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☆ Euro 2024: Ukraine hopes to show the ‘spirit of our nation’ at tournament
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Don Riddell | Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“We all understand that football is not the most important thing now in Ukraine,” Ukraine head coach Sergiy Rebrov tells CNN Sport. “But I think our successful performance in Europe gives our people in Ukraine positive emotions. “Before [the war], when you’re fighting on the pitch, you are thinking only about the result. The team hopes to provide Ukraine with some respite from the war during the tournament. “Everybody from Ukraine […] is trying to help each other, trying to help our defenders, trying to help the volunteers,” Rebrov says.

Persons: It’s, Sergiy Rebrov, Volodymyr Zelensky, ” Rebrov, Rafal Oleksiewicz, Mykhailo Mudryk, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Rebrov, “, ”, Strangmann, UEFA’s, Sergei Gapon, Zelensky, Oleksandr Usyk, Elina Svitolina Organizations: CNN, Romania, Ukraine, ”, CNN Sport, “, Chelsea, European, Getty, UN, Rights Locations: Ukraine, ” Ukraine, Europe, England, Italy, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Iceland, Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine –, AFP, Ukrainian, Russia, Germany, Kharkiv

Learn moreThe 2024 Stanley Cup Finals continue tonight with Game 3 of the Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers match-up. We've put together everything you need to know about how to watch the Stanley Cup Finals, including options that will work for the entirety of the series. The Oilers will attempt to get back into the competition tonight, but another win for the Panthers gets them that much closer to the Stanley Cup. How to watch Stanley Cup Finals in the USGame 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals will air on ABC on Thursday at 8 p.m. See at FuboHow to watch Stanley Cup Finals from anywhereThose planning to travel outside the US during the Stanley Cup Finals can keep up with their subscriptions using a VPN.

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☆ Sam Kerr signs contract extension at Chelsea… but not before giving fans a minor scare
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Rebecca Hall | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Soccer star Sam Kerr has signed a new contract with current Women’s Super League (WSL) champion Chelsea, the club announced Thursday, but not before giving her fans a minor scare. According to BBC Sport, it was Kerr’s idea to tease the fans around the news of the contract extension. Kerr has become one of the best players in women's soccer. Former Chelsea manager Hayes had made it her mission to convince Kerr to move to the WSL club back in 2019. Sonia Bompastor’s recent arrival as the new Chelsea manager marks a new era in west London, but retaining Kerr will help steady the ship.

Persons: Sam Kerr, Emma Hayes, Kerr, Chelsea, ”, Alexander Canillas, Aitana Bonmati, Ballon, Hayes, Sonia Bompastor’s Organizations: CNN — Soccer, Super League, Chelsea, US, BBC, Chicago Red Stars, Champions League, Blues Locations: London, soccer, Barcelona

☆ Forget Beatlemania. Taylor Swift fever is sweeping Liverpool
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Anna Cooban | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

On Thursday, it expects to welcome Taylor Swift fans heading to Anfield for the first of the superstar’s three “Eras Tour” concerts in Liverpool. Banners outside St George's Hall in Liverpool saying "Liverpool loves Taylor," seen in May 2024. Taylor Swift performs at the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium on June 7, 2024, in Edinburgh, UK. A fan poses at an art installation representing Taylor Swift's "Lover" album era, in Liverpool in June 2024. People walk past an art installation representing Taylor Swift's album "The Tortured Poets Department" in Liverpool in June 2024.

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☆ Are Drake’s oversized pants another Kendrick Lamar rebuttal?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Over the weekend, Drake posted an outfit to Instagram that has since generated a lot of chatter online. New York Magazine’s The Cut dutifully collected reactions from a range of fashion stylists, and even industry experts were divided. Fans flooded the comments, calling him a “soccer dad” or “soccer papi.”Comments rushed to call Drake "soccer papi." In April and May, a series of brutal diss tracks were issued between Drake and US rapper Kendrick Lamar. Now the dust has settled, Drake’s latest rebuttal transcends tit for tat rapping into something more visual.

