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Tom Brady is a champion once again. The seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback won the inaugural Fanatics Games at this weekend’s Fanatics Fest in New York, earning him a $1 million prize. The all-time great was among 100 celebrities, athletes and fans to compete in the Fantatics Games, which consisted of eight competitions ranging from quarterback skills, basketball shooting to soccer goal-scoring and baseball pitching accuracy.One of the other competitions was a WWE Superstar entrance. In his version, Brady spat on New York Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner’s jersey and ripped former New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning’s jersey. Manning later interrupted Brady’s…

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BENGALURU: The Bank of Thailand will pause its easing cycle on Wednesday (Jun 25) to preserve limited policy space amid ongoing trade uncertainty and renewed domestic political tensions, according to a Reuters poll of economists who expect a rate cut next quarter. The decision to hold would come despite prices falling 0.57 per cent in May, following a 0.22 per cent decline in April, and economic growth slowing to 3.1 per cent last quarter. More than 60 per cent of economists, 17 of 27, in the Jun 16-20 Reuters poll predicted the BOT would leave its benchmark one-day repurchase rate unchanged…

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[TOKYO] Oil prices jumped on Monday to their highest since January as Washington’s weekend move to join Israel in attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities stoked supply worries.Brent crude futures rose US$1.88 or 2.44 per cent at US$78.89 a barrel as of 1122 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude advanced US$1.87 or 2.53 per cent at US$75.71.Both contracts jumped by more than 3 per cent earlier in the session to US$81.40 and US$78.40, respectively, five-month highs, before giving up some gains.The rise in prices came after U.S. President Donald Trump said he had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites in strikes over the…

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Shohei Ohtani pitched one hitless inning in his second mound start of the season before hitting a three-run triple and a two-run homer, and Max Muncy had a grand slam and a three-run homer in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 13-7 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.Ohtani recorded two strikeouts while throwing 18 pitches, allowing his only baserunner on an error when Mookie Betts dropped a popup in the sun. The two-way superstar is easing his way back onto the mound with short starts, and he was more effective against the Nats than in his season mound debut last Monday…

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A Tennessee judge on Sunday ordered the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation has become a flashpoint in President Trump’s immigration crackdown, while he awaits a federal trial on human smuggling charges. But he is not expected to be allowed to go free. At his June 13 detention hearing, prosecutors said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would take Abrego Garcia into custody if he were released on the criminal charges, and he could be deported before he has a chance to stand trial. U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes has scheduled a hearing for Wednesday to discuss the conditions…

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SYDNEY: Wall Street share futures slipped on Monday (Jun 23) and oil prices briefly hit five-month highs as investors anxiously waited to see if Iran would retaliate to US attacks on its nuclear sites, with resulting risks to global activity and inflation. Early moves were contained, with the dollar getting only a minor safe-haven bid and no sign of panic selling across markets. Oil prices were up around 2 per cent, but already well off their initial peaks. Optimists were hoping Iran might back down now its nuclear ambitions had been curtailed, or even that regime change might bring a…

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Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Scott Dixon knows he doesn’t have a shot at a seventh INDYCAR title this year. Scott Dixon prior to the NTT IndyCar Series XPEL Grand Prix at Road America  So going for race victory No. 59 is the strategy every week. Even if it means a roll of the dice.Putting Dixon in a position to save fuel to potentially win a race doesn’t always equate to a roll of the dice. But Sunday, at Road America, to try to go the final 18 laps on fuel was just a little bit…

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Jude Bellingham and Arda Guler scored first-half goals and short-handed Real Madrid bounced back from a disappointing performance in its Club World Cup opener to beat Pachuca 3-1 on Sunday in front of 70,248 spectators at Bank of America Stadium.Seven minutes in, defender Raul Asencio received a red card, forcing Real Madrid to play the remainder of the match with 10 men.It hardly mattered as Madrid dominated the Mexican club rest of the way to give Xabi Alonso his first win as coach of the Spanish power.Bellingham got Madrid on the board in the 35th minute when he took a…

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