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Mexico erupts and World Cup security fears rise after a cartel boss’s killing

The fallout from the operation that took out ‘El Mencho’ has already led to the cancellation of football matches. Could the World Cup be affected too? Violence erupts after Mexican forces kill cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ Who was ‘El Mencho’, the former police officer who co-founded an ultraviolent cartel? There is just one road that

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Falling giants? Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg and Gladbach circle Bundesliga drain

Threat of relegation looms over former league champions who can still be accused of living off past glories “We currently have zero self-confidence,” lamented Marco Friedl, “and it shows.” Werder Bremen had just come to the end of a 13th successive winless game and there was a sense that they didn’t realise that the bottom

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Trump invites US Olympic hockey heroes to State of the Union in locker-room call

Trump invites Olympic champions to State of the Union FBI director Kash Patel joins locker-room revelry in Milan Donald Trump made a congratulatory call to the United States men’s hockey team after their dramatic win over Canada in the Olympic gold medal game on Sunday afternoon, praising what he called an “unbelievable” performance and inviting

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