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Santiago will host the 2027 Special Olympics World Games, making the Chilean capital the first Latin American city to host the event. The decision from the Special Olympics International board puts the event in the Southern Hemisphere for the first time in its 55-year history. Federal and city government...

Papua New Guinea to get NRL expansion team

Papua New Guinea is "set to clinch one of two" new franchises in Australia's National Rugby League after Australian Rugby League Commission Chair Peter V'landys and Australian Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy "eased" tensions in crisis talks today. Those talks were critical in "clearing...

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Three players from Australian A-League club Macarthur FC, including captain Ulises Davila , were "arrested for alleged betting corruption" after an investigation in New South Wales. Davila and teammates Clayton Lewis and Kearyn Baccus were arrested and charged with "taking instructions from a man --...

FIFA taps Brazil to host 2027 Women's World Cup

Brazil has been selected to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup after a vote of FIFA’s full membership "chose the South American bid over a joint proposal from Belgium, Netherlands and Germany." The FIFA Congress today voted 119-78 for Brazil in the "reduced field of two candidates" to host...

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The soccer assets of Miami-based 777 Partners, which  still has hopes of buying Everton , "have been seized by a Belgian court." The investment firm has seen its control of the top-flight club it owns, Standard Liege, and its other assets in the country "placed in the hands of...

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UFC "will return to Accor Arena" in Paris for the third time on Sept. 28. It will be the promotion's second European show in 2024 following UFC 304 at Co-op Live in Manchester on July 27 ( BBC.com, 5/14 ). Manchester United has "no immediate plans...