Unai Simon has won the Men's Goalkeeper of the Year award for 2026. He beat his compatriot, David Raya, to the prize thanks to his efforts with Spain at the World Cup. But Simon made a total of nine saves in eight games, which — as a body of work — surely does not outshine Raya's season for Arsenal. 📝 @SebSB Follow the rest of the Ballon d'Or live: nyti.ms/4dTOSRe

With respect to my colleagues in the football writing industry, I am stunned that Bruno Fernandes has been named FWA Footballer of the Year instead of Declan Rice. Rice has literally won more matches this season (35) than Fernandes has even played (34). telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Coffee is quintessentially a culture before it is a beverage. If you love coffee, you will know that by now. In Ethiopia, history and culture confers coffee with a special spiritual, mystical status. From cultivation to harvesting; from roasting to preparation; the special reverence for coffee shines through. This has been the case for centuries. Walk into any roadside kiosk or a top 5 star hotel, the traditional style of preparing coffee and the quality almost the same. In East Africa, the rise of the middle class and popularity of 'coffee houses' has introduced Italian machines and different styles of consuming coffee, but nothing beats a traditional Ethiopian Arabica espresso.

I'd feel bad for Man Utd but whenever I remember Gary Neville always talking sh.t about Arsenal, Evra calling us Netflix FC, van Der Sar saying Raya isn't a top goalie, & the onfield injustice Wenger faced over the years, I just keep wishing for their continued downfall.

‼️ How does Kenya 🇰🇪 come back from this? ✅ 2020 Olympics Champion and former Marathon World Record Holder Peres Jepchirchir has failed a doping test. ✔️ She has been provisionally suspended after an out of competition sample returned presence of EPO.

BREAKING: The U.S. is now preparing to completely abandon Gulf countries, as Trump envoy Tom Barrack directly warns Gulf allies that Washington can no longer guarantee their security indefinitely, telling regional officials in Doha that they must take responsibility for their own defense, signalling the end of the U.S. security umbrella in the Middle East, per the Wall Street Journal. Barrack said the 80-year-old U.S. security-for-oil arrangement is no longer sustainable, pointing to regional defense partnerships as the way forward. The warning comes as Gulf states face Iranian strikes on U.S. military infrastructure and growing uncertainty over Washington’s future military commitment to the region.

Next up: Como (A) in two days.

Kenya has confirmed a third case of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus. The patient, a 65-year-old woman, is a primary contact and a close relative of the first and second cases and had been under quarantine.