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All four have captured Elite Series tournaments, with Chris Johnston also twice claiming overall honours. And in 2023. Gustafson became the first — and only — Canadian to win the $1-million Bassmaster Classic, pro bass fishing’s more prestigious competition. The Champions is being run and hosted by World Bass Enterprises, an organization founded in January by Texas businessman Brian Bird. He came up with the idea of a world championship tournament during a fishing trip in Minnesota in August 2024. “What I saw was we had two very awesome leagues out there full of great anglers that have great internal championships,” Bird said. “I just thought there needed to be a tournament that brought the best anglers from both organizations together for a true world championship.”All anglers will participate in the first two days of the tournament, with the top-15 qualifying for the event final. But there will also be a team element as the circuit with eight or more competitors in the final will secure the Champions Cup. Each day of competition will end with a weigh-in, which spectators can attend free of charge. But there’ll be plenty to keep onlookers busy while anglers are on the water.

Reportedly the wealthiest man in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Gilbert Bigio was sanctioned for ties to criminal gangs. He was 91.

The situation in the Middle East remains volatile with WWE Crown Jewel 2026 now less than three weeks away. On October 18, the US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs issued a new security alert advising that Americans in the region should “exercise heightened vigilance” due to the ongoing complex security environment. The alert urged […]

Brazil’s top electoral court has doubled a daily fine for the United States-based social media company Meta, saying it failed to comply with an order about how political content is shown on its platforms. On Monday, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) gave Meta 24 hours to show that it is not favouring one presidential candidate over the other in its content feeds. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Meta lawsuits: Is social media facing a global legal reckoning?list 2 of 3Lula and Bolsonaro spar in Brazil’s fiery first presidential run-off debatelist 3 of 3Meta employees say Lula’s accounts restricted in Brazil election: Reportend of listThe decision comes less than a week before Brazilians vote in a presidential run-off that pits left-wing incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro. “The continued noncompliance, just a few days before the run-off election, demonstrates that the fine imposed was insufficient,” a TSE judge said in Monday’s order. The penalty for noncompliance was also increased in the order, from 500,000 Brazilian reals ($100,000) to one million reals ($200,000).