RJ Luis Jr. skies for clutch putback slam before halftime (0:22) RJ Luis Jr. skies to grab the rebound and throws down a huge jam to close the half. (0:22) Associated Press Mar 1, 2025, 05:58 PM ET NEW YORK — The final horn sounded and St. John’s skipped cutting down the nets. The players…
Bring on the Round of 16. Seven MLS clubs remain in the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup, with eyes on the trophy that grants a spot in the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup. The LA Galaxy (MLS Cup 2024 winners) and Columbus Crew (Leagues Cup 2024 winners) enter after receiving Round…
A momentous occasion awaits San Diego FC. The MLS expansion club will host St. Louis CITY SC on Saturday evening and expects Snapdragon Stadium’s largest-ever crowd for their inaugural home match (10:30 pm ET | MLS Season Pass, Apple TV+). To put it mildly, excitement surrounds the newcomers as Matchday 2 approaches. “Hopefully, it’s going…
“He’s just too good for you, he’s just too good for you…” It was a chant Crystal Palace supporters loved, a taunt to opposing defenders getting tormented by Wilfried Zaha’s delightful dribbling skills and nose for goal, to the tune of ‘La Donna e Mobile’ from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto. The Eagles were usually thriving…
When I was 6 or 7 years old in Chicago, I was bored at home, and my parents wanted to get me involved in an activity. It started with baseball, but that lasted less than a day. Then, my parents asked if I wanted to try football, which I agreed to, despite knowing nothing about…
Vanderbilt baseball (9-1) made it eight wins in a row after two big early innings and strong pitching shut down the UCLA Bruins (7-3) to take their first game in the Southern California College Baseball Classic 8-3. Third baseman Brodie Johnston set the tone with a three-run home run in the first inning after Rustan…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeated demands for security guarantees just hours after a public spat with his US counterpart Donald Trump. “You know, just a ceasefire without security guarantees, this so sensitive for our people. I’m speaking like a president of a people who are in this struggle three years and they just want to…
Inside the cavernous production plant in north-eastern Spain, among millions of legs of Spanish hams travelling down spinning hooks and conveyer belts, people from 62 different nationalities work side by side to keep the BonÀrea food company humming. Mainly from Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Morocco and Senegal. BonÀrea is extra reliant on foreign labour with 40%…
The Sudanese military is intensifying its efforts to reclaim the capital, Khartoum, from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), but the battle is coming at a devastating cost, particularly for the country’s children. As fighting rages on, young lives are being torn apart by violence, hunger, and injury. In the hospital in Omdurman, a heart…
In front of one of the shops, people gather to buy Ramadan sweets, the most famous of which is Chebbakia, a sweet covered with honey and sesame seeds. One of the vendors takes a piece of it with his hand and offers it to customer Souad Sebaii to try. “It is necessary to prepare for…
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