Persons: Drake, Tony Soprano’s, X, Katherine Hepburn, “, ”, Instagram, Cary Grant, ’, Kendrick Lamar, ” Lamar, Drake’s, — Organizations: CNN, padre, “, argyle Locations: Champagne Papi, York

☆ Opinion: Literary protest against the war in Gaza has gone off the rails
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Opinion Ilene Prusher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Ilene Prusher Jordana MillerBut something about this year’s Jerusalem International Writers Festival, which was held late last month, was off. The festival’s artistic director, Julia Fermentto-Tzaisler, thought about whether the beloved book festival should happen this year at all. A shadow over the literary worldExamples abound of how fallout from the ongoing war is casting a shadow over the literary world. To be sure, these are not the only cancelations the literary world has experienced related to the war; nor are Jewish writers the only ones who have faced controversy. From the start of this war, it seems I’m much more therapist than writer,” she read in a lilting Hebrew.

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CNN —Sardinia, Italy (CNN) – Uruguay at the 1950 World Cup. Cameroon at the 1990 World Cup. Lewandowski celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group C match against Saudi Arabia at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, west of Doha on November 26, 2022. “I think we are playing good football [and] we know that we are not the favourites in the group stage. “They were fighting [a] similar situation before the World Cup and they were so close and now they did it,” he said.

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☆ MLB: ‘Jump on the wagon,’ says Phillies star Bryce Harper as baseball fever hits UK – with a little help from Rob McElhenney
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

London Stadium, London CNN —As the sun descended in east London, so did tens of thousands of baseball fans as America’s pastime once again made its way across the Atlantic Ocean to England’s capital. The seven-time All-Star’s Great British love-in continued throughout the weekend, and in the opening game of the series, Harper played the starring role. If these international events are put on to attract new fans, Harper was certainly doing his best to persuade them to follow baseball. Kaitlin Olson (far left), McElhenney (second from right), former Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley (far right) and Harper participate in opening ceremonies. The wait is now on to see which two teams will do battle in the next edition of the London Series.

Persons: Rob McElhenney, Kirsty Wigglesworth, Bryce Harper, Harper, Ryan Pierse, ” Harper, West Ham –, Mary DeCicco, ”, Freddie Mercury, Winston Churchill, King Henry VIII, Alex Bierens de Haan, Kaitlin Olson, Chase Utley, McElhenney, Olson, Vera Nieuwenhuis Organizations: London, London CNN —, Major League Baseball, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Premier League soccer, West Ham, Phillies, Mets, UK Phillies, Spice, Philly, Arsenal, Tottenham, Premier League, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Baseball, Britain, King’s Guard, Wrexham AFC Locations: London, British, Philadelphia, Chelsea, West, America, New York

☆ Warner Bros. Discovery strikes 10-year deal to broadcast the French Open in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Warner Bros. The deal is set to make Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Eurosport has been broadcasting the French Open to 55 countries outside the U.S. since 1989, according to a press release. Meanwhile, Warner Bros. With the hangover from the Hollywood writers' strike and cost-cutting measures across the industry, including at Warner Bros.

Persons: Spain's Rafael Nadal, Germany's Alexander Zverev, Philippe, Chatrier, Roland Garros, Roland, Garros, Luis Silberwasser, Comcast's, Venu, Disney's, NBCUniversal, — CNBC's Alex Sherman Organizations: Roland, Warner Bros, TNT Sports, Garros, French Tennis Federation, Discovery, Grand, Warner Bros ., Eurosport, TNT, TBS, Comcast's NBC, Tennis, Disney's ESPN, Fox, TruTV, National Hockey League, NASCAR, U.S, Soccer, College Football, ESPN, NBA, CNBC, Hollywood, Comcast Locations: Paris, U.S, NBCUniversal

☆ Vinícius Jr.: Spanish court orders prison time for soccer fans over racist abuse toward Real Madrid star
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Kevin Dotson | Patrick Sung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Thank you to La Liga and Real Madrid for helping with this historic conviction.”The Brazilian vowed to keep using his platform to fight racism. “The three defendants acknowledged their criminal liability and have released an apology letter addressed to our player Vinícius Jr., to Real Madrid C.F. and to everyone else who felt offended and degraded by their behavior,” Real Madrid said in a statement. “La Liga will identify them, report them and there will be criminal consequences for them.”Global soccer’s governing body FIFA also praised the news. “I am pleased to see the firm action and sentencing taken by the Spanish authorities in relation to the racist abuse directed at Vinícius Jr in a Spanish La Liga match in May 2023.

