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Month: November 2024

Tottenham Hotspur’s Rodrigo Bentancur banned for seven games over comment about teammate Son Heung-min

By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Tottenham Hotspur player Rodrigo Bentancur has been given a seven-match domestic suspension and fined around $126,000 (£100,000) for a comment he made in an interview about teammate Son Heung-min. A report published by the English Football Association (FA) on Monday details how, in an interview with Uruguayan journalist Rafa

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Charlotte Hornets star LaMelo Ball fined $100,000 for ‘offensive and derogatory’ phrase

By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — Charlotte Hornets guard LaMelo Ball has been fined $100,000 for using what the NBA called “an offensive and derogatory comment” following his team’s 115-114 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday. Interviewed on the Hornets’ local FanDuel Sports Network, the 2022 All-Star was asked about how the team defended

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Senegal’s governing party poised for parliamentary majority in boost for reform agenda

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s governing party is poised to win a majority of seats in the National Assembly. The country’s main opposition parties conceded defeat Monday in the country’s parliamentary election. The result now paves the way for newly elected President Bassirou Diomaye Faye to be able to pass ambitious reforms. PASTEF

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Protesters in Georgia’s capital set up a tent camp and demand new elections, wary of Russia

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Demonstrators in Georgia’s capital have set up tents on a central thoroughfare and vowed to stay around the clock to demand new parliamentary elections in the country. Last month’s election kept the governing Georgian Dream party in power, but opponents say the vote was rigged with Russia’s assistance. Many Georgians viewed

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