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(Reuters) -Premier League referee David Coote has been sacked by English soccer referees’ body PGMOL on Monday, after their investigation found his actions to be in serious breach of his contract. Coote had been suspended last month after a video circulated on social media showing the official allegedly abusing Liverpool and former manager Juergen Klopp …

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(Reuters) – Six players from Champions League winners Real Madrid and four from Manchester City feature in this year’s FIFPRO World 11 announced on Monday by the global players’ association, with Lionel Messi absent for the first time in almost 20 years. The 2024 FIFPRO World 11 is the first edition since 2006 to exclude …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged to step up the country’s engagement in the Middle East to support long-term stability, the government said on Monday. “The stability of the Middle East is paramount to delivering a foundation of security at home,” the statement cited Starmer as having said during his first …

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(Reuters) – Girona will need to be more aggressive and outwork Liverpool when the two teams meet in a Champions League clash at the Montilivi Stadium, the Spanish club’s coach Michel said on Monday. Girona, who finished third in LaLiga last season, currently sit in ninth place in the Spanish top-flight and are on a …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Monday named former lawmaker Margaret Hodge as its new ‘Anti-Corruption Champion’ to help coordinate efforts between parliament, the private sector and civil society to clamp down on all forms of corruption. Hodge was a lawmaker in the governing Labour Party who spent much of her 30-year political career campaigning against …

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LONDON (Reuters) – A British woman accused of stalking former British finance minister George Osborne and his wife for more than a year pleaded not guilty to the charges in a London court on Monday. Lydia Suffield is charged with stalking Osborne – finance minister from 2010 until 2016 – and Thea Rogers between June …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain could rethink its proscription of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) as a banned organisation, after the group spearheaded the Syrian rebel alliance that helped oust President Bashar al-Assad, British senior minister Pat McFadden said on Monday. “We will consider that. And I think it will partly depend on what happens in terms …

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(Reuters) – Jacob Bethell was considered a gamble at number three when he was handed his England debut against New Zealand in Christchurch last month and captain Ben Stokes was justified in feeling some sense of vindication after the series was secured on Sunday. The 21-year-old, who had not batted above number four in a …

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