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NASCAR makes major change to 2027 Daytona 500 week, fans furious with another change & race wife in Costa Rica
An OutKick “Monday Morning Pit-Stop” column reports that NASCAR has announced a significant change to the schedule for Daytona 500 week in 2027, prompting a backlash from fans. The piece, written in the column’s typically informal and opinionated style, frames this as the latest in a string of changes to NASCAR’s traditions that have unsettled…
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Florida AG threatens charges after Cunningham is fouled in WNBA game
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) threatened to charge WNBA players with assault after a hard foul against star Indiana Fever player Sophie Cunningham over the weekend. Cunningham has been at the center of controversy in recent weeks over her comments pushing back on transgender athletes in women’s sports. She was on the receiving end…
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Bezos-backed consortium in talks for 30% Liverpool stake
A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has advanced talks to buy around a 30% stake in Liverpool FC, BBC Sport has confirmed, moving beyond the “expressed interest” that owners Fenway Sports Group (FSG) acknowledged the previous month. The group, led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia and also featuring Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, would take…
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Procter & Gamble Aims to Make Bladder-Leak Conversations Part of NFL Chatter
Procter & Gamble is running a major NFL-focused advertising campaign for its Always Discreet incontinence pads, betting that televised football is now a prime venue for normalising conversations about bladder leaks among women. The move reflects a broader shift among advertisers, who increasingly see live sports as one of the few remaining ways to reach…
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Infantino hangs on by a thread and the overhaul at Newcastle: Football Weekly – podcast
This episode of the Guardian’s Football Weekly podcast sees host Max Rushden joined by Robyn Cowen, Dan Bardell, Sam Dalling and Matt Hughes to unpack Fifa’s ongoing crisis around president Gianni Infantino, whose grip on power is under scrutiny beyond opposition from Uefa. The discussion matters because it questions whether there is sufficient momentum among…
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Sliding doors – when Mourinho said yes, then no, to Man Utd
A new Netflix documentary has confirmed long-standing rumours that Jose Mourinho briefly agreed to become Manchester United manager in 2013, before pulling out to honour a prior commitment to Chelsea. Sir Alex Ferguson had told Mourinho privately that he planned to retire, and after weeks of talks in Madrid and London the two sides reached…
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Palace close to signing Khalaili from Union SG
Crystal Palace are closing in on a deal to sign Israeli international Anan Khalaili from Belgian club Union Saint-Gilloise, with the move expected to be completed within the coming week. The transfer forms part of a busy summer for the Eagles, who are strengthening their squad ahead of a Europa League campaign following their FA…
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Brazilian footballer falls down hole celebrating goal that was then disallowed
A Brazilian footballer’s exuberant goal celebration went badly wrong when he leapt over advertising boards and fell down a hole leading to the away dressing room, in a moment that went viral. Jacy Maranhão, a Coritiba defender, escaped without serious injury, though the effort proved pointless after the video assistant referee disallowed the goal in…
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Cathy review – snappy comedy with a perfect role for Elaine C Smith
The Guardian’s review of Cathy, Eilidh Loan’s new play at the Traverse theatre in Edinburgh, praises Elaine C Smith’s central performance as ideally suited to the writer-director’s grief-tinged family comedy. Loan, who previously wrote the acclaimed male-focused comedy Moorcroft, drew on her grandmother for this story, and it was that relative who insisted Smith play…