Morning Digest
25 stories from 4 sources, 47 more held back.
The Russian Athletics Federation (RUSAF) has lodged a second claim against World Athletics (WA), challenging what it described as a “politicized” ban on Russians in international competitions.
An American oil company backed by powerful associates of US President Donald Trump has shipped drilling equipment to Greenland without permission from the Danish territory’s government. Is Trump trying to annex Greenland one bite at a time? Less than two weeks ago, a Danish tugboat towed a cargo ship into port at Nerlerit Inaat, 450 kilometers above the Arctic circle on Greenland’s east coast.
US military pressure forcing Hormuz closure – Iran. The Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened through diplomacy while Washington continues to use military pressure against Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. Iran closed Hormuz in response to a US-Israeli military campaign launched in late February.
A German journalist’s question to Vladimir Zelensky about how Europe could help Kiev “kill more Russians” amounted to a “glorification of war” and was “against humanity,” former Hamburg MP Martin Dolzer has told RT.
US President Donald Trump knows he can neither sustain nor win a protracted war against Iran, political scientist and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer has said.
NATO member hit by ammo depot fire. Multiple explosions have been heard at a Bulgarian munitions storage facility after a delivery truck serving a military plant caught fire, local media have reported.
A powerful earthquake hit Colombia on Monday, killing at least 30 people, according to estimates from the local authorities. Tremors were felt in several major cities across the country, as well as neighboring Ecuador and Panama.
German news coverage of Russia is becoming increasingly radical as the media grooms the public for war, correspondent Thomas Roeper told RT. Roeper made the remarks on Monday after Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correspondent Michael Martens asked Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky how Europe could help Kiev “kill more Russians. The journalist hastily clarified that he meant “more Russian…
Child migrants raped amid massive influx into Spanish exclave – Euronews. At least four girls under 14 have been treated for alleged sexual assaults in the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta, after a massive migrant influx overwhelmed reception facilities in the area and left minors sleeping on the streets, Euronews has reported.
President Donald Trump must end the US blockade of Cuba as fuel shortages cause severe power cuts and deepen the island’s humanitarian crisis, South African anti-apartheid cleric Michael Lapsley has said. Lapsley is traveling to Havana to address a colloquium marking the centenary of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro’s birth.
Hitler’s forgotten Ukrainian state lasted just three days. The period between the two world wars was a turbulent time. Entire countries sprang up and sometimes fell in a matter of days.
Mass graves containing the bodies of 25 civilians have been found in Kurmuk in Sudan’s Blue Nile region after the army retook the town, Kurmuk commissioner Abdel Aty Mohamed al Faki has said. Al Faki accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of executing the victims, local news outlets reported on Sunday.
Senate Republicans are now warning that Trump’s voter ID crusade could cost them their majority in November. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had to end a campaign rally early after hecklers grilled him about a cushy plea deal for a child molester. Donald Trump just admitted he doesn’t actually have any proof of his vandalism claims about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
"Definitely a lot of dark moments," Anderson told reporters on a Zoom call Monday. "Got to a point where I couldn't enjoy it. ... I still love the game; it just brought too much pain for me.
This page will be updated throughout the summer, so continue to check back for the latest content. Summer ramps up our excitement about the 2026 fantasy football draft season. Whether you play in a casual redraft league, an intense deep dynasty format or anything in between, we at ESPN Fantasy are here to help.
It's Monday, and with another weekend of 2026 NWSL regular season in the books, it's time for ESPN's Power Rankings. Who's set for a climb up the table? Who's in danger of a free fall?
As college athletes become bigger targets for sexual exploitation online, the NCAA and FBI announced a partnership Monday to educate athletes on how to prevent private images from falling into the wrong hands.
Traditionally, head coaches have been the only member of a team that can declare a challenge by throwing the red flag. But that will change in 2026 if a coach prefers to assign the task to someone else, a decision he would have to inform officials of before the start of the game. The change was not announced during the NFL's annual meeting where rule changes are typically voted on.
Palace is set to pay RSL $15 million to acquire the contract of Gozo, with RSL retaining a sell-on percentage of his contract between 20% and 25%. The Athletic was the first to report Gozo's imminent arrival at the London club. Gozo, 19, is viewed as a budding star within U.S. soccer circles.
With the dawn of a new Premier League season just around the corner, Liverpool very much remain a work in progress.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Twelve days, 10 practices, and it's time to get the heck out of West Virginia. The New York Giants got in their work, secluded, in the first summer under John Harbaugh. Mixed in have been team hangouts, dinners, golf at the beautiful Greenbrier and a trip to see "Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL:. One teammate even nicknamed him "Silent Assassin." All of which makes what has unfolded through the Patriots' 12 training camp practices this summer stand out that much more.
Many people will have started hearing the name Kimi Antonelli float about, whether you follow Formula 1 or not. For those less familiar with the highest tier of motorsport, you might be wondering who is this Italian teenager and how has he risen to the top so quickly. Those within F1 will tell you that his rise was never in doubt and that it was only a matter of time.
The rookie parade continued through the past week, as a trio of top-40-overall prospects from Kiley McDaniel's May update -- all of them shortstops in the AL -- made their MLB debuts. Each of them has the potential to make an immediate impact, including in ESPN standard leagues.
A week ago, OpenAI’s upcoming Astra model was making major waves in the math world after knocking out 10 long-standing problems. Days later, it set off an alarm the company had never rung before.
