In a further electric line-calling controversy on clay, top seed Alexander Zverev was warned for taking a picture of a contested ball mark at the Madrid Open.
The world number two overcame Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 2-6 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-0) to reach the last 16.
However, the success was hampered by a second row, as Zverev was adamant that his opponent’s backhand in the tenth game of the second set had gone wide.
After the electronic system called in, the German informed the umpire that there was a “malfunction in the system.”
Zverev took a picture of the mark when his appeals failed and he took his phone out of his bag.
Although the system has been used on other surfaces, clay events had largely persisted when calls were contested and were primarily contested with line judges or the umpire taking the ball’s mark back out of his or her chair.
However, line judges have been removed from many WTA Tour events and from all ATP Tour events this season.
Line judges will continue with the French Open, which will begin next month.
Following the recent controversy surrounding the controversial line-calling that occurred earlier this month, world number one Aryna Sabalenka received a warning for taking a photo during a match in Stuttgart, and former world number one Victoria Azarenka posted an image of a call from another Madrid game on social media.
Andrey Rublev, the defending champion, lost to Alexander Bublik 6-4,0-6, 6-4 in the Spanish capital, dropping the Russian out of the top 15.
Elise Mertens defeated top seed Sabalenka 6-1 to win the women’s draw, beating her with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 victory.
However, Jasmine Paolini, the opponent’s sixth seed, and third-seeded Jessica Pegula, both received nods.
The administration of United States President Donald Trump’s administration has attacked the Arctic island, a self-governing Danish territory, with the help of the country’s prime minister and his Danish counterpart.
At a joint press conference in Copenhagen on Sunday with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Jens-Frederik Nielsen said, “We will never, ever be a piece of property that can be purchased by anyone.”
Nielsen’s first visit to Denmark since taking office this month weighed heavily on Trump’s repeated threats to overtake Greenland.
Nielsen’s visit comes after Frederiksen’s one to Greenland in early April, when she stated to the US, “This is not only about Greenland or Denmark. This is about the intergenerational global order that we have forged. Even with a security-related debate, you can’t annex another country.
After his centre-right Democrats party won the March legislative elections, both Frederiksen and Nielsen, who are in charge of Greenland’s new coalition government, said they would be interested in meeting with the US leader for a discussion.
After Trump repeatedly stated he wanted to control resource-rich Greenland for security reasons and refused to forbid the use of force to secure it, tensions between the US and Denmark have soared.
“I believe that is necessary for international peace, and it poses a significant threat to our world if we don’t.” Greenland is therefore very important for international peace, Trump said to reporters on Thursday during a press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
The US has “not been polite”
Due to the US’s “disrespectful” rhetoric, Nielsen added on Sunday that Greenland was working on strengthening its ties with Denmark. “We need to stand together at this moment.” Nielsen criticized the disrespect shown by American conversation.
Frederiksen continued, “I completely concur with that.”
Nielsen reiterated that Greenland was ready to strengthen its relationship with the US.
He declared, “We are ready for a strong partnership, we are ready for more development, but we also want respect.” Without reciprocal respect, you can’t have a partner.
In March, US Vice President JD Vance visited Greenland, which Greenland and Denmark officials perceived as a provocation.
Vance criticized Denmark for “doning a good job by the people of Greenland” during his visit to the Pituffik US military base.
He claimed that you have invested too little in Greenland’s citizens and too little in the security structure of this incredible, breathtaking landmass.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen responded on social media by saying, “We are open to criticism, but let me be completely honest, we do not appreciate the tone in which it is delivered.”
Nielsen has stated in his own words, “The United States will not receive Greenland.”
We are not the property of anyone else. We make up our own destiny,” he continued in a Facebook post.
Nielsen will also meet Danish parliamentarians and King Frederik of Denmark during his two-day visit to Copenhagen.
The Danish Royal House stated in a separate statement that Nielsen would travel with the king to Greenland.
