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National League 2026/27 fixtures released as Harrogate and Barrow prepare for fifth-tier return
The 2026/27 National League fixture list has been announced, with the 46-match season set to begin on Saturday, August 8. Newly relegated Harrogate Town and Barrow join the division following York City's promotion as champions and Rochdale's play-off final victory.
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USA players lose track of their own anthem as Turkey seal 3-2 World Cup win
For the second consecutive game at the FIFA World Cup, a pre-recorded instrumental version of the US national anthem was played at an apparently accelerated tempo, leaving both players and fans visibly struggling to keep up ahead of a 3-2 defeat to Turkey.
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Vozinha's mother secures visa to watch Cape Verde hero face Uruguay after Spain heroics
Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, whose seven-save performance held Spain to a 0-0 draw at the World Cup, will be reunited with his mother in Miami on Sunday after US House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries intervened with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to waive her visa fees.
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Koulibaly condemns US visa bans that kept Senegalese fans from the World Cup
Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly has spoken out against US travel restrictions that prevented Senegalese nationals from attending the World Cup, saying he cannot understand why 'Africa cannot have their people' at the tournament.
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Spain's 0-0 World Cup stalemate with Cape Verde costs one bettor nearly $1 million
Spain's shocking failure to beat Cape Verde in their World Cup opener proved catastrophic for bettors, with one prediction-market trader losing close to $1 million and sportsbooks reporting enormous parlay damage after the 0-0 draw.
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Knicks chase first title in 53 years as NYC braces for World Cup chaos on same night
New York City faces an extraordinary logistical crunch as the Knicks play a potential championship-clinching Game 5 in San Antonio on the same evening as the city's first World Cup match in 32 years, with thousands of fans converging on the Madison Square Garden area.
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US Soccer Stars Celebrate as Knicks Complete Largest Comeback in NBA Finals History
Members of the United States World Cup squad, including midfielder Tyler Adams, erupted in celebration after watching the New York Knicks complete the largest comeback in NBA Finals history, with Adams' couch-destroying reaction caught on camera.
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Trump booed at Madison Square Garden in first NBA Finals appearance by a sitting president
Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to attend an NBA Finals game, drawing loud boos from the crowd at Madison Square Garden during Game 3 between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs on Monday night.
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CSP Limoges registers « Forever the first » and beats OM to the punch
The Limoges basketball club has officially registered the trademark « Forever the first » in France, the United Kingdom and across Europe, leveraging its European Cup victory on April 15, 1993 — 41 days before Olympique de Marseille's Champions League triumph.
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