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Ilube was under pressure after emergency meeting
Chair was heavily criticised over sport’s pay furore

Tom Ilube has stepped down as the chairman of the Rugby Football Union due to the executive pay and bonus scandal that has engulfed the game.

Ilube, who took up the role in 2021, admitted in a brief statement that “recent events have become a distraction from the game” amid the fury at all levels over the game after it emerged the chief executive Bill Sweeney was paid £1.1m, including a £358,000 long-term incentive plan bonus while five other executive directors shared a bonus of close to £1m amid 42 redundancies and the RFU’s record loss to reserves.

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by theguardian.com

Trump threatens to take back Panama Canal over ‘ridiculous’ fees

Trump also warns he would not let a ‘vital national asset’ for the US fall into the ‘wrong hands’

Donald Trump has demanded that the Panama Canal be given back to the US if Panama did not manage the waterway in a fashion that was acceptable to him – and he accused the central American country of charging excessive rates for use of the ocean-connecting ship passage.

“The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the extraordinary generosity that has been bestowed to Panama by the US,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform late Saturday, a little more than a month before the start of his second US presidency. “This complete ‘rip-off’ of our Country will immediately stop….”

Reuters contributed reporting

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