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FIFA plan meets fury from Europe's UEFA

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GENEVA (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino's plan to create a $20 billion company running the World Cup with private investors including the Kushner family was announced Tuesday — and immediately attacked by European soccer body UEFA. "It is not FIFA's to sell," UEFA said in a statement. "None of us are the owners of football." Infantino's plans to form a commercial subsidiary, which would be called FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE), running competitions like the World Cup and Club World Cup was first reported by The Times of London. FIFA said in a statement FFE would raise up ...

Justin Herbert gets engaged to singer Madison Beer

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert has his first ring, and it's not on the football field. The Los Angeles Chargers quarterback and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Madison Beer jointly announced their engagement in an Instagram post Tuesday. It was accompanied by a photo of ...

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Shanahan takes blame SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan took the blame for the car crash that left him with a concussion and other injuries, saying he took his eyes off the road to reach for his fallen cell phone before hitting another vehicle. Shanahan ...

Brewers' slugger Bauers sidelined

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Jake Bauers has a broken big toe on his right foot and was not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the San Francisco Giants. Bauers was injured when he fouled a ball off his foot during Monday's 3-0 loss to the Giants. The ...

College NIL bill includes $25M 'retention pool'

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A reworked Senate bill designed to regulate college sports proposes to more than double the amount of money schools could share with players as part of a flurry of revisions designed to win the support of the Big Ten and Southeastern Conferences. Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti said ...

City Park hosts bocce's UP Open

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Six teams competed for top honors as the Dickinson Area Bocce Association hosted the U.P. Open at Iron Mountain City Park’s Ray Mariucci Courts. Claiming first place with a perfect 5-0 record in the tournament held earlier this month was the team of Larry Evanoff, ...