Nigerian Olympian Dubem Amene Retires at 21 After Relay Disqualification

Dubem Amene, part of Nigeria’s 4x400m relay team, has retired from athletics at 21 following the squad’s disqualification from the Paris 2024 Olympics final. Amene, who fulfilled his dream of becoming an Olympian, will now pursue a career in finance after graduating from the University of Michigan with a degree in Economics.

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🚨🔴 Understand Liverpool have been clear with clubs interested in Sepp van den Berg: price tag is £20m.

Liverpool are not accepting €10/12m proposals, no way.

The asking price remains £20m.

🚨🔵⚪️ Olympique Marseille are closing in on Eyle Wahi deal with RC Lens!

Agreement very close, OM working on final details… they didn’t want to match €30m package for Nketiah.

Green light from the player and €25m fee plus add-ons offered to Lens, as reports.

🚨🔵 Napoli have agreed on deal to sign Marco Brescianini from Frosinone, first signing of the week… and more will follow.

€1m loan fee, €11m obligation to buy clause.

Medical tests booked tomorrow morning.

Here we go. ✍🏻🇮🇹

France came into the Olympic Games shaken by two rounds of an unexpected legislative election that yielded a political impasse. It exits with those problems unsolved, but with a new self-confidence.

Even if political problems flare again in the coming weeks, as they almost certainly will, a core pride at a remarkable accomplishment for the nation appears likely to endure for a long time.

Read more: https://nyti.ms/3WKH5eU

An hour north of Berlin, a villa that once belonged to a Nazi mastermind quietly rots.

The former estate of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, is too expensive to keep and perilous to sell. No one knows quite what to do with it. The fate of the villa illustrates a larger conundrum: whether to preserve or obliterate the many edifices from Germany’s hateful past.

Read more: https://nyti.ms/3yAJyk4

When the American flag was raised and “The Star-Spangled Banner” played, Brittney Griner couldn’t hold it in anymore. Tears streamed down her face. “My country fought for me to get back. And I was able to bring back gold for my country.”

Russian forces are pummeling Ukrainian positions along the front lines, even as Ukraine's incursion onto Russian soil continues, Ukrainian military officials said. "Our guys do not feel any relief."

Even after restoring order to Britain in the wake of two weeks of anti-immigrant riots, Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces a bigger challenge: defusing the issues of fraying public services and a cost of living crisis that underlie the unrest.

A 22-year-old man was charged with assault as a hate crime after the police said he yelled “Free Palestine” and “Do you want to die?” before stabbing a young Jewish man in the chest near a synagogue in Brooklyn on Saturday.

#stopreligioushate?