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LA Olympics chief faces heat over Epstein files emails
AFP, Published on 05/02/2026
» LOS ANGELES - Multiple Los Angeles officials have called on 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to step down, after the latest batch of files in the Jeffrey Epstein case revealed racy emails between the sports executive and the disgraced financier’s girlfriend.
Spain upholds fine against football chief for forced kiss
AFP, Published on 25/06/2025
» MADRID - A Spanish court on Wednesday confirmed the 10,800-euro fine disgraced former football federation chief Luis Rubiales received for forcibly kissing Jenni Hermoso, a sentence feminist groups condemned as too lenient.
ONE Championship: Marat Grigorian mocks ‘disgrace’ Kaito – ‘Masaaki Noiri would take the fight’
Nick Atkin, Published on 27/03/2025
» Marat Grigorian blasted Kaito Ono for pulling out of their kickboxing bout at ONE 172 in Japan – and insisted “Masaaki Noiri would have taken the fight”.
Former Premier League referee Coote hid sexuality over abuse fears
AFP, Published on 28/01/2025
» LONDON — Disgraced former Premier League referee David Coote says he hid his sexuality over fears of the abuse he would receive for being gay, apologising for the actions that led to his sacking.
Spain can test De la Fuente project against Scotland
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» BARCELONA - Spain coach Luis de la Fuente was a surprise appointment and an early humiliating defeat by Scotland in March put his fledgling project on the ropes no sooner than it had begun.
Infantino re-elected Fifa president until 2027
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» KIGALI, Rwanda: Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of Fifa until 2027 after standing unopposed at the congress of world football’s governing body on Thursday.
Fifa chief Infantino: disparaged yet indestructible
AFP, Published on 16/03/2023
» KIGALI, Rwanda: Disparaged and yet seemingly indestructible, Gianni Infantino is poised to start a third term at the head of Fifa on Thursday.
World Cup 2026 to feature 12 groups of four teams
AFP, Published on 15/03/2023
» KIGALI - The expanded 2026 men's World Cup in North America will start with 12 groups of four teams in a change from the original planned format of 16 groups of three, football's world governing body FIFA announced on Tuesday.
Former head of global athletics Lamine Diack dies at 88: family
AFP, Published on 03/12/2021
» DAKAR: The former head of global athletics Lamine Diack, who presided over the sport from 1999 to 2015 but was later convicted for corruption, has died aged 88, his family told AFP.
Cummins the frontrunner to lead Australia after Paine scandal
AFP, Published on 20/11/2021
» SYDNEY - Pat Cummins emerged as the frontrunner Saturday to take over from disgraced former Australia Test skipper Tim Paine, with the likes of Mark Taylor, Dennis Lillie, and Steve Waugh all singing his praises.