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Fifteen of Spain’s top women’s soccer players are declining to play for the Spanish national team until working conditions improve, and alleged in Thursday emails that the situation around the team had “significantly” affected their “emotional state” and “health,” Spain’s soccer federation (the RFEF) and the players said in partially conflicting statements Thursday and Friday. The temporary resignations come weeks after a few Spanish stars reportedly urged head coach Jorge Vilda to step down,… Source link

The Biden administration expects to implement the first phase of a price cap on Russian oil exports this fall in coordination with the G7, with sights set on bringing additional Asian partners on board in the winter. “We’re trying to prevent a spike in global energy prices by avoiding a situation where Russia production just shuts down, and you see a subsequent spike in the price,” Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy, Ben Harris, told Yahoo Finance. The U.S. has been in… Source link

You’ve seen these types of videos thousands of times now. It picks up with two fans at a sporting event arguing over who knows what. Tensions escalate, punches get thrown and other fans are left watching in horror as two grown people duke it out because they disagreed about something as trivial as sports. Carolina Panthers wide receiver DJ Moore wasn’t going to let that happen Thursday night. Moore hopped into the stands to break up a tense situation at the team’s Fan Fest. One fan grabbed… Source link

Elon Musk’s lawyers are accusing Twitter (TWTR) of “burying” his side of the story in their dispute over the Tesla (TSLA) CEO’s decision to renege on a $44 billion deal to buy the social media site. In dueling letters filed in Delaware Chancery Court on Wednesday, Twitter argued that court rules require Musk’s countersuit, now filed under seal, to be blocked from public view for five business days. Meanwhile, Musk accused Twitter of misapplying the rule to conceal his version of… Source link

The entire semiconductor industry seemed to be holding its breath as Nancy Pelosi’s plane made its final approach to Taipei this week. Some in the sector now appear to be exhaling. The dramatic slate of responses from China to the House Speaker’s visit has notably sidestepped the chip issue — signaling that both the U.S. and China hope to keep Taiwan’s valuable semiconductor factories humming no matter what else happens in the coming weeks and months. “I think both the U.S. and China are… Source link

A defensive lineman got a little too close to Josh Allen at training camp on Saturday, and the Buffalo Bills quarterback wasn’t having it. Allen sparked a brief altercation with defensive tackle Jordan Phillips at their training camp in Rochester, New York, after Phillips bumped Allen after the play. [Set, hut, hike! Create or join a fantasy football league now!] Allen, clearly fuming, ran back and shoved Phillips in his helmet — which led to a much larger, although brief, scuffle.

This summer has seen a steady parade of tech CEOs quietly heading to Capitol Hill. Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook stopped by recently, as did Google (GOOG, GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai and Amazon (AMZN) CEO Andy Jassy. Microsoft (MSFT) President Brad Smith joined in with a reported sit-down with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in Washington state. Their reason for calling on U.S. lawmakers? The tech CEOs are fighting a bill called the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, which would… Source link

A 29-year-old man is dead from injures sustained during an on-field fight over a referee’s call at an adult soccer game, according to Oxnard, California police. Per OPD, Misael Sanchez of Port Hueneme, California died on Monday, 15 days after sustaining injuries in the July 10 game. His cause of death was pending an autopsy. Per police, Sanchez was “involved in a large soccer fight that included players from both teams and spectators” that broke out on a field at Oxnard High School. The soccer… Source link

Giga Chikadze has an opponent and date for his return to the cage. The UFC featherweight contender has been booked to take on Sodiq Yusuff at a UFC Fight Night set to go down on Sept. 17. The location for the event hast yet to be announced. The news of the matchup was announced by the promotion during Saturday’s UFC on ESPN 39 broadcast. Related UFC selects Giga Chikadze for 2022 Forrest Griffin Community Award Chikadze (14-3 MMA, 7-1 UFC) is coming off his first professinal loss in the UFC…. Source link

By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) – Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement. Twitter’s chairman, Bret Taylor https://twitter.com/btaylor/status/1545526087089696768?s=20&t=7sx_IvK_zZkztdHdh8pwQQ, said on the micro-blogging platform that the board planned to pursue legal action to enforce the merger… Source link