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Irish Examiner
2 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Netherlands pip Spain to Euro U19 glory after Jimenez own goal
The Netherlands have claimed their first ever Uefa European U19 Championship by beating holders Spain in Bucharest. A single own goal by the unlucky goalkeeper Raul Jimenez was enough to get the Dutch over the line. The triumph means The Netherlands are only the second nation - after Germany - to win all of UEFA's current national team football championships: that includes men's and women's Euros, U21 Euros, men's and women's U19 Euros and the men's and women's U17 Euros. Player of the Tournament went to the champions' Kees Smit who finished as joint top scorer in the competition. The Netherlands's showed the most promise in the first half. Chances fell to Givairo Read and Don-Angelo Konadu but neither could find the net. Omar Janneh had an effort of his own slip wide. Spain's Jon Martin and Izan Merino had chances of their own but couldn't break the ice in Bucharest. Feyenoord's Aymen Sliti had a pop from range but it failed to test Jimenez in goal. PSV's Tygo Land saw his second half effort crash off the post and three minutes later Antonio Cordero's struck it once again. The woodwork came into play once more when Oscar Marcos headed the ball off the crossbar. A breakthrough seemed inevitable. Kees Smit's free kick came close and teammate Ayoub Oufkir's one-on-one opportunity came to nothing. However, the deadlock was finally broken after 63 minutes when Netherlands captain Givairo Read drove a low cross that was deflected by Jimenez into his own net. The Dutch weren't out of the woods yet. Sparta Prague goalkeeper Joeri Heerkens made an excellent save to deny Alejandro Monserrate's header and with little left on the clock saved a Spanish free from just outside the area. Oufkir blew another one-on-one with minutes to go and starman Smit was lucky to get away with giving a penalty to the Spaniards, but the Netherlands held on. Read More Cristiano Ronaldo signs new two-year deal with Al Nassr
Fox News
3 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Trump goes after CNN, NY Times for ‘fake news' about strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities
President Donald Trump called out CNN and The New York Times for "fake news" on Wednesday about the strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. "Great statements just came out from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission and from, Iran, as you know, that it was complete total destruction," Trump said Wednesday, speaking during the NATO Summit in The Netherlands about last weekend's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. "And, CNN turned out to be fake news," Trump added. "As always. I swear they have no credibility. That's why they have no viewers. But we're going to read it to you if you haven't seen it." Trump said Saturday that the United States completed a "very successful" strike against Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, saying that Iran's nuclear enrichment installations have been "obliterated." On Wednesday, CNN published an exclusive claiming the "US military strikes on three of Iran's nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country's nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it." On Tuesday, the New York Times published an article entitled, "Strike Set Back Iran's Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says." "A preliminary classified U.S. report says the American bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran set back the country's nuclear program by only a few months, according to officials familiar with the findings," the piece reads. "The strikes sealed off the entrances to two of the facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings, the officials said the early findings concluded," it adds. Trump called the media coverage "very unfair" to the mission's pilots and added, "New York Times and CNN make up a phony story to get some hits. That's the only reason I cared about it. Because those pilots were so brave. I've never seen anything like it. They flew into the hornet's nest, and then they got hurt so badly by what the fake news wrote." He criticized CNN and The New York Times by name, saying, "It was CNN. It was a New York Times and they're both, disgusting, disgusting, really horrible groups of people. The pilots did an unbelievable job like nobody's ever seen. They hit pay dirt, you see... Look, they go at the wound, you see where the wound is on the earth, and three of them right next to each other." He also said that the pilots who performed the strikes should be "respected." CNN shot back at Trump's criticisms on Wednesday, with CNN's Wolf Blitzer saying,"I speak as a former Pentagon correspondent and we appreciate, we love the men and women of the United States military who risk their lives to protect all of us, and we're not criticizing them at all." Blitzer added the "only thing that we were doing was of course reporting what the Pentagon's top intelligence agency, the DIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, said in their preliminary report about the damage that was assessed as a result of this mission." "Yesterday, President Trump called this 'fake news,'" a New York Times spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "But he and his entire national security team subsequently confirmed that the Defense Intelligence Agency did in fact produce the preliminary assessment described in a report by The Times and others. So their statement was fake, not The Times's reporting. We'll continue to report fully on the administration's decision-making, including the president's dispute with the Defense Intelligence Agency, as we did this morning." While Trump has asserted that the strikes on Iran destroyed its nuclear weapon-making capabilities, there are still questions about whether the ground-penetrating "bunker buster" bombs used to attack the key enrichment sites were enough to stop the rogue country from developing a nuclear bomb. "I actually have a little bit of a rosier view on things," Andrea Stricker, Deputy Director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program, told Fox News Digital. "I think that because of the massive damage and the shock wave that would have been sent by 12 Massive Ordnance Penetrators at the Fordow site, that it likely would render its centrifuges damaged or inoperable."
