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South Africa soccer body says World Cup squad will depart Monday after visa delay
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (277+ words) WASHINGTON " South Africa's'World Cup squad will leave for the tournament on Monday after'problems with travel visas delayed their departure, the national soccer body said. South Africa plays'co-host Mexico in the opening game of the World Cup on June 11'in Mexico…...
Aguirre puts faith in a new generation as Mexico seeks World Cup redemption
13+ hour, 30+ min ago (300+ words) El Vasco" Aguirre, guiding the Mexican team into a World Cup for the third time, overhauled a squad that floundered in Qatar and failed to advance from the first round for the first time since 1978. He picked 13 players who weren't…...
Joaquin Niemann wins a playoff for first LIV Golf title of the season
1+ day, 48+ min ago (175+ words) Gooch also shot 67 in a bid for his first LIV victory since Spain a year ago. Gooch and Niemann finished at 12-under 268 at Asiad Country Club in Busan, South Korea. Bryson De Chambeau, who already has two wins this year,…...
South Africa postpones travel to Mexico for World Cup due to visa issues
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (210+ words) Bafana Bafana were supposed to leave for Mexico on Sunday to start its preparations for the tournament. The team is set to play co-host Mexico in the opening game in Mexico City on June 11. South African Sports Minister Gayton Mc…...
Australia stuns the No. 1 teams with comeback wins to sweep the Valladolid Sevens
1+ day, 36+ min ago (434+ words) The men won their first trophy since November 2022 in Hong Kong when they overcame South Africa 26-19 in a sweltering Estadio Jose Zorrilla. The Blitzboks had a last-gasp try ruled out by a forward pass. The women comfortably handled the United…...
Mexico president Sheinbaum gifts her World Cup ticket to Indigenous athlete
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (261+ words) Sheinbaum, the first female president in the country's 200-year history, donated her ticket No. 00001 to Yolett Cervantes Cuaquehua, a 21-year-old Indigenous woman from the eastern state of Veracruz. Mexico plays the opening match against South Africa on June 11 at Azteca…...
South Africa court weighs feud over the body of Zambia's former President Lungu
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (256+ words) Lungu, who was Zambia's leader from 2015 to 2021, died of an undisclosed illness in a South African hospital on June 5, 2025 at the age of 68. He has not yet been buried because of a tug-of-war between his family and his long-time rival,…...
Louisiana wins suit over Angola "farm line" working conditions
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (376+ words) Although prisoners face dangerously harsh conditions while working the "farm line" at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola " including laboring outdoors in extreme heat " a federal judge presiding over a long-running suit filed by prisoners forced to work in the…...
Trump administration raises US refugee cap, but only for white South Africans
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (551+ words) Trump suspended the refugee program on his first day in office and, since then, has turned it into a vehicle to allow Afrikaners " a group of white South Africans descended mainly from Dutch settlers " into the U. S. Advocates say the decision…...
9 deportees from US arrive in Sierra Leone under third-country agreement
1+ week, 4+ day ago (402+ words) Five migrants are from Ghana, two from Guinea, one from Senegal and one from Nigeria, the ministry of information said. The deals have raised questions about respect for the migrants" rights. The ministry's statement said the new arrivals "have been…...