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By Rohith Nair April 26 (Reuters) – FIFA is in discussions with national associations to increase prize money for all 48 teams participating in the 2026 World Cup, soccer’s global governing body said on Sunday. The proposal must be approved at Tuesday’s FIFA Council meeting being held ahead of the 76th FIFA Congress in Vancouver. In December, FIFA said prize money for this year’s World Cup would be 50% higher than […]

Minnesota Timberwolves star guard Anthony Edwards will miss “multiple weeks” due to a left knee injury suffered Saturday night in his team’s 112-96 playoff win against the Denver Nuggets. Per ESPN, Edwards was diagnosed with a bone bruise and hyperextension of the knee on Sunday. Testing did not reveal any ligament damage, and he is scheduled to begin rehab immediately. The Timberwolves, the No. 6 seed, have a 3-1 lead […]

The San Antonio Spurs’ kids look ready, even if Victor Wembanyama may not be. With the Spurs star unavailable, second-year guard Stephon Castle delivered 33 points and rookie Dylan Harper pitched in a career-high 27 points along with 10 rebounds in a 120-108 victory in Portland on Friday to take a 2-1 series lead. Wembanyama, the 7-foot-4 Defensive Player of the Year averaging 25 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Two Israeli political heavyweights on Sunday said they would join forces in upcoming elections in a shared effort to unseat longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid served as prime ministers in a rotation agreement as part of a coalition government they formed in 2021. They now plan to merge their parties into single faction headed by Bennett. “The move is intended to unite […]

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he has “good conversations” with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he aims to settle the Ukraine war. “We’re working on the Russia situation, Russia and Ukraine, and hopefully we’re going to get it,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News’ “The Sunday Briefing.” Trump said he did not want to reveal when […]

LIMA, April 26 (Reuters) – Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori is heading for a dead-heat presidential runoff against leftist Roberto Sanchez, a new poll showed on Sunday, as Peru’s vote count drags on amid fraud allegations and a razor-thin battle for second place. The daughter of late President Alberto Fujimori would tie with Sanchez at 38% each in a June 7 runoff, polling firm Ipsos Peru said, in the first survey […]

WASHINGTON, April 26 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran can reach out to the United Stated if it wants to negotiate an end to the war between the two countries. “If they want to talk, they can come to us, or they can call us. You know, there is a telephone. We have nice, secure lines,” Trump said in an inteview on Fox News’ “The Sunday […]

Injuries are leaving a big mark on the NBA playoffs. Minnesota’s Donte DiVincenzo tore his Achilles tendon on Saturday night, which not only ends his season but calls his 2026-27 season into question. He joins Boston’s Jayson Tatum, Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton and then-Milwaukee’s, now-Portland’s Damian Lillard on the list of prominent players to tear Achilles tendons during playoff games in the last year or so. (And somehow, all four of […]

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — University or Buffalo linebacker Red Murdock was starting to wonder if he’d get drafted at all when the Denver Broncos made him “Mr. Irrelevant” as the 257th and final pick of the NFL draft on Saturday. “The thoughts crept in, but I was trying to keep my mind off of things that I can’t control,” Murdock said in a conference call with reporters at team headquarters […]