Pyramids have won the CAF Champions League for the first time in their history after a 3-2 aggregate victory over South African side Mamelodi Sundowns. The first leg ended in a 1-1 draw in Pretoria. In the second leg, the Egyptian side secured a 2-1 win on the night. Fiston Mayele gave Pyramids the lead in the 23rd minute, a goal that took him to the top of the CAF Champions League scoring chart with six goals. Ahmed Samy doubled Pyramids’ lead in the 56th minute with a header from a free kick. Iqraam Rayners gave Sundowns hope in the...
LAFC Secures A Spot In The FIFA Club World Cup, Joins Chelsea’s Group After A Dramatic Comeback 2-1 Win Over Club America.
Gabon international Denis Bouanga drilled home the winner five minutes from the end of extra time after the match, being played at LAFC’s BMO Stadium, had finished 1-1. The one-off game was played after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld Fifa’s decision to expel Mexican side Club Leon from the new extended 32-team tournament, which will be played in the United States from 15 June to 13 July. Fifa determined in March that Club Leon did not meet tournament regulations on multi-club ownership. They had qualified for the Club World Cup after beating LAFC in the 2023 Concacaf Champions...
NDLEA Busts Syndicate Using Hajj Pilgrimage To Smuggle Drugs Via Kano
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has busted a drug trafficking syndicate that was allegedly sponsoring Hajj pilgrims to smuggle narcotics out of the country through Kano State. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi indicated that the cartel’s activities came to light with the arrest of two alleged drug mules, Ibrahim Umar Mustapha and Muhammad Siraj Shifado, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on 26 May 2025. The suspects had made plans to travel to Jeddah through Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 940. “They were subsequently placed on excretion observation, during which they excreted 45 wraps of...
Zelenskyy Applauds Ukraine’s Heaviest Operation On Russia, Says Its “Entirely Justified And Deserved
The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a post on Sunday applauded the country’s deadliest blow on Russia military since the war began. Zelenskyy revealed Ukraine began planning the raid on Russia’s strategic aviation a year and a half ago, keeping the operation completely secret and carried out one of the most stunning successes since the inception of war between the two countries. The president who posted on his verified X account on Sunday wrote in a statement defended his moves, stating that there intelligence information that Russia was preparing another massive strike. He wrote: “A brilliant operation was carried out...
Alcaraz Advances to French Open Quarter-Finals After Four-Set Thriller Against Shelton
Carlos Alcaraz secured his place in the French Open quarter-finals following a thrilling four-set victory over American star Ben Shelton. The defending champion overcame Shelton with a scoreline of 7-6 (10-8), 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Speaking after the match, Alcaraz reflected on the high-intensity contest: “I tried to calm myself in those moments when I was down and tried to get going,” he said. “We brought the level to the top, saw some really good tennis. “We stayed there in the whole match. For me, it’s great having Ben around—great energy. “I think we played really great tennis, really complete. He’s...
Bangladesh Opens Trial Of Deposed Ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
A special tribunal set up to try Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina began proceedings Sunday by accepting charges of crimes against humanity filed against her in connection with a mass uprising in which hundreds of students were killed last year. The Dhaka-based International Crimes Tribunal directed investigators to produce Hasina, a former home minister and a former police chief before the court on June 16. Hasina has been in exile in India since Aug. 5, 2024, while former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan is missing and possibly also in India. Former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has been arrested. Bangladesh sent a formal request...
A Man Opens Fire On German Police Near The Czech Border And Is Shot Dead
A man was fatally shot near Germany’s border with the Czech Republic after a federal police patrol stopped his car for a check and he fired at officers, police said Sunday. The shooting occurred on a road between Schirnding and Münchenreuth, just inside Germany, on Saturday afternoon. Bavarian police said the driver left his car and fired at the officers, who returned fire and fatally wounded him. He died at the scene. The driver, who was alone in the car, was identified as a 47-year-old Iranian who had lived in the Mannheim area of southwestern Germany for several years. Police...
FBI Says 8 Injured In Colorado Attack By Man With Makeshift Flamethrower Who Yelled ‘Free Palestine’
A man with a makeshift flamethrower yelled “Free Palestine” and hurled an incendiary device into a group that had assembled to raise attention for Israeli hostages in Gaza, law enforcement officials said Sunday. Eight people were injured, some with burns. The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was booked into the Boulder County jail north of Denver and expected to face charges in connection with the attack the FBI was investigating as a terrorist act. Online records did not immediately show when he would make a court appearance. The burst of violence at the popular Pearl Street pedestrian mall, a four-block...
31 Palestinians Are Killed Heading To A Gaza Aid Site, Witnesses Say. Israel Denies Responsibility
At least 31 people were killed and over 170 were wounded Sunday as large crowds were on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, health officials and witnesses said. Witnesses said Israeli forces fired toward the crowds just before dawn around a kilometer (about 1,100 yards) from an aid site run by an Israeli-backed foundation. Israel’s military denied its forces fired at civilians near or within the site in the southern city of Rafah. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with procedure, said troops fired warning shots at several suspects advancing toward them overnight....