Top 5 January transfer targets: Rashford, Salah, Osimhen, Alexander-Arnold

Top 5 January transfer targets: Rashford, Salah, Osimhen, Alexander-Arnold

The January transfer window opens in Europe as soon as the clock hits midnight to usher in 2025. With it comes the usual mid-season scramble for clubs attempting to fix their woes – usually short-term issues desperately needing quick fixes as opposed to long-term strategic moves. Al Jazeera Sport picks the top five names that…

Olmo closer to Barcelona exit after registration request rejected

Olmo closer to Barcelona exit after registration request rejected

A Spanish court has rejected Barcelona’s request to register Dani Olmo beyond the year’s end, potentially pushing the star closer to leaving the Catalan giants for free. The Spain playmaker, who has six goals in 15 appearances for the Bernabeu-based club this season, signed from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig last summer for a reported $62.5m,…

Why are US Republicans debating the future of H-1B high-skill work visas?

Why are US Republicans debating the future of H-1B high-skill work visas?

A debate over what shape hardline immigration policies will take regarding high-skilled work visas has become the first major policy dispute among prominent supporters of United States President-elect Donald Trump – just weeks ahead of the Republican’s new presidential term. On one side are members of Trump’s so-called “Make America Great Again”, or MAGA movement,…

Jimmy Carter: Nobel-winning humanitarian and ex-US president dies aged 100

Jimmy Carter: Nobel-winning humanitarian and ex-US president dies aged 100

Among the maize, yam and peanut farms of Savelugu-Nanton, a remote district of northern Ghana, the legacy of Jimmy Carter is less complicated than it is back in the former US president’s homeland. Thanks to the work of his charity, The Carter Center, locals are nowadays spared the misery of Guinea worm disease – a…

Beyond the US election: Seven stories that shaped the Americas in 2024

Beyond the US election: Seven stories that shaped the Americas in 2024

The presidential election in the United States has dominated global headlines for much of the past year. From opinion polls to rallies and the barbs traded on the campaign trail, all eyes were turned to the showdown between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump on November 5. Since Trump’s decisive victory, much of the…