Persons: CNN —, Vinícius, Vinícius Jr, “, I’ve, I’m, ”, Pierre, Philippe Marcou, Javier Tebas, Gianni Infantino, Infantino Organizations: CNN, Real Madrid, La Liga, Valencia CF, Spanish, LaLiga, Royal Spanish Football Federation, Liga, Getty, ” Real, ”, FIFA Locations: Valencia, Spain, Real, Real Madrid, AFP, ” Real Madrid, Spanish

Millions around the world caught a glimpse of the North Korean men’s team in two World Cups. The secrecy surrounding the North Korean national team was also evident in the case of star player Han Kwang Song. Carl Recine/Action Images/ReutersEarning respectWhen An joined the North Korean national team upon receiving a call-up letter in 2002, he remembers not being immediately accepted by teammates. To be accepted by the squad, newcomer An had to prove himself to the other North Korean players. Although, as fate would have it, An met his former teammate and current manager of the North Korean national team, Sin Yong Nam, last March.

Persons: –, Yong Hak, Han Kwang, Han, “, ”, Yong, Son Heung, Pak Kwang, Choe, I’ll, ” Han, Yong Nam, ‘ It’s, ’ ”, “ Han’s, ‘, …, Kim Jong Hun, Jong Tae, Philip Fong, Kim, Jong Tae Se, Carl Recine, didn’t, Sin Yong Nam, Sin Organizations: CNN, Korean men’s, CNN Sport, North, Korean, Juventus, Qatari, Al, UN, North Korean, –, SC, Cagliari, South, Tottenham Hotspur, Radio Free Asia, Tokyo's, Getty, Portugal, DPRK, Thailand Locations: North Korea’s, East, Italy, Middlesbrough, England, South Africa, Portugal, North Korean, Japan, Qatar, North Korea, Myanmar, China, Pyongyang, South Korea, Austria, Tokyo, DPRK, Brazil, Ivory Coast, Korean, AFP, Korea

☆ Children of ISIS fighters coming of age in detention ask what they’re being punished for
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Brent Swails | Clarissa Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Northeastern Syria CNN —He had had visitors just once before, years ago when he first arrived in prison at 14. According to Amnesty, the estimated 30,000 children currently held in at least 27 detention facilities and two detention camps – Al-Hol and Al-Roj – in northeastern Syria represent the highest concentration of children arbitrarily detained and deprived of their freedom anywhere in the world. CNN was granted extremely rare access inside detention camps and facilities for suspected ISIS fighters and their family members, including Panorama prison. ‘A breeding ground for the next generation of ISIS’At Al-Hol, a sprawling detention camp of faded tents, rusted barbed wire and wind-swept earth, the scale of the problem reveals itself. Hoda Muthana holds hands with her 7-year-old son at the Al-Roj detention camp in northeastern Syria.

Persons: Northeastern Syria CNN —, Stefan Uterloo, Uterloo, ” Uterloo, It’s, We’ve, ”, Roj, Mazloum Abdi, ” Mazloum, Erik Kurilla, Mike Pratt, Hol, Ní, Ní Aoláin, “, you’ve, it’s, Shamil Chakar, doesn’t, ” Shamil, ‘, Brandy Salman, Hoda, She’s, Muthana, Trump, Hoda Muthana, Christina Jump, Scott McWhinnie, Oscar Featherstone, Augusta Anthony , Lou Robinson, Sarah Tilotta, Eliza Mackintosh, Laura Smith Organizations: Northeastern, Northeastern Syria CNN, American, CNN, ISIS, Syrian Democratic Forces, Panorama, Amnesty, United Nations, SDF, UN, US military’s, Command, US, Boys, Twitter, State Department Locations: Northeastern Syria, United States, Suriname, Dutch, South America, Syria, Kurdish, Iraq, Hol, Al, Panorama, Baghouz, Cologne, Germany, Minnesota, American, Alabama, US

Learn moreThe 2024 Stanley Cup Finals pick back up tonight with Game 2, which will see the Edmonton Oilers vs. Florida Panthers face off again in Florida. We'll show you how to watch the Stanley Cup Finals from home, whether you have cable or are looking for a live streaming alternative. How to watch Stanley Cup Finals in the USGame 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals will air on ABC on Monday at 8 p.m. You can catch all of 2024 Stanley Cup Finals here. View at ESPNIf you'd rather try a cable alternative live TV streaming package, Sling TV and Fubo might be able to help you out.

