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Al Hilal target England’s Kane – Wednesday’s gossip
BBC Sport’s football gossip round-up reports that England captain Harry Kane’s representatives have held talks with Saudi Pro League club Al-Hilal, with the 33-year-old Bayern Munich striker open to a future move, while Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins has reportedly agreed personal terms with the same club despite no offer yet being tabled. Elsewhere, Newcastle have…
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WNBA won’t name person responsible for security incident over fans’ shirts, as Dream blame league
The WNBA has declined to identify the security personnel who told fans to cover up t-shirts referencing “XX-XY” chromosomes at a recent Atlanta Dream game, prompting the team to publicly place the blame on the league itself. The incident has fuelled accusations of a double standard within the league, coming after security staff ordered a…
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Oscars Budget, ‘Engaging’ With AI and Hot Memorabilia: Inside the Academy’s Annual All-Members Meeting (EXCLUSIVE)
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) held its annual all-members meeting on Tuesday, briefing roughly 11,000 members on its leadership, budget and priorities for the year ahead. Led by Academy president Lynette Howell Taylor and chief executive Bill Kramer, the hour-long virtual session covered the organisation’s $187 million budget, discussions around artificial…
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You will never guess which company decided to become Georgia football’s on-field sponsor
Georgia’s college football programme has struck an on-field sponsorship deal, the latest example of how sponsorship and NIL (name, image and likeness) arrangements are reshaping the sport. The piece, published by OutKick, frames the tie-up as an unusual or surprising choice of brand, reflecting how commercial partnerships in college athletics have become increasingly unconventional since…
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Musiala reveals treatable seizure diagnosis following two match collapses
Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala has revealed he is being treated for “temporary, brief, but easily treatable absence seizures” caused by a neurological dysfunction, after collapsing during a match for the second time in four days. He disclosed the diagnosis in an Instagram statement following his collapse in Tuesday’s friendly against Heidenheim, saying that although…
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Barcelona steal Rodri away from Real Madrid and plan to make him new Busquets
Rodri has completed his move from Manchester City to Barcelona, ending speculation about the Spain captain’s future and positioning him as the long-awaited successor to club legend Sergio Busquets. The 30-year-old, who was named the best player at this summer’s World Cup as Spain triumphed, flew into Barcelona on a private jet on Monday evening…
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Tycoon’s oil U-turn, five teens killed in motorway crash, Panettiere dies
The headline brings together three major developments reported on 16–18 August. In Ireland, five teenage boys died after the car in which they were travelling was driven southbound on the northbound carriageway of the M9 near Moone, County Kildare, and collided head-on with another vehicle shortly before 3am on 16 August. Gardaí said the four…
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Psaki questions Ossoff on White House aide remark
MS NOW’s Jen Psaki on Monday asked Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) about a comment he made last week mocking President Trump for his secret plane switch and his decision to bring White House executive assistant Natalie Harp on the new aircraft while leaving multiple Cabinet members on a decoy. Ossoff ripped Trump at a rally…