Luis Suárez apologizes for spitting on staffer in ugly Leagues Cup final incidentNew Foto - Luis Suárez apologizes for spitting on staffer in ugly Leagues Cup final incident

Inter Miamistar Luis Suárez issued an apology on Thursday, Sept. 4, expressing regret forhis actionsfollowing the Leagues Cup final which included spitting on aSeattle Soundersstaffer. MLS or the Leagues Cup disciplinary committee have yet to announce any punishment related to any players involved inthe postgame scenes, afterthe Sounders beat Miami 3-0 to win the 2025 Leagues Cup. Before Suárez was seen spitting on Seattle's Head of Security Gene Ramirez, he forcefully put his hand around the back of the neck of 20-year-old Sounders defender Obed Vargas after the final whistle was blown. Inter Miami midfielder Sergio Busquets also jabbed Vargas on the chin, causing both teams to engaged in a heated exchange before the postgame trophy celebration. Inter Miami's Luis Suarez issues an apology after the Leagues Cup final postgame incident, where he spat on Seattle Sounders head of security Gene Ramirez."I want to apologize for my behavior at the end of the game… I was wrong and I sincerely regret it."pic.twitter.com/qJx2fJH4IQ — Safid Deen 💯💯💯💯 (@Safid_Deen)September 4, 2025 "First of all, I want to congratulate Seattle Sounders for the victory in the Leagues Cup. But, above all, I want to apologize for my behavior at the end of the game," Suárez posted on his Instagram account. "It was a moment of great tension and frustration, where as soon as the game ended, things happened that shouldn't have happened. But that doesn't justify the reaction I had. I was wrong and I sincerely regret it. "It is not the image I want to give neither in front of my family, who suffers from my mistakes, nor in front of my club, which also does not deserve to be affected by something like that. I feel bad about what happened, and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to recognize it, and apologize to all those who felt bad for what I did. "We know that there is still a long season ahead, and we will work together to achieve the successes that this club and all its fans deserve." Luis Suárez appeared to spit on a Seattle staff member after the final whistle in the Leagues Cup Final 👀🎥:@MLSpic.twitter.com/gCMLdbwDlC — FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer)September 1, 2025 Suárez has been deemed one of the world's dirtiest players over the course of his career, infamous for biting opponents on three separate occasions – including in the 2014 World Cup – and was also suspended for racially abusing an opponent in 2011. It's tarnished the stellar career for one of the greatest strikers in the sport's history, just four goals shy of 600 in his career. Suárez bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, which resulted in a four-month ban with Uruguay and FC Barcelona at the time. He received a 10-game ban with Liverpool for biting the forearm of Chelsea fullback Branislav Ivanovic in 2013, and a seven-game ban for biting the shoulder of Eindoven's Otman Bakkal while playing with Ajax in the Netherlands. Suárez was also banned eight matches in 2011 after being found guilty for a racial slur toward Manchester United's Patrick Evra. Inter Miami returns to regular-season action on the road againstCharlotte FCon Sept. 13, before hosting Seattleon Sept. 16. Inter Miami also released a statement: "Inter Miami condemns the altercations that took place following the conclusion of the Leagues Cup Final. These actions do not reflect the values of our sport, and we remain committed to upholding the highest standards of sportsmanship both on and off the pitch. We are working closely with Leagues Cup and MLS officials to ensure the situation is addressed appropriately. We thank our fans and community for their continued support." USA TODAY Sports' 48-page special editioncommemorates 30 years of Major League Soccer, from its best players to key milestones and championship dynasties to what exciting steps are next with the World Cup ahead.Order your copy today! This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Luis Suárez issues apology for Leagues Cup final incident, spitting

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September 04, 2025

Luis Suárez apologizes for spitting on staffer in ugly Leagues Cup final incident

Luis Suárez apologizes for spitting on staffer in ugly Leagues Cup final incident Inter Miamistar Luis Suárez issued an apology on Thursday,...
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Rory McIlroy fumes after being put on clock at Irish OpenNew Foto - Rory McIlroy fumes after being put on clock at Irish Open