Naomi Campbell has long been one of the best-dressed attendees at the Met Gala, but she vowed to attend her final Met after explaining why she was fed up with the drama.
Naomi Campbell has lost count of how many Met Galas she’s attended, but has had enough for one reason(Image: Getty Images)
Naomi Campbell is a kingpin of the fashion industry. The beauty has been a mainstay at pretty much every show, red carpet, and party of the past few decades, but she’s revealed that she has plans to change that some time soon.
London-born Naomi, 54, started modelling when she was just eight years old, and by the time she was a teen began working for huge designer houses such as Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, and Isaac Mizrahi. In the 1980s she formed the supermodel powergroup ‘the Trinity,’ becoming known for her collaboration and close friendship with Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista.
With Naomi’s massive fame and success came her inevitable appearance at all major A-list events, including the most prestigious of all; the Met Gala. In a new YouTube video, however, Noami has sworn never to return to the exclusive bash.
On April 26, Naomi shared her most recent vlog, which details her meticulous preparations for the Met Gala 2024. Naomi was seen getting ready for the party before driving over in a car to eat her food while all glammed up in her glamorous gown.
Naomi, pictured at the 2024 Met Gala, vowed that it would be her final attendance in a resurfaced clip while en route to the event(Image: Variety via Getty Images)
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She vowed to attend her final Met, saying, “This is my last.” One jokingly mocking of the star’s last words, “Famous last words,” didn’t seem to believe her.
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Naomi remarked, “This is my final Met! I’m too old, so I can’t. The anxiety is too much for me. I’m not sure what number this is, but I believe it could be 20 or 21. “Can you imagine”?
While Naomi said at the time that she had no plans to return, just a few months later fans claimed that she’d never be invited back to the Met Gala again whether she wanted to attend or not after she shared a snippy moment while live on stage with big boss Anna Wintour.
Naomi received the Fashion Icon Award on Tuesday in New York in September, and Vogue editor-in-chief Dame Anna introduced the model while making a subtle dig at the timekeeping.
Anna praised Naomi as “bold, bright, and unquestionably, unquestionably, and I have the honor of presenting tonight to someone who is frequently late” before calling her “a very punctual person.” Editor of Harper’s Bazaar, Samira Nasr, introduced Naomi once more in a brief speech shortly after Dame Anna’s comments.
Naomi laughed as she appeared on stage and said, “Na Naomi is always late.” Later, however, she began to criticize Anna, saying that the editor was not the one to have the other woman. Naomi continued, “I’d much rather have this, so thank you.”
The audience gasped in shock at the snub towards the most powerful person in fashion, and fans on X, formerly known as Twitter, were equally thrown. “No more Met Gala invites for Naomi,” one person said, with another adding: “I mean she’s already been to it 17 times, at this point I’m sure it just feels like another work event.”
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Alongside feeling ‘too old’ for the Met and her rumoured beef with Anna, there could be another reason Naomi’s done with big events; wanting to be at home with her two children. The star became a mum for the first time in 2021, before welcoming a son in 2023.
Naomi made a point of mentioning her desire to settle down in London in an interview with the Evening Standard, saying, “I try to make it no longer than 48 hours because it’s too disruptive. The kids must accompany me unless I can do both inside and out jobs.
The air in Zamzam Camp suddenly appeared to sag in the middle of April.
In North Darfur, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed the displacement camp, launching a brutal three-day assault that left countless others dispersed, hurt, or missing.
Through impromptu shelters, gunfire echoed. Families scurried in every direction. Many didn’t even make it.
The RSF claimed to have taken control of the “Zamzam military base” on April 13. However, those who lived there claimed that Zamzam was merely a place where displaced families clung to life and that such things didn’t exist.
Five months of suffocating siege led to the takeover. Survival was at risk because roads and resources were blocked.
A shelter turned into a battleground
Since the 2000s, Zamzam, which is 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) south of El-Fasher, has been a refuge for people who have been displaced by the Darfur conflict.
