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Inter and Benfica looking to recover from disappointing Champions League starts
Inter and Benfica looking to recover from disappointing Champions League starts
Inter Milan and Benfica are looking to recover from disappointing starts to their Champions League campaigns when they meet at San Siro on Tuesday in a repeat of last season’s quarterfinals
2023-10-03 00:48
Did the 49ers get screwed over on overturned fumble call?
Did the 49ers get screwed over on overturned fumble call?
There was controversy in the Week 7 game between the Cleveland Browns and San Francisco 49ers over an incomplete pass ruling on quarterback P.J. Walker.
2023-10-16 03:35
'90 Day Fiance' star Angela Deem slammed for promoting weight loss supplements, Internet says 'no thanks'
'90 Day Fiance' star Angela Deem slammed for promoting weight loss supplements, Internet says 'no thanks'
Fans slammed '90 Day Fiance' star Angela Deem, saying 'Wouldn't touch the stuff - must be making a commission or something pushing this'
2023-05-26 10:40
How did Dylan Mulvaney celebrate her 500 days of 'being a girl'? Trans influencer says 'I'm having the best day ever'
How did Dylan Mulvaney celebrate her 500 days of 'being a girl'? Trans influencer says 'I'm having the best day ever'
'Today is actually day 9,705 of being a woman, because I've always been one,' said Dylan Mulvaney
2023-07-30 07:26
Astros fans are ready to fire Dusty Baker into the sun after rough start to Game 7
Astros fans are ready to fire Dusty Baker into the sun after rough start to Game 7
Houston Astros fans aren't happy with Dusty Baker for his managerial decisions in Game 7, and it could cost them a World Series trip.
2023-10-24 10:03
Ukraine Recap: US Cluster Bomb Decision Still Causing Waves
Ukraine Recap: US Cluster Bomb Decision Still Causing Waves
The US decision on Friday to provide controversial cluster bombs to Ukraine continues to cause waves, with some
2023-07-09 15:21
There's no 'Bad Blood' between NFL fans and Taylor Swift after Kansas City Chiefs game
There's no 'Bad Blood' between NFL fans and Taylor Swift after Kansas City Chiefs game
The biggest news in the NFL world isn't the Miami Dolphins' historic 70-point performance. It's
2023-09-26 02:09
Musk's Neuralink raises $280 million in latest fundraise
Musk's Neuralink raises $280 million in latest fundraise
(Reuters) -Elon Musk's brain chip startup Neuralink has raised $280 million in a funding round led by Peter Thiel's Founders
2023-08-08 00:22
Does UK’s Approval of New Rosebank North Sea Oil Field Boost Energy Security?
Does UK’s Approval of New Rosebank North Sea Oil Field Boost Energy Security?
The controversial Rosebank oil and gas field in the UK North Sea got the go-ahead on Wednesday, despite
2023-09-27 17:23
Harry Maguire resurgence extends ‘ridiculous’ Man United streak but the real test lies ahead
Harry Maguire resurgence extends ‘ridiculous’ Man United streak but the real test lies ahead
As he rose high, demonstrating the aerial power that has made him the most prolific centre-back in English national team history, Harry Maguire’s thunderous header capped a mini personal renaissance that lifted Manchester United off the floor of their Champions League group. There have been times in the last two years when Maguire has felt luckless, but this time fortune favoured him: a status as the match-winner may have been snatched from his grasp when Scott McTominay conceded an injury-time penalty. Yet Andre Onana’s 97th-minute save preserved it. And so the Stretford End ended up singing Maguire’s name. There were twin redemption songs, of the man United signed in the summer and the one they could have sold to West Ham. “Amazing,” Maguire said; he had been a stranger to adulation at Old Trafford. Last-choice centre-back last season, he may now have a run in the team for Erik ten Hag, the manager who stripped him of the captaincy. As Maguire pointed out recently, the numbers support his case. The win percentage he branded “ridiculously high” now stands at 94.1 in his last 17 starts for United: 16 of them have brought victories. There are caveats and the one exception was a traumatic night for him in Seville as United crashed out of the Europa League. They lost on his first three starts for Ten Hag, too. Since then, his status as a back-up has meant he has been spared the tougher tests: he has faced Real Betis, Sevilla, West Ham and Aston Villa, but this season others started against Arsenal and Tottenham, Brighton and Bayern Munich. Arguably, he has not faced an elite team in Ten Hag’s reign. Which, as the Manchester derby beckons on Sunday, may mean Maguire should savour his statistics while he still can. But a personal renaissance has revolved around meaningful contributions, not simply facts and figures. There was the headed assist for McTominay’s 97th-minute winner against Brentford, the man-of-the-match display on his return to Sheffield United and now a Champions League winner against FC Copenhagen. A common denominator may be that each qualifies as relatively limited opposition: United have scarcely dominated against any of them. But if Ole Gunnar Solskjaer miscast Maguire as talisman and captain of United, a willing soul and honest trier has prospered in three successive starts. A run in the side was facilitated first by the absence of Lisandro Martinez, Ten Hag’s chosen upgrade on Maguire, and then all of United’s left-backs, meaning Victor Lindelof was redeployed on the flank. Yet Lindelof began on the bench against Copenhagen, Maguire in the role Ten Hag has long been reluctant to grant him: as a left-sided centre-back. The Dutchman has an innate preference for left-footers there. But he also wants centre-backs who operate higher up the pitch. Maguire was not a natural fit: belatedly, though, he is becoming Ten Hag’s type of defender. “I think so,” he said. “He's playing much more proactive in possession, stepping in, passing vertical, defending also on the front foot, also stepping in, defending forward, very confident in the duels. I think he's dominating in the right moment, putting the question, dominating his opponents. You see he gets rewarded - it's a very good skill from him, his heading, and a