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Newsweek
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Newsweek
How to Watch North Macedonia vs Belgium: Live Stream FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, TV Channel
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup continues this weekend with a number of UEFA games, including this one on Friday between Belgium and North Macedonia. North Macedonia currently leads Group J, putting it in position to qualify directly to the World Cup, though there's a lot of time still left to go. Belgium has yet to play a Group J match. Stole Dimitrievski of Macedonia looks on during the UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying round group C match between England and North Macedonia at Old Trafford on June 19, 2023 in Manchester, England. Stole Dimitrievski of Macedonia looks on during the UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying round group C match between England and North Macedonia at Old Trafford on June 19, 2023 in Manchester, England. Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images How to Watch North Macedonia vs Belgium Date: Friday, June 6, 2025 Time: 2:45 PM EDT Channel: Fubo Sports Stream: Fubo (Try for free) In the first set of matches in this group, North Macedonia picked up a 3-0 win over Liechtenstein, then followed that up with a 1-1 draw against Wales. That match was scoreless all the way into stoppage time before North Macedonia's Bojan Miovski, a forward for Girona in La Liga. However, Wales would quickly answer to force the draw. Belgium has yet to play a qualifying match because the team was playing in the Nations League during the first window. North Macedonia has gotten off to a strong start, but a World Cup berth would still be a surprise considering the team has never played in the tournament before. However, the team has been on a hot streak lately, winning six of its past seven games. Belgium has played in the past three World Cups and finished third back in 2018. However, the team is on a bit of a slide. It won its last match in March against Ukraine, but entered that game with five losses and a draw in the team's previous six contests. Live stream FIFA World Cup qualifiers with Fubo: Start your free trial now! Regional restrictions may apply. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
UPI
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
TelevisaUnivision, Disney Entertainment partner for distribution deal
Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates with the FIFA World Cup trophy after the FIFA World Cup Final at Lusail Stadium in 2022. The upcoming World Cup will be available to watch on Hulu. File Photo by Chris Brunskill/UPI | License Photo May 21 (UPI) -- Spanish-speaking soccer fans will soon be able to watch the FIFA Club World Cup on Hulu + Live TV as part of a new distribution deal between TelevisaUnivision and Disney Entertainment. Beginning June 3, Univision, UniMas, TUDN and Galavision will stream on Hulu + Live TV. N+FORO, TLNovelas, Bandamax, De Pelicula, De Pelicula Clasico, Telehit and Telehit Music will soon become available to add. ViX subscribers in Mexico will also gain access to Disney+ starting in June, a press release said. The TelevisaUnivision president of streaming and digital, Rafael Urbina, said he was "thrilled" about the new agreement. "TelevisaUnivision is the top producer of Spanish-language content in the world, and this deal underscores two critically important elements: our portfolio is a main anchor for any pay TV distributor -- without TelevisaUnivision, there is no complete pay-TV offering; and our direct-to-consumer business continues to break boundaries as ViX further strengthens its powerful connection to Hispanics around the world," he said in a statement.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Premier League top scorers 2024-25: who is leading race for Golden Boot?
