Liverpool returns to the scene of its most dramatic European triumph when it faces Chelsea in Istanbul for the Super Cup on Wednesday, the first major men's European final to be refereed by a woman.
For any Liverpool fan, Istanbul brings back memories of the thrilling comeback from 3-0 down ...
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MOSCOW (AP) - Five Russian weightlifters, all of them world or European championship medalists, face doping charges which could herald a new wave of cases across a range of sports.
The International Weightlifting Federation says evidence against the five lifters, including Olympic bronze medalist Ruslan Albegov, comes from new investigations ...
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FLORENCE, Italy (AP) - To protect the masterpieces at the Uffizi Galleries, the Florence museum's director climbed a ladder and hurled an employee's bicycle down at a sheet of glass specially made to keep prized pieces such as Botticelli's "Spring" and "Birth of Venus" safe from vandals.
The nearly invisible ...
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POTTSGROVE, Pa. (AP) - The Pennsylvania teen who won $3 million as the first Fortnite World Cup solo champion has been swatted.
Kyle Giersdorf was live-streaming on Saturday when his father interrupted the 16-year-old to say armed police were at the door of their Pottsgrove home.
Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. ...
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BLAND, Va. (AP) - A school district in southwest Virginia has canceled its football season because it doesn't have enough willing players.
The Roanoke Times reports that Bland County High School has canceled its varsity and junior varsity schedules for the upcoming school year.
Bland assistant principal and athletic director ...
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For decades, Placido Domingo, one of the most celebrated and powerful men in opera, has tried to pressure women into sexual relationships by dangling jobs and then sometimes punishing the women professionally when they refused his advances, numerous accusers told The Associated Press.
Regarded as one of the greatest opera ...
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SYDNEY (AP) - Australia's tarnished reputation as a bastion of press freedom came under further attack on Tuesday, with media executives telling a parliamentary inquiry there are many laws that criminalize journalism in a country plagued by an air of official secrecy.
The comments came at the start of an ...
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