very good finish." It was a reward for more than just set-piece expertise. It was Maguire’s prize for obstinacy, for staying when there were reasons to go: that United were reluctant to pay him off may have influenced his decision but he maintained he could win his place back. Ten Hag, too, never forced him out, stripping him of the armband but insisting he remained a valuable squad player. The manager’s position has been nuanced, the defender’s defiant. “This is maybe the most scrutinised club in the world and when you are not quite on your game it gets picked up, it gets analysed,” Maguire reflected. He had a shocking 2021-22 campaign, a bad start to last season. Neither escaped scrutiny. Since then, however, he reflected: “And I am really proud and pleased over the way I have acted over the last six to 12 months.” For now, he has confounded expectations. Stiffer examinations may await, starting with Erling Haaland on Sunday. If he is still in the side, the last five weeks of the year bring Galatasaray, Newcastle, Chelsea, Bayern, Liverpool, West Ham and Villa. They will be the tests if he ranks as a top-class centre-back. For now, though, Maguire is the emblem of this United, labouring to victory with goals from some of their lesser lights. Their last five strikes have come from either McTominay, Diogo Dalot or Maguire. And for the man who has been mocked and maligned, dropped and abused, it was a rare high of late for Maguire. And, whatever his win percentage, there have not been many occasions in the last two years when he was celebrated like this. Read More ‘It was meant to be’: Man Utd dedicate dramatic victory to Sir Bobby Charlton Manchester United vs FC Copenhagen LIVE: Latest Champions League updates Man Utd duo’s heroics offer fitting tribute to Sir Bobby Charlton
2023-10-25 17:01
Trump boasts about having non-declassified papers in bombshell recording: ‘I have a big pile’
Trump boasts about having non-declassified papers in bombshell recording: ‘I have a big pile’
Donald Trump made the stunning admission that he held onto “secret” military information that he hadn’t declassified. “As president, I could have declassified, but now I can’t,” Mr Trump said during the meeting in 2021 after he left office, according to a transcript obtained by CNN. In the meeting, Mr Trump spoke about a classified Defence Department document regarding a supposed attack on Iran. The recording was obtained by prosecutors, in which Mr Trump states that he didn’t declassify the document he’s speaking about. On Thursday, Mr Trump was indicted on seven counts in the probe led by special counsel Jack Smith into the ex-president’s handling of classified documents. The indictment hasn’t been made fully public, meaning it’s not clear if any of those charges relate to the recording from 2021. But the recording does show that Mr Trump was aware that the documents he had brought with him from the White House after leaving office on 20 January that year were still classified. In public, Mr Trump has argued that all of the files he took to Florida had been declassified and he has claimed that the investigation is a witch hunt and an attempt to hinder his 2024 campaign to return to the White House. It was reported last week that prosecutors had procured the audio recording, which was made in 2021 at Mr Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey resort with two individuals working on the autobiography of Mr Trump’s final White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in addition to aides to the former president, such as Marco Martin, a communications staffer. The transcript implies that Mr Trump is showing the document he’s speaking about during the conversation. CNN reported that several sources have said that the sound from the recording includes the rustling of papers, indicating that Mr Trump may have been moving the document around. But’s it’s not clear if it was the document regarding Iran. “Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this,” Mr Trump said. “This was done by the military and given to me.” At the time, Mr Trump was complaining about the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley. The meeting took place not long after a story published by The New Yorker outlined how Gen Milley told the Joint Chiefs during the last days of Mr Trump’s time in office to make sure that the then-president not give any illegal orders and that Gen Milley should be made aware if there were any concerns. “Well, with Milley – uh, let me see that, I’ll show you an example. He said that I wanted to attack Iran. Isn’t that amazing? I have a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. Look. This was him,” Mr Trump said, the transcript shows. “They presented me this – this is off the record, but – they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him. We looked at some. This was him. This wasn’t done by me, this was him.” “All sorts of stuff – pages long, look. Wait a minute, let’s see here. I just found, isn’t that amazing? This totally wins my case, you know. Except it is like, highly confidential. Secret. This is secret information. Look, look at this,” Mr Trump added. “Secret” and “confidential” are both degrees of classified information. Federal prosecutors have probed Mr Trump’s handling of classified information and his obstruction of the investigation. Mr Trump’s attorney said the 45th president was summoned by the Department of Justice to appear in court on Tuesday in Miami. Mr Smith, the Special Counsel, is also investigating Mr Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Mr Smith was appointed in November to lead the Department of Justice’s documents and election probes by Attorney General Merrick Garland.
2023-06-09 21:09
State Department advises all Americans overseas 'to exercise increased caution' in worldwide alert
State Department advises all Americans overseas 'to exercise increased caution' in worldwide alert
The US State Department on Thursday advised all US citizens worldwide "to exercise increased caution" due to "increased tensions in various locations around the world, the potential for terrorist attacks, (and) demonstrations or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests."
2023-10-20 03:00