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Folarin Balogun’s controversial return to the United States team ended in disappointment on Monday as Belgium produced a dominant display to eliminate the World Cup co-hosts with a 4-1 victory in their Round of 16 clash in Seattle. Balogun, who was cleared to play after FIFA suspended the implementation of his automatic one-match ban following his red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina, started as the Americans’ lone striker but failed to make a meaningful impact before being replaced by Haji Wright after 90 minutes. The defeat ended the United States’ hopes of reaching their first World Cup quarter-final since 2002…
United States, Mexico and Canada, joint hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, have all been eliminated from the tournament, following the USA’s 4-1 defeat to Belgium in the Round of 16 on Monday in Seattle. The US exit completes a difficult tournament for all three co-hosts, who had each reached the knockout stage on home soil but fell short of the quarter-finals. Canada were the first of the trio to bow out, losing 3-0 to Morocco in the Round of 16 on Saturday, July 4, in a tie in which Morocco’s Azzedine Ounahi scored twice before a late strike…
Bitcoin (BTC) fell from nearly $64,000 on Sunday to about $62,000 on Monday, and the primary trigger behind the move appeared to be a SEC disclosure showing Strategy’s largest ever sale of 3,588 BTC. The fuller explanation for the price action can be found deeper in the plumbing.Sunday’s climb toward $64,000 was almost entirely futures driven. Net futures buying reached roughly $415 million for the day, capped by a single four-hour burst of about $687 million that force-closed some $33 million in bets against Bitcoin. Spot flows over the same session were slightly negative, and this gap matters since a…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Public Enlightenment, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, on Monday unveiled a project awareness campaign to showcase key development projects of the administration across Northern Nigeria. The ‘Gani Ya Kori Ji’ initiative is a regional project inspection tour designed to highlight major infrastructure developments executed by President Bola Tinubu and state governors across the region. Mr Abdulaziz launched the initiative at the maiden Arewa Media Summit in Kano, themed “Government, Citizens: Accountability, Responsibility and Ethical Media Practice.” He stated that the project was designed to strengthen engagement between the government, citizens, and the media…
No fewer than 15 persons were burnt to death in a two bedroom apartment while three others were shot dead at various intervals over land dispute in Niger state. The incident happened when some yet-to-be identified assailants stormed the house where the 15 people were staying and set it ablaze killing all the occupants. Eyewitnesses told Arewa PUNCH that the incident happened in the two villages of Mararraban Gwadaro and Tashan Bako, in Rafi Local Government Area of the state where fighting has continued to rage over land dispute. Our correspondent learnt that trouble started on June 29 at about…
US President Donald Trump says he got involved in crypto “for politics” and became pro-crypto after seeing how much money the industry was making.At a press conference in the Oval Office on Monday to announce “Trump Accounts,” an investment account for children under 18, Trump was asked whether the accounts would allow for Bitcoin (BTC).“I’ve become a big crypto guy only for one reason: If we don’t have it, China’s going to have it,” Trump answered. “I’m a fan, I wasn’t initially, I didn’t know much about it, but, for some of my first term, I wasn’t much involved, and…
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Taylor Frankie Paul made rare comments about her relationship with ex-husband Tate Paul after their divorce. Taylor and Tate got married in 2016 and expanded their family twice before being involved in a “soft swinging” sex scandal. The controversy involved Taylor and Tate hooking up with couples — with them calling it quits in the aftermath of the drama. The reality star, who shares daughter Indy and son Ocean with Tate, found love with Dakota Mortensen, who was Taylor’s first boyfriend since her divorce. Taylor and Dakota faced major ups and downs —…
When President Bola Tinubu transmitted the state police constitutional amendment bill to the Senate, the debate largely revolved around insecurity, banditry and the inability of the Nigeria Police Force to police a country of over 200 million people effectively. The Senate passed the bill after more than two-thirds of senators voted in support via a manual voting process in which they raised their hands. The House of Representatives had earlier passed the bill on 11 June before proceeding on a two-week recess. The Senate is expected to transmit its version of the bill for concurrence or harmonisation if there are…
A visually impaired freshman at the University of Lagos, Ogunsua-Dixon Tijesuni, has recounted how she survived a brain tumour, multiple surgeries and years of rehabilitation to emerge as the country’s best matriculating candidate in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Equal Opportunity Group for Persons with Disabilities. Tijesuni, a 100-level Mass Communication student, spoke exclusively with The PUNCH on Monday, after she was recently honoured at the maiden Rite Foods National Academic Excellence Awards, where she was recognised alongside six other outstanding matriculants from the 2025 admission exercise. The Ondo State-born student scored 288 in the 2025 UTME and recorded…
Layer-1 blockchains will come under increasing pressure to sacrifice decentralization for speed and efficiency as adoption of the technology grows, according to Injective CEO Eric Chen.This pressure will come from the need to satisfy users’ desire for faster speeds or more block space for higher throughput, Chen told Cointelegraph’s Chain Reaction podcast on Monday. “In our mind, it’s essentially about finding scaling opportunities without compromising the fundamental pillars that define what a blockchain is,” he said. With blockchain adoption accelerating due to institutional adoption and agentic AI finance, this tension is about to be tested on a much larger scale. Part of…