Rights organizations at the time claimed that the violence was ethnic cleansing and that the state-backed “Arab” nomadic militias had committed genocide against primarily “non-Arab” sedentary communities.
About 300, 000 people have ended up in Zamzam since 2003. Since Sudan’s civil war broke out between the RSF and the Sudanese military in April 2023, violence has spread throughout the western region of Darfur.
Zamzam has changed from a refuge into a killing field in the last year.
Food, medicine, and basic security have been lost to the camp due to aid blockades, repeated RSF attacks, and famine.
Numerous RSF assaults were successfully repelled by the military and its allies, but the troops soon returned to El-Fasher, their final stronghold, leaving the camp exposed once more.
The death toll for North Darfur is likely to exceed 500, according to Dr. Ibrahim Abdallah, the director general of health in the region.
It’s difficult to follow because of Sudanese custom of burying the dead right away to pay their respect, he said. “Transporting the bodies for documentation is a near-impossible situation because Zamzam is located a few kilometers away from el-Fasher.”
On February 11, 2025, a Sudanese woman who has fled Sudan forganese forage near Tawila. More displaced people have arrived in the town since the RSF attacked Zamzam. [Marwan Mohamed/AFP]
Finding another nightmare after fleeing one
A young woman who spoke to Al Jazeera from El-Fasher, where she, her husband, and their two younger brothers escaped, asked to remain anonymous for safety.
She claims that fear has followed them and shared her story with Al Jazeera about her escape from Zamzam.
She and her 15-year-old and 9-year-old brothers moved into Wadi Shadra in North Darfur after her parents passed away, living with them there in January 2024.
The blended family fled to Zamzam, where they believed they had escaped the worst, after the RSF attacked Wadi Shadra.
Then, more than a year later, another attack.
She said, “It started at dawn on Friday, April 11.” “From the south, a large force stormed the camp and headed for one of the markets. As gunfire rang out, there was fire that erupted in every direction.
As a shell exploded in their home and another struck a neighbor’s, killing three children, they spent the entire day hiding in trenches without getting food or water.
Then they fled, heading for Saluma, a village that is close by.
“But there, the RSF followed us there.” She remarked, “They tore down the homes and yelled, “We must go to Tawila right away.”
They had no other choice but to walk for hours to El-Fasher in the blazing sun because their donkey had been killed and their cart had been destroyed.
That day, I lost my aunt and two of her children. What happened to her other three children, at this time, remains unknown.
Nasr’s tale of being taken away from his family
After RSF fighters seized Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur, in October 2023, Nasr, who requested anonymity, and his family fled the city. The late RSF commander Ali Yakoub had twice threatened his father, who was a community leader.
Before arriving in Zamzam on November 22, 2023, the family traversed Sarf Omra, a province in Kabkabiya, North Darfur.
He arrived with his wife, two children, both of whom are young, three-year-old daughters and three-year-old sons, as well as his parents and a number of siblings.
On April 13, 2025, Zamzam’s fugitives rest in a makeshift camp in a field close to Tawila. The RSF announced that day that, in accordance with the UN, it had taken control of the famine-hit camp, which had been home to more than 500, 000 people.
They attempted to start over by constructing a fragile shelter together. Nasr traveled 30 kilometers (18. 6 miles) round to El-Fasher each morning to visit the livestock market and bring home food.
RSF fighters stormed the camp then in February. The roads were closed. The siege increased.
Nasr never returned to his immediate family.
His wife, children, elderly parents, and younger siblings remained hidden, entangled in the chaos.
In this world, a tree is worth more than a human is. In this world, Nasr claimed, “we lost all of our human worth.”
He criticized Zamzam’s claim of a “military base” as a cruel distortion. He recalled how people used trenches to shield themselves from constant bombardment.
Later, he discovered a video of his uncle being detained. One of the RSF leaders said to them, “Join the RSF or suffer.”
