Newcastle United retains Fun88 as main shirt sponsor
NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United will not have a new main shirt sponsor for the 2022/23 season with Fun88 to remain emblazoned on the club’s new black and white strip.
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Former FIFA chief Sepp Blatter’s trial over corrupt football payments begins
BELLINZONA, Switzerland: The trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and French footballing legend Michel Platini over alleged corrupt payments began in Switzerland on Wednesday with both defendants in a confident mood. Swiss prosecutors accuse the pair, once among the game’s most powerful figures, of unlawfully arranging a payment of $2.08 million (2 million Swiss francs) in 2011. Blatter and Platini deny the charges.
Twitter urges brands to capitalize on FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022
RIYADH: With football fever underway in the MENA region and around the world ahead of this year’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Twitter hosted an event at Al-Nassr’s Mrsool Park in the Saudi Arabian capital to take marketers through the importance and influence of football conversations.
Rassie Erasmus left red-faced after apparent hack sees him tweet pornographic clip
Rassie Erasmus' prominence on Twitter has left him red-faced after his account was apparently hacked on Friday.
Twitter shareholders sue Elon Musk for manipulating stock market
Twitter shareholders are suing Elon Musk, accusing him of allegedly manipulating the market in his attempted takeover of the social media platform.
Conor McGregor and Jake Paul spar on Twitter after Katie Taylor victory
Conor McGregor and Jake Paul have traded jabs following Katie Taylor’s victory over Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden, despite not being the boxers in the ring.
What Elon wants: Is Twitter buyout a victory for free speech or disinformation?
Twitter is certainly a bullhorn and the boss of Tesla and SpaceX certainly has opinions: a free speech absolutist, Musk lets loose in his tweets, for instance once calling Canada's prime minister a Nazi over Covid-19 restrictions. Who decides on what grounds whether someone like Donald Trump stays banned or gets restored to the platform?
Elon Musk sets sights on Twitter: Decrypting the billionnaire's eccentric ambitions
Also in the US, a lawmaker from Michigan is making waves for an impassioned speech she made on the floor of the State Capitol. Senator Mallory McMorrow is defending herself against false GOP claims that Democrats want to groom schoolchildren.