After receiving citizenship and a Jamaican passport, Mason Greenwood is on the verge of making a comeback to international football.
Greenwood has not captained an international since his only international appearance against Iceland in September 2020. For breaking Covid quarantine guidelines, he and Manchester City’s Phil Foden were both sent home within 48 hours.
For Greenwood to be eligible to play in the World Cup qualifiers against Bermuda and Trinidad and Tobago next month, only a change from the Football Association (FA) to the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is required.
In February 2023, Greenwood left Manchester United after charges against him, including assault and attempted rape, were dropped.
He went on a temporary loan spell with Spanish club Getafe before signing on a permanent deal with Ligue 1 side Marseille in 2024.
The 23-year-old scored in Marseille’s pre-season 1-1 draw with Sevilla over the weekend and has been linked with moves to Inter Milan and Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
Greenwood is a part of Jamaica’s renewed effort to recruit players from the UK through their family connections, led by former England boss Steve McClaren.
Rico Henry of Brentford and Tyrese Hall of Tottenham, both of whom have signed for Notts County on loan, both fall under that umbrella.
Francis Ford Coppola, the director, is reportedly in a hospital in Rome. The Godfather director, 86, was in Italy to promote his film Megalopolis, which stars Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza, and Giancarlo Esposito, for the Magna Grecia Festival in Calabria.
The movie director, according to what reports, entered the hospital this morning for scheduled heart surgery, but after arriving, he reportedly had a mild cardiac arrhythmia and was then observed before the procedure.
According to ANSA, he spent a lot of time in Italy this summer scouting locations for his upcoming film, which is scheduled to premiere this fall.
Francis Ford Coppola reportedly spent time in the hospital (Getty Images).
He told the audience at the film festival, “Young people tell me the world is a mess, but I tell them there is no problem humanity can’t fix.” For the sake of our children, we must work together to create a fantastic new future. And tonight, we’re making a big future leap.
His representatives have contacted The Mirror for comment.
Following a screening of Megalopolis, the Apocalypse Now director made an appearance at San Francisco’s Palace of Fine Arts earlier this month to speak at a Q&A session.
He mentioned his “attitude to death” earlier this month (Corbis via Getty Images).
Adam Driver stars as a wealthy and tortured visionary trying to build a utopian city while rowing with a conservative mayor in the decades-in-the-making project, which received mixed reviews. The movie grossed just over $ 14 million worldwide, compared to a whopping $ 120 million.
Coppola, however, said: “I lost my wife a year ago, around this time. I wasn’t bothered by the box office results. However, I always lived my life so that when I was about to pass away, I wouldn’t say, “Oh, I wish I had done this and I wish I had done that.” Instead, I tell myself, “I have to do this.”
“It was great to see my daughter win an Oscar.” My father won an Oscar, I watched. When I pass away, I won’t notice because I will be so busy saying all the things I have to do. I won’t be able to see it when I pass away. You are aware of the unexpected shutoff of your electric toothbrush? That is how death works.
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With its highest August rainfall since 1884, the city experienced unprecedented rains that flooded parts of Hong Kong, affecting flights, schools, and courts. Five people died in southern China as a result of the storm’s deadly flash floods.
Despite fears that the medical device could attempt to restart his heart, prolonging his death, the state of Tennessee, a part of the southern United States, executed a man who had an implanted defibrillator.
Byron Black, a 69-year-old man who was found guilty of a triple homicide in 1988, was given a lethal injection on Tuesday by state officials.
The defibrillator would continue to try to shock his heart as he died, according to his lawyers’ failure to put a last-ditch effort on Monday to stop the execution in his place.
According to Black’s attorneys, executing him without first disabling the defibrillator would violate the US Constitution’s Eighth Amendment, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment. The shocks would be severe enough for him to require his immediate medical attention.
However, the state’s governor, Republican Bill Lee, who had the authority to grant clemency, as did the US Supreme Court, who also had the authority to carry out the execution.
At 10:43 a.m. local time (15:43 GMT), prison officials confirmed Black’s death.
Witnesses reported that Black was seen by the Associated Press breathing heavily and staring around the room as the execution began. He reportedly told a spiritual advisor that he was struggling shortly afterward.
