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Giants owner appears in newly released emailsMessages show Epstein arranging women for TischDoJ releases 3.5m pages tied to Epstein caseNew York Giants chairman and co-owner Steve Tisch appeared throughout a newly released trove of emails related to Jeffrey Epstein, including communications in which Epstein arranged for Tisch to meet specific women.The emails, which were sent in 2013, were released Friday by the Department of Justice among 3.5 million documents related to Epstein’s sex trafficking case and were first reported on by the Athletic. Continue reading...

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NTSB says no qualified copilot was on board jetInstrument failures reported before fatal crashFlight data shows erratic climb and descentRetired Nascar driver Greg Biffle was not flying his own jet when it crashed last month, killing him and six others, according to a Friday report from federal safety officials who also concluded that while an experienced pilot was at the controls, no one else on board was qualified to be the required copilot.The preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board said that Biffle and the retired airline pilot at the controls, Dennis Dutton, and his son Jack, who were all licensed pilots, noticed problems with gauges malfunctioning on the Cessna C550 before it crashed while trying to return to the Statesville Regional Airport in North Carolina. Continue reading...

Serie A club have offered £35m for France strkerPalace complete loan move for Villa’s GuessandOliver Glasner has said Jean-Philippe Mateta will not be in Crystal Palace’s squad to face Nottingham Forest on Sunday because the striker is “not at his best”, owing to uncertainty over his future.Milan are understood to be hopeful of completing a deal for Mateta, having entered the race to sign him, though they have yet to reach the £40m asking price. The Italian club have offered a deal worth up to £35m for the 28-year-old, who has made no secret of his desire to leave to further his ambitions of a World Cup call-up in the summer. Continue reading...

White-ball captain claims he was protecting teammatesBethell and Tongue investigated over drinking sessionHarry Brook, the England white-ball captain, has admitted teammates were present on the night he clashed with a nightclub bouncer in New Zealand last year.Speaking at the start of England’s tour of Sri Lanka, Brook said that he was on his own when he was punched by a bouncer on the eve of the third one-day international against New Zealand in Wellington. Continue reading...

A robotic team fuelled by data and scrutinised relentlessly in a climate of angst and rage feels like a digital-age metaphorLike most people who have no talent for business ideas, I have a huge number of highly promising business ideas always on the go, ideas that are available for investment from any passing billionaire or Dragons’ Den rainmaker type.Not one of the A-listers, obviously. I’m not insane. Not a Meaden or a Paphitis. But perhaps one of the minor ones, some strangely groomed South African retail magnate called Dork van Frotwangle who looks as if he keeps a bag of human fingers in his freezer and will mysteriously disappear mid-series and never be mentioned again. Continue reading...

Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov lead the 14-man field, but their closest rivals are all only half a point behind with two rounds to goUzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov and Javokhir Sindarov are just half a point ahead of their closest three rivals as the “chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee heads into its final two rounds this weekend. Abdusattorov was the clear leader, but he has drawn three and lost one of his last four games.Leading scores after 11 of the 13 rounds are Abdusattorov and Sindarov 7, Matthias Blübaum (Germany), Jorden van Foreest (Netherlands) and Hans Niemann (US) 6.5, Vincent Keymer (Germany) 6, Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus (Turkey), Gukesh Dommaraju (India), Vladimir Fedoseev (Slovenia) and Anish Giri (Netherlands) 5.5. Continue reading...

‘There is a lot of experts that wanted to retire me’Serb won five-set epic to reach Australian Open finalNovak Djokovic thanked his doubters for helping to give him strength after he produced an incredible performance to defeat Jannik Sinner, the No 2 and two-time defending champion, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to reach the Australian Open final.Djokovic, the fourth seed, will contest his 11th Australian Open final and 38th grand slam final overall on Sunday, his first losing the Wimbledon final in July 2024. At 38 years old, he is the oldest Australian Open men’s finalist in history. Continue reading...

EFL examining if funds mostly from gambling proceeds Bidders’ advisers say money is from investmentsThe English Football League is taking its time assessing the prospective buyout of Sheffield Wednesday to establish whether the purchase would be largely funded by the proceeds of gambling and crypto-gambling operations.A consortium was given preferred bidder status by Wednesday’s administrators on Christmas Eve, with the funding coming from two of its members, the professional poker player James Bord and the crypto-gambling casino owner Felix Roemer. The EFL is assessing whether the bidders comply with the requirements of its owners’ and directors’ test (ODT). Continue reading...

1st T20: England, 125-4, bt Sri Lanka, 133, by 11 runs (DLS)Opener hits 46 as tourists win after rain delayIt was an England victory set up by the wily, age-old brilliance of Adil Rashid, vital to their hopes of a World Cup triumph in the coming weeks. The masterful leg-spinner took three for 19 as Sri Lanka’s batting lineup collapsed in the first of three Twenty20s, losing five wickets for 22 runs.Sam Curran celebrated a late ­hat-trick, too, as the visitors were set a target of 134 in a rain-shortened contest after the start was delayed. They were guided by Phil Salt’s 46, but Tom Banton’s 15-ball 29 provided the real thrust, easing the tension in the middle overs. Continue reading...