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This summer’s World Cup in Russia promises to be one of the biggest and best tournaments yet with some very tasty looking games scheduled for June and July. To tie in with the tournament, EA Sports revealed in April that it would be releasing a new expansion for FIFA 18 rather than a standalone FIFA World Cup 2018 game. Previously, EA Sports has released separate games for the summer competitions, including the qualifiers - beginning with World Cup 98, which followed on from the groundbreaking FIFA: Road to World Cup 98....

FIFA 22 is the only place that gamers will be able to play UEFA competitions such as the Champions League, Europa League and the new Europa Conference League. The Copa Libertadores and Sudamericana — the South American equivalents to UEFA’s club tournaments — are also exclusive to the EA Sports game. Interestingly, while Serie A is one of the official exclusive leagues on FIFA 22, a number of its high-profile clubs will not appear in their normal form due to deals that they have struck individually with competing titles....

In July, the upcoming videogame was listed incorrectly on the Epic Games Store in India. An error in currency conversion saw the FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition made temporarily available for pre-order at the low price of ₹4.80 (US$0.06) instead of ₹4,799 ($60). Fans in India and abroad were quick to make the most of the error and shared their success on social media. To their credit, EA Sports have since owned up to the mistake and declared they’ll be honouring the previous price for those that were able to cash in....

A report in the Mail on Sunday claimed that the 23-man squad at the finals in Brazil, along with another 11 footballers, are “people of interest” to officials at the heart of the probe into state-sponsored doping in Russia. Chelsea to sign Alex Sandro for £60m World football’s governing body says allegations surrounding players mentioned in the 2016 McLaren report continue to be looked at but it stressed that the Russian squad at the last World Cup did not fail any post-match or pre-tournament doping tests....

Chris Coleman’s side hosts Serbia in a World Cup qualifier in Cardiff on Saturday, but will be forced to wear black armbands to mark the occasion. FAW Chief Executive Jonathan Ford expressed his disappointment at FIFA’s decision but remarked that the team must follow the decision. “The FAW naturally wishes to respect and honour those who fought and lost their lives fighting for their country," Ford said. “As an Association we also have to respect the rules of FIFA and following long discussions with members of the FAW Council, staff, management and players, a decision has been made not to wear the poppy against Serbia....

The two nations wore the items as part of remembrance tributes to Britain’s military personnel who have died in war, with the match taking place on Armistice Day. International Football Association Board rules state players cannot wear “political, religious or personal slogans, statement or images” during matches. According to a statement published widely in the British media, a FIFA spokesman said: “We can confirm that disciplinary proceedings have been opened on this matter....

Five people including two young children have been attacked by a coyote in the same general area of California since last summer, with two incidents reported this month, according to local police and news reports. The five attacks have all taken place in and around the regions of Lafayette and Moraga, according to The Mercury News. In the most recent incident, 20-year-old John Stevenson was bitten on the leg in Lafayette while he was sat down outside of a Quik Stop....

The 37-year-old man, who had boarded Singapore Airlines’ SQ33 flight from San Francisco to Singapore, told cabin-crew members he had a bomb in his carry-on bag. Singapore Police Force (SPF) said they were alerted of the threat at 2:40 a.m. Singapore time. Fake bomb threats are not uncommon in aviation, and in early July, a British teenager was fined $53,000 for claiming there was an explosive device on board an EasyJet flight from London Gatwick to Menorca in Spain....

Malong’s guests–two representatives of the Swiss-based human-rights group Christian Solidarity International (CSI), along with five “antiterror consultants” from Archangel Corp., a Colorado-based security firm–don’t believe he should fight alone. The burly military advisers once served with the most elite units in the world–U.S. Special Forces, Russian Spetsnaz, British SAS. For two hours, over a meal of goat and flatbread, they share tactical information with Malong. John Giduck, the president of Archangel Corp....

That’s the hormone that regulates hunger and decreases the body’s ability to burn fat–and it may hold the key to helping those who are too fat or too thin. But, warns the doctor who led the research, there’s still a long way to go. “I think it’s premature to say that ghrelin is going to, by itself, be a magic bullet that will allow us to turn around the tide of obesity that’s sweeping across the world,” says Seattle endocrinologist David E....

Sachs is not the first to sound this alarm, but he speaks with special authority. As the newly appointed director of Columbia University’s Earth Institute, he heads a huge interdisciplinary effort to help poor countries build sustainable economies. Sachs also chairs blue-ribbon panels for the World Health Organization, advises U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on development issues and circles the globe pleading with policymakers to support the fledgling Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria....

That’s not because Clinton had a bad night. Far from it. She was substantive and strong, and had the best moment of the evening with her forthright, compassionate response (above) to the “tested” question in the bottom of the ninth. (Although she also had the worst. “Change you can Xerox”? Painful.) As I wrote earlier, Obama played it safe, reiterating the “mistakes of my youth” line before reciting his “inspiring” biography yet again....

All of the others, of course, were doing that pistol-shooting thing with their thumb and forefinger for a bigger chunk of their college careers. And their sport is the sport true Texans truly love most. None of them, however, came this close to a national championship. MORE: Chris Beard proves perfect coach to lead Red Raiders’ revival Matt Mooney is just 40 minutes away because he can shoot, because he can guard and because current NCAA rules allowed him to do these things in a Red Raiders uniform....

The new poll released on Monday shows Democratic candidates in Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia poised to win against their Republican challengers, as well as a highly competitive contest in a fourth Senate race. Incumbent senators Mark Kelly of Arizona and Raphael Warnock of Georgia both lead their GOP opponents, Blake Masters and Herschel Walker, at 54 to 51 percent and 49 to 46 percent, respectively. Pennsylvania’s Democratic candidate John Fetterman was also shown leading 49 to 44 percent over Republican Mehmet Oz, although the survey was conducted before the Keystone State’s testy debate last week....

Not necessarily six feet un- der. There are something like 100,000 cemeteries in the United States, but space, at least in some of the urban ones, is at a premium. ““There are not a lot of new cemeteries being built,’’ says Stephen Morgan, executive vice president of the International Cemetery and Funeral Association, a trade group. ““I don’t mean this in a pejorative way, but it’s not necessarily the highest and best use of a scarce resource....

The celebrations following Sunday’s resounding 3-0 victory over an imploding Ajax in Eindhoven have barely calmed, but the reinstated champions already have an eye on the future. But Brands is not planning an audacious bid for an established Chelsea first-team player to strengthen his side for another title defence and European adventure. Instead it is a player who is already a pivotal figure within their own ranks: Marco van Ginkel....

Some moles have the potential to turn into the skin cancer melanoma, but this gallery contains pictures of normal, noncancerous moles and includes a discussion about what makes them benign-appearing. If a mole forms over a hair follicle, over time the hair may grow through the mole and poke out the other side. This is very common, and removing the hair by plucking or shaving will not cause the mole to become cancerous....

As Obama grinds (not sprints) toward locking up the Democratic nomination, his next goal is clear: to make the Democrats’ Denver convention in late August a pageant of reconciliation. It’s got to be a revival meeting that blows the roof off the place. Obama is not dealing from a position of great strength. He has been losing ground, slowly but significantly, in a number of polls, and he is going to need the Clintons....

The missiles were launched from the Mediterranean sea, west of Latakia causing the fire in the container terminal in the early morning, an unnamed military official said to the official state news agency SANA. State media reported Syrian air defenses activated when the missiles began to fall upon the terminal at approximately 3:20 a.m. Tuesday’s explosion could be heard miles away and caused more damage than the previous attack, according to Syrian officials and state media....