Mohamed Salah scores his second penalty against Southampton, his 27th Premier League goal of the season. Photograph: Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty Images
Forbes
08-04-2025
- Science
- Forbes
The Ecological Fallout Of Losing White Sharks In South Africa
Great White Shark breaching at Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa (Photo by Chris Brunskill ... More Ltd/Corbis via Getty Images) For years, the cold, murky waters of False Bay were home to animals that were sleek, powerful, and unmistakably apex. Great white sharks had ruled these waters for decades, stealthy and silent until a sudden burst of motion shattered the calm. But then, the splashes stopped. One year, fewer sharks were seen. The next, even fewer. By 2018, the hunters had vanished. And what followed wasn't silence… it was change. A sprawling stretch of sea off South Africa's coast, False Bay is no stranger to ecological drama. This nearly 380-square-mile bay has long been a seasonal gathering ground for Carcharodon carcharias, better known as the infamous great white shark. During the colder months, many would patrol the waters around Seal Island, where tens of thousands of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) clustered. In warmer months, the sharks moved closer to shore, hunting fish and other sharks, including large-bodied competitors like the sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus). But sometime after 2015, this pattern began to unravel. Boat-based surveys, conducted over two decades, recorded a sharp drop in sightings (an 82% decline between 2016 and 2020, to be exact). No white sharks have been seen there since August 2018. What caused this sudden disappearance is still uncertain. Some point to increased removals from shark control programs along the South African coast. Others suspect a different predator entirely: a specialized group of orcas that target sharks, including white sharks. These orcas have been seen disemboweling sharks and extracting their livers, a high-energy organ, with surgical precision. Whether it was fishing nets or orca teeth, the result was the same: an apex predator vanished. But nature doesn't like a vacuum. Sharks are highly mobile, elusive, and often difficult to study over long timescales. But their ... More influence reaches far beyond their bite. As this work shows, losing a top predator can shake the foundation of an ecosystem... though exactly how it plays out may depend on the location, species involved, and even who steps into the power vacuum next. The absence of white sharks didn't just leave Seal Island eerily quiet. It triggered a ripple effect, one that began with the sharks' prey and worked its way down the food chain. See, top predators like white sharks don't just eat other animals. They shape ecosystems by influencing the density, physiology, and behavior of their prey. This can create ripple effects that cascade through multiple trophic levels. In coral reefs, for example, the presence of sharks alters how and where herbivorous fish feed, which in turn affects seaweed growth and habitat structure. But studying these cascading impacts in marine environments is tough — there's a lack of controlled experiments, field data is limited, and large predators are hard to track. That's why long-term monitoring programs, like the one in False Bay, are so valuable. Researchers recently analyzed a 20-year dataset of standardized shark surveys from Seal Island, focusing on how the decline of white sharks affected the broader ecosystem. The new study combined long-term monitoring data, citizen science sightings, and visitor statistics, and offers a rare look at what happens when a top predator disappears not gradually, but almost overnight. From 2000 to 2015, shark sightings were relatively stable, averaging 1.64 white sharks per hour of survey. Between 2016 and 2020, that number dropped to 0.3 per hour. And Cape fur seals, the sharks' main prey at Seal Island, seemed to respond quickly. To understand how seal numbers changed over time, the research team turned to public databases like iNaturalist and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), where they found that between 2009 and 2015, there were about 10 reported sightings per million visitors to the area. After the shark decline, that number jumped to over 65 — a 520% increase. In fact, even accounting for fluctuations in visitor numbers due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the trend held strong! And the seals' distribution changed, with sightings reported across a broader stretch of coastline. Their behavior… shifted. So did their stress levels, which dropped noticeably after the sharks disappeared. And something else happened too: sevengill sharks, historically rare around Seal Island (likely due to predation pressure from white sharks) suddenly began appearing in boat surveys. The emergence of these large animals hints at a reshuffling of the predator hierarchy. With their rise, new prey came under pressure. Sevengills feed on smaller benthic sharks and rays, meaning that white shark loss may have indirectly caused declines in entirely different species. This kind of top-down ecological shift, known as a trophic cascade, has been documented in a handful of marine systems (like the coral reefs mentioned above), but rarely with such clarity. The waters of False Bay may seem calm today, but they tell a story of disruption. And for ... More scientists, conservationists, and anyone interested in the balance of marine life, the disappearance of the great white shark offers a cautionary tale: when the top of the food chain falls, everything below it can shift. The ecological implications are clearly complex. An increase in seal and sevengill populations means more pressure on the species they consume, like small pelagic fish and smaller sharks. But as with many real-world systems, it's not always a straightforward chain reaction. A similar study on the Great Barrier Reef, for example, found no clear link between shark numbers and the density of their prey. In False Bay, too, environmental variables likely play a role. Still, the absence of white sharks marked a clear before-and-after moment in the system. And what this long-term study highlights is both the importance and the challenge of understanding apex predators in the wild. Sharks are highly mobile, elusive, and often difficult to study over long timescales. But their influence reaches far beyond their bite. While white sharks may still be present elsewhere in South Africa, their disappearance from this specific ecosystem has left a measurable void. Filling that void are new patterns of behavior, population booms, and shifting predator roles. As this work shows, losing a top predator can shake the foundation of an ecosystem—though exactly how it plays out may depend on the location, species involved, and even who steps into the power vacuum next.
