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Coach Amir Ghalenoei said Iran is the "most oppressed team in the World Cup" after his players were suddenly informed they must travel back to Mexico immediately after their opening game ended in Los Angeles late Monday.
When Egypt took the lead against Belgium in their opening World Cup match on Monday, decades of doubt gave way to belief for 62-year-old Bahgat Abbas.
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Sports
Iran were poised to make a tension-filled entrance at the World Cup on Monday as European heavyweights Spain were held to a shock 0-0 draw by tiny tournament debutants Cape Verde.
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SURREY, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 16, 2026 / INEO Tech Corp. (TSXV:INEO)(OTCQB:INEOF, currently trading as INEOD until early July 2026 due to the recent share consolidation) (the "Company" or "INEO") announces that further to its news releases dated May 4, 2026, and May 28, 2026, the Company closed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of Shares (the "Share Offering"), issuing 15,000,000 Shares, at a price of $0.10 per Share for gross proceeds of $1,500,000.
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / June 16, 2026 / Panther Minerals Inc. ("Panther Minerals" or the "Company") (CSE:PURR)(OTCQB:GLIOF)(FWB:2BC), a North American mineral acquisition and exploration company, is pleased to announce that it has engaged Leede Financial Inc. (the "Agent") on a commercially reasonable efforts basis, to act as sole lead manager and sole bookrunner in connection with a brokered private placement offering (the "Offering") of up to 6,000,000 units of the Company (the "Units") and up to 6,000,000 special warrants of the Company (the "Special Warrants") for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $3,000,000, consisting of up to $1,500,000 of Units and up to $1,500,000 of Special Warrants.
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