C anadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has publicly withdrawn his support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino, calling the way a major World Cup commercial deal was handled a major failure in leadership. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Carney said leaders cannot make big decisions in secret and expect to keep the trust of their team. The comments came after Infantino pushed a plan to move a large part of FIFA’s World Cup commercial rights into a new $20 billion company. “The idea that you would not tell your closest advisers, your chief operating officer or your fellow board members about something of this importance is a fatal mistake,” Carney said. According to Reuters, the proposal drew interest from private investors, including people linked to the Kushner family. But it quickly ran into strong opposition from football bodies across the world.  UEFA led the resistance, and was joined by CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation. The groups raised concerns about transparen...

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the National Democratic Congress seeking to cancel parts of the Electoral Act 2026 that deal with who can run for office and how parties choose their candidates. Delivering judgement on Tuesday, Justice Muhammed Umar ruled that Section 138 of the Act does not clash with the 1999 Constitution. The section removes a candidate’s qualification as a ground to challenge an election result after voting has taken place.  According to The Cable , the judge said the law does not take away constitutional requirements. It only sets out when and how such questions should be raised. “The provision of Section 138 of the Electoral Act 2026 complements the provision of the Constitution but is not in conflict with it. The contention of the plaintiff that Section 138 is inconsistent with the Constitution is of no merit,” he stated. The NDC had asked the court to void two provisions. The first was Section 138. The second was Section 77(5), which l...

P rincess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank have welcomed their third child, a baby girl. A statement published on the official Royal UK website on August 4, 2026 said the baby was born on Monday, August 3, 2026 at 6:20pm in a hospital in Lisbon, Portugal. She weighed 6lbs 9oz. “The King and Queen and other members of The Royal Family were delighted to hear the news,” the announcement stated. The newborn is the couple’s first daughter. She joins older brothers August Philip Hawke, 5, and Ernest George Ronnie, 3. Her name has not been shared yet. Eugenie is the younger daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece to King Charles III. She was sixth in line to the throne when she was born in 1990. She now ranks 12th. A photo of the newborn was released alongside the statement. It showed the baby wrapped in a blanket. Eugenie and Brooksbank married at Windsor Castle in 2018. August was born in 2021 and Ernest followed in 2023. Princess Eugenie, 36, carries out charity w...