Barcelona thumped Girona 6-1 last time out, with Suarez scoring an exceptional hat-trick, and he has been rewarded with a massive stats boost from 92 to 95. Lukaku, meanwhile, played a key role as Manchester United beat his former club Chelsea 2-1, scoring and assisting during the Red Devils’ victory. Karim Benzema is also in the front three after a fine showing in Real Madrid’s 4-0 victory over Alaves....
Lauber offered to resign from his position last week after a court claimed he covered up undisclosed meetings with the head of football’s governing body and lied to supervisors while his office probed alleged corruption relating to FIFA. Stefan Keller was appointed as special prosecutor to review criminal complaints against Infantino, Lauber and other individuals. Proceedings have consequently commenced against Infantino and the chief public prosecutor of Upper Valais, Rinaldo Arnold....
In one of the most entertaining football matches of all time, Lionel Messi and Argentina won the World Cup after a 3-3 draw advanced to penalties, which the South American side emerged with a 4-2 shootout victory. The match provided countless twists and turns. Argentina went ahead 2-0 in the first half on goals from Messi and Angel Di Maria, while Kylian Mbappe brought France back level 2-2 in the final 10 minutes of the game....
To her customers, Chia Chia is one thing. But to Taipei’s voters, she and other sex workers became a symbol of women’s rights, of the little people taking on the big shots. The melodrama began in 1997, when reformist Mayor Chen Shui-bian launched a crusade against the sex industry, raiding “love hotels” and rooting out tens of thousands of illegal hookers. But when he also revoked the licenses of “public prostitutes” like Chia Chia, a decades-old institution in Taiwan, many people thought he had gone too far....
The crash of the U.S. spy plane was only the most recent example of the Pentagon’s expanding role in Colombia’s civil war. NEWSWEEK has learned that more than 300 U.S. personnel are in the country: 200 soldiers and more than 100 Drug Enforcement Administration and CIA operatives. Washington gives $250 million to Colombia, the third biggest recipient of U.S. aid, after Egypt and Israel. White House drug czar Barry McCaffrey visited the country last week and proposed doubling that amount....
Who's to blame for all this? College basketball. MORE: Texas picks | Parity: Most winning drivers | NASCAR’s most unique trophies The NCAA men's basketball Final Four is in nearby Arlington with the semifinal games starting at 6:09 p.m. ET Saturday night and the championship Monday night. Typically, Texas has its spring race on Saturday night but it didn't want to go up against the Final Four. There also is a hope that some basketball fans, looking for something to do on Sunday, will decide that the NASCAR race would make it a rare double-sport weekend....
It hits a few hours after dawn on a September Saturday, when a blinding sun slams into that first fall breeze, and the body doesn’t quite know if it’s warm or cold. Nostrils flare. That’s about the time to head inside and watch Michigan and Notre Dame. It’s marked the unofficial official start to big-time college football games. Both sides can say what they want now. It doesn’t matter how Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick told Michigan AD David Brandon back in 2012 that the rivalry was off....
As for bombs, he’d dropped them back in Washington—on the White House. The former Republican Speaker denounced his own party’s sitting president as a hopeless incompetent, a Jimmy Carter clone. “You hire presidents, at a minimum, to run the country well enough that you don’t have to think about it …” he told The New Yorker (clearly thinking about it). The news wasn’t what Newt said, but the silence that followed....
Arthritis is a condition that occurs when there is inflammation of a joint, a point in your body where two bones connect and movement takes place. The most common types of arthritis to occur in the hands are osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis typically occurs in the knuckle joints of the finger. Rheumatoid arthritis is most common at the knuckle at the base of the finger where it joins the hand....
A brad nail gun is great to use on material 1⁄2 in (1. 3 cm) thick or less, as smaller nails are less likely to split wood. [2] X Research source This tool can be used in place of glue to temporarily hold wood together or with glue to provide a longer-lasting hold. It’s unlikely that a brad nailer will split wood, thanks to the smaller nails. This tool can leave behind larger holes, thanks to the nail’s large size....