Nasr has been hysterically waiting by the side of the road hoping someone from Zamzam will communicate his family for the past few days in El-Fasher.
He fumbles about them in whispers, his voice tingling with fear.
He finally discovered that they had reportedly fled Tawila, but he continues, “I don’t know if they actually reached Tawila.”
More than 28 attacks occurred in five months.
Mohamed Khamis, the displaced people’s representative in Zamzam, is now a patient in an el-Fasher hospital.
During the assault by the RSF, he was shot in the thigh.
He claimed that the camp had experienced more than 28 attacks in five months, but none of them were as violent as the most recent.
He claimed that they stormed in at dawn using heavy weapons.
Khamis reportedly rushed to check on friends at a Relief International Clinic in the early stages of the attack, but he never made it.
He claimed that an armored RSF vehicle had taken me.
He was saved by residents and brought to safety after being shot and left on the ground by RSF fighters.
People who wanted to leave Zamzam have piled onto carts or traveled miles to avoid RSF attacks [File: Reuters].
He claimed that during the rampage, “many young men were put to death.”
He continued to explain what transpired.
More than 12 women and girls who were escaping from RSF fighters were confirmed to have been abducted. Their whereabouts are unknown, as are their potential suffering.
No fewer than 200 cases of women and girls being raped are reported, according to Khamis, but he is certain that many more cases have not been reported.
Khamis said: “Because of the social stigma, witnesses frequently use phrases like “she was humiliated” or “touched” rather than “she was raped.”
No safe haven left.
The notion of safety has vanished in the minds of those who have been moved for a second or third time.
The RSF claims that Zamzam contains “military elements,” but testimony like Nasr’s and Khamis’ refutes that claim.
As if repetition would finally put an end to the world’s indifference, Nasr said, “There was nothing there but people trying to survive.”
In Sunday’s 1-1 draw with 10-man Bournemouth, Rasmus Hojlund saved Manchester United from a third successive Premier League defeat with a last-gasp equalizer.
Antoine Semenyo’s first-half opener at the Vitality Stadium shocked Ruben Amorim’s struggling side.
With 20 minutes left, Evanilson, a Bournemouth forward, was controversiously sent off.
Evanilson was dismissed after being initially charged with kicking Noussair Mazraoui, even though he appeared to have slipped before making contact with the United defender.
Man United fought back from deep into stoppage time, just in time for their fourth league defeat.
United left feeling better than they did after bitter rivals Liverpool, who were hoping to win their 20th English title by avoiding defeat against Tottenham later on Sunday.
Hojlund’s late goal, however, did not help moribund United, who are currently 14th in the Premier League, make an encouraging display.
When they are crowned champions, Liverpool will join United as England’s joint most successful top-flight team.
Man United hasn’t won a trophy since 2013, and next season’s goal is to return to the top five rather than compete with Liverpool for the 21st title.
Amorim asserted this week that despite being concerned about how he should have delayed his arrival, he has “no regrets” about joining United.
Since joining Sporting Lisbon to take the place of the burned Erik ten Hag in November, Amorim has endured a hell of a time.
Under the Portuguese coach, Man United have only managed six victories in the top six, have unquestionably the lowest points total in the Premier League, and have the potential to have their worst season since 1973-74.
United has one more chance to wrap up the season with a semi-final first leg against Athletic Bilbao on Thursday.
They will need to take the most of this success to defeat the top-flying La Liga side.
United arrive late
On April 27, 2025, during the English Premier League match between Bournemouth and Manchester United at the Vitality Stadium in Bournemouth, southern England, England’s English defender #23 Luke Shaw (R) and Bournemouth’s Dutch striker #19 Justin Kluivert square off. (Glyn KIRK/AFP photo)
After last weekend’s defeat against Wolves, Amorim made five changes, starting with left-back Luke Shaw as a temporary central defender in his first start since February 2024.