A warning for time may have helped spoil a hot start for Rory McIlroy at the Irish Open in Straffan, Ireland, on Thursday, as the native of Northern Ireland finished his day with two bogeys across his final three holes. Instead of being in a tie for 12th, a few shots off the pace of co-leaders France's Romain Langasque, Spain's Nacho Elvira and Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen (6 under), McIlroy sits in a tie for 50th at 1 under following his first round at the K Club. McIlroy wasn't shy about attributing his finish to the officiating, citing a lack of "common sense" when it comes to issuing pace warnings. A five-time Major championship winner (including this year's Masters), McIlroy attributed some of the difficulty in assessing time warnings to the size of the crowds his group attracts. As a headliner, he not only gets huge crowds from fans, but also several camera crews, which he feels can gum up the works. "I feel like it always happens," McIlroy said. "And I don't think they use sort of common sense in terms of, well, 'of course we're going to lose ground because we're going to have to wait on crowds and wait on the two camera crews that are out there.' They should give us a little bit of leeway." McIlroy's playing group was put on the clock early on in their round by one official, then again put on the clock for the final three holes by a separate official. It was then that McIlroy began to struggle, firing a bogey on the par-4 seventh and another on the par-3 eighth before he managed to settle for par on No. 9. In contrast, he posted one bogey with four birdies over his other half round. "In all honesty, I felt a little rushed out there for the last 12 holes," he said. "There's just a lot more going on with our group than any of the other groups on the course." --Field Level Media

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September 04, 2025

Rory McIlroy fumes after being put on clock at Irish Open

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Samoa's national election returns FAST party with new leaderNew Foto - Samoa's national election returns FAST party with new leader

SYDNEY (Reuters) -A national election in the Pacific island nation of Samoa has resulted in a resounding win for the incumbent FAST party, but will deliver a new leader, after Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa split from FAST before the poll. Official results released by Samoa's electoral commission on Friday showed that FAST, led by Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt, won 30 out of the 50 seats contested. The new Samoa Uniting Party, formed by Fiame, won only three seats, including her own. The opposition Human Rights Protection Party won 14 seats and independent candidates won four seats. On Friday, Samoa's head of state, Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, issued a warrant confirming the names of the new lawmakers who will form Samoa's next parliament. Five women won seats. The Samoa Observer reported, that under a 10 percent minimum representation rule, at least six women must sit in parliament, necessitating the creation of an additional seat. Fiame, Samoa's first female leader, was expelled from FAST in January after she dismissed Laaulialemalietoa, the party's founder and chairman, from cabinet. Laaulialemalietoa is expected to be sworn in as Samoa's next prime minister. (Reporting by Kirsty Needham in Sydney; Editing by Michael Perry)

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September 04, 2025

Samoa's national election returns FAST party with new leader

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Ukraine moves to ban an Orthodox church it says is linked with pro-war Moscow churchNew Foto - Ukraine moves to ban an Orthodox church it says is linked with pro-war Moscow church

