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France wants to transform Fifa after withdrawing Infantino support
The French Football Federation (FFF) has withdrawn its support for Gianni Infantino’s Fifa presidency, following England, Italy, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland, and is now calling for a wider overhaul of how football’s governing body is run. The move comes after Infantino abandoned a controversial plan to sell stakes in Fifa competitions, including the…
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Tory MP argues party must confront unsustainable state pension triple lock
A senior Conservative MP has said the party should be the first to publicly acknowledge that the pensions triple lock is unsustainable, arguing this would show the Tories are serious about fiscal responsibility. The MP proposed alternatives to the current guarantee, which raises the state pension each year in line with the highest of inflation,…
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Monica Dolan Shares How She Prepared to Portray the Woman Who Uncovered an Irish Mass Grave Scandal in ‘The Lost Children of Tuam’: TIFF
Actress Monica Dolan is featuring in three films at the Toronto International Film Festival, most notably playing Catherine Corless in “The Lost Children of Tuam,” a drama about the amateur historian who exposed that up to 796 infants and children were buried in unmarked graves at a former Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in…
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Carrie Underwood Is Going Rock for 2026 ‘Sunday Night Football’ Season Opener
Carrie Underwood will give the Sunday Night Football theme song a rock makeover when she opens NBC and Peacock’s coverage for the 15th consecutive year on 13 September 2026. Instead of her usual rendition of “Waiting All Day for Sunday Night,” she will perform a reworked cover of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts’ “I Hate…
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Charges laid after engaged tradie, 22, was shot dead in soccer club car park
Two men have been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old plumber in the car park of a Melbourne soccer club. Daniel Hussein, who was engaged to be married, was gunned down near HR Uren Reserve in Thomastown on Sunday evening and died after being treated at the scene, in what police…
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Declan Rice shrugs off Arsenal concerns and says 60 games a season is sustainable
Declan Rice has dismissed Arsenal’s concerns over his workload, insisting his body can handle another 60-plus appearance season despite having played through pain at the World Cup. The 27-year-old midfielder admitted he had received pain-killing injections to manage neural back and hamstring problems, prompting the club to monitor him closely after he was given only…
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“Only in Seattle do we get football with a side of grunge.” Soundgarden perform at Seahawks NFL half-time show with The Pretty Reckless’ Taylor Momsen and Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready
Soundgarden performed a special half-time show at the Seattle Seahawks’ NFL season opener on 9 September, joined by The Pretty Reckless singer Taylor Momsen and Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready at Lumen Field. McCready opened proceedings with a rendition of the US national anthem before the band played Outshined and Spoonman during the interval, blending…
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Top four seeds in historic semi-final line-up
The women’s singles semi-finals at the US Open 2026 will feature all four top seeds for the first time since 1975, an alignment last seen in a Grand Slam as recently as Wimbledon 2009. Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff all came through three-set battles to reach the last four, a line-up…
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Labour’s new winter of discontent? Fears over looming triple whammy of rises to energy bills, interest rates and taxes
Britain faces a potential “triple whammy” this winter as rising energy bills, possible interest rate increases and further tax rises loom over households and businesses. The gloomier outlook is being driven partly by the ongoing Iran war, which has pushed oil prices higher and stoked inflation concerns, while ministers refuse to rule out fresh tax…