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Thomas Tuchel has defended his substitutions and said he “tried to help” England’s players after the Three Lions spurned a second-half lead to lose 2-1 to Argentina in the World Cup semi-finals in Atlanta. After Anthony Gordon’s close-range strike in the 55th minute, Tuchel’s substitutions ensured the Three Lions had six defenders on the pitch when Enzo Fernandez scored from distance with five minutes of regular time remaining and Lautaro Martinez headed the 92nd-minute winner. “The responsibility is on the coach,” Tuchel told BBC Sport after his first competitive defeat as an international manager. “If it doesn’t go well, it’s…
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who passed away on Monday at a Sydney hospital, died from pneumonia, his agent has confirmed.Best known for his roles in Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders, the 78-year-old’s family described his death earlier this week as “sudden and unexpected”.Neill’s long-time agent Philip Grenz released a statement on Thursday about the cause of death after speaking to the actor’s family and due to what he said were “inaccurate and outright falsehoods” in the media.In April this year, Neill announced he was in remission after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – a type of blood cancer -…
Sony Music Publishing (SMP) has completed its acquisition of the entire music rights portfolio of Recognition Music Group.The deal, first announced in May, has closed following regulatory approvals in multiple territories, MBW can reveal.“We can confirm that the acquisition of the entire music rights portfolio of Recognition Music Group by Sony Music Publishing has completed following regulatory approvals,” said a statement jointly issued to MBW by SMP and Recognition.The acquisition was made by SMP in partnership with the music rights investment venture that Sony Music Group launched in January with Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC.The deal results in Sony Music Publishing…
Shania Twain has revealed she declined an invitation to Taylor Swift’s wedding due to her tie to Swift’s ex Harry Styles. “I would have done anything to be at Taylor’s wedding,” Twain, 60, said in an interview with Canadian entertainment outlet ETalk, published on Tuesday, July 14. “I would have done anything, and that would have been really lovely for me to be there — but I was with Harry.” Twain was referring to her musical role in opening Styles’ 12-show residency at London’s Wembley Stadium, which overlapped with Swift’s July 3 wedding to Travis Kelce inside New York City’s…
Joe Joyce lost for a fifth time in his last six fights when halted by Artem Suslenkov on Saturday, and now fellow British heavyweight and former sparring partner Dave Allen has offered his thoughts on Joyce’s performance and recent form. Following a knockout win over Joseph Parker in 2022, Joyce seemed set for a world title shot, given the fact that he held the WBO Interim strap, but back-to-back knockout defeats to Zhilei Zhang caused ‘The Juggernaut’ to lose both his belt and his momentum. The previously granite-chinned Briton was unconvincing in a return to winning ways against Kash Ali…
One child survives hit on Deir el-Balah home as Israel escalates attacks across territory despite October ‘ceasefire’.Published On 15 Jul 202615 Jul 2026Three members of a family – a father, a mother and their six-year-old daughter – have been killed in an Israeli air attack on an apartment in central Gaza as Israel continues to violate a “ceasefire” with near-daily attacks.Palestinian health officials said another child was the only survivor of the attack on Wednesday in Deir el-Balah and was recovered after Palestinian Civil Defence teams rushed to the site to extinguish a fire caused by the strike.Recommended Stories list…
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The Calgary Flames continue to listen to calls, as the rebuild continues Hello Hockey: David Pagnotta on the Calgary Flames, who continue to get calls on some of their players, and could be one of the teams that makes another trade this offseason. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Pagnotta: “Calgary, it’s, it’s, I mean, rebuild mode. I think, I missed the beginning of what you guys were chatting about on the Flames. But I don’t think it’s any secret that they’re going through this process, and they’re going to continue to listen on a lot of their guys. Morgan Frost‘s name still…
An ICE agent has fatally shot a Colombian national during an immigration enforcement operation in the US state of Maine, a week after the agency used deadly force against another migrant in a Texas traffic stop.In the latest incident, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said agents were watching an address for a person with a final order of removal in Biddeford at around 07:00 EDT (11:00 GMT) on Monday. When ICE tried to stop someone driving from that address, “the vehicle attempted to flee the scene and, fearing for public safety, an officer discharged his weapon”, ICE said, adding “the…
Worries about a bubble in artificial intelligence investments are absurd, SoftBank Group’s CEO Masayoshi Son said Tuesday, deriding such doubts as backward and akin to questioning the use of cars and planes. “To ask whether AI is a bubble is a foolish question,” Son told executives at an annual company event in Tokyo. “AI will transform our lives completely, and do so in a way that generates profits.” “Those who refuse to evolve are closing down their world. Those who condemn AI are themselves spitting upward,” Son added. Financial markets have recently been swept by waves of concern that the meteoric rise…