On June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding decision that made abortion a constitutionally-protected right and left abortion laws up to the individual states. After the decision, trigger laws already in place in some states banned abortion outright, while others restricted access to the procedure. Some states however, like Kentucky and Louisiana, have blocked trigger laws that would have banned abortions. The ruling has been a divisive one with people taking to the streets to protest the decision and protest in favor of abortion rights for all women....
The 30-year-old Dutchman went down in a 1-1 draw with New York City FC on Saturday, exiting in the 30th minute. De Leeuw has recorded 10 goals and 11 assists in 48 MLS matches since joining Chicago from Eredivisie side Groningen in May 2016. The injury rules out De Leeuw for the final two matches of the regular season as well as the playoffs, with his availability for the start of the 2018 campaign also in doubt....
To many inside the Bush administration, however, the bloody clashes look like a godsend. For months, George W. Bush’s foreign-policy team has been deadlocked over how to handle the Iranian regime. Should the United States directly confront Iran’s hard-liners, as it did Saddam Hussein, or simply mobilize diplomatic pressure? Should it engage in talks with reformers inside Tehran, or provide covert aid to enemies of the mullahs? The students seemed to offer another option for an administration already grappling with sabo–teurs in Iraq and suicide bombers in Israel: to sit back and wait for a second Iranian revolution....
That was one of the questions asked after smoke from fireworks lingered in Minute Maid Park following a fifth-inning home run by Astros first baseman Chris Carter. It was a rather strange sight to see, and prompted a barrage of important questions. MORE: Happy 50th, Houston Astros Let’s just hope no werewolves appear in Houston.
Just two weeks after Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski became the first NCAA basketball coach to earn 1,000 wins, another coach has reached that rarified milestone. NCAA Division II Philadelphia University coach Herb Magee collected No. 1,000 Saturday with the Rams’ 80-60 win over Post. MORE: Coach K reacts to his milestone | BYU guard breaks triple-double record | Nine-point half for Mississippi State The 73-year-old Magee, a graduate of the 3,600-student private school, has spent his entire 48-year coaching career at the university....
Everyone’s skin is different, so use an amount of moisturizer that works best for you! If you have dry skin, use a thicker moisturizing cream or oil to lock in moisture. If you have oily skin, consider skipping this step altogether. If you have combination skin, only moisturize the driest areas. There is a range of primers for every skin need! Some primers are infused with SPF, others offer color correction, and some can even add an extra glow....
A Sergio Aguero brace sparked a second-half turnaround at the Etihad Stadium last month, where City were twice behind and had to thank goalkeeper Willy Caballero for saving a second-half penalty from Radamel Falcao. While City’s adventurous attacking approach under Pep Guardiola has won admirers this season, their defensive prowess has left a little more to be desired. Guardiola: Attack best form of defence Sagna called on his team-mates to improve their communication after besting the Ligue 1 leaders last time around and last Saturday’s 2-0 win at Middlesbrough in the FA Cup quarter-finals marked a sixth consecutive clean sheet on the road in all competitions....
LeDuc, 31, along with their partner, Ashley Cain-Gribble, 26, was named to the team following a dazzling performance in the Olympic qualifiers at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. LeDuc released a statement afterward in which they reiterated their hope that they would pave the way for future nonbinary athletes to compete on the world stage. “It’s really exciting, but I hope that the narrative does not center around me and my journey and my accomplishments, but that the narrative switches to queer people having the opportunity to be open and be authentic to themselves and everything that makes them unique and still achieve in sport,” LeDuc reportedly stated....
Legally, Washington is in the right. Although experts at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade have twice affirmed U.S. complaints that EC subsidies unfairly reduce demand for U.S. soy and sunflower oil, the EC has refused to fix the problem. That entitles the United States to strike back in kind. But the sanctions have less to do with those legal claims than with the 110-nation Uruguay Round talks. Easing barriers to farm trade has been Washington’s top priority, but the EC, largely at France’s behest, has offered only minor reductions in export subsidies....
Fitzpatrick had better be the answer. MORE: Goodbye, drama-filled offseason, we won’t miss you There had better be at least one playoff game. Better, a playoff bye. How they manage that, who knows. The Jets still play in the same division as the Patriots. They also play in the same division as the Bills, who intercepted Fitzpatrick five times in two Jets losses last season: losses that can easily be described as the ones that kept 10-6 New York out of the playoffs....
