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Cerebral Josh King plots unusual route into Tuchel’s England plans

Armed with an impressive academic record and experience as a rugby fly-half, the teenager is anything but typical Josh King is talking with pride about how his mother, Michelle, a university lecturer, has almost finished her PhD in sickle cell disease. The Fulham attacking midfielder, who is in the England squad for the Nations League matches against Croatia and Spain this week, mentions that his father, Steve, is a lawyer and says he might have liked to follow in his footsteps if it had not worked out for him on the pitch. King’s background is not that of a typical footballer. Privately educa

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Crypto

Michael Saylor’s Strategy Makes Sizeable Bitcoin Buy, Adding $82,000,000 Worth of BTC Amid Top Crypto Asset’s Price Slide

Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin treasury firm, Strategy (MSTR), stacked $82 million worth of BTC in the past week. The company bought 1,036 Bitcoin at an average purchase price of $79,012 per coin, stretching its total holdings to 850,364 BTC. Strategy resumed Bitcoin purchases in late August after spending the summer conducting its first Bitcoin sales since […] The post Michael Saylor’s Strategy Makes Sizeable Bitcoin Buy, Adding $82,000,000 Worth of BTC Amid Top Crypto Asset’s Price Slide appeared first on The Daily Hodl.

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International

South Africa: the rout of the ANC, Nelson Mandela's party, in the municipal elections

The African National Congress (ANC), the party dominating South African politics since the end of apartheid, obtained 30.76% of the votes in the municipal elections, the worst score in its history, according to the final results announced on Sunday by the electoral commission. With no party having won an absolute majority in many municipalities, these results open the way to difficult negotiations to form coalitions at the head of several large cities.

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Sports

Michael Carrick facing Manchester United axe amid review by Jason Wilcox

Director of football in discussions with Omar Berrada Pochettino and Howe on radar as possible replacements Manchester United are moving towards sacking Michael Carrick, though no final decision has been made by Jason Wilcox, the director of football, who is leading the review after the head coach was given the Chelsea, Roma and Aston Villa games to turn results around. Wilcox has been consulting with Omar Berrada, the chief executive, before a recommendation regarding Carrick is made to Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who controls sporting policy. Continue reading...

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