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(CNN) UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says the "shameless" plans for a new European Super League (ESL) are akin to taking "football hostage." Speaking to CNN Sport contributor Darren Lewis, Ceferin did not hold back on the proposals which threaten to rock the foundations of the sport but was confident the new league would not be a success. "Because we [UEFA] respect the fans, the traditions, football, the football community, our society, we will win. In the end, we will win," Ceferin says. "If 12 people want to meet to take football hostage, just to fill their pockets that are already so full that it's hard to put anything in, they can't win. Long term, they can't win." In a joint announcement Sunday, six English clubs -- Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur -- alongside three teams from Italy -- AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus -- and three from Spain -- Atlético Madrid, Barcelona and … [Read more...] about UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says those clubs planning a new Super League are ‘taking football hostage’

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has revealed the nominees for the 25th annual Webby Awards ahead of its virtual ceremony on Tuesday May 18, 2021 hosted by The Good Place and Legendary’s Jameela Jamil. The Webbys celebrate the year’s best Internet work as well as outstanding individuals and organizations who are using the Internet to respond to the impact of the coronavirus, social injustice and more. Nominees in the entertainment realm include Marvel Entertainment, OWN, The Daily Show’ s Trevor Noah , Megan Thee Stallion ,  Disney+ and Ratatouille: The Tik Tok Musical and more. All nominees are eligible to take home the Internet industry’s two most prestigious awards: The Webby Award, selected by the Academy, and The Webby People’s Voice Award. Internet fans can begin casting their votes today until Thursday, May 6 at 11:59 p.m. PT. Related Story Trevor Noah On Racist Police Incidents: "Where Are The Good Apples?" The … [Read more...] about Webby Nominations: Trevor Noah, Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Ratatouille: The Tik Tok Musical’ Among Nominees

Pete Davidson will play Joey Ramone in an upcoming Netflix biopic about the late punk rocker. Dubbed I Slept with Joey Ramone , the project will team Davidson back up with director Jason Orley, who directed Davidson's stand-up special Big Time Adolescence . The movie is based on the Mickey Leigh memoir of the same name with a feature treatment penned by Davidson and Orley. I Slept with Joey Ramone will "chronicle the life and career of the lead vocalist of The Ramones and his rise to counterculture icon status." The biopic will be developed with the full support and cooperation of the Estate of Joey Ramone . Rory Rosegarten of Rosegarten Films will executive produce alongside Davidson, Leigh, and David Spiegelman. STXfilms is the studio behind the project. The frontman of the legendary punk rock band Ramones , Joey Ramone is one of the most popular music icons of all time. Sadly, Ramone died at the age of 49 after a seven-year battle with lymphoma in 2001, and … [Read more...] about Pete Davidson Is Joey Ramone in Netflix Biopic I Slept with Joey Ramone from STXfilms

NEW HERO by Kaushik Rangarajan • Published on Share Tweet Billings scored the third fastest fifty in CSK's history. © BCCI The MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai. From the outside, a towering fortress with canopy tents, myriad stairways and entrances - three of them currently out of bounds. From the inside, cricketing heaven. Like the best of venues around the world, it has an ambience of its own - history, tradition, passion, despair. Here catcalls (whistles) are anything but signs of disapproval and the emotions are enjoyed with just a sprinkle of pepper from the humidity gods. Then there are the mood setters: the heroes that first put bums on seats and then take them off. And there have been that have done that here - from the Gavaskars and the Viswanaths to the Tendulkars and the Sehwags. The crowd-player bond is strong. And it needed bonds of that kind to fill up Chepauk on Tuesday (April 10) in the face of … [Read more...] about Chepauk’s special night comes alive with new finishing act

Listing of candidates for upcoming elections being sped up Preparations for the elections, scheduled for May 23, are being sped up. (Photo: VNA) As of April 18, a third consultative conference had been held at local and central levels to select eligible candidates for the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and member of People’s Councils for 2021-2026. The meeting held by the Presidium of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee adopted a list of 205 candidates for the upcoming election of deputies to the 15th legislature. Making and announcing such lists are among the tasks for local agencies and organisations, as assigned by the National Election Council (NEC). The lists must be sent to the National Election Committee and all-level election committees by April 23 (30 days ahead of the elections), so that the NEC and the all-level election committees will officially announce the candidates at constituencies. The listing of candidates … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES APRIL 20