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The ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup continues to produce record-breaking performances, with several stars making football history in the knockout stage. Following the conclusion of the Round of 32 and the commencement of the Round of 16 on Saturday, PUNCH Online highlights the players with the most goals in the knockout phase of World Cup. According to the rankings updated by FIFA on Friday, France captain Kylian Mbappé is the highest goalscorer in FIFA World Cup knockout-stage history with 10 goals. The 27-year-old reached the milestone following his two-goal performance in France’s 3-0 victory over Sweden in the Round of…
The Major County Sheriffs of America reportedly said it no longer opposes the CLARITY Act after initially raising concerns over how the bill would affect illicit finance investigations.In a letter to US Senate Banking Committee chair Tim Scott and Senator Elizabeth Warren on Friday, the MCSA said it shifted its stance on the CLARITY Act to “neutral” after some of its concerns in a May 14 letter regarding Section 604 in the bill were addressed.Section 604 relates to the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, which seeks to protect developers from liability for illicit activity committed by users on their decentralized platforms.…
Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce occurred on July 3, 2026, and among the over 1,000 attendees, including such stars as Bradley Cooper, Karli Kloss, Hugh Grant and more, was Donna Kelce. The mother of Travis and Jason Kelce, Donna is Taylor’s mother-in-law, and the two women have already established a close relationship over the years. “Everybody knows how close Travis is with his family,” a source told Us Weekly in January 2024. “So it really means everything to him how seamlessly Taylor blends in with all of them. His family is all about just hanging out, joking and having…
Applause erupted, drums began to beat, and car horns honked: Cape Verde’s narrow loss to Argentina was cause for celebration early Saturday in Praia as the Blue Sharks’ World Cup dream run came to a sad but brilliant end. The African archipelago of just over 500,000 people progressed to the knockout stages in their first-ever World Cup after drawing with European champions Spain, Uruguay, and Saudi Arabia in the group stage. However, after an epic last-32 contest in Miami where Cape Verde pushed Argentina to the brink, the reigning world champions snatched a 3-2 win to move on, and the…
Bitcoin’s realized profit and loss ratio has fallen to a 43-month low of -0.35, a figure that signals extreme market-wide loss conditions but has historically coincided with market bottoms, blockchain analytics platform CryptoQuant said.The Bitcoin realized P&L ratio — which measures the net percentage of Bitcoin (BTC) in profit or loss relative to total supply — hasn’t fallen this low since December 2022, shortly after FTX shockingly collapsed and sent Bitcoin below $16,000.“Historically the indicator has marked BTC bottoms with extreme precision,” CryptoQuant said on Thursday. In 2015 and 2019, the Bitcoin realized P&L ratio also fell below -0.35 before…
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s son Dylan Jagger Lee is officially married. Dylan, 28, tied the knot with interior designer Paula Bruss in Saint-Tropez, the same place where the pair got engaged two years ago, Vogue reported on Friday, July 3. The couple exchanged vows at a private villa in Les Parcs surrounded by friends and family, including Dylan’s parents and older brother, Brandon, 30. “The service was peaceful and sentimental,” Dylan told the outlet. “Seeing my beautiful wife walking down the aisle and reciting my vows in the middle of the most beautiful wildflower garden was a dream come…
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha has emerged as one of the breakout stars of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with his performances driving a massive surge in his social media following. Before Cape Verde played their first World Cup match, Vozinha’s account had 437 posts, over 46,000 followers, and was following 2,170 accounts. By the end of the country’s World Cup campaign, the account had 448 posts, 19.1 million followers, and was following 2,160 accounts. PUNCH Online reports that the goalkeeper’s Instagram account grew from about 1.5 million followers in June to 19.1 million in July, representing an increase of more…
Bitcoin (BTC) rallied, $50 short of $63,000, on July 3, and Ether (ETH) outperformed the wider market, pushing to $1,775. The end-of-week rally comes a few days after BTC fell to a 21-month low and ETH sank to fresh year-to-date lows. Highlighting the negative sentiment, the Crypto Fear & Greed index registered “Extreme Fear” at 11 out of 100. Crypto Fear & Greed Index. Source: Alternative.meThat gap between the “Extreme Fear” reading and Friday’s bullish market activity is worth noting. On July 2, US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took in a net $221.7 million, their largest single-day inflow since early…
Savannah Guthrie opened up about the “unending trauma” that she has suffered amid her mother Nancy Guthrie‘s disappearance. “It is five months of agony and unending trauma for our family,” Savannah, 54, said in a statement to local Arizona news outlet KOLD News 13 on Wednesday, July 1. “There is not a moment that goes by that we aren’t actively trying to find our mom.” Savannah issued a thank you to “the people of Tucson for holding her in their hearts, as well as both the FBI and the Pima County Sheriff’s Office for their tireless work on behalf of…
Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians not to lose faith in the country’s electoral process despite their experiences in the 2023 general elections. Mr Obi made the appeal on Thursday while visiting Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) centres at Nise and Nri civic centres in Anambra State. The presidential candidate encouraged eligible residents to register ahead of the 2027 general elections. He said the outcome of the 2023 elections should not discourage anyone from participating in future elections, stressing that voting remained the most effective means of building a better country. According to him,…