The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever its longstanding ties with Moscow — and could soon be banned. The looming ban affects one of the two rival branches of Orthodoxy in the country and further underscores theturbulent roleof religion as Ukraine fends off theRussian invasion. Orthodoxy is the majority religion in both Russia and Ukraine and has served as a cultural and spiritual battleground in tandem with the wider war. The action comes a year after theUkrainian Parliamentpassed a law banning the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox Church due to its strong support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The law also authorized banning any organization tied to the Russian church. A government investigation into the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with its centuries-old ties to Moscow, soon followed. The UOC denounced the full-blown Russian invasion from the start in 2022. It declared its independence from the Moscow church the same year and reiterated that stance in 2025. Even so, the government says the UOC has refused to take necessary steps, such as revising its governing documents, to complete that separation. The Aug. 27 government action, while long in the works, still requires more legal processes to take full effect. The government has petitioned a court to ban the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church itself. The church, if it loses, would have the right to one appeal to a higher court before the case is finalized — a process that could be completed in months, its lawyer said. The finding that the UOC is Moscow-linked was published by the State Service of Ukraine on Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, a government entity known by its Ukrainian-language acronym DESS. Under the law, some UOC congregations could also find themselves barred from using property they don't own — a significant issue in a country where the state owns and leases out many historic church sites. Ties to Moscow in dispute The order specifically targets the "Kyiv Metropolis" of the UOC — which is essentially the governing center. It is led by Metropolitan Onufry, a bishop whose citizenship Ukraine has already revoked. Under the law, UOC-related entities such as monasteries and regional eparchies (comparable to dioceses) could face similar sanctions. The UOC declared in 2022 that it was independent from Moscow and began taking ritually potent steps to underscore that split, such as refusing to commemorate Moscow Patriarch Kirill in its liturgies. Kirill is anavid supporterof the Russian invasion. He presided over a 2024 council that called it a holy war. Earlier this year, the DESS called on the UOC to take further steps to show its complete separation from Moscow. That included any documentation that it objected to the Russian church taking control of the UOC's churches in Russian-occupied territories. Onufry refused, saying the UOC's earlier declarations of independence were adequate. The government disagreed. "This is not a religious organization, but a branch of an aggressor state," asserted a headline on the DESS website. UOC lawyer Robert Amsterdam said in a statement that the government's finding "intentionally ignored" the UOC's separation from Moscow "and its undertaking of practical steps to prove this separation, including the setting up of parishes abroad to serve the needs of Ukrainian refugees, something that is a clear sign of independence." He accused the government of a politically motived effort "to rid the country of independent institutions." Separately, the government has undertaken criminal proceedings against numerous individual UOC clerics, accusing them of collaborating with Russia or similar charges. Schism and war About 70% of Ukrainians are Orthodox, according to a 2024 survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. Only a small number of them identified with the UOC, although the survey described it as part of the Moscow Patriarchate, a label it disputes. The UOC still operates many parishes and monasteries in Ukraine. Most of the Orthodox surveyed said they identified with a rival jurisdiction, the similarly named Orthodox Church of Ukraine. It received recognition as an independent church in 2019 from Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. Although Bartholomew is considered first among equals among Orthodox patriarchs, he lacks the Catholic Church's papal-like authority. Moscow has furiously disputed his right to recognize a church on what it considers its territory. Russian leaders have even cited this schism, and theU.S. supportfor the new church, as helping provoke the current war. The head of the DESS, Viktor Yelensky, said in a news conference Tuesday that individual parishes could make their own decisions about affiliation. He said the action is not about religious doctrine but about affiliation with an aggressor state. "Nobody has asked them to refuse their religious beliefs," he said. The long-simmering dispute over the UOC has played a role in debates over U.S. aid to Ukraine, particularly with the new administration ofPresident Donald Trumptaking a more skeptical view toward such aid. Opponents of aiding Ukraine have accused it of repressing religious freedom. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom in 2024 raised concerns about the law banning Moscow-affiliated religious groups, but it emphasized that "Russia remains the most profound threat to religious freedom in Ukraine," with repression taking place in occupied areas of Ukraine. A 2024 report by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights also criticized the law, saying it could "result in entire religious communities being held responsible for the conduct of specific individuals." It also cited Russian restrictions on religious freedom in occupied areas, targeting such groups as Catholics, Muslims and Jehovah's Witnesses. Controversies involving the war have affected Orthodox communities within the United States, such as with an Alaska archbishop'scontroversial meetingwith Russian President Vladimir Putin in August. ___ Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP'scollaborationwith The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.

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September 04, 2025

Ukraine moves to ban an Orthodox church it says is linked with pro-war Moscow church

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NFL is back! Week 1 preview & Josh Allen talks Ravens-Bills!New Foto - NFL is back! Week 1 preview & Josh Allen talks Ravens-Bills!

Football is finally back! Yahoo Sports' Andrew Siciliano, Charles Robinson and Ben Fawkes preview the Week 1 slate, starting with the Cowboys-Eagles TNF matchup and the Chiefs-Chargers Friday night game in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Also, Andrew sits down with reigning MVP Josh Allen ahead of the Buffalo Bills showdown against the Baltimore Ravens. What would it take for him to jump through a table? They finish things up by previewing Steelers-Jets and Lions-Packers. How is New York turning the page on the Aaron Rodgers chapter? (3:29) - Week 1 preview: Cowboys-Eagles (16:08) - Week 1 preview: Chiefs-Chargers (23:12) - Josh Allen joins the show! (32:12) - Week 1 preview: Ravens-Bills (39:16) - Week 1 preview: Steelers-Jets (48:07) - Week 1 preview: Lions-Packers 🖥️Watch thisfull episode on YouTube Check out the rest of the Yahoo Sports podcast family athttps://apple.co/3zEuTQjor atYahoo Sports Podcasts

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NFL is back! Week 1 preview & Josh Allen talks Ravens-Bills!