After Byron Black was found guilty of his murder, his daughters Lakeisha and Latoya were gathered outside the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.
a rise in the death penalty
Black’s death is the second one in Tennessee since May and the 28th court-ordered execution in the US this year.
Lethal injections in the state had been postponed for five years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, first in response to reports that lethal injections had failed to pass the necessary testing to ensure their safety.
In response to the concerns, the state launched an independent investigation to look into the procedures for obtaining and administering the injections.
In 2025, the number of executions in the entire country is expected to be the highest since at least 2015, when 28 people were executed overall.
In addition to the death penalty, US President Donald Trump has indicated his support for expanding it during his second term and that at least eight other people are scheduled to pass away this year as part of court-mandated executions.
Trump lifted a moratorium on the federal death penalty that was put in place under former US President Joe Biden on January 20 and signed an executive order on January 20th.
According to the order, his administration also stated that it would pursue the punishment “for all crimes of a severity that demand its use.”
Trump cited as appropriate examples of the death penalty the murder of law enforcement officials and the crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.
According to Trump, “Capital punishment is a crucial tool for deterring and punishing those who would commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American citizens.”
In addition, the US attorney general would make sure that each state had “a sufficient supply of drugs needed to carry out lethal injections” if they so desired.
In 27 states and on the federal level, death penalty is permitted. The US is the only developed nation in the West to carry out the death penalty.
[Mark Humphrey/AP Photo] Representatives of the Byron Black murderer’s family are escorted out of Nashville, Tennessee’s Riverbend Maximum Security Institution.
Inside Byron Black’s case
The death penalty is a practice that is opposed by opponents for a long time and risks causing irreversible harm to those who are later found innocent.
Lawyers in Black’s case cited the 69-year-old’s plethora of health conditions as justifications for rejecting his execution.
He reportedly had dementia, brain damage, kidney failure, and heart damage, which required the use of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
Critics claimed that Black should not have been eligible for the death penalty for his unique intellectual disabilities.
Angela Clay and her two daughters, Latoya and Lakeisha Clay, both aged nine and six, were killed in 1988 by Black’s girlfriend on three counts of first-degree murder, according to a statement released by the prosecution.
After he shot and wounded Clay’s estranged husband, Bennie Clay, in 1986, while Black was a participant in a work-release program, the murders occurred.
Black’s defense team has been attempting to postpone and halt his execution for years. Black’s execution was initially scheduled for 2022 despite the fact that he has spent more than three decades on death row.
However, Black’s attorneys filed a request to have his sentence reviewed and his intellectual disabilities in 2021. Then, in 2022, Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk filed a petition to have Black removed from death row, using a similar justification.
When Tennessee put all of its executions on hold to allow for its investigation into lethal injection practices, Black’s execution was postponed that year.
However, Black’s petition to be put on death row ultimately failed. However, Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Russell Perkins ruled in July that the defendant’s defibrillator must be removed in order for the execution to take place, avoiding the possibility of “irreparable harm.”
Given the Hippocratic oath, the state of Tennessee argued that it was challenging to locate a medical professional who would consent to remove or deactivate the defibrillator in order to protect the patient. Additionally, it was claimed that Black would not respond to the lethal injection’s pentobarbital.
Tennessee’s Supreme Court ultimately agreed with the state, holding that Perkins’s decision constituted a “stay of execution.” Meanwhile, petitions to hear the case have been turned down by the US Supreme Court.
Holders Glamorgan lost to Hampshire in the first day of the One-Day Cup campaign to a crushing defeat.
In the final over, Hampshire defeated the reigning champions by 72 runs after Nick Gubbins had earlier batted through to make 144 not out in their 324-6, but Kiran Carlson’s 135 was bowled out for 252.
Tom Moores, who scored 148 runs off only 93 balls in Nottinghamshire’s 283-9 DLS victory over Essex, overpowered that.
Will Rhodes’ superb all-round performance saw his team defeat Sussex by 51 runs to take the record of 96.
Ollie Price’s 103-run victory over Derbyshire Falcons provided a strong start for Gloucestershire.
