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Argentina captain Lionel Messi, Iran defender Ramin Rezaeian and Canada centre-back Derek Cornelius have emerged as the leading performers in FIFA’s latest Power Rankings after the opening round of group-stage matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The rankings, powered by Aramco and released by FIFA on Thursday, use advanced analytics to assess players’ contributions across attacking, creativity and defending categories. Messi topped the attacking rankings following his hat-trick in Argentina’s 3-0 victory over Algeria, while Rezaeian led the creativity category after an influential display in Iran’s 2-2 draw with New Zealand. Cornelius ranked first among defenders after a commanding…

The layer-1 blockchain Algorand has released its plan to tackle the potential threat of quantum computing, with a roadmap to update the network’s infrastructure by the end of 2027.Algorand Foundation technology chief Bruno Martins said Thursday that the updates will aim to give the network broad quantum resilience, a threat it has been researching and preparing for several years.“Governments, standards bodies, and security experts around the world are already preparing for a future where quantum computers may break many of the cryptographic systems that protect today’s digital infrastructure,” Martins said. Algorand is the latest crypto project to plan for quantum computing…

Kyle Cooke has addressed his status on Summer House after sending the rumor mill into overdrive with a cryptic post. “End of Season 10 and a decade of filming this show as I know it,” Kyle, 43, clarified via an edited Instagram message on Thursday, June 18, alongside a slideshow from his final day filming season 10 of the Bravo series. “The show isn’t cancelled and this is not me announcing I won’t return. I was feeling emo and always planned sharing the cover photo because it DID feel like the end of an era, which is why everyone else…

Nigeria’s journey to the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, begins this weekend as the country’s finest athletes converge on the Yaba College of Technology Sports Complex in Lagos for the highly anticipated Commonwealth Games Trials. The three-day competition, scheduled for 20–22 June, will serve as the mandatory selection event for athletes seeking places on Team Nigeria ahead of the Commonwealth Games later this summer. A total of 32 events will be contested, with several marquee races and field events expected to produce world-class performances and fierce competition. This year’s trials arrive against the backdrop of an increasingly intense rivalry…

The Nigeria Football Referees’ Association (NFRA) has strongly condemned the assault on match officials following the 2026 President’s Federation Cup semi-final between Nasarawa United and Ikorodu City at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, Edo State. The disturbing incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, 17 June, shortly after the conclusion of the fiercely contested encounter, which was decided via a penalty shootout. According to reports made available to the NFRA, tensions flared immediately after the final whistle as the match officials made their way towards the tunnel. Two Nasarawa United players, whose identities were withheld, alongside a member of the club’s…

In their small, decrepit home in Yawota, in Nigeria’s southwestern Oyo State, sisters Deborah Oyedele and Abosede Ojedele took turns consoling each other as they waited for news of their abducted children. Oyedele’s son and Ojedele’s two boys were among 46 children—aged two to 16—and staff seized by gunmen from their schools on May 15 in two neighbouring towns on the edges of Old Oyo National Park. Southwestern Nigeria has long been considered one of the safest regions in a country struggling with multiple security crises. But the kidnappings quickly became a hot-button issue, prompting protests, a statewide teachers’ strike…

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has ordered an immediate scale-up of waste evacuation operations across the state following growing complaints by residents over heaps of refuse littering roads, medians and communities. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement on his Facebook page on Thursday, assured residents that additional trucks and personnel had been deployed to tackle the refuse challenge. The governor said the Lagos Waste Management Authority, the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources had been directed to intensify waste clearance efforts in affected areas. He wrote, “I have directed an immediate scale-up of…

Iran’s World Cup team will lodge a complaint with FIFA claiming they are being subjected to travel restrictions during the tournament in North America, the Iranian football federation spokesman said on Thursday. “Despite having submitted its preparation schedule for the tournament well in advance, Iran’s national football team has once again encountered restrictions imposed by the organisers, affecting the implementation of its technical staff’s plans,” the spokesman said. Iran wanted to fly from their base camp in Tijuana, Mexico, to the United States two days before their next match, against Belgium in Los Angeles on Sunday. But the Iranian federation…

The Ethereum Foundation has lost another high-ranking contributor, amid increasing scrutiny of the research organization as the network faces ongoing questions about talent retention and governance philosophy.In a post on X, co-executive director Hsiao-Wei Wang announced that she had stepped down from her role, effective immediately, following a recent sabbatical. Wang wrote that “Ethereum has always been bigger than any role” and indicated that she has not yet decided what she will do next.Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin commented on Wang’s an X post, acknowledging that she had taken on “the most challenging position in the Ethereum Foundation” alongside Tomasz Stanczak,…

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