Rory McIlroy tells BBC Sport that if Europe were to beat the USA in this week’s Ryder Cup it would represent one of the “greatest accomplishments” of his career.
The five-time major winner is part of the European team for the eighth time.
Shewarge Alene, the organiser of the Stockholm marathon, has confirmed that she passed away at the age of 30.
In the Swedish capital in May, Alene won the race, which was her most recent contest.
Between 2011 and 2025, she won 12 marathons as a professional.
Shewarge Alene, the winner of the Stockholm marathon series, passed away, according to the Instagram post, “with deep sorrow.”
Shewarge Alene was taken to a hospital after becoming ill during a training session, where it was sadly impossible to save.
Our thoughts are with her loved ones and family.
Shewarge Alene, the organiser of the Stockholm marathon, has confirmed that she passed away at the age of 30.
In the Swedish capital in May, Alene won the race, which was her most recent contest.
Between 2011 and 2025, she won 12 marathons as a professional.
Shewarge Alene, the winner of the Stockholm marathon series, passed away, according to the Instagram post, “with deep sorrow.”
Shewarge Alene was taken to a hospital after becoming ill during a training session, where it was sadly impossible to save.
Our thoughts are with her loved ones and family.
A judge in Eswatini has failed to appear for a court hearing about the continued detention of four men deported there by the United States.
The case, scheduled for Thursday, was brought by several non-profit organisations that have challenged the legality of holding the men from Cuba, Laos, Vietnam and Yemen without charges.
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The four were sent to Eswatini in mid-July as part of President Donald Trump’s push for the mass deportation of migrants and asylum seekers from the US.
Trump has controversially used so-called third countries to accept non-citizen deportees whose home countries are elsewhere.
Such “third countries” have included at least four African nations: Eswatini, South Sudan, Ghana and Rwanda. More than 30 people have been deported from the US to Africa since July.
But human rights advocates have questioned the constitutionality of such deportations, which leave deportees far from home, in countries where they may not even speak the language.
Some have expressed fears that the deportees will be denied their rights to due process in repressive or unstable countries abroad.
In the case of Eswatini, a small, landlocked country in Southern African, US-based lawyers claim that the four deported men who remain in custody have been denied access to legal counsel.
They have been held at the country’s top maximum-security prison, the Matsapha Correctional Complex, for more than two months.
No reason was given for Judge Titus Mlangeni’s absence from the court hearing on Thursday.
Zakhithi Sibandze — the national coordinator for the Swaziland Rural Women’s Assembly, one of the nonprofit organisations involved in Thursday’s legal challenge — accused the Eswatini authorities of using delaying tactics to avoid criticism over the case.
A second case brought by a lawyer seeking to provide legal counsel for the deportees has also been repeatedly delayed.
Eswatini is considered one of the world’s last absolute monarchies, and the king there rules by decree.
Earlier this week, on Tuesday, the nonprofit Human Rights Watch issued a statement denouncing the deportations to Eswatini and other countries, highlighting the financial transactions involved.
Human Rights Watch reported that the US has agreed to provide $5.1m to build Eswatini’s “border and migration management capacity” in exchange for the country accepting up to 160 deportees.
The nonprofit denounced the “harsh conditions” the four deported men face.
“These agreements make African governments partners in the Trump administration’s horrifying violations of immigrants’ human rights,” Allan Ngari, the group’s Africa advocacy director, said in a statement.
On September 19, Amnesty International, another human rights organisation, likewise slammed the conditions the deportees faced in Eswatini.
“Despite repeated attempts by counsel to secure confidential, in-person, unmonitored legal access to their clients, officials obstructed visits and on a later occasion proposed monitored/video-only contact, which does not meet international standards,” Amnesty wrote in a statement.
It called on officials in Eswatini to provide the men access to confidential legal counsel and “provide legal grounds for their detention”.
Originally, a total of five men were sent in the US’s initial deportation flight to Eswatini. But on Monday, the Eswatini government announced that one of the men had been repatriated to Jamaica a day prior.
The man was identified in the government statement as Orville Isaac Etoria.
“Mr Etoria has safely returned to Jamaica, where he was warmly welcomed by members of his family,” the Eswatini government said in its statement.
