Sports

FIFA Suspends Folarin Balogun's Red Card Ban, Clearing Him to Face Belgium

FIFA suspended Folarin Balogun's one-match ban for a one-year probation, then dismissed Belgium's appeal, clearing the USMNT striker to face Belgium in the World Cup round of 16 on July 6 in Seattle.

Sports

Games to Watch — Sunday, July 5: World Cup Round of 16, plus Padres-Dodgers on Sunday Night

The World Cup Round of 16 runs Sunday: Brazil-Norway at 4pm ET from MetLife, England-Mexico at 8pm in Mexico City. Padres visit the 59-31 Dodgers on Sunday Night Baseball (LAD -1.5), and Caitlin Clark's Fever face the league-best Aces at 7pm on ESPN.

Daily Roundup

The Daily Roundup: Air Jordan 7 Miro, World Cup Quarterfinals, Beyoncé's 'Morning Dew,' and Mistral AI — July 5, 2026

The World Cup 2026 quarterfinals are set as France, Morocco, and Argentina advance, Wimbledon reaches the round of 16, and the Air Jordan 7 'Miro' returns July 10 at $255 in its first U.S. release.

Technology

Onsemi to Acquire Synaptics for $7 Billion in All-Stock Deal

ON Semiconductor agreed to acquire Synaptics for about $7 billion in an all-stock deal, its largest ever, combining its power and sensing chips with Synaptics' edge-AI processors to push into physical AI.

Sports

Alexandra Eala Beats Iga Świątek at Wimbledon, First Filipino in a Slam Round of 16

Alexandra Eala, the No. 29 seed, beat defending champion Iga Świątek 7-6, 6-2 at Wimbledon on July 4 to become the first Filipino to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam.

Technology

Microsoft Launches $2.5 Billion Frontier Company to Embed 6,000 AI Engineers

Microsoft launched Frontier Company on July 2, committing $2.5 billion and 6,000 engineers to embed inside enterprise customers and build AI systems, joining Amazon, OpenAI, and Anthropic in the forward-deployed race.

Sports

Patrick Ewing Joins the Washington Wizards as an Assistant Coach

Patrick Ewing is joining the Washington Wizards as an assistant coach under head coach Brian Keefe, per ESPN's Shams Charania — a return to the NBA bench after an ambassador stint with the New York Knicks.

Sports

Six Americans Are Still Alive at Wimbledon, Five of Them Women

The American field at Wimbledon has narrowed to two: Coco Gauff reached her first semifinal by beating Jessica Pegula, while Taylor Fritz, the last American man, faces Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals on July 8.

Sports

Kylian Mbappé's Penalty Beats Paraguay 1-0, France Advance to Quarterfinals

Kylian Mbappé's 70th-minute VAR-awarded penalty was enough for France in an ugly 1-0 Round of 16 win over Paraguay in Philadelphia, sending Les Bleus into a Morocco quarterfinal.

Sports

Ounahi Brace Sends Morocco Past Canada Into the World Cup Quarterfinals

Azzedine Ounahi's second-half brace and a late Soufiane Rahimi goal sent Morocco past co-hosts Canada 3-0 in the World Cup Round of 16 in Houston, into the quarterfinals for a second straight tournament.

Intelligence Brief

The Intelligence Brief: LeBron Leaves the Lakers, JAIDE Lands the First Air Jordan 11 Collab, and AI Takes 43% of Venture Funding — July 4, 2026

Value concentrated at the top this week: OpenAI and Anthropic took 43% of all H1 venture funding, Jordan Brand handed JAIDE the first Air Jordan 11 collab in 30 years, and LeBron James left the Lakers to chase fit on his own terms.

Culture

KidSuper Designs a Capsule Collection for Larry David's HBO Series

KidSuper designed a limited capsule for HBO's 'Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness' — a custom letterman jacket, cap, keychain and apparel with hand-drawn colonial imagery, on pre-order for the Fourth of July weekend.