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A special night at the Best of Africa Awards 2026. 💫
Congratulations to @CoventryCityFC's Taiwo Awoniyi who was presented with the PFA Beyond the Pitch Award. 🇳🇬👏
The awards celebrates his incredible work with the Taiwo Awoniyi Foundation and contributions to grassroots football.
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They called it a "£200-a-night four-star boutique hotel" and the entire British press was crashing out. An unelected guy in Nigeria is giving people 150m cars and that looks ok to people.
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Shane Basinski’s new iPhone Duo broke after about six hours. “I was babying it, like fine china,” he says.
While opening the phone to show it to a friend, he heard a “loud audible crack.”
🔗: on.wsj.com/4iEJlR7
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The entire Fleetwood starting XI plus their reserve team combined cost less than Viktor Gyokeres. The question is, has Gyokeres finally found his level?
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BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro flees Brazil to the US after losing the presidential election to Lula da Silva, per Metrópoles.
"The plane is in flight," people close to Bolsonaro said.
He is traveling with his wife and two daughters and is expected to land in Florida on Tuesday afternoon, where he plans to request political asylum.
"The Donald Trump administration has been informed," the people add.
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I can confirm that @FlavioBolsonaro is no longer in Brazil and is on his way to the United States.
A US protective operation is underway to ensure his safety.
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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Mao Zedong is under any single social metric a dictator. Not a single popular election, single government party and lifetime leadership. Not even taking into account the millions of deaths under his reign.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_Zedong
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Desde LALIGA lamentamos profundamente las declaraciones de Kylian Mbappé que han causado malestar y ofensa en China. Entendemos el daño ocasionado y, en nombre de LALIGA, quiero trasladar nuestras sinceras disculpas al pueblo chino.
Durante muchos años hemos construido una relación de respeto, confianza y cooperación con China, sus autoridades, sus instituciones deportivas, sus operadores audiovisuales y millones de aficionados al fútbol español.
No podemos permitir que una actuación individual empañe esa relación ni perjudique a los más de 20 clubes de nuestras competiciones profesionales y a millones de aficionados chinos.
Estamos adoptando las medidas a nuestro alcance y trabajando directamente con nuestros socios e interlocutores en China para superar esta situación.
Nuestro compromiso con China, su pueblo y sus instituciones es firme. Una relación construida durante tantos años no puede quedar dañada por un episodio individual.
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Los historiadores estiman que entre 1958 y 1962, Mao causó entre 15 y 55 millones de muertes, sobre todo por hambruna. Las cifras más citadas rondan los 30-45 millones. A esto se suman cientos de miles o millones más por la Revolución Cultural y otras campañas.
scmp.com/article/723956…
rfa.org/english/commen…
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🚨 Javier Tebas’ official statement:
“LALIGA deeply regrets the statements made by Kylian Mbappé, which have caused upset and offense in China. We understand the harm caused, and on behalf of LALIGA, I would like to offer our sincere apologies to the Chinese people.
For many years, we have built a relationship based on respect, trust, and cooperation with China—including its authorities, sports institutions, media partners, and millions of fans of Spanish football.
We cannot allow the actions of one individual to tarnish this relationship or cause harm to the more than 20 clubs in our professional leagues and our millions of Chinese fans.
We are taking all measures within our power and working directly with our partners and stakeholders in China to resolve this situation.
Our commitment to China, its people, and its institutions remains steadfast. A relationship built over so many years cannot be damaged by a single, isolated incident.”
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Only Angelo Stiller has registered more touches and accurate passes than Declan Rice among central midfielders in the UEFA Champions League this season:
◎ 324 touches / 256 accurate passes - Stiller
◎ 299 touches / 233 accurate passes - Rice
◎ 265 touches / 216 accurate passes - Vitinha
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MAYBE I WAS WRONG ABOUT BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY
I wrote about how I always used to make fun of the guys who said things like "Bitcoin is speculative, but the underlying blockchain technology is interesting." And now I think maybe they kinda had a point.
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Breaking: Elon Musk ordered the Starlink slowdown that blindsided Ukraine on.wsj.com/4sgcpBv
