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Month: July 2023

Olympic president invokes John Lennon’s memory as Paris marks 1-year countdown to war-clouded Games

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The president of the International Olympic Committee has formally invited the world’s nations but not Russia or its military ally Belarus to gather in one year in Paris for the 2024 Games. The invite from Thomas Bach launched the final year-to-go countdown. Bach accompanied his invite with

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Philippoussis fined $10,000 for breaching betting sponsorship rules and given 4-month suspended ban

LONDON (AP) — Tennis coach and former top-10 player Mark Philippoussis has been fined $10,000 by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for breaching betting sponsorship rules. The ITIA says the Australian was also given a four-month suspended ban “after receiving payment for providing a voiceover to promotional content for a gaming operator.” The agency says

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Michigan ‘Hockey Doc’ to stand trial on sexual assault charges connected to youth hockey physicals

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A doctor who says he received the nickname “Hockey Doc” after spending more than two decades providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota will stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted patients. Zvi Levran faces 22 counts of third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving

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Michigan ‘Hockey Doc’ to stand trial on sexual assault charges connected to youth hockey physicals

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A doctor who says he received the nickname “Hockey Doc” after spending more than two decades providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams in Michigan and Minnesota will stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted patients. Zvi Levran faces 22 counts of third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving

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Seven major automakers, including GM, Stellantis and Honda, join to create US charging network

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business (CNN) — Seven major automakers are coming together to create a joint venture that will build out a large electric vehicle fast-charging network in the North America, in an attempt to make electric vehicles more attractive to consumers. The companies – General Motors, BMW Group, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and

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British billionaire whose family trust owns Tottenham soccer club faces US insider trading charges

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Lewis, the British billionaire whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team, on Wednesday pleaded not guilty in New York to insider trading charges alleging that he fed corporate secrets to romantic partners, personal assistants, friends and his pilots, earning them millions of dollars

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Prosecutors want Sam Bankman-Fried sent to jail after witness-tampering allegations. Judge issues gag order

By Allison Morrow and Kara Scannell, CNN New York (CNN) — A federal judge issued a gag order on former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, restricting his ability to speak publicly about his case, after US prosecutors asked a federal judge to jail him over allegations of witness-tampering. Prosecutors accused Bankman-Fried of leaking his former girlfriend

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