Persons: Sergei Bobrovsky, we've, There's, you'd, Fubo, ExpressVPN Organizations: Business, Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers, Stanley, Panthers, Florida, Oilers, Canadian, The Panthers, Vegas Golden Knights, ABC, ESPN, MLB, NHL, NFL, UFC, Hulu, Disney Plus Locations: Florida, United States

☆ An inside look at the weekend the GameStop frenzy began on WallStreetBets
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Nathaniel Popper | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

Like Tesla and Palantir, GameStop was a popular stock to short among hedge funds, though GameStop took it to a whole new level. "That's how I feel about these GME posts that are using the 'P' and get in so we can cause an 'S' words that are no-nos." That was enough to make WallStreetBets the seventh-largest holder of GameStop stock, ahead of some of the big Wall Street investment firms that had shown interest in the stock. AdvertisementOn WallStreetBets, Alzmann shared the growing evidence that Cohen was indeed planning to take a more active role at GameStop. AdvertisementBut when Cramer dug into the conversation happening around GameStop on WallStreetBets, he saw that something new and more sophisticated was happening.

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☆ A week with Canada and Jesse Marsch: No days off, hunting in packs and what it means to be Canadian
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Tim Spiers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Canada couldn’t beat Guadeloupe or Guatemala last summer, then lost to Jamaica and confidence has pretty much hit rock bottom. The Athletic followed Marsch and Canada to Rotterdam and Bordeaux to find out. In the 15 months he has been out of the game, Marsch has taken time to choose his next job. “There’s a long way to go.”GO DEEPER The Jesse Marsch debate: Underrated Premier League-level manager or master of failing up? Well, for a start, Canada do have a number of talented players to build a team around.

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☆ The Unabomber and the Poisoned Dream of the American West - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Maxim Loskutoff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I was writing a novel about Mr. Kaczynski. I grew up in Missoula, about 80 miles from the Unabomber’s shack in the Montana wilderness and was 11 at the time of his capture. I didn’t know who the Unabomber was or what he had done, but I could tell it was important — and dark. So much so that my home state was suddenly the center of national attention. Western Montana in the 1990s was not a place that made the national news, save for an occasional environmental disaster and the annual Testicle Festival — a days-long debauch of fried steer genitals that attracted seedier press.

Persons: Ted Kaczynski, Kaczynski, I’d Locations: Butner, N.C, Missoula, Montana, Western Montana

☆ Nicholas Galitzine and Leo Woodall hilariously realize they auditioned for each other’s acclaimed roles
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Nicholas Galitzine and Leo Woodall have more in common than they thought. I auditioned for ‘White Lotus!’” Galitzine said, laughing. Woodall played Jack in Season 2 of “The White Lotus” in 2022, a bad boy who charms Haley Lu Richardson’s character Portia until his nefarious intentions are later revealed in the show’s shocking finale. “It comes out of nowhere,” Galitzine said of the scene, going on to joke that he “obviously” knew about the scene since he’d auditioned for Woodall’s role. But, Galitzine said while playfully poking at Woodall, “you got the part instead of me.”

Persons: CNN — Nicholas Galitzine, Leo Woodall, “, Mary, George, ” Galitzine, Woodall “ it’s, ” Woodall interjected, Galitzine, George Villiers, “ Mary, King James I, Julianne Moore, ‘, ” Woodall, Woodall, Jack, Haley Lu Richardson’s, Portia, Tom Hollander, he’d, ” Organizations: CNN, YouTube, Starz Locations: “

☆ A working-class immigrant neighborhood in Queens banned cars along a major road. The new park is a 'superhighway of kids and families and neighbors.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Just a few years ago, that same road — 34th Avenue — was a traffic-clogged artery. The 34th Avenue Open Street is 26 traffic-restricted blocks with a handful of entirely car-free plazas outside schools. Thousands of students use the 34th Avenue Open Street to get to and from school every day. Siff and others hope 34th Avenue will become a public park that prioritizes people on foot. Do you live on or near an open street in New York City or a traffic-restricted street elsewhere?

