The Papers: 'Cruel summer' and 'Football's staying home'

FIFA President Gianni Infantino attends a World Cup match between Netherlands and Morocco at Monterrey Stadium, in Guadalupe, Mexico, on June 29, 2026. Carl Recine/Getty Images South America hide caption toggle caption Carl Recine/Getty Images South America Just days after staging the most lucrative World Cup in history, FIFA has a new — and instantly…

At least 18 people are dead as tens of thousands of migrants crossed into Spain’s north African exclave Ceuta over the past 24 hours, authorities said Friday. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is set to arrive in the city later in the day. 

In the week after the sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein died, Anya (not her real name) opened the door of her New York apartment. Outside was Epstein’s brother, Mark, telling her she had to leave, she says. Anya had lived for years in one of several flats on East 66th Street in Manhattan used by Jeffrey…

Fourth T20 international, Bristol India 158-7 (20 overs): Iyer 80 (49); Archer 2-20 England 159-1 (13.5 overs): Brook 79* (35), Salt 59* (42); Arshdeep 1-41 England won by nine wickets, lead five-match series 3-0 Scorecard England sealed their first-ever T20 series victory over India as their opponents suffered a record fifth straight defeat in completed…

At least 27 people died after a ferry capsized off Guyana, Prime Minister Mark Phillips said Monday, as rescuers searched for 83 people still missing. Sixty-nine passengers have been rescued since the MV Barima overturned Saturday night while traveling from Georgetown to the inland Essequibo region, Phillips said.

Trump: US will ‘destroy’ one bridge or power plant for every future Iranian Hormuz strike Donald Trump threatened retribution against Iran in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday. “From this point forward, any time the Islamic Republic of Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, whether it be by Missile, Rocket,…