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The announcer tasked with calling Eastern Michigan games has slammed suggestions he will lose his job after the team recruited Noah Knigga. But Tom Helmer still slightly botched the linebacker's name when defending himself. The 6ft 2ins Knigga committed to Eastern Michigan earlier this month. He went viral a few months ago, due to his eye-catching last name which could sound like an offensive racial slur if pronounced wrongly.

One day Lando Norris and McLaren will get it 100 per cent right rather than between 98pc and 99pc, and a world championship fight will burst into life. They are so agonisingly close to getting there that Norris is currently berating himself through long days and restless nights. 'I should have won, I f***ed up the start,' he bemoaned after finishing the Spanish Grand Prix second to Max You Know Who, with Lewis Hamilton taking his first podium of the season in third place.

Travis Kelce appeared to bond with Tom Cruise in the VIP tent at Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. The Top Gun: Maverick actor was among an A-list lineup of guests, including Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis and Hugh Grant, at London's Wembley Stadium on Saturday night. Social media clips from the concert showed the Chiefs player embracing the controversial actor, as the pair smiled and laughed while Swift took the stage.

SAMI MOKBEL IN BLANKENHAIN: Harry Kane has hit back at a host of former England internationals who have criticised Gareth Southgate's side during Euro 2024. Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Rio Ferdinand are among the ex-players who condemned England's performance in the 1-1 draw against Denmark on Tuesday in their roles as pundits. Lineker, in particular, hit the headlines as he branded the performance 's***'.

Travis Kelce shocked fans as he joined Taylor Swift onstage at a sold-out Wembley this evening - in front of the likes of Fleabag's Andrew Scott and Sir Paul McCartney. It is the first time the pair have taken to the stage together, after officially announcing their relationship on Instagram on Friday evening. The couple have never featured on each other's social media accounts until Taylor posted an adorable photo of herself and Travis posing with the Prince of Wales and his two children - Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Tonight the American footballer joined Taylor onstage during the song I Can Do It With a Broken Heart. He was dressed up in a white bow tie, tailcoat and top hat and powdered Taylor's face as part of the act.

The United States began their run through the Copa America gauntlet burdened with heavy expectations of group stage dominance - knowing that they'd need victory in their first two games to secure any hope of winning Group C It was a match where their opponents, Bolivia, had little to give and the Americans needed to take three points and more in order to bolster their spirits and up their chances at taking the top spot in the group. Coach Gregg Berhalter's men did just that - finding the net early and pressing often in a victory over La Verde that should set them up for future success in this tournament.

  Shaquille O'Neal is updating his past hip hop hits for the digital era -- his 1996 Biggie collab "You Can't Stop the Reign" is streaming for the first time!!! Such will be the case for Shaq's 3rd album of the same name ... he and his Jersey Legends Productions are planning to re-release the full 'Reign' album on June 28 ... the tracks with Jay-Z, Mobb Deep, DJ Quik, Peter Gunz and Lord Tariq will also get a fresh drop on the audience. Not many artists can brag about having a Biggie feature ... especially one with impact. The late Bad Boy Records star's lyrics from Shaq's song were eventually reused for Michael Jackson's "Invincible" opening track "Unbreakable" and also inspired bars on Jay-Z's "F*** All Nite" song. Shaq's rap roots have been showing lately ... he recently took a trip down memory lane with Ice Cube on "The Big Pod" to relive his rap past -- shortly after he fried Shannon Sharpe