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Townsend, Siniakova win US Open doubles, complete career GS as pair
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Sources: Bears, Swift agree to $33.75M extension
The Chicago Bears and RB D'Andre Swift have reached an agreement on a 3-year, $33.75 million extension that includes $27.5M guaranteed, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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Sources: Bears, Swift agree to $33.75M extension
The Chicago Bears and RB D'Andre Swift have reached an agreement on a 3-year, $33.75 million extension that includes $27.5M guaranteed, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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Reform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaire
Ben Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump Reform UK has been given a record £36m donation by Ben Delo, a British cryptocurrency billionaire convicted in the US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls. The businessman, who has moved back to the UK from Hong Kong, is now the biggest UK political donor by far, dwarfing the £15m contribution to Reform UK from Thailand-based Christopher Harborne. Continue reading...