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Germans claw their way back to thwart Kookaburras
The Kookaburras are ruing missed opportunities after Germany stormed back from two goals down to claim a 3-2 win in Berlin. It was the home nation's first FIH Pro League meeting of the European campaign. The match on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST) fell on a special occasion for Queensland defender Tim Howard, who made his 150th international appearance in green and gold, as the Kookaburras sought to atone for their 1-2 loss to England. Australia came out with the intensity that had seen them win five from six matches on their European tour. But a second-half resurgence from Germany flipped the script, with the hosts delivering a blistering third quarter to snatch the lead and hold on in the final minutes. "It was a tough game out there today,'' Howard said after the match. "I've played with and against a lot of the guys over here in Germany in their domestic competition and they're a really tough team. "They made the most of their opportunities and they really pushed after what was probably a poor start.'' Despite the loss, Howard said his milestone reflected how much he loved the sport and the team. A massive congratulations to Tim Howard who is set to reach 150 matches for the Kookaburras today against Germany! 🇦🇺👏A rock in defence and a true leader on and off the pitch - congrats on 150 Timo! — Kookaburras (@Kookaburras) June 24, 2025 "The past 150 games have been amazing,'' he said. "I'm loving it a lot, I'm loving it more than I probably ever have, and I'm very grateful to still be playing. "I love this team, I love playing international hockey, so I'll try and do it for as long as I can." Kookaburras coach Mark Hager made four changes to the side that went down to England on Sunday night, including the return of prolific striker Blake Govers. Within three minutes, Govers rocketed home the opener off his right foot, his 161st international goal and his seventh in four games of the European tour. Drag-flick specialist Joel Rintala then scored with a thunderous strike to double Australia's lead midway through the first quarter. Germany responded in the second quarter, striking back through Gonzalo Peillat. Australia's Ash Thomas was suddenly the busier of the two keepers, while Howard marked his milestone with a crucial tackle on the halftime buzzer to preserve the Kookaburras' 2-1 lead. However, the third quarter belonged to Germany. They levelled early with a well-worked field goal, then struck again moments later off a penalty corner to take the lead for the first time. Both sides fought hard in the fourth quarter as Australia pushed desperately for an equaliser. Despite a late surge and mounting pressure, the Kookaburras couldn't find a way to send the match to a shootout. The Netherlands lead the standings on 35 points, with the Kookaburras second on 27 points, with Belgium third and Germany fourth.
ABC News
4 days ago
- Business
- ABC News
NATO aims to flatter, but Trump remains unpredictable
Donald Trump was in a bad mood when he left the White House Rose Garden for the NATO summit in The Netherlands. The leader of the free world spoke of Israel and Iran like they were two underperforming contactors on one of his New York construction sites. Perhaps his mood improved on Air Force One as it raced across the Atlantic — but the NATO summit in the Hague wouldn't be at the top of the president's list of things to cheer him up. He's openly criticised NATO for several years — once describing it as obsolete. Former officials within his administration have spoken of Mr Trump's episodic displays of contempt for the alliance, with some reports claiming he's threatened to withdraw the US from the organisation. NATO's secretary-general Mark Rutte seems acutely aware that the other 31 NATO nations are concerned about Mr Trump's unpredictability and the fact he could remove the US's membership at any moment. Many analysts believe this year's summit and Mr Rutte's recent comments are a deliberate attempt to flatter the president. Mr Rutte is using the conference as a vehicle to urge member nations to up defence spending to 5 per cent of GDP by 2035 and so far, aside from one hold out, it looks like he'll be successful. Europe's defence spending has been a bug bear of Mr Trump who sees a modest investment in military operations as a way to shift the responsibility onto the US. The White House will likely see Mr Rutte's constant lobbying and the fact he's discussed defence spending in almost every public engagement at the NATO event so far, as a big win. He's also been fawning over Mr Trump in recent days — in a private message which the president later posted on social media, Mr Rutte showered the leader with gushing praise. "Mr President, dear Donald, Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, that was truly extraordinary, and something no one else dared to do. It makes us all safer." Mr Rutte reportedly wrote in the message: "You are flying into another big success in The Hague this evening. It was not easy but we've got them all signed onto 5 per cent!" The event also only requires leaders to be in town for about 12 hours rather than the