Mauricio Pochettino agrees to coach the US men's national soccer team through the 2030 FIFA World Cup, US Soccer announces.

FIFA Sec Gen Grafstrom slams collapse of privatization plan as 'sad and reproachable' amid pressure on Infantino. Wenger says he was not involved and withdrawal was 'absolutely necessary'.

FIFA Secretary General Mattias Grafstrom called the collapse of a privatization plan 'a sad and reproachable series of events' as pressure mounts on FIFAGianni Infantino. FIFA Chief of Global Football Development Arsene Wenger said he was not involved in the proposal and its withdrawal was 'absolutely necessary'.

Infantino faces mounting internal revolt as Wenger and a key FIFA ally break ranks over his since-abandoned proposal to open the World Cup to private investment

Pressure on FIFA president Gianni Infantino intensified on Tuesday, with opposition emerging from within world football's governing body and from external critics over his since-abandoned proposal to open the World Cup to private investment. Arsène Wenger and a key FIFA ally turned against him.

China's Jingdezhen porcelain industry sites inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List as country's 61st World Heritage site, Xinhua reports

Jingdezhen's handicraft porcelain industry sites were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 25, becoming China's 61st World Heritage site, according to Xinhua. The director of the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Museum said the property preserves material evidence of a complete porcelain-producing civilization operating continuously from the 10th to the 19th century.

ANA Flight 968 from Shanghai climbed to avoid a government inspection aircraft near Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday, per Kyodo News. All 197 on board were unharmed, ANA said.

An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 968 from Shanghai made an evasive climb near Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday morning after its collision avoidance system was activated. The pilot climbed to avoid a Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism inspection aircraft that had taken off from Runway D; none of the 197 people on board were injured.