A professional soccer player who competed in the World Cup less than two weeks ago has died at 25.

The South Africa Football Players Union announced the "untimely passing" of midfielder Jayden Adams.

"Death has cruelly stolen one of our own. It has robbed our nation of a remarkable footballer, but it will never take away the legacy Jayden Adams leaves behind," the union said in a social media post.

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"We will forever remember his humility, his extraordinary talent and the pride with which he represented South Africa. Rest in eternal peace, Jayden. You will never be forgotten."

"Jayden had only recently represented South Africa at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, carrying the hopes of the nation with pride, courage and distinction," the SAFPU said in a separate statement on Saturday. "His passing is an immeasurable loss to his family, teammates, clubs, the football fraternity and the country at large."

No cause of death was immediately known.

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Adams started South Africa's World Cup opener, a 2-0 loss to host nation Mexico. He also started the team's draw against the Czech Republic before coming off the bench in South Africa's 1-0 win over South Korea that clinched a spot in the Round of 32.

He spent six seasons with Stellenbosch FC before joining Mamelodi Sundowns.

Adams did not play during the knockout stage.

He was a member of Mamelodi Sundowns, which won the CAF Champions League title last year.

Adams scored two goals in nine appearances for South Africa.

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We have reached the final game of the World Cup Quarterfinals. It is hard to believe that this is almost over. I've thoroughly enjoyed watching these games, even if I still feel like soccer could be improved for the American viewer. I know, it isn't all about us, but there are still some things that make it somewhat boring at times. However, when there are tense moments, they are as good as almost any other event you can think of. I think this game will be tighter than the books expect, personally.

In 1996, showing my age here, Madonna had a song called "Don't Cry for Me Argentina". I think it was part of a movie or something, but flash forward 30 years later, and I can't imagine that anyone will be crying for this team.

Their last game was surrounded with questionable calls and what felt like a rigged outcome. Argentina looked like the worse team for about 80 of 90 minutes. The last 10 minutes made a major difference, and I do believe Egypt blew it, but there was clearly some help from the referees.

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Argentina, despite having perhaps the greatest player ever in Lionel Messi, has looked a bit unsteady in the past two games. They struggled to beat Cape Verde, winning 3-2, and as mentioned, were not good against Egypt. Perhaps you can be optimistic and say that despite looking bad, they won both games without needing penalty kicks. I guess I can't argue that point, but sometimes you also look like you're on the verge of a loss because you're going to lose.

On the other side of this match is Switzerland. This is not a team that has received a ton of attention or publicity. They have quietly taken advantage of their opportunities. There is not much flashy about the team, and there really isn't much exciting about them, either. I do think they have a good club, but there is no star power, and even their scoring has been balanced. That isn't a knock; that can just mean they are well-rounded instead of one-dimensional.

Getting here was a challenge for the Swiss team. They started with a 1-1 draw against Qatar in their Group Stage opener. Then they destroyed Bosnia-Herzegovina 4-1. They beat Canada to close out the Group Stage, and then in the Round of 32, they took down Algeria 2-0. Against Colombia in the Round of 16, they played arguably the most boring game of the tournament, going 0-0 even after extra time, before they finally won on penalty kicks.

It is hard to back Switzerland here because I do think that FIFA wants a France-Argentina title game. If either of these teams is likely to score goals, it will almost certainly be Argentina. Messi is too good for anyone to fully stop him. He was fairly quiet against Egypt but still scored late. I could see this game going under the 2.5 goals, though. The Swiss team doesn't play overaggressively and seems to be methodical with the ball.

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I also think the right play is the draw after 90 minutes. Argentina looks flawed lately. I think we can see another patient approach. It does make sense that Argentina is still the favorite, and maybe they come out aggressive to try and establish themselves. I'm taking Switzerland to get a draw through 90 at +255.

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Brooke Hanlon's husband placed a frantic 911 call after finding his wife unconscious and not breathing on the floor of their Chester, New Jersey, home in early June.

Conor Hanlon, the husband of 35-year-old Brooke Hanlon, called 911 after finding her unconscious and bloodied on the floor of their home on June 6. He asked the operator for guidance on performing CPR. Investigators found Brooke Hanlon dead with "multiple sharp force injuries," according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office.

"I just found my wife (inaudible) CPR, I need CPR instructions," Hanlon can be heard saying on the 911 call.