standard two days. As evidenced at the recent G7 event in Canada where Mr Trump dramatically left the event early to deal with what he said was "big stuff", the commander in chief likes these events to run short. It's these attempts at flattery that may have led Mr Rutte to remark at the summit's opening forum on Tuesday that NATO members shouldn't worry about the US' commitment to the alliance. "So my message to my European colleagues is: stop worrying so much. Start to make sure that you get investment plans done, that you get [the] industrial base up and running," he said. "This is what you should work on and stop running around being worried about the US. They are there, they are with us. "There is total commitment by the US president and the US senior leadership to NATO," he said, adding that its backing of the organisation came with an expectation that European countries and Canada would continue to increase their defence budgets. But despite NATO rolling out the red carpet for the Americans, Mr Trump is refusing to temper his running commentary on the alliance. While on Air Force One, Mr Trump raised doubts over his commitment to one of organisations cornerstone agreements — Article 5 — which states that an attack on one NATO nation is an attack on the alliance itself. When asked whether he was committed to it, he responded: "Depends on your definition. There are numerous definitions of Article 5. You know that, right? But I'm committed to being their friends. "I'm committed to saving lives. I'm committed to life and safety. And I'm going to give you an exact definition when I get there. I just don't want to do it on the back of an airplane." The presence of Mr Trump has shifted the focus away from the purpose of the summit, which was to agree on a spending plan and discuss a way to restrict Russia's war effort. The shortened summit means there will be no meeting of NATO's Ukraine council. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is an invited guest at the summit, told Sky News UK on the morning of the conference's first day that the war in the Middle East was diverting attention away from his country. "It is a big problem, the political focus is changing, and that is understandable … and this may mean that aid from partners, above all the United States, may be reduced," he said. Mr Zelenskyy was given centre stage at the first major event of the summit, where he addressed a defence industry forum and spoke of the enormous challenge his military were facing. "We all understand that the source of this war and the long-term threat to the European way of life is Russia. But in reality, we are not just facing Russia alone," he said. "We are facing a network of state and non-state actors that are serving the cause of aggression. This network includes Russia, North Korea, the current regime in Iran and Chinese companies." Mr Zelenskyy has been critical of NATO's increased defence spending timeline saying it's too long and has warned that Russia may attack a NATO member in the next five years. The Ukranian leader will meet with Mr Trump on the second day of the summit, in what is expected to be another eventful bilateral between the pair.
Powys County Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
England Under-21s prepared for Bratislava heat in Euro semi-finals
Lee Carsley will not allow the heat to be an excuse as England Under-21s prepare to face the Netherlands in the European Championship semi-finals in Bratislava. Carsley's side beat tournament favourites Spain in the quarter-finals to take a big step towards defending their title in Slovakia. Standing in their way of a final against either France or Germany is a clash with the Dutch at Bratislava's Tehelne Pole stadium on Wednesday, when temperatures are set to exceed 30 degrees Celsius. Building towards the #U21EURO semi-final!👊📈 — England (@England) June 24, 2025 'We've not shied away from the heat,' Carsley said. 'We've exposed the players to it fully. We're ready for it. We're fully prepared now. 'We've trained at some of the hottest periods of the day, not on purpose but just the way that it's worked out with our training time. 'We've been here long enough now to acclimatise to the heat. We've definitely got hydration strategies in place in terms of what the players need to cool down quickly and hydrate quickly. 'I think our use of the substitutions has been effective in terms of our timings. We've probably gone a little bit earlier than you would in normal circumstances, based on how hot it's been.' After a nervy 2-2 Group D opener against Finland, the Netherlands have conceded just once in their last three games and reached the last four with a 1-0 win over Portugal. And Carsley believes they will pose England a similar test to Spain in the last eight. What a win. What a performance. OUR #YOUNGLIONS ARE INTO THE #U21EURO SEMI-FINALS! 👏 — England (@England) June 21, 2025 'The Netherlands are a team that we've been watching now for a while,' the Young Lions' boss added. 'They're very attacking, very expansive in the way they play, technically very good. 'I really like the system that they play as well, very similar to the Spanish. We expect a really tough game and we're fully prepared for it.'
