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Google tests changes to sports, financial searches in quest for EU compliance

By Lewis Crofts ( April 9, 2026, 10:14 GMT | Insight) -- Google searches for football results and stock-market information may yield a carousel box featuring other information providers such as ESPN and MarketWatch, giving prominence to other information sources, according to testing seen by MLex. The changes are designed to address European Commission concerns that Google may be giving preferential treatment to its own results in contravention of legislation limiting the power of digital gatekeepers.Google searches for football results and stock-market information may yield a carousel box featuring other information providers such as ESPN and MarketWatch, giving prominence to other information sources, according to testing seen by MLex....

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