Fox News Digital spotted Conor Hanlon in Brighton, Massachusetts, as the couple's baby is staying with family.

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"I need you here. I need you here immediately," he said.

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When the 911 operator asked if she was bleeding and not conscious, Conor Hanlon can be heard screaming, "No!"

"Oh, oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god," Hanlon can be heard saying while hyperventilating.

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Conor Hanlon has obtained a lawyer and has been communicating with investigators, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office previously said.

Fox News Digital previously obtained a Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) log of a 911 call made at the home on June 6, which was initially reported as a "Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest."

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The 911 call was placed at 4:29 p.m., and at 4:42 p.m., a dispatcher entered a "suspicious death" note on the file.

One of the Hanlons' neighbors told Fox News Digital, "There was a lot of activity out there on the 6th. I'd talked to Conor a few times before. We mostly texted. We've lived here about a year, and he'd text me whenever bears were around."

Court records show Conor Hanlon has no prior arrests or criminal history. He hasn't been accused of any crime nor wrongdoing.

Troy Jackson, a possible replacement for Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner after he dropped out of the race on Wednesday, was pressed during an MS NOW interview on Thursday about an independent Maine voter saying he would vote for Republican Sen. Susan Collins over him.

MS NOW host Katy Tur confronted Jackson with video of an independent Maine voter telling a reporter, "Troy Jackson is not progressive. He voted against so many bad things, like gay marriage, abortion. He did that and now wants to say he's progressive." 

"If they put up Troy Jackson, if they put up Shenna Bellows, I'm voting for Susan Collins," the voter, Brent Hawkes, said. "And I hate to say that as an independent, but Troy Jackson and Shenna Bellows aren't going to be able to do anything in the federal government."

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Tur noted the voter was an independent but was espousing progressive viewpoints and asked Jackson to respond to him.

"Honestly, he is accurate," Jackson admitted. "I voted against those things over 15 years ago. Since then, you know, I've found out, I've understood. I mean, I've always been someone that believes that healthcare is a human right, and it became clear to me after some time that abortion, reproductive rights access is a human right," he said.

Jackson touted a 100% voting record with Planned Parenthood.

"I've co-sponsored some of the most progressive abortion access in the entire country and fought vehemently for it," he said. "
"And you know, I make no bones about a bad vote years ago coming out of a rural area, a very Catholic area. But, I mean, people are going to have all kinds of thoughts about these things, but I mean, I have a 20-year record of votes like that, but a whole bunch of votes that, you know, people like in the DSA think that I'm very progressive."

Jackson filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to potentially replace Platner as the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate. Prior to the recent allegations against Platner, Jackson was one of his earliest supporters and previously campaigned with Platner during his gubernatorial campaign. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has also been floated as a replacement.

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During the same interview, Tur questioned Jackson over his support for Platner throughout his campaign, which has been riddled with controversy related to a Nazi tattoo, incendiary Reddit posts and, most recently, sexual abuse allegations, which the ex-Senate candidate denies.

"You supported him," Tur began. "You bragged about being one of the first supporters of him. Why did you stick with him for so long? Why did you stick with him after the Nazi tattoo? Why did you stick with him after The New York Times article and the aggressive women stuff, stick with him after the Reddit posts that were arguably racist and sexist? I know he denies the sexual misconduct allegations, but why did you stay with him for so long?"

"Well, the Nazi tattoo and the Reddit posts, I mean, I didn’t know — I mean, I haven’t ever been on Reddit, but, you know, when people talked about those things, and he turned around and said, you know, that these were times, whenever, they were dark for him and, you know, he’d grown and all this stuff," Jackson said.

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Jackson added, "They were, you know, a different time period for him. And I understood, you know, that people can change."

A simple lifestyle adjustment could potentially slow down the body's biological aging process, according to new research.

The study, published in the journal Aging, investigated how a diet change and easy exercise regimen affected men between the ages of 50 and 74 over a three-month period.

Researchers designed a clinical trial involving 48 overweight men in Japan. Over a 12-week period, half of the participants followed a strictly structured wellness routine, while the other half maintained their usual habits.

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For the intervention group, the routine required consuming 100 grams of plain yogurt every day.

This group also received individualized dietary counseling that advised them to curb overeating, avoid excessive snacking and cut out sugary drinks.

They were also instructed to walk or use a stepper machine for roughly 30 minutes a day, at least three days each week.

