Manchester City scored three goals in five frantic second half minutes to come from behind against Aston Villa to clinch yet another Premier League title, foiling arch rivals Liverpool in the process in what was an incredibly tense final day of action in the English top flight. Both club had …
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Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 100th Premier League goal for Manchester United on Saturday and then dedicated the strike to his baby son who tragically passed away this week. The 37-year-old returned to action for the first time since revealing the heartbreaking news with partner Georgina Rodriguez on Monday. Excused from Tuesday’s …
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French President Emmanuel Macron dubbed Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki “an extreme-right anti-Semite who bans LGBT people.” While the EU has worked to present a united front against Moscow, Morawiecki has criticized Macron for keeping a dialogue open with Russian President Vladimr Putin amid Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, and …
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China will refuse to show this weekend’s scheduled broadcast of English Premier League matches because of the organization’s plans for an effusive support for Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict, according to reports. The Premier League has stated that it “wholeheartedly rejects Russia’s actions” with several individual clubs also making demonstrations …
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Queensland’s PCR testing requirement for Covid-19 causes long lines and increased the risks of infection, yet its head stubbornly refuses to switch to self-administered rapid tests, the top NSW official lamented. Brad Hazzard, the Health Minister of New South Wales (NSW), accused Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk of demonstrating “passive aggressive …
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British news outlets have reported that there is “understood to be frustration from clubs about how the deal passed the owners’ and directors’ test”, in reference to alleged human rights abuses in the kingdom and the alleged involvement of the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who heads the Public Investment Fund, in …
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Crown Prince Mohammed of Saudi Arabia, who is the director of the country’s vast sovereign wealth fund (PIF), made a $381 million bid for the north-east giants in April 2020, launching a seemingly endless series of twists and turns over the proposed takeover. In the 18 months that have since passed, …
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“My only regret will be not to be able to finish the job to ensure the people of New South Wales transition to living freely with Covid,” Berejiklian – among the country’s most vocal advocates of draconian lockdown measures – said on Friday, as she announced her resignation, soon after …
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Andrews claimed many of the people at Tuesday’s protest in Melbourne were agitators – not real construction workers – and their “appalling” and “unlawful” conduct shouldn’t reflect on the many “fine people” he’s met in the building industry. “They’re not there to protest, they’re there for a fight,” he told …
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Footballers are often seen as living in a bubble: pampered and preening, with their every whim attended to by an army of fawning assistants and club staff. Broadly speaking, the perception is that most of the players in the millionaire boys’ club are detached from reality, and thus unafflicted by many of …
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