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Ezekiel Williams -- a semi-professional soccer player in England -- is dead ... and cops think foul play may be involved ... because they're investigating this as a possible murder.

The BBC reports a homicide investigation has been opened into the footballer's death after he sustained injuries in the town of Milton Keynes -- about 50 miles from London -- on Sunday ... he was hospitalized and died from his injuries.

Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder, the BBC reports ... while another was arrested for suspicion of assisting an offender.

Cristiano Ronaldo's Spanish club is stepping up for Jesús de Miguel's loved ones ... UD Almería says it's giving every cent of ticket money from an upcoming game to the late Tenerife striker's family.

And the game they picked couldn't be more fitting.

Almería, in which CR7 bought a 25% stake back in February, will hand over all ticket proceeds from its home game against CD Tenerife in April.

The club announced the move on Wednesday ... with the backing of Almería's owners.

Erin Benavides, the woman linked to the cheating scandal involving Eva Longoria and Tony Parker, had an extremely high blood alcohol level when she died by suicide ... TMZ has learned.

According to the autopsy and toxicology report, obtained by TMZ, Erin's blood was tested after her death and revealed the presence of ethanol. Per the docs, her blood alcohol concentration was 0.401% ... more than five times the legal driving limit of 0.08%.

The report also detected isopropanol and acetone in her system, though the findings do not establish whether those substances were consumed or resulted from other biological or postmortem processes.

Jack Campbell says he has full movement in his lower body and is still making progress with movement in his upper body ... three days after the Detroit Lions linebacker was carted off Ford Field on a backboard.

The 26-year-old shared the update in a statement the Lions posted Wednesday morning, saying he's incredibly encouraged by how far he's come in such a short time.

Jack admitted there's still work ahead ... but says he remains "very optimistic" and is taking it one day at a time.

Cardi B might be raising a future doctor ... or at least a kid who can play one on TV -- because it seems she's named her baby Grey.

The singer-songwriter shared several pics showing her youngest child ... the snaps are all super cute ... in some, he's wearing Rocky and Bullwinkle snapbacks ... in others, he's looking stylish in overalls and jackets.

Cardi also shared pics of him as a doctor with a "Grey's Anatomy" banner in the background ... which might seem innocuous -- except Cardi appears to have picked his 1st Halloween costume deliberately.

Taurian Fontenette -- the AND1 streetball legend known as "Air Up There" and "Mr.720" -- has died ... and the hoops world is mourning one of the most electric dunkers the game has ever seen.

He was 43.

Fontenette's sister, Tracie Sonnier, confirmed the news in a Facebook post, saying Taurian passed Monday night.

A cause of death hasn't been announced.

Tracie said her "heart is broken in a million pieces" after losing her baby brother ... and asked for grace while the family processed what happened.

Mark Teixeira is headed to Washington -- but he ain't playin' the Nationals -- the ex-Yankees slugger won his race for Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections.

The Republican beat Democrat Kristin Hook -- a former federal scientist -- in Texas' 21st Congressional District. Tex was sitting at 54.5% of the vote with 99% of ballots counted Wednesday morning.

The win wasn't unexpected ... Mark ran in a deeply conservative district. Tex celebrated on X, saying the win belongs to the people, promising to go to D.C. to be a voice for every family in his district.

"I'm excited to get to work," MT added.

Erin Benavides -- the woman linked to the Eva Longoria and Tony Parker cheating scandal -- did NOT leave a suicide note despite her troubling journal entries, according to the medical examiner.

Joe Hayen, Director of Operations for Nueces County Medical Examiner's Office, tells TMZ ... there was no suicide note observed at the scene by investigators ... police say Erin shot herself with a revolver while lying in bed at her Port Aransas, Texas, home.

It's interesting ... Hayen also said Erin suffered a single gunshot wound, but 2 spent shell casings were recovered at the scene.

J.R. Smith got an earful about LeBron James from the cops who arrested him in Texas back in September ... and it came just moments before they slapped cuffs on him!

Turns out NOT every Texan has gotten over the Luka Dončić trade.

Royse City PD officers pulled Smith over on a Texas roadway on Sept. 28, suspecting there was a warrant out for his arrest. While they checked, they Smith step out of his vehicle ... and the chat quickly turned to ball.

Greg Biffle's estate is allegedly being picked apart ... and the family of one of the victims killed alongside the NASCAR star wants a judge to put a stop to it.

According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, a woman named Elena Smith claims those overseeing Biffle's estate have been selling off millions in assets and even giving away his personal memorabilia while wrongful death claims are still pending against the estate.

Smith is the administrator of the estate of Craig Wadsworth, Biffle's longtime right-hand man who also died in the December 2025 plane crash.

Justin Timberlake has the opportunity to tell the truth about Janet Jackson's infamous "wardrobe malfunction" ... and the truth is the Super Bowl outfit functioned exactly as intended ... so says Janet's longtime fashion designer.

Wayne Scot Lukas joined us on "TMZ Live" Tuesday to discuss Justin's upcoming 4-part documentary series set for release on AppleTV+ in December ... the infamous Super Bowl incident will be a key part of the show, but Wayne says he wasn't asked to contribute, even though he was at the center of it all.

Wayne says JT never apologized to him ... though he claims the "wardrobe malfunction" seriously harmed his career.

The Texas woman linked to the Eva Longoria and Tony Parker cheating scandal suffered from mental illness and wrote about her struggles in a journal before dying by suicide, according to police.

Port Aransas PD Lt. Joseph Rivas tells TMZ ... Erin Benavides fired a single shot from a revolver and took her own life on October 14 while lying in bed inside her bedroom at her home.

As we previously reported ... Erin allegedly had an affair with Tony back in the day while he played for San Antonio Spurs. Eva reportedly learned of the affair after finding hundreds of texts between Erin and Tony. Erin was married to Tony's San Antonio Spurs teammate Brent Barry at the time ... and it caused both marriages to crumble.

The NBA is standing by its partnership with Rwanda -- after two U.S. Senators asked several uncomfortable questions about the deal -- with the league's answer boiling down to this ... we follow Uncle Sam's lead.

NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum fired back a letter to Senators Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, and Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, after they pushed the league to rethink its ties to the East African nation.

The politicians’ beef? Merkley and Blackburn questioned The Association cozying up with a regime known for human rights abuses and alleged war crimes, saying they were "increasingly alarmed" by the marriage. They also accused the government in Rwanda of sportswashing.

Erin Benavides -- the woman connected to the Tony Parker/Eva Longoria cheating scandal -- died by self-inflicted gunshot wound ... TMZ has confirmed.

The M.E. noted the full autopsy report won't be released for about a week.

As we reported ... Erin was found dead in her Texas home last month after police performed a welfare check prompted by an alarming text she sent to a friend of her husband.