To measure the impact of these changes, the scientists collected blood samples from all participants before and after the study, and also analyzed DNA for chemical changes that act as indicators of cellular age.

Specifically, they used a measurement tool called DunedinPACE. Rather than assessing a person's chronological age in years, this tool calculates the precise rate at which an individual’s body is currently aging.

The men who consumed the probiotic yogurt, adjusted their diets and exercised showed a statistically significant reduction in their pace of aging compared to the control group, the researchers said.

On average, the speed of their biological aging slowed by approximately 2.2%. This reduction is roughly comparable to the slowing of biological aging observed in a previous two-year U.S. study, in which participants reduced their daily calorie intake by 25%.

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This reduction in aging speed happened independently of weight loss , meaning it did not directly correlate with changes in the participants' body mass index or the exact number of exercise sessions they logged.

The researchers also recorded a noticeable improvement in a specific DNA marker that is linked to kidney function.

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Because this study combined three distinct factors — probiotics, diet and exercise — the authors concluded that the anti-aging benefits cannot be attributed to any single component. Instead, the slowed aging rate appears to be the result of a combined effect.

The researchers also acknowledged clear limitations of the study, including its small sample size and short duration. Also, the participant pool was restricted to overweight men of a single nationality.

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More research is needed to determine whether these short-term biological shifts can translate into permanent, long-term health benefits, the study stated.

For a network that claims to want to grow conversation around the WNBA, no company struggles discussing the league's biggest star more than ESPN.

Over the past week alone, various ESPN commentators have told viewers that Caitlin Clark was not actually punched in the throat (despite clear video evidence), that she has a responsibility to stand up for Black women in the league, that her embellishment is why Alyssa Thomas' fist ended up on her throat, and that she is not even one of the top guards in the WNBA.

David Dennis Jr., whom ESPN recently re-signed and promoted, was responsible for some of those remarks on Thursday.

"I don't think that you can make a compelling argument that Caitlin Clark is a top-four guard in the WNBA," Dennis said, brushing aside the statistical case that proves otherwise.

He also argued that it is unfair to claim opposing players are targeting Clark or committing hard fouls out of "petty jealousy." Instead, he said Clark is simply receiving "superstar treatment."

Dennis has built a reputation for filtering cultural issues through the lens of race. Last year, he wrote that the idea of praising Sydney Sweeney for her appearance "mortified" him. Perhaps he was once rejected by a white woman, and the moment still haunts him to this day.

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Still, the coverage of Clark is not much better elsewhere on ESPN. The network continues to rely on Chiney Ogwumike and Monica McNutt as two of its leading WNBA analysts, despite their obvious disdain toward Clark.

Last week, Ogwumike argued that Alyssa Thomas punching Clark in the neck was not a significant issue because it required a "freeze frame" to see the contact, whatever that means. McNutt, meanwhile, accused young white girls of favoring Clark on racial grounds.

"Caitlin represented, and again, some of this to me probably is not fair to her, because it was not anything that she said or was truly based on her personality, but she was a white girl from the middle of America. And so she represented a whole lot to a lot of people, whether that is truly what she ascribed to or not," McNutt said.

Former NFL player Harry Douglas has also become part of the conversation. This week, he attempted to praise Paige Bueckers but did so only by trying to diminish Clark.

"Everything we expected Caitlin Clark to be, Paige Bueckers has been in the WNBA," Douglas said.

The numbers tell a different story. Clark just won Player of the Month after averaging 20 points, eight assists, and four rebounds per game. Not bad for a guard whom ESPN insists is nowhere near the top four.

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At this point, you have to wonder whether a single ESPN employee is willing to defend Clark or even challenge the factually challenged claims that regularly make it onto the network's airwaves.

Much of the responsibility falls on ESPN management. When executives consistently elevate commentators with one specific ideology, it should not surprise anyone that they arrive at the same illogical, racially-charged conclusions about Clark.

From day one, the narrative around Clark is that she is a superstar only because America has starved for a straight white girl to save them from a league of largely black LGBTQ women. That narrative is not supported by the history of superstardom in American sports. Yet it has shaped ESPN's coverage from the start.

The result is a network that presents a distorted picture of the most influential player in the history of women's basketball. It's bad for the sports. It's bad for ESPN's brand.