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☆ Endrick: Brazilian prodigy scores stoppage-time winner against Mexico
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-09 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Yet, with each game for the Seleção teenage prodigy Endrick enhances his stock, justifying his billing as the next Brazilian soccer great. He headed home a Vinícius Jr. cross to put Brazil back in front after Guillermo Martínez Ayala had levelled for Mexico in the 92nd minute. Brazil had gone 2-0 up through Andreas Pereira and Gabriel Martinelli, but let the advantage slip as Mexico scored twice late on. “I’m very grateful to God for another opportunity to score for the national team,” Endrick said after the match, per Reuters. Brazil next plays the US in a friendly on Wednesday, before its Copa America campaign starts against Costa Rica on June 24.

Persons: Endrick, Kyle, Guillermo Martínez Ayala, Andreas Pereira, Gabriel Martinelli, “, ” Endrick, ”, Ronaldo Nazario, Maria Lysaker, Reuters Endrick Organizations: CNN, Copa, Mexico, Reuters, Copa America, England, Wembley, Real Madrid, La Liga, Brazilian, Palmeiras, USA, Sports, Brazil’s, Brazil national team, Colombia Locations: Brazil, Mexico, Copa America, Kyle Field , Texas, England, Spain, Argentina, Costa Rica

☆ How the USA’s shock cricket triumph reflects a global sporting and geopolitical transformation
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-08 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

A national cricket team that most Americans didn’t even know they had beat one of the sport’s global powers Pakistan, for whom the game is a national obsession. “There is this pivot from global north to global south,” said Chadwick. The first ever international fixture was between the United States and Canada in 1844 in New York. The World Cup is being carried in the US on Willow TV, a streaming service that is also available on cable systems for an extra fee. The global game, soccer, has several times hubristically tried to conquer the US and it’s taken years to reach its current level with strong pro leagues the MLS and the NWSL.

Persons: didn’t, ”, Monank Patel, Corey Anderson, “ It’s, “, Peter Della Penna, Donald Trump, Narendra Modi, Simon Chadwick, “ You’ve, You’ve, It’s, Virat Kohli, Germain, LIV, Modi, Chadwick, Donald Bradman, Michael Jordan, Pakistan –, Saurabh, Milind Kumar, hubristically, it’s, Della Penna, you’re, ” Della Penna Organizations: CNN, team, Cricket, Pakistan, USA Cricket, New Zealand, Indian, , Indian Premier League, Major League Cricket, IPL, US, America, United Arab Emirates, Manchester City, Paris Saint, Formula One, Hindu, FIFA, Beijing, Bowlers, Down, England, Elite US, Willow, MLS, England’s Premier League, Manchester United, Arsenal, tailgates, Women’s National, TV, South Locations: Pakistan, United States, Caribbean, Texas, American, America, Long, , New York, India, Australia, Nassau County, Ahmedabad, Gulf, United Kingdom, Europe, East, South Asia, British, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zealand, England, North Carolina, Manchester, Qatar, Paris, Germain . Middle, Saudi Arabia, Los Angeles, There’s, Canada, New York, Sri Lankan, California, New Delhi, China, Belgium, Commonwealth

☆ A Black photographer added himself to places where history didn’t want him
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Being There” came to life when Shulman noticed many of the slides contained an empty seat – presumably that the photographer had vacated to take the photo. Diop’s series “Diaspora” depicts Africans outside of Africa at different points in history (albeit with some contemporary – often soccer related – props). And in doing so, we forget how it’s easy not to make room for someone who’s different,” he added. “He’d been a student in Europe in the late ’50s, so he’d been sitting at these tables,” Diop added. We don’t know their politics, nor how they’d respond to Diop’s presence.

