December 9, 2023
Japan rugby international Shota Horie said Wednesday he will retire at the end of this season after playing in four World Cups including a 2019 quarterfinal on home soil. The 37-year-old hooker, instantly recognizable for his long dreadlocks tied up in bunches, has won 76 caps for Japan and is a crowd favorite. He played
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Jacobite journeys across Scotland’s Glenfinnan Viaduct are in jeopardy next year. ADVERTISEMENT The ‘Hogwarts Express’ train – one of the most iconic rail experiences in the UK – is facing trouble down the line. The traditional train that takes Harry Potter and co to school is known as the Jacobite Steam Train. And, in the
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Four police officers were injured and 46 people arrested as violence broke out outside Villa Park in Birmingham on Thursday, November 30, as Aston Villa were due to take on Legia Warsaw. Video here shows an officer’s jacket go on fire after a flare hits. He drops to the ground as colleagues try to extinguish
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Buffalo Bills defensive linemen Jordan Phillips and Shaq Lawson responded to an altercation that was captured on video with a Philadelphia Eagles fan, which almost got physical during a thrilling game at Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday. During the Bills’ overtime loss to the Eagles, video showed Phillips and Lawson, among other teammates, confronting a
READ MOREFIFA opened disciplinary cases against Argentina and Brazil on Friday after fan violence at the Maracana Stadium delayed the start of a World Cup qualifying game. The Argentine soccer federation was charged with crowd disturbances and the late kick off at Tuesday’s game in Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian federation was charged with failures of
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A Cal basketball player confronted a fan who was allegedly calling him a “terrorist” during the Golden Bears’ game against UTEP on Monday. Fardaws Aimaq, a 6-foot-11 center, was caught on video walking up the bleachers at The Pavilion in San Juan Capistrano, California, to get in a fan’s face. Aimaq’s agent, Daniel Poneman, reposted
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A Riverside County man who alleges that he was wrongfully beaten by security personnel at Dodger Stadium on opening day in 2018 has been awarded $105,000 in punitive damages in Los Angeles Superior Court. The court on Friday assessed $100,000 of Francisco Rodriguez’s damages against the Dodgers and $5,000 against Dodgers security officer Erik Pena,
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A fan has died at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert in Brazil. The US pop star, 33, announced a young female died before her show in Rio de Janeiro on Friday night, local time, at Estadio Nilton Santos Stadium. Swift released an emotional tribute to the woman on her Instagram account hours after finishing the
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A fan died at Taylor Swift’s Rio de Janeiro concert Friday night, during a record-breaking heat wave. Ana Clara Benevides, a 23-year old psychology student, fainted in the front row of the concert and was given 40 minutes of CPR on-site before being taken to the hospital, where she died, her friend Thiago Fernandes told
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Taylor Swift is mourning one of her fans after announcing that they died prior to her show in Brazil on Friday. “I can’t believe I’m writing these words but it is with a shattered heart that I say we lost a fan earlier tonight before my show. I can’t even tell you how devastated I
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