City & Monaco show why we love football The striker had an eventful night on Tuesday, scoring twice – including a brilliant chip – but also seeing his second-half penalty saved by Willy Caballero. Despite his miss from 12 yards, Monaco were 3-2 ahead before City scored three times in the final 19 minutes to claim the advantage. And Falcao felt Monaco did not handle the closing stages of the last-16 tie well....
City clinched a £26.5 million move for the Brazilian on Sunday after beating off rival interest from the Premier League champions. Get City at 15/8 to win the league Chelsea had approached the right-back after a move to Juventus fell through, but it was City who won the race thanks to Guardiola’s intervention. “It happened very fast, I was training with Real Madrid, Pep called me and I was very motivated to make this change and start to work with him,” Danilo told reporters at the launch of City Football Group’s joint venture with Goals in the United States and Canada....
Speaking to Betting Expert, Silvestre, who spent two seasons at Arsenal during his playing career, explained the nature of the matchup between the London rivals: Arsenal have enjoyed a vibrant start to the season, picking up strong form and getting five wins in their first five games in the Premier League. The Gunners have lost just once this season and will be looking to maintain their position at the top of the Premier League table....
During his interview with Brett Okamoto of ESPN MMA, Yair Rodriguez billed Holloway as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in history. The number three-ranked UFC featherweight also added that a fight against ‘Blessed’ would be amazing for Rodriguez’s career and help him grow. Yair Rodriguez believes that stylistically, a fight between him and Holloway is a good matchup. Rodriguez also noted that Holloway landed almost 500 significant strikes in his fight against Calvin Kattar....
Jamaica, led by World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt, have dominated the track and field aspect of recent Olympiads, and Grange said she expected this trend to continue at the August showpiece, reports CMC. “Jamaica’s sterling performance at the international level, whether Diamond League, Commonwealth Games, World Games, and the Olympics, has placed us in the centre stage in all eyes, not only on our athletes, but on our country as well,” Grange said here on Thursday....
James had a rough start against the contestants when they faced off against him on the board. He lost against all three of them, bringing their total to $180,000. Anu, Liz, and Leslie advanced to the Final Chase, where they answered 16 questions correctly. James was three steps behind them on the board, which meant he had to answer 19 questions to catch up and stop them from winning the money....
Amodio has enjoyed a phenomenal win streak on the syndicated quiz show, with his 14-day total standing at $440,600—making him the fourth-highest earner in regular-season play in Jeopardy! history. However, while he has stuck to the show’s rules of answering clues in question form, the computer science Ph.D. Yale student has raised eyebrows for starting each of his answers with “what is”—even when the answer pertains to people. And in an interview with the Yale School of Engineering and Applied Science, Amodio has revealed that he has kept his answers consistent in style so that he can focus on the meat of the clue....
Anderson was doubtful for the Test following a reported injury to his thigh. However, scans revealed no damage, making him available for selection for the contest. The pacer admitted his love for Lord’s, where he has taken 110 Test wickets at an average of 24. Following the end of the day’s play, he told the Daily Mail: The 39-year-old had picked up a five-for against India during their last trip to Lord’s in 2018 as well....
Sanchez had been tipped to join Pep Guardiola at City before the Chile international forward opted to leave Arsenal for United in a blockbuster deal. Belgian midfielder De Bruyne – who signed a new contract through to 2023 – insisted City are fine without the former Barcelona star. “It doesn’t matter,” said De Bruyne. “We will still do what we need to do, with or without him. “He chose United....
The recently crowned T20 World Cup champions were in peril in Pat Cummins’ maiden outing as ODI skipper. After being asked to bat first, England lost three wickets in the powerplay. Jason Roy’s return to the national team setup did not pan out as hoped as he was dismissed for just six runs. The visitors were reduced to 66-4 in the 14th over following Sam Billings’ dismissal to Marcus Stoinis....
