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‘For their own life and safety’

‘For their own life and safety’

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A day after Iran’s Minister of Sport Ahmad Donyamali said ‘under no circumstances can Iran participate’ at this summer’s FIFA World Cup, President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not think it would be “appropriate” for the Iranian football team to participate in the event co-hosted by the United States. Trump added ‘for their own life and safety’, the team shouldn’t take part in the tournament while the countries are embroiled in a war. “The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to the World Cup,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “But I really don’t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their own life and safety.” The US is hosting the tournament with Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19. Trump’s message appears to depart somewhat from what he relayed Tuesday at the White House to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who later publicly said that Trump assured him the Iranian players and coaches would be welcome. A White House official, who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations, …

Tom Brady’s Netflix roast features lots of humor, reunion between Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick | Hollywood

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Three months before Tom Brady gets roasted by critics as Fox Sports’ top NFL analyst, he took his share of barbs from comedians, former teammates and his longtime coach Sunday night during a made-for-streaming comedy live event on Netflix. HT Image And it is safe to say after the one liners and jokes Brady heard during three hours of “The Greatest Roast of All Time” at The Forum, he will do just fine. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! “It’s like a football game. You run with a game plan, and then you get to see kind of how the strategy goes, and then you adjust on the fly,” Brady said before the event. “This is what a locker room has been like for me for all these years. So it’s not like I’m used to people not making fun of me.” Comedian Nikki Glaser, whose monologue was among the funniest of the night, termed the roast as …