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Watch Justin Bieber Boast He’s a ‘Superior Ping-Pong Player’ to Tennis Champ Novak Djokovic Before Winning $1 Million Fanatics Games Prize
Justin Bieber won the Fanatics Games at Fanatics Fest in New York, beating an all-star field of athletes including Tom Brady, Novak Djokovic, Victor Wembanyama and Karl-Anthony Towns, and immediately gave away his $1 million (£790,000) prize rather than keeping it. The event, filmed for the ESPN special “Fanatics Fest: All Access”, saw the pop…
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Former Kansas Jayhawks guard Brett Ballard seriously injured in single-vehicle highway crash
Brett Ballard, the Washburn University men’s basketball head coach and a former University of Kansas Jayhawks guard, has been hospitalised with serious injuries following a single-vehicle crash on a highway in Topeka, Kansas, on Tuesday night. The incident has shocked the college basketball community, given Ballard’s standing as both a well-known former Jayhawks player and…
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‘Art therapy’, cricket, break dancing… and TWO GPs onsite: Inside Britain’s biggest migrant camp where asylum seekers are called ‘customers’ and treated to the cushiest of lives – all paid for by YOU
An investigation reports on conditions at what is described as Britain’s largest asylum accommodation centre, revealing that residents are provided with amenities including art therapy sessions, cricket, break dancing classes and on-site access to two GPs. The report frames these facilities as unusually generous for state-funded asylum accommodation, and highlights that staff reportedly refer to…
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Chiefs coach Andy Reid has a blunt response to everyone freaking out over Travis Kelce’s dad bod
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has dismissed the online furore over tight end Travis Kelce’s physique at the start of NFL training camp, offering a characteristically blunt take on the speculation. The story highlights how quickly minor observations about a high-profile athlete’s appearance can spiral into a media talking point during the quieter…
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Banned from football at home, Afghan women’s team reunite 8,000 miles away
A newly reunited Afghan women’s football team, Afghan Women United, gathered in New Zealand for the first time since FIFA ruled in April that they could represent Afghanistan in official matches. The 23-player squad, made up of Afghan players now living abroad after fleeing Taliban rule, no longer needs approval from the Afghanistan Football Federation,…
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US revokes Brazil ambassador’s visa over diplomatic tensions
The State Department revoked the visa of Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, the Brazilian ambassador to the U.S., on Tuesday amid tensions between the two governments. In a statement, the office of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said it “repudiates” the decision by the State Department to revoke Viotti’s visa. Viotti has been Lula’s…
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Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Famous Guest Drummers Honor Neil Peart in New Documentary
A new documentary about the late Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, titled “Neil Peart: No One’s Disciple,” will premiere on Canada’s CBC network on 23 September. The film tells Peart’s life story through interviews with Rush bandmates Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson, alongside a number of prominent drummers reflecting on his influence. Peart, widely…
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TSA union blasts checkpoint privatisation as Congress eyes healthcare price transparency
US politics sees TSA workers warn against airport security privatisation while Congress weighs healthcare price rules; plus a Mexican influencer’s on-air killing, gene-edited allergy-free puppies, cougars cutting deer collisions, De Zerbi’s Spurs ambitions, and Star Wars breaking from the Skywalkers.
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Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley “Couldn’t Be Happier” About Expected FCC Repeal Of Federal Ownership Cap
Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley said he “couldn’t be happier” as the FCC prepares to vote on scrapping the federal cap limiting a single company from owning TV stations reaching more than 39% of US households. The Republican-led commission, chaired by Trump appointee Brendan Carr, has long argued the rule is outdated in an era of…
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I’d like Hundred to be longer – Salt
Welsh Fire captain Phil Salt has said he would like The Hundred to run for an extra week, after his side played three matches in five days, travelling between Birmingham, Cardiff and Manchester. He acknowledged the difficulty of extending the tight schedule but highlighted the physical toll on players, particularly the extensive travel time endured…