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  • Ryan ReynoldsSuccess

    ‘Ryan texts you before my wife does’: How marketing wiz Ryan Reynolds’ star power keeps transforming a sleepy British soccer team

    By Steve Douglas and The Associated Press
  • Bill KenwrightLifestyle

    Bill Kenwright, British theater impresario and longtime chairman of Everton Football Club, dead from cancer at 78

    By Steve Douglas and The Associated Press
  • Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds, left, and Paul Rudd in the stands during the National League soccer match between Wrexham and Boreham Wood at The Racecourse Ground, in Wrexham, Wales, Saturday April 22, 2023. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)Lifestyle

    Ryan Reynolds’ soccer team promoted to English Football League after big win: ‘I’m still a little speechless’

    By Steve Douglas and The Associated Press
  • LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 13: BBC sports presenter and former England international football player Gary Lineker returns home on March 13, 2023 in London, England. The BBC will review its social media guidelines and how they apply to freelance talent outside of news following Mr Lineker’s suspension for comments he made on twitter appearing to criticise the UK government’s new asylum policy. Gary Lineker will return to host BBC sports shows this weekend after reaching a deal with the corporation. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

    Soccer host Gary Lineker wins standoff with the BBC over his immigration comments and will be reinstated in time for next weekend’s broadcast

    By Steve Douglas and The Associated Press
  • Ryan Reynolds arrives at a soccer match.Success

    Actor Ryan Reynolds bought a Welsh soccer team and it’s low key ruining his life: ‘I’m now so much in love with this sport that I actually hate it’

    By Steve Douglas and The Associated Press