BBC Sport
Eye-watering budgets are nothing new, but this year both Nike and Adidas have gone bigger and bolder than ever before in the fight for World Cup attention.
Variety
The next from Bruno Simões, whose “Pip,” when released, became YouTube’s all time most-watched animation short with 540 million views. “Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope,” a chronicle of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda’s finest achievement. And Tallinn Grand Prix winner, “Because Today is Saturday,” from Portugal’s Alice Eça Guimarães. All three Catalan animation titles play at […]
ESPN
The Toronto Maple Leafs are acquiring Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh in a sign-and-trade deal, taking one of the top offensive defensemen off the upcoming NHL free agent market.
ESPN
A French appeals court confirmed Friday that Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco star player Achraf Hakimi will stand trial in a rape case.
NY Times World
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain said he would not “walk away” from any leadership contest after a top rival in his party, Andy Burnham, decisively won a parliamentary seat.
Variety
Soccer legend Pelé kneeling to tie his boots in the seconds before kickoff at the 1970 World Cup and the Puma brand on show is a legendary image; less well known is that it was engineered by a Canary Islander. Hans Henningsen, widely cited as a father of modern sports marketing, is now the subject of […]
ESPN
The WNBA's first game on June 21, 1997, was a mix of relief, exhaustion and excitement.
Variety
“Winnipeg, Seeds of Hope,” a co-production between Spain, Chile and Argentina, will be one of 11 titles competing in the Contrechamp Feature Films section of this year’s Annecy Animation Film Festival. The animated feature film is directed by Beñat Beitia Urresti (“Mummy, I’m a Zombie”) and Elio Quiroga (“Fotos,” “The Mystery of the King of […]
BBC Politics
Roman Lavrynovych 22, was jailed for seven years and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, for two.
Variety
Fresh off Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu’s triumph at the Cannes Film Festival, where his latest, “Fjord,” starring Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve, earned the director his second Palme d’Or, spirits are high at this week’s Transilvania Intl. Film Festival, which takes place June 12 – 21. Following the trailblazing success of Mungiu, Cristi Puiu (“The […]
MarketWatch
Trading of ordinary shares in the French technology company have been suspended following allegations from a short seller.
The Guardian
Outcry as experts from African and Asian countries – where mortality is highest – prevented from attending Portugal conference on preventionVisa rejections have threatened progress on mother and baby health after experts from struggling countries were barred from talks, global midwife leaders have said.Politicians, donors and UN agencies convened this week at the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) congress in Lisbon, Portugal, a key conference to discuss the millions of avoidable moth
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ESPN
The New York Knicks won the Finals, exposing several areas of weaknesses for this young San Antonio Spurs team.
ESPN
From LeBron to Kyrie to Timofey Mozgov, here's where those 2016 Cavaliers are now -- a decade after the most epic comeback ever.
The Guardian
Roman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc imprisoned for seven years and two years respectivelyRoman Lavrynovych and Stanislav Carpiuc have been jailed at the Old Bailey for seven years and two years respectively for arson attacks on property connected to Keir Starmer.Lavrynovych, 22, from Ukraine, and Carpiuc, 27, from Romania were found guilty on Monday of conspiring to commit arson on a car and two properties linked to the prime minister. Continue reading...
Financial Times
Italian premier on offensive after US president claimed she ‘begged’ for a photo with him
Variety
In 2017, one Catalan animated feature hit cinema theaters. Eight years later, after a 2023 Oscar nomination for “Robot Dreams,” produced by Barcelona’s Arcadia Motion Pictures, in 2025 six Catalan animated features saw a theatrical release. This year, Catalonia has 11 titles selected for Annecy, between its festival and MIFA market, led by Contrechamp contender […]
Variety
Paris-based sales company Charades has closed a raft of Asian deals on Kohei Kadowaki’s animated feature ‘We Are Aliens’ ahead of its Annecy International Animation Film Festival premiere in Competition.The Japanese-French co-production has sold to Geen Narae Media in South Korea, Hooray Films in Taiwan, Shaw Organisation in Singapore, Intercontinental Film Distributors in Hong Kong […]