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Chelsea lose friendly as Juventus score stunning winner
Chelsea suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Juventus in a pre-season friendly played in Hong Kong, with the Italian side securing victory thanks to a spectacular strike from winger Edon Zhegrova. The result offers an early gauge of both clubs’ pre-season form ahead of the upcoming campaign, though friendlies of this kind are typically used…
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Parkinson gets England-U20s call before World Cup
Midfielder Erica Meg Parkinson, 18, has been named in England’s preparation squad for the Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland next month.
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Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google
Shopify has reported that AI-powered search tools are boosting traffic and sales for merchants on its platform rather than eating into traditional search, contrasting with the impact AI summaries have had on online publishers, where click-through rates and advertising revenue have suffered. President Harley Finkelstein told analysts on the company’s second-quarter earnings call that AI…
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Palace set to sign Tomiyasu and consider March deal
Crystal Palace are set to sign defender Takehiro Tomiyasu on a free transfer following a successful trial, and are also weighing up a move for winger Solly March. The Japan international’s arrival would strengthen a defence weakened by Maxence Lacroix’s departure to Chelsea, with head coach Pierre Sage reportedly planning to deploy three central defenders…
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Mykhailo Mudryk returns in Chelsea defeat as Milan pay tribute to Baresi
Chelsea suffered a 1-0 friendly defeat to Juventus in Hong Kong, a match notable for the return of winger Mykhailo Mudryk, who came on as a substitute for the first time in nearly two years after serving a doping suspension. Manager Xabi Alonso described the moment as “emotional” for the club, with Mudryk’s introduction met…
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Scarlets chief Daniels dismisses Ospreys merger
Scarlets managing director Jon Daniels has dismissed suggestions of a merger with Ospreys as speculation, insisting no such proposal is currently on the table. His comments come after the Welsh Rugby Union outlined plans to reduce the number of professional regional teams in Wales from four to three by 2028, with Cardiff and Dragons already…
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Rejecting Arsenal & emulating Hazard – Monga makes debut in Man City win
Manchester City’s £10m summer signing Jeremy Monga made his first appearance for the club, coming off the bench in a 3-1 pre-season friendly win over a K-League XI in Seoul. The 17-year-old, who is the third-youngest player ever to feature in the Premier League, revealed that he turned down a move to champions Arsenal in…
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‘Ted Lasso’ Producer Brendan Hunt on What It Took to Revive the Series, Why Some Characters Didn’t Return and Whether There’s Another Three-Season Plan
Brendan Hunt, co-creator and executive producer of “Ted Lasso” who also plays Coach Beard, has explained how the show’s revival came about after its third season had largely been treated as a series finale. He credits the inspiration partly to the England women’s football team, the Lionesses, whose UEFA Women’s Championship win in 2022 coincided…
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Disney Execs On Exploring FAST Channels, Content Spending, Cutting Costs
Disney’s new CEO, Josh D’Amaro, confirmed the company is exploring a free, ad-supported streaming product, effectively a FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) offering, as part of a wider strategy discussed on an analyst call following quarterly earnings. The move is aimed at reaching more price-sensitive customers, boosting advertising revenue by adding inventory, and driving new…
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Luis Figo blasts ‘deceitful’ Infantino and says Fifa president must quit to ‘save football’
Portuguese football legend Luís Figo has publicly demanded that Fifa president Gianni Infantino resign, describing his scrapped scheme to sell stakes in the World Cup to private investors as “the lowest, most deceitful and cravenly self-interested behaviour I have ever witnessed”. The intervention adds a prominent former player’s voice to a mounting wave of criticism…