes Maradona nearly as a demigod, performs Mexico on Saturday in a make-or-break match after the staff led by star participant Lionel Messi fell to a shock 2-1 defeat in opposition to Saudi Arabia earlier this week.
Soccer-Hosts Qatar on verge of exiting World Cup after Senegal loss
The World Cup hopes of Qatar have been left hanging by a thread after a 3-1 loss to Senegal that leaves them backside of Group A and going through elimination simply 5 days after they opened the event with a 2-0 loss to Ecuador. If Ecuador fail to beat Netherlands in a while Friday the Qataris would be the first facet mathematically eradicated from a finals they’ve spent a reported $200 billion to host.
Evaluation-Soccer-Qatar’s lack of attacking intent places them on World Cup precipice
As the house followers streamed out of the bottom within the ultimate couple of minutes of Qatar’s 3-1 loss to Senegal on Friday it was symbolic of the dearth of combating spirit proven by their facet on the Al Thumama Stadium and a resignation that defeat was looming. The hosts, and present Asian champions, are on the point of early elimination from their very own World Cup, which shall be confirmed in a while Friday if the Netherlands defeat Ecuador of their Group A match, or that sport ends in a draw.
Soccer-Neymar and Danilo to overlook remainder of group stage with ankle accidents
Brazil duo Neymar and Danilo will miss their nation’s remaining two World Cup group video games and face a struggle to be match for the knockout stage after sustaining accidents in Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia, a supply near the staff informed Reuters on Friday. Brazil prime Group G and subsequent face Switzerland and Cameroon. The staff’s physician mentioned that talisman Neymar and ever-reliable full again Danilo would solely miss the Swiss sport.
Ice hockey-IIHF reprimands Russian Ice Hockey Federation over pro-war ‘propaganda’
The Worldwide ice hockey federation (IIHF) has reprimanded the Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RIHF) after Russian golf equipment promoted messages in assist of the Ukraine struggle, the IIHF mentioned on Friday. Russia invaded Ukraine in February in what Moscow calls a “particular navy operation”. Kyiv calls it an unprovoked struggle of aggression, reflecting what it sees as malice in direction of Ukrainians courting again to Soviet and imperial days.
Hockey nice Salming succumbed unusually fast to ALS, physician says
Toronto Maple Leafs nice Borje Salming, who handed away on Thursday from nervous illness amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), succumbed unusually rapidly to the illness lower than 4 months after analysis, his physician informed Swedish broadcaster SVT.
Salming died on the age of 71 and have become the primary Swedish participant inducted into the Hockey Corridor of Fame. He introduced in August that he had been identified with ALS.
Soccer-Iran ship sucker punch to Wales with stoppage-time winners
Iran scored twice after the eighth minute of stoppage time to grab a shocking 2-0 win over Wales on Friday that breathed new life into their World Cup marketing campaign and left the Welsh flat on their backs and going through a make-or-break decider in opposition to England. After Wales keeper Wayne Hennessey was despatched off within the 87th minute, Iran produced a outstanding finale, with Roozbeh Cheshmi driving dwelling to provide them the lead earlier than Ramin Rezaeian added one other within the eleventh minute of stoppage time.
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European defence industry demands more European investment, EU’s defence commissioner tells Radio Schuman
The EU is exploring new and bold strategies to strengthen its defence sector. Relaxing strict fiscal rules to boost defence spending, accessing what is known as the SAFE instrument to raise capital, and expanding the European Investment Bank’s mandate to support military projects are some of the proposals to member states developed in the EU’s White Paper on Defence.
At the EU summit in Brussels last week, the EU leaders discussed the commission’s proposal for the member states to allocate amounts as high as €800 billion in defence spending over the next four years to strengthen Europe’s defence infrastructure.
“When the war comes, you need to have your industry developed on high level in order to maintain, to repair and to produce new weapons,” says the EU’s defence commissioner Andrius Kubilius regarding the proposed increase in the defence budgets, “Now our industry really demands much more for European investment in order to develop our industry like a strategic asset.”