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Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay qualify for the 2026 World CupNew Foto - Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay qualify for the 2026 World Cup

MONTEVIDEO (AP) — Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay secured places at the 2026 World Cup in the next-to-last round of South American qualifiers. The Uruguayans and Colombians had 3-0 wins Thursday, and the Paraguayans had a scoreless draw to advance to the global tournament along with already qualified Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador. "It's a good way to qualify. The team's offensive play was strong, there were also many highlights in individual performances," Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa said. Peru, which needed wins in the last two rounds to advance, is now out of contention following the loss to Uruguay. "It hurts to lose, it hurts because of the effort the players put in, but today the opponent outclassed us," Peru coach Oscar Ibanez said. James Rodriguez opened the scoring for Colombia in the 31st minute while John Cordoba and Juan Fernando Quintero added second-half goals to secure the win over Bolivia. The Colombians return to the World Cup after missing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. It will be the Colombian team's seventh appearance in the World Cup. After a debut in Chile in 1962, Colombia made three consecutive appearances between 1990 and 1998, and repeated in 2014 and 2018. "This jersey has given me so much. I'm grateful for everything I'm doing," said James, who is aiming to play in his third World Cup. "I've always given everything and I'll keep the good things for myself." World Cup champion Argentina defeated Venezuela 3-0 with two goals by Lionel Messi and remained well clear at the top of the South American standings. Also on Thursday, Estêvão, Lucas Paquetá and Bruno Guimaraes scored as Brazil got a 3-0 win over Chile to ascend to second place in the standings. The 18-year old Estêvão, who plays for Chelsea, scored his first goal with the national team in the 38th, Paquetá followed with a strike in the 72nd and Guimaraes added one on the 76th. ___ AP soccer:https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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September 04, 2025

Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay qualify for the 2026 World Cup

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Trump says he'd like to see two candidates drop out of crowded New York mayoral raceNew Foto - Trump says he'd like to see two candidates drop out of crowded New York mayoral race

President Donald Trump suggested Thursday night that Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani could win the New York City mayor's race if the field of candidates isn't narrowed. "I don't think you can win unless you have one on one, because somehow he's gotten a little bit of a lead," Trump told reporters before a White House dinner with top tech executives. "I would like to see two people drop out and have it be one on one," Trump added. "I think that's a race that could be won." Trump did not specify which candidates he would like to see exit the race. Mamdani is competing against incumbent Mayor Eric Adams, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. Asked if he'd encouraged any of the candidates to drop out, Trump said, "No," before adding, "I don't like to see a communist become mayor, I will tell you that." Trump has repeatedly derided Mamdani as a communist, arguing the 33-year-old candidate is not fit to lead the country's largest city. Mamdani identifies as a democratic socialist. Trump's comments came one day after The New York Timesreportedthat his top advisers sought to entice Adams and Sliwa to drop out of the race by offering them roles in the administration. The aim of that effort is to boost former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's chances of defeating Mamdani after suffering a bruising loss during the Democraticmayoral primaryin July. Cuomo is now running as a third-party candidate for the general election. Adams is running as an independent. A spokesperson for Adams said the mayor has not had any discussions with Trump regarding the mayoral race and denied that he'd been offered a job at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, as some outlets reported. However, the spokesperson did not explicitly deny the central charge of the Times' reporting, which alleged that intermediaries for Trump met with Adams to discuss a potential administration role. Sliwa also denied having any discussions and said he's "not interested in a job with the White House." Mamdani called the alleged intervention by Trump's allies in the mayoral race "outrageous" in an interview on MSNBC on Thursday, though he said he is "just as confident of beating Andrew Cuomo today as I was yesterday." "This is an affront to our city's democracy. This is an affront to the values that make so many of us proud to be Americans; that we could choose our own leaders, not that our leaders pick themselves or their friends," Mamdani said.

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September 04, 2025

Trump says he'd like to see two candidates drop out of crowded New York mayoral race

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