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Hockey Canada has extended international bans for three of the five players acquitted in the two thousand eighteen world junior sexual assault case. The bans, stretching at least another year, signal that Hockey Canada is not finished holding its players accountable, even after the criminal proceedings concluded without convictions.
Across the Atlantic, the European Athletics Championships are heating up in Birmingham, and Great Britain is making the home crowd very happy. After three days of competition at Alexander Stadium, the hosts lead the medal table with three golds, including Matthew Hudson-Smith winning the men's four hundred metres, Amy Hunt taking the women's one hundred, and Romell Glave claiming the men's one hundred. Day four is underway and the pressure is on to keep that top spot.
Meanwhile in the Premier League, Chelsea are drawing a hard line over Enzo Fernandez. The club has set a Friday deadline for any interested clubs to submit offers of one hundred twenty million pounds or more for the Argentine midfielder. Fernandez has been linked to Real Madrid since March, and with Xabi Alonso now in the dugout at Stamford Bridge, the clock is ticking on one of the summer's biggest transfer decisions.
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