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Brazil holds out hope of hiring Ancelotti as national team coach

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Brazil will make another push to hire Carlo Ancelotti despite the coach’s intention to remain with Real Madrid next season.Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of the Brazilian soccer confederation, said Tuesday he hopes to meet with Ancelotti or his staff in the next few days to discuss the possibility of hiring him.“We see him as one of the best soccer coaches in the world,” Rodrigues said in Madrid at the official launch of a friendly between Brazil and Spain to boost the fight against racism. “He is a winner and every athlete who played for him say that they miss him and that he is the best coach that they ever had.”Ancelotti was thankful for Brazil’s interest but last month said he will finish his Madrid contract, which runs through the 2023-24 season. He said he and the club are in agreement for him to stay.Brazil has been without a coach since Tite left after the World Cup in Qatar.Brazil will play a friendly against Guinea in Spain on Saturday and three day...

Haddad Maia loses in 1st round, title defense over at Nottingham Open

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Beatriz Haddad Maia’s defense of her grass-court Nottingham Open title is over already.Coming off reaching the semifinals at the French Open last week, the Brazilian player was defeated by lucky loser Daria Snigur 6-4, 6-3 in the first round on Tuesday.Snigur was only playing because fellow Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko pulled out because of injury hours before the match. However, as a junior Wimbledon champion back in 2019, Snigur was a tough opponent for the second-seeded Haddad Maia.Third-seeded Magda Linette advanced to the last 16 by beating Olivia Gadecki 6-4, 6-4 and seventh-seeded Camila Giorgi defeated Madison Brengle 7-6 (5), 6-2.New British No. 1 Katie Boulter beat Emily Appleton 6-1, 6-3.___More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Tottenham fan gets 3-year ban from attending games for mocking Hillsborough tragedy

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A Tottenham fan was banned from attending soccer matches for three years on Tuesday for making gestures mocking the Hillsborough disaster during a Premier League game against Liverpool.Kieron Darlow, a 25-year-old man from Welwyn, north of London, made the gestures at a game between the teams at Anfield on April 30, British prosecutors said.“Darlow was laughing and those who challenged him said he caused real alarm and distress,” the Crown Prosecution Service said.Darlow’s ban also prevents him from being in the vicinity of stadiums.“Darlow admitted making a gesture towards the Liverpool fans and that this was a reference to the Hillsborough disaster,” prosecutor Andrew Page said. “He admitted that this was to suggest that fans without tickets had pushed forward in the tragedy and had been partly to blame for the crush that led to so many deaths.“He accepted at court that it was his intention that Liverpool fans should see this and that it would...

Abrirán atracción de Lego en Virginia; aquí lo que debes saber

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

Prepárate para construir algunos recuerdos.El LEGO Discovery Center de Washington DC anunció que abrirá su nueva atracción familiar en Springfield, Virginia, en agosto.Después de un corte de cinta el 9 de agosto, el centro LEGO se abrirá completamente al público el lunes 14 de agosto.Los fanáticos de Big LEGO pueden ver boletos para la gran semana de inauguración, llamada “First to Play Days”. Los boletos cuestan $ 28.99 por persona y saldrán a la venta el jueves 15 de junio (LEGO dice que puede obtener un código de preventa si se suscribe a su boletín informativo).Se recomienda recoger los boletos antes de cada visita.El centro más nuevo de LEGO en el Springfield Town Center está juntando las piezas para un patio de juegos de 32,000 pies cuadrados para locales y visitantes con niños de 2 a 12 años.“¡Realmente estamos dando vida a las experiencias LEGO en nuestro nuevo Centro! Los niños podrán dejar volar su imaginación y creatividad en cada una de nuestras zonas únicas ...

