By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Tottenham managing director of football Fabio Paratici will serve a worldwide ban for his part in a false accounting scandal involving Juventus. Italy’s most famous soccer team was hit with a 15-point penalty in January and bans were also handed out to a number of
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By Nimi Princewill, CNN Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that “substantial elements” of a draconian anti-LGBTQ bill being considered by its parliament “have been modified” after an intervention by his government. Akufo-Addo made the disclosure Monday at a joint press conference with US Vice-President Kamala Harris, who’s on a tour of the West African
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By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Footballer James McClean has disclosed he has been diagnosed with autism, saying he is sharing his “journey” in part for his daughter, who is also autistic. “As you all know, my daughter Willow-Ivy is autistic,” the 33-year-old Republic of Ireland international wrote on his Instagram page on Tuesday. “The last 4
Continue Reading LEEDS, England (AP) — Leeds midfielder Tyler Adams is set for an extended spell out of the team after undergoing a hamstring operation. Adams missed the Premier League match at Wolverhampton on March 18 and didn’t play for the United States in its games against Grenada and El Salvador over the past week. The 24-year-old
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By Matt Egan, CNN Credit Suisse is complicit in ongoing tax evasion by ultra-wealthy Americans, including a potentially criminal conspiracy involving the failure to disclose nearly $100 million in secret offshore accounts held by a single family, a Senate investigation released Wednesday finds. The two-year investigation by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden alleges major
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — WWE’s WrestleMania, the Super Bowl for the sports entertainment company, arrives this weekend to a massive audience and vastly larger sponsorship revenue as it seeks to establish itself as a serious contender for major dollars from such partnerships. Craig Stimmel, WWE’s senior vice president and
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By Ben Morse, CNN The No. 0 is a famous one in the NBA. Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum all wear jerseys emblazoned with a number which appears to give them a certain level of inevitability. But NFL players have never had the opportunity to choose the number — that is until this
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Londres (CNN) — Paul O’Grady, una de las personalidades más populares de la televisión británica, murió a los 67 años. La estrella, también conocida por su alter ego drag queen Lily Savage, murió inesperadamente este martes por la noche, según su marido, Andre Portasio, informó la agencia de noticias PA Media. En
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Two major retail chains are closing roughly 800 stores. One company’s spaces likely will be filled, while the other’s may become empty, and unsightly, zombie stores. Retailers are already lining up to take over the approximately 400 shuttering Bed Bath & Beyond stores in strip malls, where customers can easily park
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Amarachi Orie, CNN Amsterdam is asking young British men to “stay away” if they plan to visit the city to cut loose and “go wild”. The Netherlands’ capital’s new online campaign to tackle nuisance tourism launched this week and targets visitors between the ages of 18 and 35, the city’s local authority announced in a
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Nashville, most major companies have remained noticeably silent on the issue of gun violence. Corporate America has grown quiet on guns for fear of political blowback and antagonizing gun rights supporters, analysts say. But now, executives are facing mounting pressure to take a
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Nashville, most major companies have remained noticeably silent on the issue of gun violence. Corporate America has grown quiet on guns for fear of political blowback and antagonizing gun rights supporters, analysts say. But now, executives are facing mounting pressure to take a
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By Andy Rose and Paradise Afshar, CNN A 12-year-old boy in Milwaukee was charged with first-degree intentional homicide after being accused of killing a man to steal his guns, court records show. The boy, who is not named because of his age, allegedly carried out the fatal shooting of 34-year-old Brandon Felton inside of a
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By Gregory Krieg, CNN The woman standing outside Nashville’s Covenant School was calm and direct. The building was locked down, but two young students were still missing. “Upstairs,” she told Officer Rex Engelbert, “there are a bunch of kids.” After being let in the school by another staffer, Engelbert, whose body camera footage provided a
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By Thomas Schlachter and Wayne Sterling, CNN Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani is estimated to make an MLB-record $65 million this upcoming season, according to Forbes. The Angels signed the 2021 American League MVP to a one-year $30 million extension in October and the 28-year-old will also make $35 million off-the-field, says Forbes.
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By Rob Picheta, Kevin Liptak and Hadas Gold, CNN Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu escalated a rare public dispute with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, rejecting “pressure” from the White House after Biden criticized his controversial efforts to weaken the Israeli judiciary. The back and forth thrust into public view a simmering diplomatic
Continue Reading By Rob Picheta, Kevin Liptak and Hadas Gold, CNN Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu escalated a rare public dispute with US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, rejecting “pressure” from the White House after Biden criticized his controversial efforts to weaken the Israeli judiciary. The back and forth thrust into public view a simmering diplomatic
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Un niño de 12 años de Milwaukee podrÃa ir a la cárcel el resto de su vida tras ser acusado de matar a un adulto para robarle sus armas. La policÃa afirma que el acusado urdió el plan después de que la vÃctima, Brandon Felton, de 34 años, se negara a
Continue Reading ANGERS, France (AP) — Angers president Said Chabane has stepped down to make way for his son at the helm of the struggling French league club. Angers says Chabane resigned on March 21 to offer his position to Romain Chabane. Said Chabane is facing sexual assault accusations. Angers is in last place in the league
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By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on Wednesday won a historic vote at the United Nations that calls on the world’s highest court to establish for the first time the obligations countries have to address the climate crisis — and the consequences if they don’t. Vanuatu has long faced the disproportionate impacts
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