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Now+ Formula 1 team boss Briatore steals the show at the chaotic press conference

Awkwardness at its peak. Mumbling, snapping, and sneering at journalists. Flavio Briatore gave his first press conference as team boss of Alpine in Barcelona on Friday. It was a performance not to be forgotten quickly. The Friday press conference with the team bosses is usually a formality in Formula 1. Just after the first free […]

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Lost actress Evangeline Lilly faints and ends up with a rock with a face

Evangeline Lilly, who starred in the series Lost for years, fainted on the beach. “I landed face down on a rock,” the Canadian actress wrote on Instagram on Friday. Lilly was then rushed to the hospital. Doctors concluded that she has hypoglycemia, which indicates a low blood glucose level. This is especially common in people

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Verstappen clocks third time in second training GP Spain, Piastri fastest

Max Verstappen finished third in the second free practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix on Friday. McLaren driver Oscar Piastri was the fastest at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. The 24-year-old Piastri lapped the circuit in Montmeló in 1:12.760. That was three tenths faster than Verstappen, who remarkably drove exactly the same time as Lando Norris.

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NEC gets former Feyenoorder Coolen to relieve technical director Aalbers

NEC has presented Rini Coolen as the new director of football on Friday. The 58-year-old Coolen has extensive experience in the football world, including at Feyenoord. “I am grateful for the trust and look forward to working together on the further development of our football technical vision,” Coolen reacts on the NEC website. “With a

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Del Toro resists in heavy Giro ride attacks on pink sweater, Yates gets tap

Roset jersey Isaac del Toro resisted two attacks by challenger Richard Carapaz in the Giro d’Italia in a very heavy mountain ride on Friday. Simon Yates was the big loser and lost half a minute. The stage victory was for Frenchman Nicolas Prodhomme. Much was expected in advance from the nineteenth stage, which with 4,900

Economics

American import hardfish by Trumps taxes

American companies bought considerably fewer goods abroad in April. The import fell by almost 20 percent, after the input had risen hard for a month. This is according to figures from the American statistics agency Census Bureau. The fluctuations probably have everything to do with the taxing policy of US President Donald Trump. At the

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