The Russian Athletics Federation (RUSAF) has lodged a second claim against World Athletics (WA), challenging what it described as a “politicized” ban on Russians in international competitions.
An American oil company backed by powerful associates of US President Donald Trump has shipped drilling equipment to Greenland without permission from the Danish territory’s government. Is Trump trying to annex Greenland one bite at a time? Less than two weeks ago, a Danish tugboat towed a cargo ship into port at Nerlerit Inaat, 450 kilometers above the Arctic circle on Greenland’s east coast.
US military pressure forcing Hormuz closure – Iran. The Strait of Hormuz cannot be reopened through diplomacy while Washington continues to use military pressure against Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said. Iran closed Hormuz in response to a US-Israeli military campaign launched in late February.
A German journalist’s question to Vladimir Zelensky about how Europe could help Kiev “kill more Russians” amounted to a “glorification of war” and was “against humanity,” former Hamburg MP Martin Dolzer has told RT.
US President Donald Trump knows he can neither sustain nor win a protracted war against Iran, political scientist and University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer has said.
NATO member hit by ammo depot fire. Multiple explosions have been heard at a Bulgarian munitions storage facility after a delivery truck serving a military plant caught fire, local media have reported.
A powerful earthquake hit Colombia on Monday, killing at least 30 people, according to estimates from the local authorities. Tremors were felt in several major cities across the country, as well as neighboring Ecuador and Panama.
German news coverage of Russia is becoming increasingly radical as the media grooms the public for war, correspondent Thomas Roeper told RT. Roeper made the remarks on Monday after Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung correspondent Michael Martens asked Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky how Europe could help Kiev “kill more Russians. The journalist hastily clarified that he meant “more Russian…
Child migrants raped amid massive influx into Spanish exclave – Euronews. At least four girls under 14 have been treated for alleged sexual assaults in the Spanish North African exclave of Ceuta, after a massive migrant influx overwhelmed reception facilities in the area and left minors sleeping on the streets, Euronews has reported.
President Donald Trump must end the US blockade of Cuba as fuel shortages cause severe power cuts and deepen the island’s humanitarian crisis, South African anti-apartheid cleric Michael Lapsley has said. Lapsley is traveling to Havana to address a colloquium marking the centenary of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro’s birth.
Hitler’s forgotten Ukrainian state lasted just three days. The period between the two world wars was a turbulent time. Entire countries sprang up and sometimes fell in a matter of days.
Mass graves containing the bodies of 25 civilians have been found in Kurmuk in Sudan’s Blue Nile region after the army retook the town, Kurmuk commissioner Abdel Aty Mohamed al Faki has said. Al Faki accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of executing the victims, local news outlets reported on Sunday.
"Definitely a lot of dark moments," Anderson told reporters on a Zoom call Monday. "Got to a point where I couldn't enjoy it. ... I still love the game; it just brought too much pain for me.
This page will be updated throughout the summer, so continue to check back for the latest content. Summer ramps up our excitement about the 2026 fantasy football draft season. Whether you play in a casual redraft league, an intense deep dynasty format or anything in between, we at ESPN Fantasy are here to help.
It's Monday, and with another weekend of 2026 NWSL regular season in the books, it's time for ESPN's Power Rankings. Who's set for a climb up the table? Who's in danger of a free fall?
As college athletes become bigger targets for sexual exploitation online, the NCAA and FBI announced a partnership Monday to educate athletes on how to prevent private images from falling into the wrong hands.
Traditionally, head coaches have been the only member of a team that can declare a challenge by throwing the red flag. But that will change in 2026 if a coach prefers to assign the task to someone else, a decision he would have to inform officials of before the start of the game. The change was not announced during the NFL's annual meeting where rule changes are typically voted on.
Palace is set to pay RSL $15 million to acquire the contract of Gozo, with RSL retaining a sell-on percentage of his contract between 20% and 25%. The Athletic was the first to report Gozo's imminent arrival at the London club. Gozo, 19, is viewed as a budding star within U.S. soccer circles.
With the dawn of a new Premier League season just around the corner, Liverpool very much remain a work in progress.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Twelve days, 10 practices, and it's time to get the heck out of West Virginia. The New York Giants got in their work, secluded, in the first summer under John Harbaugh. Mixed in have been team hangouts, dinners, golf at the beautiful Greenbrier and a trip to see "Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL:. One teammate even nicknamed him "Silent Assassin." All of which makes what has unfolded through the Patriots' 12 training camp practices this summer stand out that much more.
Many people will have started hearing the name Kimi Antonelli float about, whether you follow Formula 1 or not. For those less familiar with the highest tier of motorsport, you might be wondering who is this Italian teenager and how has he risen to the top so quickly. Those within F1 will tell you that his rise was never in doubt and that it was only a matter of time.
The rookie parade continued through the past week, as a trio of top-40-overall prospects from Kiley McDaniel's May update -- all of them shortstops in the AL -- made their MLB debuts. Each of them has the potential to make an immediate impact, including in ESPN standard leagues.
Senate Republicans are now warning that Trump’s voter ID crusade could cost them their majority in November. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had to end a campaign rally early after hecklers grilled him about a cushy plea deal for a child molester. Donald Trump just admitted he doesn’t actually have any proof of his vandalism claims about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
A week ago, OpenAI’s upcoming Astra model was making major waves in the math world after knocking out 10 long-standing problems. Days later, it set off an alarm the company had never rung before.