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Luciano Spalletti claims he has been sacked by Italy after Norway humiliation

  • Manager makes announcement at fiery press conference

  • ‘I had no intention of giving up … I’ll be there against Moldova’

Luciano Spalletti has been sacked from his role as Italy’s coach, the manager said on Sunday, following their heavy loss to Norway, but will take charge of Monday’s game against Moldova.

Spalletti made the announcement at a press conference after Norway stunned Italy with a 3-0 win on Friday, handing the visitors a humiliating start to their World Cup qualifying campaign.

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© Photograph: Claudio Giovannini/EPA

© Photograph: Claudio Giovannini/EPA

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MotoGP: Marc Márquez rules as king of Aragon … with brother Álex his closest challenger

  • Championship leader dominates Aragon Grand Prix

  • Ducati rider extends championship lead

Marc Márquez proved once again that he was the master of the circuit at MotorLand as the Ducati rider won the Aragon Grand Prix from pole to extend his lead in the championship on Sunday.

Márquez’s brother Álex finished second for Gresini Racing while Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia came third.

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© Photograph: Jose Breton/AP

© Photograph: Jose Breton/AP

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Pope Leo criticises ‘exclusionary mindset’ of nationalist political movements

During Sunday mass in St Peter’s Square, the pope asked that God ‘open borders, break down walls [and] dispel hatred’

Pope Leo has criticised the emergence of nationalist political movements and their “exclusionary mindset”, without naming a specific country or leader.

Leo, the first pope from the US, asked during a mass on Sunday with tens of thousands in St Peter’s Square that God “open borders, break down walls [and] dispel hatred”.

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© Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters

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Meta pourrait investir plus de 10 milliards de dollars dans Scale AI-Bloomberg

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms a engagé des négociations en vue d'investir dans l'entreprise technologique Scale AI un montant qui pourrait dépasser 10 milliards de dollars (8,78 milliards d'euros), a rapporté Bloomberg News dimanche. Les termes de l'accord n'ont pas encore été finalisés et pourraient encore changer, selon le média financer qui cite des sources au fait des négociations. Fondée en 2016, Scale AI est une startup spécialisée dans le traitement et l’étiquetage des données nécessaires à l'entraînement des modèles d'intelligence artificielle (IA) et soutenue par les géants de la technologie Nvidia, Amazon et Meta.

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Meta pourrait investir plus de 10 milliards de dollars dans Scale AI-Bloomberg

(Reuters) - Meta Platforms a engagé des négociations en vue d'investir dans l'entreprise technologique Scale AI un montant qui pourrait dépasser 10 milliards de dollars (8,78 milliards d'euros), a rapporté Bloomberg News dimanche. Les termes de l'accord n'ont pas encore été finalisés et pourraient encore changer, selon le média financer qui cite des sources au fait des négociations. Fondée en 2016, Scale AI est une startup spécialisée dans le traitement et l’étiquetage des données nécessaires à l'entraînement des modèles d'intelligence artificielle (IA) et soutenue par les géants de la technologie Nvidia, Amazon et Meta.

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Aaron Rodgers signs with Pittsburgh Steelers to end free agency odyssey

  • Rodgers inks one-year, $13.65m deal with Pittsburgh

  • QB joins Steelers after split with Jets in February

  • Faces Jets in Week 1, Packers reunion set for Week 8

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ ended his long-running free agency saga as the polarizing four-times NFL MVP launched a new chapter of his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday.

The team posted on social media a photo of Rodgers wearing a Steelers hat with a pen in his hand and a smile on his face two days after reports of the first broke.

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© Photograph: Doug Murray/AP

© Photograph: Doug Murray/AP

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Jackie Robinson mural in Miami defaced with racial slurs and swastikas

  • Miami murals of MLB icons defaced with hate symbols

  • Swastikas, slurs scrawled on Jackie Robinson image

  • Police investigating mural vandalism as hate crime

Miami murals honoring baseball trailblazers Jackie Robinson and Minnie Minoso were defaced with swastikas and racist slurs this week.

The vandalism in the city’s Overtown neighborhood was reported Monday to police, who told the Athletic on Friday that they are investigating the incident as a hate crime.

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© Photograph: Lynne Sladky/AP

© Photograph: Lynne Sladky/AP

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Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza, says Israeli defence minister

Nattapong Pinta had been seized in the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack and killed, according to Israeli military

The Israeli military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who had been held in Gaza since Hamas’s attack on 7 October 2023, according to defence minister, Israel Katz. .

Pinta’s body was held by a Palestinian militant group called the Mujahideen Brigades, and was retrieved from the area of Rafah in southern Gaza, Katz said. His family in Thailand has been notified.

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© Photograph: Supplied

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Files d'attente devant les magasins pour le lancement de la Nintendo Switch 2

par Sam Nussey et Tom Bateman TOKYO (Reuters) - Les amateurs de jeux vidéo formaient des files d'attente jeudi devant les magasins pour le lancement de la Switch 2 de Nintendo, une nouvelle plateforme qui devrait rapidement connaître des pénuries, alors que la demande pour les consoles de nouvelle génération ne cesse de croître. "Le niveau de la demande semble être très élevé", a observé Serkan Toto, fondateur de la société de conseil Kantan Games. Dans le quartier commerçant d'Ikebukuro à Tokyo, des dizaines de personnes ayant participé à une loterie organisée par le distributeur Bic Camera ont fait la queue devant le magasin avant son ouverture.

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