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One of football’s greatest legends, the Brazilian forward number 10, Pele, is suing the South Korean electronics giant Samsung for using a lookalike in an advertisement without his permission. The BBC reports: He is claiming at least $30m (£21m), according to legal papers lodged at the US District Court in Chicago. The advertisement for ultra high-definition televisions ran in the New York Times without Pele’s permission. Pele, 75, whose full name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento, is considered by many to be the best player of all time.

Barcelona football club’s little Argentinian player Lionel Messi packs a cannon for a left leg. A Messi shot at the Villarreal goal on Sunday went beyond the goal post and broke a spectator’s wrist, resulting in a 2-2 draw. Russia Today reports: The current Ballon d’Or holder fired a shot at goal in the 15th minute of the La Liga clash, but it flew over the bar and struck a member of the El Madrigal crowd.

My dad introduced me to March Madness when I was about six or seven years old. I watched him swirl little pieces of paper around in a baseball cap, each holding the name of a basketball team. All four of us kids took turns drawing team names out of the hat, and he helped us read the names aloud—team names like Wake Forest, Butler, Xavier, and Duke. I thought “Wake Forest” was a beautiful name.

Who Does Merkel Represent?

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