Ceuta 2026 dwarfs 2021 migration crisis
Almost all of the tens of thousands of migrants who entered Spain’s enclave of Ceuta had left by Saturday, according to officials. An estimated 60,000 migrants crossed into Ceuta from neighbouring Morocco over just a few days, with at least 67 people…
Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche, his company says
Renowned mountaineer and former British Army soldier Nirmal Purja is among those killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan, his company has said. Sharing the news on social media, Elite Expeditions said it confirmed with «profound sadness and…
Africa: Fighting erupts in Ethiopia’s Tigray
Clashes between Tigray’s TPLF and the Ethiopian federal army are taking place in a contested area of the northern region, with fears of a renewed war. The last Tigray war, which took place between 2020-2022 left 600,000 dead, and the region has not yet…
Fifa World Cup plans: Uefa has ‘lost confidence’ in Gianni Infantino’s Fifa leadership
Uefa says it has lost confidence in Gianni Infantino’s Fifa leadership as the fallout from the scrapped controversial investment plan intensifies. On Saturday, Infantino said Fifa would no longer proceed with the proposal to sell stakes in the…
France Cricket implodes: letters hidden in a drawer and a board at war
A February letter from the sports ministry was explosive for French cricket. Arriving at France Cricket’s Saint-Maurice headquarters on February 11, the letter declared that no mandate for the sport had been granted for 2026-2029 and underscored…
Will Fifa president Gianni Infantino lose his job? If so, who comes in?
Victor Montagliani (Concacaf president) Like Infantino, he was elected in 2016 promising governance reform. A former president of Canada Soccer, Montagliani was heavily involved in the build up to, and delivery of the 2026 World Cup, the first to be…
French firefighters stop wildfires’ spread but they continue to burn
Firefighters on Saturday had managed to stem the advance of a new fast-moving blaze in the southeast of France, as the country’s largest wildfire in more than 70 years remained contained but not yet under control in the southwest. France has for…
Spain attacks ‘selfish’ response of some EU countries to Ceuta migrant crossings
There were chaotic scenes on Thursday in Ceuta as border controls in the North African enclave apparently broke down. On Saturday morning, Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar told the BBC that the situation was «beginning to get under control» and…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino scraps controversial World Cup investment plan – Sports
FIFA President Gianni Infantino was met with unprecedented backlash following his proposal for the structural reform of the World Cup. Under pressure, he announced that he was withdrawing his plan to sell part of the tournament to private investors. This…
Watch: Why Fifa dropped plans to sell stakes in the World Cup
BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil explains why Fifa president Gianni Infantino has backed down on his controversial investment proposal for the football governing body’s major competitions. Infantino said it had become clear the project had «created…