内容摘要："It was a simple route that would have put Leeds at the forefront of new tram lines in the UK."

"It was a simple route that would have put Leeds at the forefront of new tram lines in the UK."

It says "any athlete or member of an athletic team, including coaches, persons performing a necessary support role, and immediate relatives, traveling for the World Cup, Olympics, or other major sporting event as determined by the secretary of state" can still travel to the US."Two hundred and six countries are preparing to come to the Games," said Nicole Hoevertsz, an IOC vice president who chairs the LA28 coordination commission.

"The federal government has given us that guarantee … to make sure that these participants will be able to enter the country… We are very confident that this is going to be accomplished."As well as the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, the USA will also co-host the Fifa World Cup in 2026, alongside Canada and Mexico.The text means that those participating in the two major global sports events the US will host during Trump's second term will still be able to travel. But the lack of detail around other sporting events throws open a series of important, and as yet unanswered, questions.

The State Department has offered no further clarification or measurement criteria for what Secretary of State Marco Rubio will or will not consider a "major sporting event"."I think people from around the world, and Americans going to these events, would want to see actions like this," said US state department spokesperson Tommy Pigott at a press briefing on Thursday afternoon.

"This is part of what it means to host an event. We take security concerns extremely seriously, we want people to be able to go to the World Cup and do so safely."

The Concacaf Gold Cup, for example, begins in the USA on 15 June and Haiti are due to participate. But given the travel ban does not list the Gold Cup (which features North America, Central America and Caribbean nations) as among the exempted major events, their participation is now in doubt.Presenter Nicki Chapman has shared how she began her career as a promoter - propelling bands like the Spice Girls and Take That to global stardom.

Chapman launched her television career by appearing as a judge on Pop Idol alongside her then lesser known fellow judge Simon Cowell, who went on to create talent competition shows X Factor and Britain's Got Talent.Born in Herne Bay, she said she wanted to share her passion for working in the pop music industry in her new book, So Tell Me What You Want.

She told the BBC she "had never imagined a career in front of the cameras"."Without Pop Idol, I wouldn't be sitting here today. I love the music industry and I worked behind the scenes before Pop Idol and I was really comfortable with that," she added.