As per the Manchester Evening News, Ake, 27, was on Chelsea’s radar as a defensive reinforcement this summer after losing key defenders. They lost Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen on free transfers this summer and could lose Marcos Alonso as well. However, Manchester City’s valuation of £50 million threw Chelsea off in the Dutch defender’s pursuit. Ake has now spoken up about the rumors and his desire to stay with the Cityzens....
Staying on the career track is important to the women of ‘85. When Julianne Markow’s husband was accepted to the University of Chicago Law School-he’d followed her to Washington-Markow left her job as an international-relations specialist for a U.S.Soviet trade company. She considered giving up her career to devote herself to raising a family. “My husband was very supportive,” she says, “if that was what I wanted to do. But he also said, that’s not the person he married....
Dr. Brytney Cobia, who works at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, wrote: “I’m admitting young healthy people to the hospital with very serious COVID infections. One of the last things they do before they’re intubated is beg me for the vaccine. I hold their hand and tell them that I’m sorry, but it’s too late.” Dr. Cobia spoke with AL.com in an interview published on Monday. In it, she said of all her patients being treated for COVID-19 related illnesses, only one person had been vaccinated....
In an exclusive interview with CBS This Morning, the two jurors, who chose to remain anonymous, said they felt the case was being covered up, and that they were not given the chance to indict the officers fairly. “They didn’t give us the charges up front,” said one of the jurors after he described listening to over 20 hours of testimony. “Then to say that these are the only charges [wanton endangerment] that they’re coming up with, it’s like ‘what did we just sit through?...
She plays golf quite a bit. Much of her social media content is about golf, and she’s very well known and has a lot of fans. However, not everyone that comes up to her is a genuine fan. Athletes and content creators often get hassled or even harassed in public, and Spiranac learned that the hard way. She recently recounted a terrifying situation, where a disgruntled and ‘unhinged’ fan came up to her demaning money....
Mauricio Pochettino’s side pushed Leicester City close for much of last season, only for a late wobble to see them finish third behind the Foxes and north London rivals Arsenal. VIDEO: Poch’s free-kick challenge They dusted themselves down over the summer, tinkered with the squad and have pushed on again into 2016-17. Spurs are currently perched third in the top-flight table once more, nine points adrift of capital foes Chelsea....
Obi Toppin won, but the judges’ panel featuring Julius Erving, Isiah Thomas, Clyde Drexler, David Robinson, and Dominique Wilkins did not deem even one dunk to be worth 50 points. NBA world reacts to disappointing 2022 NBA All-Star Dunk Contest Fans did not hold back in their reactions to the 2022 NBA All-Star Dunk Contest. The dunkers went seven of 25 in the first round, with this year’s #2 pick, Jalen Green, making only one of his first nine attempts....
Ibtihal Darraji, 29, was discovered in her car near 27th and Fiske Street in Spokane, Washington, on Thursday night. On Monday, the Spokane County Medical Examiner confirmed the cause of death was strangulation and ruled the death a homicide. Darraji’s ex-husband, Yasir Darraji, 30, has been charged with first-degree murder in her killing. KHQ reported that Ibtihal Darraji, an Iraqi immigrant, had previously expressed concerns about her safety to her former coworkers at Gonzaga University....
The California-based engineering manager shot to instant stardom on Jeopardy! in November, when she defeated five-time champ Andrew He and went on to become the first transgender woman to qualify for the Tournament of Champions. After scooping her 13th consecutive win and boosting her cash total to $536,400 on Friday’s episode, Schneider is taking a two-week break from screens as Jeopardy! airs its spin-off Professors Tournament competition. And the Dayton, Ohio, native is using the time to allow her more than 14,000 Twitter followers get to know her better, revealing in a lengthy thread that she was once married to a woman before transitioning....
On being asked about his duels with Leclerc being less aggressive by La Gazetta dello Sport, Verstappen said: Although his duels with Leclerc have been enjoyable, they have not been as aggressive as his duels with Lewis Hamilton in 2021. On being asked why the aggression was lesser, the Dutchman replied by saying dueling different drivers required different approaches but battling rivals he had raced with from his karting days felt more natural....
