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July 12, 2026
Noskova recovers from meltdown to win Wimbledon
LONDON (AP):
Linda Noskova is the latest in a long line of Czech women to win Wimbledon.
The 21-year-old Noskova recovered from a second-set meltdown in which she wasted five match points to…
July 12, 2026
Orville Taylor | Integrity and corruption
As the last of the African teams got eliminated from the World Cup and we get ready for the semi-finals, there are so many stories which are competing for my head space.
Indeed, some bizarre endings…
July 12, 2026
Garth Rattray | If Jamaican politics were football
Imagine if Jamaican politics were like a football competition. Although the outcome of the match would determine the future of the country, although generations lobbied and fought for there to be free…
July 12, 2026
Patrick Robinson | A statue of the transformational coach
Where did it all begin? In a paper for a workshop, Stephen Francis wrote that, in 1998 at the World Junior Championships in France, he listened as coaches from the US said, “Coaching teenagers is…
July 12, 2026
Dennis Zulu | New global standard for decent work in the digital economy
The digital platform economy, often associated with the “gig economy”, has expanded at a rapid pace in many countries across the world over the past decade.
It is now well documented that digital…
July 12, 2026
Editorial | The geopolitics of Alpart
The announcement by the mining minister, Floyd Green, that China’s Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company (JISCO) plans to spend US$490 million to modernise and increase capacity at their Alpart alumina…
July 11, 2026
Bellingham scores twice to lift England past Haaland and Norway 2-1 and into World Cup semifinals
Jude Bellingham scored in the third minute of extra time to lift England past Norway 2-1 and into the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 2018.
July 11, 2026
FIFA selling field to be used for World Cup final for US$450 per piece
Even the field for the World Cup final is for sale. FIFA, accused of charging high prices for this year’s tournament in the United States, is selling the grass that will be used for the July 19 final…
July 11, 2026
Islandwide blackout strikes Cuba for second time this week as its grid crumbles
An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the second time this week as the nation of nearly 10 million people grapples with a crumbling power grid and fuel shortages stemming from a US energy…