LIV Golf secured a lead investor and announced plans for players to become majority equity holders, aiming to ensure the league's future following the planned withdrawal of funding from Saudi Arabia's PIF.
Leaked documents reveal Fifa president Gianni Infantino held advanced talks in late 2020 to rebrand the European Super League under Fifa branding, outlining a 12-year partnership and joint commercial venture.
Norwegian champion Sigrid Haugset seized the Tour de France Femmes overall lead after a 90km solo breakaway win on stage three to Poligny, becoming the first Norwegian to wear the yellow jersey.
Norway's Sigrid Haug2 won stage three of Tour de France Femmes, beating Belgium's Lotte Kopecky by over a minute on a 156.5km stage from Geneva to Poligny.
Dutch sprinter Lorena Wiebes claimed her second victory in the Tour de France Femmes in Geneva, extending her overall lead. Despite her success, Wiebes and her SD Worx Protime team are pursuing legal action against the UCI over her disqualification from the Giro d'Italia in May due to an underweight bike, citing a flawed weighing process.
Gumatj Corporation leader Djawa Yunupiŋu announces the creation of the Dilak Land Council, aiming to drive economic development for Yolŋu people by granting direct decision-making power over their land, potentially bypassing the Northern Land Council (NLC).
Ecuador's Richard Carapaz won stage 18 of the Tour de France with a commanding breakaway in the French Alps. Overall leader Tadej Pogacar maintained his yellow jersey lead, but his UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad is experiencing sickness, leading to Brandon McNulty's abandonment.
Richard Carapaz won stage 18 of the Tour de France at Orcières-Merlette, while race leader Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates XRG faces uncertainty due to a virus affecting riders, including Brandon McNulty's abandonment. Pogacar maintains a significant lead but expresses worry ahead of mountain stages.
Opposition parties in New Delhi staged a walkout from an all-party meeting to protest the government's invitation to a Trinamool Congress breakaway faction, which has merged with the Nationalist Citizens Party of India and secured separate Lok Sabha seats.
Mads Pedersen won the fourth stage of the Tour de France in extreme heat, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar lost the yellow jersey. Uno-X Mobility rider Torstein Traeen is the new race leader.
The Vatican has excommunicated four bishops and two other bishops from the breakaway Society of Saint Pius X (SPPX) for consecrating bishops without papal approval. The group's formal followers are also declared schismatic and excommunicated.
The Vatican has imposed excommunication and schism on the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) and its formal adherents after the group consecrated four bishops in Switzerland without papal authorization, annulling past concessions.
The Vatican declared priests and lay Catholics of the breakaway Society of St Pius X excommunicated for schism after they ordained bishops without Pope Leo XIV's approval. The group, which opposes Vatican II reforms, now celebrates sacraments illicitly.
The Vatican has excommunicated six bishops from the ultraconservative Society of St Pius X and warned that lay believers adhering to the group face the same fate. This action follows the group's consecration of four new bishops, defying Pope Leo's plea.
Thousands gathered in Écône, Switzerland, for the ordination of four Catholic bishops from the controversial Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), defying Pope Leo XIV's appeal. The SSPX rejects Vatican II reforms and insists on Latin Mass, challenging Church unity.
A breakaway Catholic group, the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his sanction in the Swiss Alps. The SSPX, which rejects Vatican II reforms, cited a "state of necessity" to minister to its faithful.
Five former senior Ethereum Foundation researchers have launched Ethlabs, an independent nonprofit R&D lab focused on making Ethereum the global economy's settlement layer. The lab explicitly frames its mission around ETH's value and monetary properties, a departure from the Foundation's neutral stance. Backed by ETH treasury companies and ecosystem players, Ethlabs aims to address a perceived funding and legitimacy gap within Ethereum's core development.
A breakaway faction of the Trinamool Congress, led by Ritabrata Bandopadhyay and claiming support from 64 MLAs, has formed a new 30-member national working committee, appointing Arup Roy as chairperson. The group plans to appoint a special auditor due to concerns over party accounts. TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh dismissed the move as unconstitutional.
Speculation about a Trinamool Congress-Congress merger has sparked debate on whether leaders like Mamata Banerjee and Sharad Pawar should return to the Congress to strengthen the opposition against the BJP. While the BJP's rise has made opposition unity crucial, a merger faces practical challenges and risks diluting regional parties' identities. The INDIA bloc model of cooperation while retaining separate identities is suggested as a more viable path.
Shiv Sena UBT alleges two MPs, Omraje Nimbalkar and Sanjay Patil, denied signing a letter to form a separate group. Patil and Nimbalkar stated they were not in Delhi and denied joining the Shinde Sena, with Patil claiming he was in Mumbai. UBT Sena issued a whip for a party meeting, hoping for attendance to prevent the breakaway group from meeting the 2/3rds requirement.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders are projecting party unity amid intense speculation about MPs potentially breaking away. Party officials state no MP has officially communicated plans to quit. A whip has been issued for all MPs to attend a parliamentary meeting.
Speculation is rife over a potential split in Shiv Sena (UBT) following reports of Deputy CM Eknath Shinde meeting with 6 MPs from Uddhav Thackeray's camp in Delhi. Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant urged the Lok Sabha Speaker not to recognize any breakaway faction.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant has urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla not to grant recognition to any breakaway faction of the party. This comes amid reports that 6 out of 9 Lok Sabha MPs may switch allegiance to the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
Somaliland has opened an embassy in Jerusalem, a move praised by Israeli PM Netanyahu. This follows Israel's recognition of Somaliland as an independent nation six months prior. Somalia condemned the engagement, calling it a violation of its sovereignty.
