Tyson Fury and the England rugby union team produced the stand-out performances of the sporting weekend.
Fury stopped Deontay Wilder in the seventh round to win the WBC world heavyweight title on Saturday night in Las Vegas.
England’s claim they were ready to rediscover the form that swept them to last autumn’s World Cup final materialised into a crushing 24-12 Guinness Six Nations victory over Ireland at Twickenham on Sunday, while Wales suffered a 27-23 defeat at home to France and Scotland beat Italy 17-0.
Elsewhere, defending Premier League champions Manchester City edged Leicester 1-0 while Chelsea saw off Tottenham 2-1 and Manchester United eased past Watford 3-0.
Here, the PA news agency relives the weekend of sport in pictures.
Wednesday, the FDA approved Akebia Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AKBA) Vafseo (vadadustat) tablets for anemia due to chronic kidney disease (CKD) in adults who have been receiving dialysis for at least three months. Vafseo is a once-daily oral hypoxia-inducible factor prolyl hydroxylase (HIF-PH) inhibitor that activates the physiologic response to hypoxia to stimulate endogenous production of erythropoietin to manage anemia. Vafseo is now approved in 37 countries. The approval of Vafseo is based on e
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Trump Media reported revenue of $3.4 million and a loss of $49 million during the first nine months of 2023, and received a $300 million cash infusion as part of its listing via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition vehicle, or SPAC. The company’s price-to-sales valuation far outstrips even the buzziest of its social-media peers such as Reddit and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms So far, no Wall Street analysts have put a rating or target price on Trump Media stock, according to FactSet.
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The soon-to-be spun-off power generation business of General Electric—GE Vernova—is getting more expensive, while the remaining business, GE Aerospace, is getting cheaper. Shares were up 1.5% at $133.15 in midday trading on Thursday. GE shareholders get one share of Vernova for every four GE shares held.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that he signed legislation “to end the squatters scam & protect homeowners.” Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to End the Squatters Scam & Protect Homeowners https://t.co/MjqOKiAHPZ — Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) March 27, 2024 "We are putting an end to the squatters scam in Florida," DeSantis said in a release on his website. "While other states are siding with the squatters, we are protecting property owners and
MicroStrategy stock is falling after a short seller said Thursday the company is overvalued. The hedge fund Kerrisdale Capital said it is long Bitcoin and short MicroStrategy, whose shares have rallied largely due to the soaring value of cryptocurrency owned by the company. “Our thesis is not predicated on a bearish view of bitcoin or MicroStrategy, but rather a belief that the relationship between the two has grown distorted,” wrote the hedge fund, who said the stock trades at a premium of more than two times the value of its bitcoin.
Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted on seven counts of defrauding investors after his crypto trading firm FTX imploded. The cleanup man, John Ray III, delivered some tough talk on behalf of the victims.
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Reddit insiders including CEO Steve Huffman disclosed significant share sales Wednesday night, days after the social network's IPO. RDDT stock fell late