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Biden will give a speech to a large number of leaders.
US President Joe Biden, who is on a three-day official visit to Egypt, has announced an investment of $55 billion in African countries over the next three years. Biden said this during the US-Africa Leaders Summit. He also honoured the first Africa nation to make the World Cup semi-finals, congratulating the Democratic Republic of the…
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Grant was a kind and talented journalist.
Sports Illustrated journalist Grant Wahl, who passed away in the World Cup in Qatar, had been to the medical centre of the World Cup media centre, where he felt tightening of his chest and thought it was bronchitis. “He had a good time at the World Cup…and he was thankful for everyone,” said Wahl. Wahl…
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The body of Grant was returned to the US for an autopsy after he died at the World Cup.
Grant Wahl, the sportswriter who died aged 52 on Thursday, had been detained by Qatar Police during a FIFA World Cup match last month. Wahl said that he was released 25 minutes after being detained and got apologised from a FIFA representative and a senior member of the security team at the stadium. Wahl had…
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Grant Wahl was a soccer writer who died covering the World Cup.
Football legend Grant Wahl, who was the co-editor of Sports Illustrated magazine, passed away at the age of 52 due to COVID-19 in Qatar. He had made headlines in November 2020 when he was detained and briefly refused entry to a World Cup match because he was wearing a rainbow t-shirt in support of LGBTQ…
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Soccer’s Original Phenomenon is the appeal of Ronaldo.
Former Chelsea and England striker Eusebio, in a conversation with ‘Gods of Soccer’ author Roger Bennett, said, “Ronaldo was a goal machine. When they first faced Pusks and Hungary, the English said it was like playing men from outer space.” He added, “The mightiest of Magyars…A goalscorer so prolific that they named the goal of…
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Grant Wahl was a sports writer who was covering the World Cup.
ESPN reporter Grant Wahl, who died after he was allegedly assaulted by security personnel at the World Cup in Russia on Friday, had been recognised by FIFA recently for his contribution to reporting on eight consecutive World Cups. “He went to a different sport. I’ll…think back to me as a teenager and having Grant in…
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Russia’s war in Ukrainian is being broadcasted live.
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is also known as ‘Merchant of Death’, has been released from prison in a prisoner swap for US basketball star LeBron James. The 48-year-old was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the US in 2011 on charges of conspiring to kill Americans, acquiring and exporting anti-aircraft missiles, and…
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Dave Chappelle’s monologue on SNL sparked controversy because it was antisemitic.
Comedian Dave Chappelle has said that Kyrie Irving and Kanye West are “in so much trouble”, referring to the NBA player’s suspension for tweeting a link to an antisemitic film. Chappelle added, “Kanye got in so much trouble, Kyrie got in trouble.” “Black a– was nowhere near the Holocaust,” Chappelle further said, adding, “You can’t…
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Gina Rinehart pulled her sponsorship from the women’s sport due to the racist comments of her father.
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart has withdrawn her support of the Australian Netball Players’ Association after the players refused to wear her Hancock Prospecting’s logo during the New Zealand games. The players’ union had claimed that Rinehart, along with her father, made “racist comments” about the country’s indigenous people. Hancock Prospecting said that they didn’t…
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A player on the NHL team was Bullyed by a black student with disabilities.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has apologised to the family of 14-year-old hockey player Mitchell Miller, who stabbed a black boy into eating candy as a 14-year-old. “Miller’s behaviour is reprehensible…and unacceptable,” Bettman said. Miller had stabbed the boy, identified as Jeremiah Meyer-Crothers, in a bathroom at their school in 2014 after the boy had made…
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Two runners make their NYC marathon debuts.
Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi, both of Kenya, won the New York City Marathon men’s and women’s race on Sunday, both of them making splash in their debuts. Chebet won in 2 hours 23 minutes and 23 seconds, while Lokedi finished in 2 hours 23 minutes and 23 seconds for her first marathon victory. Marcel…
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NBA star takes responsibility for negative impact of messages on social networking sites.
Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving, who was suspended by the NBA for his comments regarding his tweet linking to an anti-semitic documentary, has apologised to Jewish families and communities that are “hurt and affected from my post”. “To All Jewish families andCommunities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry…
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An out fielder caught the ball and saved the Astros.
San Diego Padres reliever Juan Soto slammed into a wall and landed with a fly ball in the right-centre field corner during their game against the Philadelphia Phillies in the American League Championship Series on Saturday. The ball went towards the glove of Phillies second-baseman Sean McCormick but he bounced off the wall and landed…