Owen took to Twitter after reuniting with his former Blancos team-mate to honour today’s dominant Ronaldo, Cristiano, after his recent Ballon d’Or win. Oscar: China can match Premier League The former Liverpool striker wrote: “I thought I was putting the pounds on until I saw my old mate Ronnie!” Reaction on Twitter was furious in defence of Ronaldo and Owen was widely mocked for being derisory about the World Cup winner’s weight....
“I hope Don, Ivanka and Eric all run eventually,” Nick Rocco, a 26-year-old Trump supporter, told The New York Times. Commenting on the outcome of the election, after expressing hope Trump does not concede, he spoke of his belief Trump supporters would not care if the family set up an unelected dynasty in the White House. “I guarantee you, if you got 69 million Trump supporters, and you said, ‘Would you be good with Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr....
Peng Shuai, formerly ranked as high as No. 14, disappeared after accusing former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault. Although she had a video call with IOC President Thomas Bach and recently appeared in public, there are still concerns over her well-being and freedom. The WTA, the governing body of women’s tennis, has severed ties with China amid concerns over her safety, while a host of players, including Osaka, have expressed their support for Peng....
‘Bud’ and ‘The Truth’ have been the two best in their weight class for years now, and it isn’t exactly close. Following both men’s most recent victories, they called for a long-awaited clash. It seemed more realistic than ever. Crawford finally fought out his deal with Top Rank and ESPN last year. While it’s not known if the Bob Arum-led promotion was holding the fight back, the champion made it seem that way....
On weekends I would help my dad as he worked on a Piper Tri-Pacer that had been wrecked. I must have been 6 or 7 years old; it was cool to be part of that. And when it was finished, it was also the first airplane I flew in. In 1973, when I was 12, the TV show The Magician started. At the end of each episode Bill Bixby’s character would drive into a plane in a Corvette....
TikToker @jake_savagee_, or Jake Allen, shared the viral post on January 13, captioned, “She’s almost two months and already telling us she loves us.” The 14-second clip features a baby lying on the ground on a blanket while two people, the child’s parents, are nearby. The words appear on the screen, “Our daughter spoke for the first time, and we got it on camera.” The woman said “I love you” to the baby, and a few seconds later, the baby made some noise before presumably saying the same thing back....
In that time, I have seen marriage change significantly. I can actually pinpoint when I saw the biggest changes emerge; around the time of Great Recession, from 2007 to 2010. Before that many people I was seeing were still trying to conform to the “traditional” marriage model or getting divorced. When the recession hit, I saw a shift where people who would otherwise get divorced were having to stay together for financial reasons, perhaps living in different rooms....
I catch up to them, lurching out of the shadows to grab one of the group by the shoulder. She screams in terror, bolts off towards the exit and I slink back to my original hiding spot, ready to do it all over again. It’s fair to say it’s not your average Friday night. But I’m not about to be arrested, I’m actually performing as a zombie for an interactive street performance, something I actually fell into pretty much by accident....
The 30-year-old scored the only goal at Swansea City on Saturday to keep Chelsea in the hunt for a top-four finish after Liverpool drew at home with Stoke City earlier in the day. Chelsea also have an FA Cup final date with Manchester United to look forward to next month as they target a positive end to the season following their tame Premier League title defence. Fabregas admits nerves are no longer an issue for him as the season enters a critical phase for Chelsea and the Spain international wants to help his younger team-mates to cope with any pressure that arises....
Q. How do you react when Sachin predicts that you will be the one who will break his batting records? A. Sachin has been my biggest inspiration since I started following the game. I feel very lucky to have played alongside him, and have got to learn a lot from him. Q. Do you feel the pressure to beat Sachin’s record of maximum centuries? A. Pressure is created by the media....
In 2016, I competed in my first pageant; an international transgender pageant called Queen of the Universe. I didn’t know a lot about pageantry at the time and I was amazed with the production, costumes, and dresses that the girls wore. One contestant was wearing a costume that was must have been more than 15ft tall. I was just wearing pieces I had put together as I didn’t yet know how to sew properly, so when I got on stage my top was falling off and I was having to hold it up....
Picoult took to Twitter, joking about this discovery. The author alleged that not using stem cells for research was more focused on controlling women than saving babies. “OMG. You mean this was never about saving ‘babies’ – it was about controlling women!?.” the author sarcastically tweeted on Monday, leading with the eyes emoji. “I’M SHOCKED. (Not.)” Picoult included a link from a Business Insider article titled: “Antiabortion groups say they stand behind Trump’s use of a drug tested on cells derived from an aborted fetus because the president ‘was not involved with that abortion....
The Frenchman entered the Open Sud de France as the third seed and was among the favorites to win it. He received a bye to the second round but was comprehensively defeated 6-1, 6-2 by Sweden’s Mikael Ymer. Following his defeat, the 35-year-old tweeted that he was exhausted from his trip Down Under and the COVID-19 booster shot he took a few days back did not help the matter....
I got the sense that he was the kind of guy who was good at charming women but he wasn’t the commitment type. On one of our first dates, he said that his relationships never lasted more than six months because he got bored and cheated on them. There was a part of me that thought, “this guy isn’t right for you” but I didn’t listen to it. Little did I know, this would be the start of a two-and-a-half-year relationship that would push my boundaries and cripple my self-esteem....
Clasico disaster for banned Neymar The former England and Arsenal captain was appointed interim boss of the Liga club on Monday following the sacking of Lucas Alcaraz. Granada have only won four league games all season and are seven points adrift of safety with just seven matches left in Spain’s top flight. But Adams, who has been working with the club since last November, has promised to get tough with the squad in order to give them the best possible chance of beating the drop....
I recently completed my 21st year of teaching and though I’ve almost always taught in middle schools, I have begun to shift into mentorship and leadership roles—serving as a teacher literacy coach and school based teacher-lead. We’ve been out of school in Pennsylvania since March 12 because of COVID-19, and getting used to remote learning has been a task in itself. I actually started Adopt A High School Senior 2020—Let’s Celebrate Them on April 19, before graduation ceremonies were even being discussed....
I believe that we are conditioned to make New Year’s resolutions because we often overindulge in food during the Christmas season, and generally don’t feel great after. During the winter season, we also produce very little vitamin D which is key in increasing bone health and reducing infections and inflammations. Our energy levels also tend to dip during the winter because light production is at its lowest. With reduced exposure to the sun, our bodies typically produce more melatonin, which is the hormone that makes us more sleepy....
I said hello. They said nothing. I tried to ask for their order, but their response was: “No, you can’t serve us.” It was the polite way of saying, “a white person can serve us, but not a Black person.” I had heard this before when I had worked at Linens ’n Things. It’s a chain people may not know, but it was like the Blockbuster of retail. At the time, during the height of the Great Recession, they were a victim of the crumbling economy in the way that Radio Shack was....
In the main event of UFC 253, Israel Adesanya and Paulo Costa are set to lock horns with the middleweight title on the line. Both fighters are undefeated, and someone will definitely lose the perfect record following what is set to be a surefire barnburner of a contest this Saturday at Abu Dhabi. While fight fans and pundits believe that it’s going to be a very close one to call, Israel Adesanya believes he’ll get rid of the Brazilian knockout artist quite easily....
An extra-time goal from Patrick Cutrone secured a 1-0 win at San Siro on Wednesday and sent Milan into the semi-finals, where they will meet Lazio. The win gave Rossoneri fans something to celebrate during another difficult season, with their side having lost their last two Serie A games without scoring a goal to find themselves 11th in the table. But Gattuso says one result will not change everything for the club ahead of a tricky visit to Fiorentina on Saturday....
