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2026 World Cup final will include halftime show for the first time 2025-03-05
CNN

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that the 2026 men’s World Cup final, hosted in the United States, will include a halftime show for the very first time. The US, Canada and Mexico are set to co-host next year’s tournament, with the final set to be played at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey...

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‘That’s not me’: Blatter and Platini restate innocence in Swiss fraud case 2025-03-03
The Observer

Sepp Blatter, the former president of Fifa, and Michel Platini, the France great and former president of Uefa, have restated their innocence in relation to allegations of fraud when appearing on Monday in a Swiss court. The pair were cleared of fraud in July 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a...

photo: AP / Francois Mori

‘Like landing on Mars’: can a woman run a sub four-minute mile? 2025-03-03
The Observer

The day before Eliud Kipchoge’s first attempt at a sub-two-hour marathon in 2017, a Nike vice-president described it to me as “a moonshot”. Now, though, the track and field equivalent of landing on Mars is apparently just away. That was the startling conclusion of a study in the Royal Society Open...

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Former FIFA officials Blatter and Platini going back to court for new trial after acquittal in 2022 2025-03-02
Wtop

GENEVA (AP) — One week before his 89th birthday, former FIFA president Sepp Blatter returns to court Monday for a retrial in a case of alleged financial wrongdoing that has run for nearly 10 years. Blatter and French soccer great Michel Platini were acquitted in July 2022 by three federal judges on...

photo: AP / Christophe Ena, file

Lewis Hamilton dismisses ‘older, white men’ criticising his move to Ferrari 2025-02-27
The Guardian

Seven-time champion says winning is his ‘No 1 priority’Eddie Jordan and Bernie Ecclestone scornful of signing...

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YouTube star MrBeast planning investment round that could value company at $5bn 2025-02-27
The Guardian

26-year-old is reportedly planning to use funds to create a holding company for his growing empire...

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Trudeau after Canada hockey win over US: ‘You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game’ 2025-02-21
The Hill

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a veiled swipe at President Trump on Thursday, after Canada defeated the U.S. in the 4 Nations Face-Off hockey game. “You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game,” the outgoing prime minister wrote on social platform X, indirectly...

photo: AP / Photo/Charles Krupa

Victor Wembanyama expected to miss remainder of season after blood clot diagnosis, Spurs announce 2025-02-20
The Willoughby News-Herald

By TIM REYNOLDS San Antonio star Victor Wembanyama’s season is likely over after he was diagnosed with a blood clot in his right shoulder, a condition that will sideline one of the league’s brightest stars and is the second massive health-related hit for the Spurs in a matter of months....

photo: AP / Eric Gay

Dubai Tennis: Mirra Andreeva stuns Iga Swiatek to reach semis 2025-02-20
Khaleejtimes

Teenage sensation Mirra Andreeva pulled off a stunning upset against World No. 2 Iga Swiatek, securing a 6-3, 6-3 victory in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. The 17-year-old showcased remarkable...

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Venus Williams given Indian Wells wildcard entry at age of 44 2025-02-19
The Guardian

American is currently ranked No 974 in the worldFormer world No 1 has been out of tennis for nearly a year...

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