Persons: Guess, ” Sidney Poitier’s, they’re, – he’s Sidney Poitier, Omar Victor Diop, Lee Shulman, Diop, Shulman, Martin Parr, ”, “, Omar, ” Shulman, ” Diop, “ He’d, he’d, ” Omar Victor Diop Organizations: CNN, Senegalese, eBay, Paris Photo, White America, African, Textuel Locations: “, America, Africa, Europe, African, . Hood

☆ From the I.R.A. to the Principal’s Office, a Life’s Evolution Echoes Belfast’s
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

He cheerfully greeted each child by name as he passed them. Then he stuck his head into a classroom, where the students addressed him in unison, “Good afternoon, Mr. McCann!”The school is in the largely Catholic Falls Road area of west Belfast, which was engulfed for decades by the bloody sectarian struggle in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles. Outside, where multicolored fencing provides a bright backdrop to children playing soccer in the yard, gunfire once ricocheted, with army snipers perched on rooftops and armored vehicles rolling by.

Persons: McCann Locations: Falls, Belfast, Northern Ireland

☆ Louis Vuitton: The Olympics embody our ‘DNA’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-07 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

And at next month’s upcoming Games, Louis Vuitton are hoping they too will become a hallmark of the same grand occasion. The Olympic and Paralympic medals will be housed in a Louis Vuitton trunk. Annie Leibovitz/Courtesy Louis VuittonLVMH – the luxury conglomerate that owns Louis Vuitton – spent €150 million ($163 million) on its sponsorship deal with the Olympics, Vogue reported citing sources, though calculating the precise returns on this investment is “difficult,” said Beccari. “We are very close to sport,” Beccari said, recalling the slogan “Victory travels in Louis Vuitton,” the fashion house used when one of its trunks housed the FIFA World Cup in 2010. From Louis VuittonWhile Louis Vuitton posted record profits last year and LVMH outperformed other luxury brands, the current economic environment with rising inflation leaving consumers with less disposable income poses challenges ahead, though Beccari downplayed such difficulties.

Persons: Louis Vuitton, Vuitton, —, Enzo Lefort, Léon Marchand, Pauline Déroulède, Marie Patouillet —, Stephanie Lecocq, Pietro Beccari, “, ” Beccari, ”, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Louis Vuitton's, Annie Leibovitz, Louis Vuitton –, Louis, CNN “, Federer, Nadal, They’re, LVMH, Beccari Organizations: Paris CNN, Olympic, Paralympic Games, Seven, CNN, de Monaco, Louis, Olympics, Vogue, FIFA Locations: France, Louis, Paris, French, Europe

☆ Flavor Flav has a new calling as hype man to the US women’s water polo team
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Now, the clock-wearing musician has found a new and unlikely calling in the sports world, offering his services as hype man for the US women’s water polo team ahead of this year’s Paris Olympics. That’s why I’m sponsoring this women’s water polo team. Steffens is a veteran of the US women's water polo team. How can we get water polo in more people’s mouths and in front of more people’s eyes as best as possible?”USA Water Polo membership almost doubled from 26,837 in 2008 to more than 50,000 in 2019, including increased participation at high school and college levels, according to USA Water Polo. However, she wants her legacy to be more than medals, records, and statistics, but making water polo “common knowledge” and “common language” among the general public.

Persons: Flav, Maggie Steffens, “, ” Steffens, Steffens, TMZ, Ronald Martinez, ”, “ It’s, you’re, I’ve, it’s, that’s, Sandy Hooper, doesn’t, ” Mark Conrad Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, CNN Sport, Hall of Fame, Water Polo, USA Water Polo, Olympics, US, Paris, USA, Reuters, International Olympic Committee, Games, Olympic Committees, US Olympic, Paralympic, Fordham University Gabelli School of Business, Athletics, Los Angeles Games, Boxing Locations: Paris, Instagram, Long Beach , California, California

☆ Opinion: How this very English sport found a home in America
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Opinion Ashish Ravinran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

India and Pakistan will take on each other in the Men’s T20 World Cup. But I soon realized that one of the unexpected pleasures of cricket in America was seeing the sport bloom between the cracks. Through their eyes, the New York cricket world continued to bloom in front of me. I discovered weekend leagues, a high school league and peculiarly, the NYPD Youth Cricket League — the subject of my upcoming feature documentary. This year there’s a second competition, the National Cricket League, headquartered in Dallas, home to a large South Asian community.

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