HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo has confirmed this year’s European Championship will be the last of his career. The Portugal superstar, who is 39, is playing at the Euros for a record sixth time and has helped his country reach the quarterfinals — where Kylian Mbappé and France await in Hamburg on Friday. Speaking
HELSINKI (AP) — Pål Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player turned celebrity art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting from the National Gallery in Oslo, has died. He was 57. Tina Wulf, press officer at Vålerenga Fotball, an acclaimed Oslo soccer club for which Enger played
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vandals have beheaded a sculpture featuring the Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus that had been exhibited in the cathedral in the Austrian city of Linz and drawn criticism from some traditionalist Catholics who said it was blasphemous. The sculpture had been on view at the St. Mary Cathedral, Austria’s largest
It’s been 100 years since a Scottish runner famously refused to race on a Sunday at the Paris Olympics because of his Christian beliefs. Devout top athletes say elite sports performance still poses some hurdles for the faith practices that are central to their lives on and off the field. At this summer’s Paris Olympics
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least two people. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica and
PARIS (AP) — The star president of France’s National Rally will take the helm of government only if the party wins an absolute majority in Sunday’s second round of legislative elections, the leading far-right figure Marine Le Pen said Tuesday. The National Rally, under party president Jordan Bardella , secured the most votes in the
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has had more masks than goals at the European Championship . The France captain is struggling with his peripheral vision in the masks that were fitted to protect his broken nose from his country’s opening game at Euro 2024. He wore a third different mask on Monday in the
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. Many analysts believe it will be one of the country’s most consequential elections since the end of World War II. Ahead of the July 4 vote, The Associated Press takes a
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Officials say at least 27 people have been killed in a stampede at a religious gathering in northern India. More than 150 people were admitted to hospitals after the crush that occurred in a village in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh, said medical official Umesh Tripathi. He said the death toll
Associated Press photographers were there as fans danced in the rain during the European Championship soccer match between host Germany and Denmark in Dortmund. In Olympic trials in the United States, track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone set a world record in winning the women’s 400-meter hurdles in Eugene, Oregon. In gymnastics, Tiana Sumanasekera launches onto the
