Colin Powell , who served as the first black Secretary of State for the United States of America has died at the age of 84. Powell was a mainstay in several Republican administrations and his work shaped US Foreign policy for decades. Powell had been battling Blood Cancer, but it is reported that he died of complications to Covid-19 despite being fully vaccinated.
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Nas is bringing the iconic 1984 movie Beat Street to Broadway as a brand-new musical. According to Deadline, Nas has assembled a top-tier creative team for the stage adaptation. The project features director Schele Williams (The Wiz), playwright Kristoffer Diaz (Hell’s Kitchen), and music supervisor Jason Michael Webb. Under Williams’ direction, Diaz will adapt the original film’s script for the stage while Webb handles musical arrangements and orchestration. To refine the adaptation, the crea
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UEFA confirmed on Thursday afternoon that it had received multiple documents from Real Madrid regarding the investigation into allegations that Barcelona have made payments to Jose María Enriquez Negreira, the former deputy head of Spain's technical committee of referees. The Negreira case, an investigation into payments that Barcelona allegedly sent to the CTA vice-president over several seasons, is has loomed large over Spanish football in recent years. On Thursday afternoon, UEFA confirmed
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Lionel Messi made his international debut in August 2005, coming on in Budapest as an 18-year-old for a friendly against Hungary. Twenty-one years and more than 200 appearances later, he said goodbye to the national team as a world champion and Argentina's record-holder. So what did the football legend's international career look like in numbers? 208 - Appearances Messi made for the national team, the most in Argentina's history. Javier Mascherano is second with 147 caps. 126 - Goals he scored
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Coco Gauff said online racist abuse had left her feeling exhausted after she went out of the China Open with her loss to Elise Mertens on Wednesday. The American world number four, who is Black, turned in an uncharacteristically listless performance in Beijing, double-faulting eight times as she went down 6-3, 6-3 to her Belgian opponent. Hours after the upset, Gauff withdrew from the Wuhan Open, a WTA 1000 hardcourt event she won last year, citing fatigue. Gauff, 22, was playing a day afte
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Novak Djokovic won his seventh China Open title after Australia's Alex de Minaur retired with a groin injury during the final on Tuesday. De Minaur left the court for a medical timeout after losing the first-set tiebreak but played on with his left thigh heavily bandaged. He had to stop after winning the first game of the second set, leaving him trailing 7-6(3) 0-1. "I don't feel great... I want to say sorry to all the amazing fans," said De Minaur at the trophy presentation. "I didn't
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Cristiano Ronaldo broke his silence this Tuesday via an extensive statement, explaining exactly what transpired during Portugal's training camp and the reasons that led him to leave the Portuguese delegation in Copenhagen. The captain confirmed the meetings held, the conversations with Jorge Jesus, and the fact that he's not retiring from international football. In the statement released this Tuesday, Cristiano Ronaldo begins by noting that after the 2026 World Cup, he wrote "a letter to the Po
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