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Jeff KassoufJun 7, 2025, 05:17 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.HARRISON, N.J. — United States women’s national team midfielder Rose Lavelle played her first match in sixth months on Saturday in NJ/NY Gotham FC’s 2-1 loss to the league-leading Kansas City Current at Sports Illustrated Stadium.Lavelle entered the match in the 74th minute for her first competitive appearance of any kind since Dec. 3, 2024, with the USWNT. Lavelle…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, a possible candidate in the country’s presidential election next year, was shot and wounded at a campaign rally in Bogota on Saturday, authorities said.His conservative Democratic Center party released a statement calling it “an unacceptable act of violence.”The attack took place in a park in the Fontibon neighborhood when armed assailants shot him from behind, said the right-wing Democratic Center, which was the party of former President Alvaro Uribe. The men are not related. Images circulating on social media showed Uribe Turbay, 39, covered in blood, apparently with a head wound,…

CNN  —  The Israeli military says it has killed the leader of a Palestinian militant group that took part in the October 7, 2023, terror attacks on southern Israel. Asaad Abu Sharia, who led the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement and its armed wing the Mujahideen Brigades, was killed in a joint operation with Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday. His death and that of his brother Ahmed Abu Sharia were confirmed by the militant group hours after Gaza’s Civil Defense reported that an Israeli airstrike had hit their family home in the Sabra area…

CNN  —  Sovereignty, the 2025 Kentucky Derby winner, won the 157th running of the Belmont Stakes in Saratoga Springs, New York, on Saturday. The Godolphin-owned 3-year-old – who came into the race as the 5-2 favorite – narrowly beat the other favorite and Preakness Stakes winner, Journalism, by a margin of three lengths. The win means Sovereignty has won two legs of horse racing’s Triple Crown. The horse’s team made the call after the Derby to not enter Sovereignty into the Preakness last month and instead focus on the Belmont. Baeza took third place – the same 1-2-3 as the…

England coach Thomas Tuchel criticised his team after they struggled to a 1-0 victory away to Andorra in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday.Tuchel has won his first three matches in charge with no goals conceded but had it not been for Harry Kane’s 50th-minute goal his team would have faced humiliation against a side ranked 173rd in the world.After collecting the three points that put England in command of Group K, Tuchel made no attempt to sugar coat a performance that was way below par.”We are not happy of course,” he said. “We lost the momentum completely after the…

Brentford are prepared to listen to offers from Tottenham for Thomas Frank, who would be interested in speaking to Spurs if given permission.Although the club do not wish to stand in his way if he wishes to move to a bigger club, they do not plan to let him go on the cheap. Brentford therefore expect any offer from Spurs to be a serious one.Frank has a release clause in his contract. It is widely being reported to be in the region of £10million.An official approach is yet to come but one is anticipated in west London. And Sky Sports…

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures while boarding Air Force One as he departs for New Jersey at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U.S., June 6, 2025. Nathan Howard | ReutersPresident Donald Trump told NBC News on Saturday that Elon Musk would see “serious consequences” if he backs Democratic candidates who challenge Republicans supporting the “big, beautiful bill.””If he does, he’ll have to pay the consequences for that,” Trump told NBC News’ Kristen Welker in a phone interview.”He’ll have to pay very serious consequences if he does that,” he continued, without giving specifics on what that would look like.Trump also said that…

Demonstrations against tech billionaire Elon Musk are continuing, even after the Tesla CEO stepped away from his role leading the Department of Government Efficiency and engaged in an all-out feud this week with Donald Trump over the president’s massive tax and domestic policy bill known as the “big, beautiful bill.” Musk, who contributed $288 million to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign, called the bill a “disgusting abomination” just days after announcing he would leave DOGE, his federal cost-cutting project. As the two traded jabs, Trump threatened to cut government contracts for Musk’s companies and Musk claimed that “Trump would have lost…

Chelsea have made an offer to sign Jamie Gittens from Borussia Dortmund, with the player keen on the move. The club are hoping to sign him before Tuesday’s deadline as they want him to play in the Club World Cup. Dortmund are also taking part in the competition.The west London club are looking to strengthen in the winger position following the decision not to take up the option to sign Jadon Sancho permanently.The 20-year-old winger was a target in January and has remained high on a list of eight or nine attacking names Chelsea are working on this summer. Gittens…

Man City have agreed a deal worth up to £36.3m for Wolves left-back Rayan Ait Nouri. The 23-year-old is now free to discuss personal terms and undergo a medical. City are hopeful of getting Ait Nouri’s medical completed and the deal finalised before Tuesday’s 7pm deadline which will allow him to play in the Club World Cup.The deal is worth an initial £31m rising to a potential £36.3m.The Algeria international moved to the Molineux from French side Angers in 2020 and has made 157 appearances for Wolves, scoring 12 and setting up 19. Angers will due around £9.7m after they…