Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterJul 30, 2023, 05:32 PM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan Texas quarterback Arch Manning sold his first trading card at auction Saturday through Panini America’s website and broke a record doing so. Manning’s one-of-one Prizm Black autographed card, produced by Panini, was auctioned
Rishi Sunak will head to Scotland on Monday as the Conservatives kick off a week of campaigning on energy security. Number 10 said the prime minister would use the trip to “highlight the central role” the country will play in “defending the UK against disrupted global energy supplies” and reaching the government’s net zero targets.
No one has yet said they carried out Sunday’s devastating blast at a political rally in Pakistan, but the country’s Islamic State (IS) group has claimed to be behind several attacks in the area this year. The latest atrocity – which has left at least 40 people dead – happened on the outskirts of Khar,
Thousands of supporters of the military junta that seized control in Niger in a coup have marched through the streets of the capital waving Russian flags and denouncing former colonial power France. Demonstrators in Niamey converged on the French embassy and set fire to its doors, stoned the building and burned the country’s flags. Russian
Reddit, home to cute cat pictures, investment advice, niche hobby discussions, celebrity interviews, edgy memes, wholesome memes and everything in between, has been facilitating discussions on the internet since 2005. The site has about 57 million daily active users who post and consume news, memes, questions and even stock tips that can roil markets. The company
A £50,000 reward is being offered for information in connection with a drive-by shooting which injured two teenage girls. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has renewed an appeal to catch the “dangerous” criminals responsible for the incident, which took place outside an address in Quinney Crescent in Moss Side, Manchester, shortly before 10.30pm on 29 July
A major search is under way after a person was swept into the water from rocks in Anglesey. The operation is taking place at Trearddur Bay in North Wales after a ‘serious police incident’ was reported at Ravens Point on Saturday. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency confirmed the search was continuing as of Sunday morning.
A Morocco defender has made history by becoming the first player to wear a hijab while competing at a senior international tournament. Nouhaila Benzina wore the headscarf as she stepped onto the field against South Korea in Morocco’s second World Cup match. FIFA had imposed a bad on playing in religious head coverings for “health
Kanye West’s Twitter account has been reinstated after an almost eight-month ban over offensive tweets. The rapper’s account now shows his last post from 1 December, a day prior to when his account was suspended on platform X – the new name owner Elon Musk has given Twitter. West, who legally changed his name to
Associated Press Jul 29, 2023, 07:03 PM ET ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Wisconsin driver Sam Mayer won on his home-state track for his first career NASCAR Xfinity Series victory, pulling ahead for good in the next-to-last lap of a wild second overtime session Saturday. Mayer won by 0.368 seconds over Parker Kligerman on the sprawling
The Mazda MX-30 EV is back on the chopping block for the 2024 model year, after a short reintroduction in California, wherein the car has only sold 66 units in 2023. Mazda will no longer sell the MX-30 in the US, after this year’s model only sold 66 units so far. Sales started slow with
An “Unidentified Electric Vehicle” (UEV) made front-page news in a small town paper in Montana when it charged from a public outlet on Main Street. EV charging has gotten pretty easy these days, even when driving through less-populated areas. But those of us who have been driving EVs for a long time, or who have
Vladimir Putin has said an African and a Chinese initiative could serve as a basis for peace in Ukraine, but warned there are things that are “impossible to implement”. The Russian president also claimed Moscow had not rejected peace talks in comments made following the conclusion of the Africa-Russia Forum in St Petersburg. He told
Jul 29, 2023, 08:05 AM ET Teenage Colombia striker Linda Caicedo is healthy two days after she collapsed in training, coach Nelson Abadia said on Saturday, adding the frightening incident was partly due to the pressure of playing in her first Women’s World Cup. Caicedo, who is expected to play Sunday when Colombia face Germany
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJul 29, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 England midfielder Keira Walsh has avoided an ACL injury, the Football Association (FA) confirmed on Saturday, although she
A federal judge has rejected a $475m (£369m) defamation lawsuit brought by Donald Trump against CNN. The US news network described the former US president’s claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him as a “big lie”. The same phrase was used by Adolf Hitler to justify prejudice against Jewish people, and is
Police departments have begun paying more attention to electric bicycles and cracking down on models that are illegal for street use. Now another police department in California is demonstrating how they’re using old school transportation into the operation with horse-mounted police officers. As electric bikes become even more popular options for alternative transportation, the number
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks onstage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Stephen Lam | Reuters Shares of Alphabet’s stock jumped 10% this week after the company reported second quarter earnings that showed growth despite a tough ad market. Share price for the Google parent company reached
Nothing Compares, a documentary about Sinead O’Connor, will still air on Saturday to provide viewers the opportunity to “hear her tell her side of the story”, according to the filmmaker. Belfast-born director Kathryn Ferguson confirmed the original plan to release the programme on Sky Documentaries and Now from 29 July will proceed despite the recent
Associated Press Jul 29, 2023, 12:11 AM ET SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Former Puerto Rican boxer Felix Verdejo was found guilty Friday on two charges related to the death of a 27-year-old pregnant woman. The verdict came after a 25-week trial in which the jury heard gruesome details about the April 2021 killing of