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Yamal among four stars chasing World Cup Young Player award

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:19 July 2026
Post last modified:19 July 2026

The race for the 2026 World Cup Best Young Player award is heating up, with four rising stars emerging as the leading contenders after standout performances throughout the tournament. Spain’s Lamine Yamal is among the favourites after playing a key role in his country’s run to the final, further strengthening his reputation as one of world football’s brightest young talents. His teammate Pau Cubarsí has also entered the conversation, becoming a reliable presence in Spain’s defence during their title challenge. Lamine Yamal’s impact on the 2026 World Cup beyond the statistics The Spanish duo are not the only contenders, however. France’s…

Saka becomes fourth English player to score a World Cup hat-trick

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:19 July 2026
Post last modified:19 July 2026

England’s 6–4 victory over France in the 2026 World Cup third-place play-off was already a memorable way to end their campaign. But thanks to Bukayo Saka, it became a historic night for English football. The Arsenal winger stole the spotlight with a stunning hat-trick, helping England secure their first-ever World Cup bronze medal while becoming only the fourth English player to score three goals in a single World Cup match, following Geoff Hurst (1966), Gary Lineker (1986) and Harry Kane (2018). Saka’s record-breaking night added another milestone to an already impressive international career. The 24-year-old took his England tally to 17…

Young Greens dump pro-Israel ‘IHRA’ antisemitism ‘definition’

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:19 July 2026
Post last modified:19 July 2026

The Young Greens have led the way for their machine-hindered parent party by dumping the pro-Israel, pro-colonialism so-called ‘IHRA working definition of antisemitism‘. Young Greens break ranks The Israel lobby within the Green party succeeded in sabotaging a ‘Zionism is racism’ motion at the Greens’ conference. However, today – 19 July 2026 – the Young Greens have passed a new resolution dismissing the party’s existing, IHRA-framed guidance as “unfit for purpose” and that the Greens’ youth section: Believes: Antisemitism is a serious form of racism that must be actively identified, challenged, and addressed within the Young Greens and the wider Green…

Mamdani examines legal options for arresting Netanyahu

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:19 July 2026
Post last modified:19 July 2026

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani is in “active conversation” to see if he can seek an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu. The wanted Israeli war criminal will be visiting the big apple in September to attend a United Nations General Assembly. Mamdani: ‘He belongs in the Hague’ Mamdani’s popularity continues to confound and irk the Israel lobby. He has rightly said Israel should not exist as an ethnostate. Both he and his family have been targeted by Israel’s lobbyists for daring to show solidarity with Palestinians against genocide. He has also said that Netanyahu belongs in the International Criminal Court in…

Restore Britain stuffed full of Hitler loving freaks, report finds

Post author:Willem Moore
Post published:19 July 2026
Post last modified:19 July 2026

When you look under a rock, it’s common to find all manner of creepy crawlies. We mention this because HOPE not Hate just took a look at what’s going on in Restore Britain, and would you believe it their investigation points to “Hitler admirers”… Is anyone actually surprised by this? They say it with their chests on here, and Rupert Lowe just ignores it. They were calling his son a race traitor when he got married. https://t.co/IgurEodS55 — Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) July 17, 2026 Creepy crawlies As HOPE not Hate report, activists from the far-right pro-ethnic cleansing group Remigration Now (RN) have…

Exclusive: Liverpool’s Sam Gorst resigns from Your Party

Post author:Skwawkbox
Post published:19 July 2026
Post last modified:19 July 2026

Your Party executive (CEC) member Sam Gorst is well known for his 2023 thrashing of Labour in the Garston local elections, and for being elected to the CEC as an independent. But now he is an ex-CEC and Your Party (YP) member after resigning from both. The resignation comes in the wake of outrage from the CEC, after the suspension of three Your Party executive members for attending a socialist event — leading to a unanimous no-confidence vote in the officials held responsible. YP parliamentary leader Jeremy Corbyn then controversially rejected the vote. In a message to other CEC members shown…

The next Young Greens’ co-chairs will be anti-Zionist

Post author:Cameron Baillie
Post published:19 July 2026
Post last modified:19 July 2026

The candidates bidding to become co-chairpersons of the Green Party’s youth wing, Young Greens, have unanimously affirmed that ‘Zionism is racism‘, the Canary can reveal, signalling an anti-Zionist stance for the national party. Each candidate — Cyn Muthoni, Jo Dowbor, Isaac Short, Haydn Osborne-Brookes and Elliot Retzepis — made their position clear at the hustings for co-chair selection at this year’s youth conference. The question came from an audience member regarding the party’s ongoing debate on the proposal, with one candidate promising to re-run the motion at the Green Party conference in autumn. Canary reporter, Cameron Baillie, is reporting from the…