Ben Cliff’s 5-46 in a 137-run victory over Warwickshire earned the hosts five wickets.
What format is it?
The 18 counties will be divided into two groups of nine for the fifth consecutive year, but not on a geographic basis, as is the T20 Blast.
Each team will play eight group games, four at home and four away, between now and August 26.
The group winners advance to a home semi-final, while the second-placed team will host the third-place team in a play-off on August 28 for the right to compete in the semis on August 31.
On Saturday, September 20, the final is scheduled to take place once more at Trent Bridge.
As the Hundred and this competition are played concurrently, the sides are made up of Championship regulars and emerging players who are interested in first-team cricket, while many counties play at away games at larger venues that are otherwise indisposed.
Glamorgan have won the One-Day Cup twice in the previous four competitions, but their defense in Neath started poorly.
In order to set up the innings, they introduced Hampshire and watched Gubbins set up the innings with a career-best List A score.
With a debut 74 from 17-year-old wicketkeeper Ben Mayes, he posted 141, and Felix Organ’s 32-ball cameo put the total well past 300.
Carlson, the skipper of Glamorgan, recorded his maiden century with a blistering 135 off 92 balls, which included 10 sixes.
However, as Hampshire kept picking up wickets, Alex Horton’s 35 was the next best score and the lowest partnership was only 52.
Gloucestershire’s attempt to defend their T20 Blast title ended shakily, but their One-Day Cup campaign in Cheltenham began well against Derbyshire.
James Bracey (83), Ben Charlesworth (60), and captain Jack Taylor (67) all completed the 103-run innings to start a series that was ultimately 341-8.
In the 28th over, Derbyshire fell to 1522-4 before a score of 76 between captain Brooke Guest, who had scored 86, and 40-year-old Amrit Basra, who had revived their hopes.
However, Zaman Akhter took four wickets in three overs to clinch the victory. Derbyshire were bowled out for 282 by him, and he came to an end with 4-47.
In a 10-over spell of 4-29, Essex’s Jamie Porter reduced Nottinghamshire to 41-4 in the contest at Nettleworth.
However, Moores and Australia’s Daniel Sams (45) combined for 137 for the sixth wicket, with Moores almost twice exceeding his previous highest score of 76.
Notts’ innings were reduced to 46 overs by the rain, and Essex received a 286 target on the same time.
Yorks and Durham’s Group B-strong start
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With an emphatic victory over Warwickshire at Scarborough, Yorkshire, under the direction of one-day skipper Dom Bess, made a good start.
As Cliff caused the majority of the damage, Bess put the visitors in and reduced them to 38-7 and then to 73-9.
On his List A debut, wicketkeeper Vansh Jani hit 82 and added 64 for the final wicket while Ollie Hannon-Dalby added one as the Bears were all out for 137 in the 37th over.
In the 21st over, the hosts fell to 72-4, but Imam-ul-Haq, a Pakistan international, managed to hold the lead with 55 and shared a 56-run partnership with George Hill before Harry Duke, who had 17.1 overs to go, scored the winning runs.
In Durham’s victory, Rhodes, who played in Gosforth, was the star of the show.
As the hosts posted 310-7 off their 50 overs, he scored 96 and Ollie Robinson hit exactly 100 from 79 balls.
Despite scoring 74 from Danny Lamb and 44 from Fynn Hudson-Prentice, Sussex fell to 86-4 after taking four wickets in the opening 20 overs.
With Oli Carter and Lamb had scored 84 for the sixth wicket, but Rhodes’ inspiring spell began with a 38-run dismissal.
As Sussex were all out for 259 with 46.3 overs, he took each of the final five wickets to record his first List-A five-wicket haul.
After their match didn’t even begin, Lancashire and Northamptonshire each take two points.
After a second inspection, the umpires called it off at 14:45 BST because the ground was severely damaged by the storm Floris from Monday.
A 12-year-old volunteer is bringing the experiences of his own family as they are passed down from generation to generation to ensure visitors to Hiroshima’s Peace Park get a personal look at the tragedy of the world’s first nuclear bombing.