It added that the remaining four men are still being held in detention while efforts to repatriate them are ongoing.
Etoria, who arrived in the US as a child, had already completed a 25-year sentence for crimes in the US when he was deported to Eswatini and re-imprisoned there, according to the New York-based Legal Aid Society.
The US Department of Homeland Security said in July that the five individuals sent to Eswatini had been convicted of crimes “so uniquely barbaric that their own countries won’t take them back.”
Etoria had been convicted of murder, it said.
But Eswatini’s government said shortly after that some of the countries had reached out to say it was not true that they had rejected their citizens.
Despite Etoria’s recent return to Jamaica, groups like Amnesty International have continued to petition Eswatini to explain why he was held in prison without new charges for months.
Former Member of the House of Representatives, Nkoyo Toyo, has identified the lack of employment opportunities as the main driver behind the Japa syndrome in Nigeria.
“Japa syndrome” is a popular Nigerian expression referring to the growing trend of mass emigration, especially among young professionals, graduates, and skilled workers who are leaving the country in search of better opportunities abroad.
“The lack of work is a major crisis and this is the most driving force of Nigerians going on Japa”, Toyo said on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday.
“It is the most driving force of Nigerians going on Japa. You know, people are leaving the country wanting to seek better fortunes outside the country”, she added.
Toyo, who once represented the Calabar-Odukpani Federal Constituency of Cross River State, noted that in the 1980s, students would often get jobs immediately after graduating from university — a stark contrast to the current situation.
“When we graduated from the university back in the early 80s, we left straight from the university and we got jobs. But today, you can tell very easily that the lack of work is a major crisis”, she said.
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She further lamented that Nigerians who relocate abroad often face various forms of indignity.
“In those countries they go to, they are being subjected to all sorts of indignity, which we see in South Africa and in different parts of the world”, she said.
The former lawmaker also pointed out that many Nigerians are tired of repeated promises and being told to “wait”, stressing that what people truly want is a country that works for them.
“Nigerians are tired of being told that they should wait, they should give us time, they should also look at the future and the prospect that this comes with.
Actor William Shatner has addressed his health following reports that he had been rushed to hospital this week. The Star Trek star was thought to have experienced a ‘medical emergency’ involving his blood sugar levels recently.
William, 94, best known for his role as Captain James T. Kirk in the franchise, was said to have been taken to hospital after falling ill at home. He’s posted a message for fans on Instagram in which he shared an update on his health.
He told his followers in the caption of his post, which was uploaded earlier this afternoon: “I over indulged.” William went on to say as part of his message on the platform today: “I thank you all for caring but I’m perfectly fine.”
The post also included a photo of William that’s understood to show him in character as Mark Twain. He portrayed the late writer in an episode of Murdoch Mysteries, broadcast on CBC in Canada, where the show originates, in 2016.
Text over the photo from the episode seemingly referenced a similar quote that is often attributed to Mark, whose novels include the Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). It read: “Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated!”
William’s post was met with supportive messages from fans, who shared their relief over the update from the Emmy award winner. One wrote in the comments section of his post on the platform earlier today: “I’m happy you are ok!”
Another said in their response to the news: “I’m glad you’re okay, I almost started crying.” A third said: “Thank goodness for that.” Someone else said: “I am so relieved that you are ok. Stay well, take really good care of yourself.”
Another fan wrote in a message to William following the update from him: “Sending healing vibes to you.” And sharing their thoughts, one person commented: “Great news!” They continued by writing: “Glad to hear you’re okay.”
William has spoken about his health over the years. He’s also discussed his mortality, with the actor having once shared his thoughts whilst promoting his documentary You Can Call Me Bill, which was released back in 2023.
He told Variety that year: “I’ve turned down a lot of offers to do documentaries before. But I don’t have long to live. Whether I keel over as I’m speaking to you or 10 years from now, my time is limited, so that’s very much a factor.”
William added in the interview with the outlet that he has grandchildren now too. He described the documentary, which he narrated, as a way of “reaching out” after he dies.
Asked about his legacy, William suggested at the time that people often aren’t remembered long term. He however said that “good deeds” live on as such an act “reverberates to the end of time”.
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