In the opening moments, Man United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo used a curler to put a pressure on Bournemouth goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.
Alejandro Garnacho hit the spot with a powerful strike that soared wide from the edge of the area.
However, Semenyo’s 23rd minute winner gave Bournemouth a bad result in the south-coast sunshine despite Man United’s promising start.
After Shaw made a difficult pass, Patrick Dorgu, a panicked Ghana midfielder, gave up possession and fired a clinical finish past Semenyo, who had scored his eleventh goal of the season.
When Bruno Fernandes’ pass was mistaken by Illia Zabarnyi, allowing the winger to race clear for a shot Kepa did well to tip over, Garnacho almost had the lead.
Andre Onana, a Man United goalkeeper out of position, was almost deceived by Dango Ouattara’s audacious shot that smacked off the post.
Evanilson’s 70th-minute red card gave Man United a lifeline, and Bournemouth grew furious as referee Peter Bankes changed his decision to a red card after consulting the pitchside monitor.
As the final nine minutes of stoppage time drew near, Amorim’s men continued to appear unhurried.
Following a resurfaced video that showed a member of Irish hip-hop band Kneecap telling fans to “kill your local MP” during a concert in 2023, police are now looking into the incident.
A re-surfaced video of Kneecap during a concert has brought on the attention of Metropolitan Police(Image: Samir Hussein/WireImage)
The Northern Irish hip-hop group Kneecap have found themselves under the spotlight by police following a statement made during a concert in 2023. A video of the concert held in London, showed a member of the group telling fans that “only a good Tory is a dead Tory.” And then went on to allegedly say “kill your local MP.”
The Metropolitan Police have confirmed that they are looking into the video and another from last year, when a band member appeared to shout “up Hamas, up Hezbollah” to the crowd.
According to The Telegraph, police are allegedly examining the footage to see if it has broken any terrorism laws.
The trio’s alleged member allegedly said, “We’re still under British occupation in Ireland,” in the video. In Ireland, older men are still making decisions in London that affect my life.
The group member then continued, “And even worse, they’re f****** Tories. A dead Tory is the only decent Tory. Your neighborhood politician should be dead.
A re-surfaced video of Kneecap during a concert has brought on the attention of Metropolitan Police(Image: Getty Images for BFI)
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A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told the Mirror: “We were made aware of a video on 22 April, believed to be from an event in November 2024, and it has been referred to the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit for assessment and to determine whether any further police investigation may be required. We have also been made aware of another video believed to be from an event in November 2023.”
a spokesperson at No. We firmly disagree with any threatening remarks made toward anyone, according to 10 in the Mirror. In our society, political intimidation and abuse must not exist. We are aware of the chilling effects that elected representative intimidation can have.
They continued, “We take all reports of intimidation, harassment, and threats very seriously.” We work closely with the police and the Parliament to halt threats to elected officials.
Following their most recent appearance at the Coachella music festival, the group, which includes Mógla Bap, Mo Chara, and DJ Próva, announced their intention to file a lawsuit against “false accusations of antisemitism.”
The politically fuelled rappers received backlash after ending their set on stage with a series of on-screen messages allegedly accusing Israel of genocide and war crimes in Gaza.
The first message purportedly stated that “Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people.”
The US government, who reportedly arm and fund Israel despite their war crimes, is what the second message read.
In the meantime, the allegedly final message read, “F*** Israel.” Palestine that is free.
Sharon Osbourne was one of the first to step forward and accuse the group of “openly supporting terrorist organisations.”
Later, it was reported that she later suggested revokering their US visas. They took to social media to refute the accusations made against them, saying that “the recent attacks against us, largely coming from the US, are based on deliberate distortions and falsehoods.”
We have used our shows to expose the British and Irish governments’ involvement in war crimes, they continued. The US has recently launched attacks against us, largely due to deliberate lies and distortions.
In the end, the statement read, “We are taking action against several of these malicious efforts.”
