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Australia is considering not sending any government officials to next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics, after calls from parliamentarians for an official diplomatic boycott, the Sydney Morning Herald said in a report on Thursday. Without quoting a source, the newspaper reported that politicians from the National Liberal Coalition and the opposition Labor Party are calling on the federal government to boycott the February event. “No decision has been made on (Australian) representation at the Beijing Winter Olympics,” a spokesman for Sports Minister Richard Kolbeck said in an email response. The Australian Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request for comment.…

The UK government has been urged to raise the cap on charity lottery sales to £100m a year. British Parliamentarian Ian Murray has asked the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport if there are plans to double the cap on charity lottery sales from £50m to £100m. Philanthropy Minister Nigel Huddleston has stated that a review of the Charity Lottery is currently underway. “The government raised the annual lottery sales limit from £10m to £50m in July 2020 as part of a package of reforms designed to allow the National Lottery and other lotteries to thrive and thus increase…

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia is considering sending no government officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics next year, the Sydney Morning Herald said in a report on Thursday, following calls from lawmakers for an official diplomatic boycott. Without quoting a source, the newspaper reported that politicians from the National Liberal Coalition and the opposition Labor Party are calling on the federal government to boycott the February event. “No decision has been made on (Australian) representation at the Beijing Winter Olympics,” a spokesman for Sports Minister Richard Kolbeck said in an email response. The Australian Foreign Ministry did not respond to a…

Passengers at a London Underground station, October 20, 2021 – AFP The UK’s next budget will include a $9.6 billion investment in transport outside London as part of plans to reduce economic inequality. Finance Minister Rishi Sunak will introduce the initiative in the next budget and spending review next Wednesday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s “confrontational” program is seen as vital to maintaining support for the former Labor opposition strongholds that backed him in the 2019 election. His Conservative Party won several seats in northern England with a promise to deliver Brexit and create jobs. The money from the relocation project…

Brazil’s national team coach, Tite, delivers the list of teams and substitutes to FIFA on Friday. Despite the call, the names will not be announced yet, which will only happen Next week 24 – next Friday with a press conference for the coach and the committee. Great controversy – and inconvenience to the South American teams – from the last call, Brazilian players who play in England will join Tite’s squad once again. But, this time, the anticipation is positive for these athletes’ presentation. 1 of 1 Tite during Brazil’s last match against Peru: The Brazilian national team scored eight…

Thirty-five players from Afghanistan women’s national team and their families, a total of 130 people are threatened in their country by the return of power Taliban, to the UK on Thursday on a flight funded by the American socialite Kim kardashian. The athletes, who lost the organized airlift in Kabul in August, lived in fear in Afghanistan with their families after the Taliban took power. They landed Thursday at London’s Stansted Airport, according to the ROKiT Foundation, which helped them leave Afghanistan. According to the British agency PA, the athletes were evacuated to the UK on a flight funded by…

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, November 23, 2021 (AFP) – “Happy” at Paris Saint-Germain, with whom he is contracted until 2023, coach Mauricio Pochettino on Tuesday denied rumors that put him in charge of Manchester United following the resignation of Ole Gunnar. Solshire. “I have a contract until 2023 and I’m very happy at PSG. It’s a fact,” the Argentine coach said in the press conference before the Champions League match against Manchester City. Numerous questions from the French and British press have focused on United’s alleged interest in signing Pochettino, who once coached Southampton and Tottenham in England, with a file…

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton will use the helmet again in honor of the LGBTQIA+ community. Photo: (Lars Baron/Getty Images)Active in social issues, English driver Lewis Hamilton has announced that he will repeat the helmet use with rainbow paint in the next two Formula 1 Grand Prix races. The act, which began at the Qatar Grand Prix, is a demo that, according to Hamilton, is in support of the LGBTQIA+ community, Who suffers from discrimination and prison sentences in ultra-conservative countries.Connect to the portal Autosport.comHamilton said he would wear the helmet again and commented on the significance of the act: “I will…

The facade of Oliver Brighton (Image: Publicity)A shop selling all the magical artifacts from the world of Harry Potter is for sale in the UK. The Olivers Brighton Foundation has been announced for 120 thousand euros – about 760 thousand Brazilian reais, in the current quote. The store opened in 2017, and it sells maces, Quidditch sports equipment, and a variety of sweets. All merchandise is licensed by Warner Bros. , responsible for the copyright of the trademark.Hilton Smith, a realtor, says owner Oliver Dahl has decided to invest in a new business in the future. In a statement posted…

After emerging as the first choice to take charge of Manchester United, who sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Zinedine Zidane has now been speculated as a target for PSG. According to the BBC, Zidane could take over the club to replace Mauricio Pochettino, who was considering leaving the French team to accept the project to take over Manchester United, and thus return to the Premier League.And according to information published by British newspapers, the Manchester United board of directors made an official contact with Zinedine Zidane even before Solskjaer’s resignation. However, the Frenchman turned down the offer for two reasons: not…