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OLNEY, England (AP) — Women in matching checkered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared for the centuries-old pancake race in this English country town. They rolled their shoulders in unison, raised up on their toes and did squats before stepping to the starting line — frying pans in hand. At the word …
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In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
OLNEY, England (AP) — Women in matching checkered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared for the centuries-old pancake race in this English country town. They rolled their shoulders in unison, raised up on their toes and did squats before stepping to the starting line — frying pans in hand. At the word …
Read More »UEFA president Čeferin says he will leave in 2027 and aims testy barbs at critics
PARIS (AP) — UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin will not stand as a candidate in 2027, announcing the news in a testy statement on Thursday one hour after steering through a controversial change of legal rules that would have let him stay. Čeferin has led UEFA since 2016 and said he was “tired of COVID, tired of two wars” and of …
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