Kubilius also doubted Europe’s readiness for Eurobonds and emphasised developing military mobility infrastructure.
Radio Schuman also looks at an important deadline today in the EU’s investigations into Apple, Meta and Alphabet on whether they violated the Digital Markets Act, and also at some experimental attempts to curb irregular migration through Artificial Intelligence.
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UN blames Israelis for attack on compound but doesn't mention Hamas, says forced to reduce Gaza footprint
The United Nations is once again under the microscope for blaming Israel for an attack on a compound as it opts to curb its footprint in Gaza, according to the world body.
The spokesperson for United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement noting the U.N. had “taken the difficult decision to reduce the Organization’s footprint in Gaza” even as “humanitarian needs soar.”
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric claimed that “information currently available” indicated that a strike on the U.N.’s Deir al Balah compound on March 19 was “caused by an Israeli tank.” One U.N. employee was killed in the incident, and six others were wounded, Dujarric said.
DOGE USAID BUDGET HIT UN IN ‘WORST LIQUIDITY CRISIS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT’
U.N. headquarters in New York City on Aug. 21, 2014. (iStock)
On the date of the incident, the Israel Defense Forces Tweeted that “contrary to reports, the IDF did not strike a U.N. compound in Deir el Balah.” The IDF asked media outlets “to act with caution regarding unverified reports.”
The IDF told Fox News Digital Monday that the U.N.’s claim was “absolutely not accurate.”
While his statement named Israel, it stopped short in naming the terrorist group Hamas or other extremist groups operating in Gaza. “The location of this U.N. compound was well known to the parties to the conflict,” Dujarric continued. “I reiterate that all parties to the conflict are bound by international law to protect the absolute inviolability of U.N. premises. Without this, our colleagues face intolerable risks as they work to save the lives of civilians.” Dujarric added that the “Secretary-General strongly condemns these strikes and demands a full, thorough and independent investigation on this incident.”
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Israeli troops deployed to Gaza. (IDF)
Foundation for Defense of Democracies research analyst Joe Truzman told Fox News Digital that Dujarric’s statement gave the “impression… that the United Nations has deliberately avoided criticizing Hamas and the other Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza for fear of creating friction with the armed groups. This failed strategy has only emboldened Hamas and its allies, allowing them to exploit UNRWA facilities in Gaza with impunity. Time and again, authorities have uncovered terrorist infrastructure connected to UNRWA facilities, including agency employees who were members of terrorist groups and committed atrocities on October 7.”
On March 23, the IDF killed Hamas political bureau member Ismail Barhoum while he was purportedly operating out of Nassar Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza. After media outlets, including Al Jazeera, claimed that Barhoum was being treated at the hospital, IDF international spokesperson Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani Tweeted that Barhoum had “held meetings with other terrorists and senior figures in the terrorist organization” while remaining “in the hospital for many weeks.”
AT LEAST 19 KILLED IN ISRAELI STRIKES IN GAZA, INCLUDING SENIOR HAMAS LEADER
U.N. and the World Health Organization vehicles wait to enter the Gaza Strip with aid intended for hospitals on April 25, 2024. (Majdi Fathi/TPS)
Truzman said the IDF’s explanation was “highly plausible.”
“Hamas has become highly skilled at persuading the public that it does not operate from civilian infrastructure – a demonstrably false assertion,” Truzman said. In a tactic he has “witnessed for years,” he said that “Hamas and its allies deliberately embed themselves within civilian areas to evade detection.”
Israeli soldiers sit on a tank in the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2025. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)
“The public must understand that Hamas’ top priority is not safeguarding Palestinian civilians but ensuring the Islamist group’s survival,” Truzman said.
Following a ceasefire and partial hostage exchange that saw 25 living and eight deceased hostages returned to Israel and almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released, conflict has returned to Gaza. With support from the Trump White House, Israel cut humanitarian aid to Gaza earlier this month in order to pressure Hamas into an extension of the ceasefire, and to free the hostages.
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