Accenture pouring $3 billion into AI, joining long list of tech companies prepping to meet demand

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

Technology services provider Accenture is the latest company to ramp up its artificial intelligence business, announcing Tuesday that it will invest $3 billion over the next three years and double its AI-related staff to accommodate scorching hot demand.Dublin, Ireland-based Accenture said it aims to have 80,000 AI-related staff to help create “industry-specific solutions that will help our clients harness AI’s full potential to reshape their strategy, technology, and ways of working, driving innovation and value responsibly and faster than ever before.”Accenture joins a growing list of technology companies racing to take advantage of a broader interest from businesses looking for new AI tools that can analyze data, help make decisions and potentially replace some tasks currently performed by human workers. Much of the interest is on “generative AI” tools such as ChatGPT that can produce works of writing on command, as well as images, computer code and other media.Late in May,...

Denver police suspect a drug deal led to shooting that wounded 10, including 1 suspect, during Nuggets’ NBA celebration

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Denver police suspect a drug deal led to shooting that wounded 10, including 1 suspect, during Nuggets’ NBA celebration.Source

2 Northeast DC teens arrested, charged in armed carjacking

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

Two teenagers were arrested and charged in an armed carjacking that happened in Northwest D.C. on Monday.Police said that the two 14-year-old boys, of Northeast D.C., stole a vehicle in the 6900 block of 4th Street shortly before 11:30 a.m.The suspects approached the victim, who was inside the vehicle. One of the boys brandished a handgun and demanded the victim get out of the vehicle, police said.The teenagers got into the vehicle and drove away but were apprehended by police.Police said the vehicle and a BB gun were recovered.Both boys are charged with armed carjacking and an unauthorized use of a vehicle. One of the teenagers was charged with possession of a BB gun in public space, police said.Source

Only 1 city has Denver beat in this category over the last decade

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Denver is now an NBA championship city. After the Denver Nuggets won against the Miami Heat in Game 5, the team picked up its first-ever Larry O'Brien trophy.But basketball isn't the only sport Denver plays, and the Nuggets aren't the only local team that has won a championship.If you only count the four major professional sports played in America, three Denver teams have won their league's respective championships: The Denver Broncos in 1997, 1998 and 2015, the Colorado Avalanche in 1996, 2001 and 2022, and, of course, the Denver Nuggets in 2023. Are the champion hats given to the Denver Nuggets misspelled? The only Denver team that hasn't won a championship is the Colorado Rockies. In 2007, they made it to the World Series, only to be swept by the Boston Red Sox in four games.The three Denver teams that have won have all done once so in the last decade, and in that regard, there is only one city that has the Mile High City beat: Los Angeles.That's because LA ha...

Trump pleads not guilty in classified documents indictment

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

Former President Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges on 37 counts following a Department of Justice indictment alleging he violated both the Espionage Act and obstructed justice in taking classified records from his presidency and refusing to return them.The arraignment was Trump’s second this year but his appearance in a Miami courthouse was his first on federal charges. He is the first former president or candidate for president to face such charges.Trump, who is the odds-on favorite to win the 2024 GOP presidential primary, previewed in a conversation with conservative radio host Howie Carr how he would plead.“I just say, ‘not guilty.’ I didn't do anything wrong. I did nothing wrong. Presidential Records Act. It’s not even a criminal event. There’s no criminality here. It’s ridiculous,” Trump said during the interview. Trump was indicted Thursday in connection with the investigation led by special counsel Jack Smith, with the unsealed document revealing Trump would a...

Video shows shooting during Nuggets celebration in LoDo

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A total of 10 people, including one suspect, were shot early Tuesday morning as celebrations of the Denver Nuggets NBA championship win took place in Denver's LoDo neighborhood.According to Denver Police Commander Matthew Clark, this appears to be related to a drug deal that was taking place in the same area as the shooting. Previous: 10 people shot in LoDo after Denver Nuggets win NBA Finals The suspect who was shot, 22-year-old Ricardo Vazquez, was taken into custody and police said they found a gun and suspected fentanyl pills in his possession.What was described as "bundles" of fentanyl pills were also recovered by investigators at the scene of the shooting. A vehicle containing additional suspects was also found in the parking lot where the shooting occurred at the intersection of Market Street and 20th Street. No one in that vehicle was injured, Clark said, but a gun was discovered near the driver seat and 33-year-old Raoul Jones was taken into custody.At le...