The pressure shifts to ESPN executives Jimmy Pitaro, Burke Magnus, and Mike Foss. Those three executives are doing fans a disservice by allowing racial idolaters to turn ESPN's coverage of Clark into a resemblance of how cable news covers the leader of the opposition party.

Imagine if nearly every prominent NFL voice at ESPN approached Patrick Mahomes with the underlying goal of minimizing his accomplishments. That is the culture ESPN has enabled when it comes to discussing Caitlin Clark.

OutKick credited ESPN several months ago for rebuilding its brand by shifting away from identity politics. The ratings suggest viewers have noticed. However, the network's coverage of Clark remains a glaring exception. In the process, ESPN is undermining the growth of one of its most valuable media properties.

ESPN ought to add some diversity to its WNBA commentary -- diversity of opinion, that is.

FIRST ON FOX: Democrat candidate Sarah Trone Garriott, a minister and state legislator running for one of the most competitive House seats in the nation, contributed to a "resistance preaching" guide that encouraged faith leaders to combat President Donald Trump and his supporters from the pulpit.

Trone Garriott authored a chapter in a 2018 collection, "Preaching as Resistance: Voices of Hope, Justice, and Solidarity," in the aftermath of Trump’s 2016 presidential election victory, a result the book described as bringing the country "so closely to fascism."

"Many pastors find themselves drawn toward acts of resistance," Phil Snider, a self-described "White male cishet pastor," wrote in the book's introduction, responding to Trump's presidency.

He argued that "pastors of the resistance" were working against a Trump-led coalition rooted in "White supremacy," "exploitation," "greed," and "heteropatriarchy."

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Trone Garriott, who was ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America in 2008, was among that cohort as an author of the collection.

Her contribution, "The Gospel of Resistance," was described as the first sermon she delivered after the 2016 election and has not been previously reported.

Trone Garriott’s involvement comes as she faces mounting scrutiny from Republicans over her previous remarks on religion and cultural issues. The GOP views the Iowa House battleground held by Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, which incorporates the state capital of Des Moines, as critical to preserving its slim majority.

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the contest as a "toss-up." Trump carried the swing district by over four points in 2024, but a recent Fox News Poll showed his favorability is now underwater in the Hawkeye State.

Trone Garriott publicly discussed helping marry a Satanist couple as a minister-in-training during a love-themed storytelling event in 2023, Fox News Digital previously reported. She also defended a Wiccan-led prayer in the state legislature and tied public displays of Christianity to political violence in a 2023 sermon.

During that talk, she criticized private schools and parental rights in education while highlighting her efforts to seek out prayers in the state legislature that were not from the "White American Christian variety."

The Republican National Committee (RNC) sharply criticized Trone Garriott's participation in the "resistance" preaching collection.

"The Wicked Witch of Woke strikes again and admits what we all knew. She views the pulpit as a political weapon to advance her radical agenda," RNC spokesman Zach Kraft said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "There isn't a far-left cause Sarah Trone Garriott hasn't claimed to have found in the Bible and attempted to force on Iowans."

Trone Garriott did not respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment about why she chose to contribute to the collection or whether she agreed with the book's introduction, which described Trump and his tens of millions of voters as rooted in racism.

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The sermon collection, described as "provocative" by its publisher, includes 30 sermons under titles that include "Transgressing the Gender Binary," "Encountering Pharaoh — and Climate Change" and "Wake Up and Stay Woke!"

Beyond criticism of Trump, pastors also condemned immigration enforcement, deportation policies, transphobia and what one author calls "the worship of military-grade weaponry among the populace."

In "When to Break the Law," a minister urges sanctuary cities to defy the federal government and harbor illegal aliens to avoid deportation. In "Take a Knee," the author rails against the "militarized border." In "Overcome Evil with Good," police departments are associated with White supremacy. In "Beloved Resistance," the president is described as an "unrepentant sexual predator."

Trone Garriott's own sermon closes the collection. While less overtly political than some of the others, it was identified as the first sermon she delivered after Trump's election.

In the sermon, Trone Garriott appears to encourage listeners who were upset by recent events without explicitly mentioning Trump's election win. She discusses periods when Christians felt detachment throughout history and turned to Matthew 24:36–44, a passage about Christ's return in which he tells believers to remain ready.

"For those who are honestly praying for the kingdoms of this world to be destroyed and Christ’s kingdom to come … for those who are yearning to go with Christ wherever that may lead … for those hoping for new life … this is the good news," she wrote.