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Manchester United defender Jones has struggled with fitness issues throughout his career and is now nursing another knock. 8/1 - England to beat Slovenia 2-1 He will play no part in 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Lithuania as a result. Delph has also been ruled out, with the Manchester City midfielder having to give up his spot after earning a recall under Gareth Southgate. A statement on the Football Association’s official website read: “Delph and Jones had reported to St....

It caps an astonishing rise for a player who didn’t play football growing up and played rugby league until adulthood. Playing as the starting left tackle, which is the quarterback’s blindside and thus the most critical position on the O-line, less than half a decade after switching sports, is nothing short of miraculous. What caused Jordan Mailata to switch sports? Jordan Mailata was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up playing the premier sport in that region: rugby league....

Peterson, 59, alongside other guests, was discussing whistleblower Azeem Rafiq’s ordeal with the racism he experienced while he played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Rafiq, 30, who is of Pakistani descent, told a British parliamentary on Tuesday committee that he experienced “inhuman” treatment during his time with the club. He played for Yorkshire from 2008 to 2014. “This cricket player was experiencing racism, by his own account,” said Peterson in a clip that has at the time of writing amassed more than 400,000 views....

Thompson, 24, an opposite hitter who played for the University of Cincinnati from 2015 to 2019, was already praised by many on Sunday as Team USA defeated Argentina 3-0 in their first match of the games. The fixture against Argentina was Thompson’s debut at the Olympics and she posted impressive statistics, including a team-high seven digs, 18 kills with three errors and two blocks as Team USA cruised to victory....

President Sarkozy has talked about encouraging a market-oriented agriculture in France, but he has also talked about protecting French farmers. Do you believe him? I don’t really know what to expect anymore. Traditionally, French presidents have always maintained a rather demagogical speech regarding French farmers. They want to protect them locally, and at the same time they wish to export more. What I believe, independent of Sarkozy’s will, is that the talks about agricultural reform are connected to the European service sector reforms....

On Saturday, Astros shortstop Carlos Correa defended teammate José Altuve over the Astros buzzer controversy. The team has been accused of wearing buzzers under their jerseys — in addition to their trash can and video schemes — to learn what type of pitch was coming. A widely circulated video — which shows Altuve asking teammates not to rip his shirt off after a game-winning home run in the 2019 ALCS — fueled these rumors....

The following season Jose Mourinho delivered the title as usual in his second season. But in his 3rd season where it normally goes wrong, it really did go wrong. His third season has been described as “third season syndrome.” Well, we all know Manchester United are a football club built on very big traditions. One of them is to play an attacking free-flowing style of Football. We all know Mourinho is a big user of the more pragmatic style in football, something that never fitted Manchester United....

Chelsea have ended the season without a trophy in Mourinho’s first season back in charge, despite the Blues winning the FA Cup, Champions League and Europa League in the two season’s prior. They could be set to finish third as well, behind Liverpool and Manchester City, if the Reds better their result on the final day of the season. The Blues could have had a greater say on the title race had they not dropped silly points to teams like Sunderland, Norwich City and Aston Villa....

The 24-team event will also be the first time an Indian team will rub shoulders on the world footballing stage, albeit in an age-group tournament. Luis Norton de Matos, the Portuguese head coach of the Indian Under-17 side, will take his players on a trip to Europe this month to further enhance their prospects of doing well in the World Cup. Norton de Matos’ appointment came about only recently, in March 2017, and his selection came after a recommendation from his compatriot and the current Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho....

Since returning to the Premier League in the summer, the Chelsea boss has been his usual outspoken self, finding himself on the end of two FA fines for his comments and behaviour this season. This time it isn’t his remarks about referees that is sparking debate, but whom he believes to have been the best player in the Premier League this season. Mourinho said, ”He [Luis Suarez] bites, not this season, the previous season....

Parker is coming off the first loss of his professional career after his blockbuster title fight with Anthony Joshua in March. Parker dropped a unanimous decision and relinquished his WBO heavyweight title. Prior to that, the Las Vegas-based Parker was 24-0, with wins over Hughie Fury, Andy Ruiz and Carlos Takam. MORE: How to watch Horn-Crawford Whyte’s last outing was a brutal sixth round knockout win over Australian Lucas Browne in March....

Joseph Antoine Ferdinand Plateau was a Belgian scientist known for inventing the phénakistoscope. His invention created the illusion of a moving image, which led to the birth of cinema. Born in Brussels on October 14, 1801, Plateau studied law before becoming a scientist, researching physiological optics. Plateau was interested in the effect of light and color on the human retina and his work resulted in him becoming one of the best-known Belgian scientists of the 19th century....

Avengers: Endgame follows up where the previous film left off and saw the Avengers face off against their biggest threat yet. Thanos was teased many years prior to him becoming a full-fledged main antagonist. This character was always the overarching threat that was in the background, while other villains such as Loki were just pawns. Thanos was brought to life via high-tech motion capture equipment and an incredible performance by Brolin....

Well, Childress is now playing in Australia’s NBL and he still has the afro. The mild-mannered part is a different story. In a game with his Sydney Kings, an angered Childress charged toward an opponent and leveled him with a vicious elbow. MORE: Nash out for season | Firm helping Hawks sell team | NBA figures under pressure The video provides some context, as Jesse Waggstaff of the Perth Wildcats knocked Childress down on a hard screen....

“I cannot vote to certify the electoral college results on January 6 without raising the fact that some states, particularly Pennsylvania, failed to follow their own state election laws,” Hawley said in the statement posted to his Twitter page on Wednesday morning. According to Hawley’s tweet, the decision was made on behalf of the “millions of voters concerned about election integrity,” who, the senator wrote, “deserve to be heard.” Other Senate Republicans, including Alabama Senator-elect Tommy Tuberville, have hinted that they’ll object to the certification of the Electoral College votes, but Hawley is the first senator to formally announce that he’ll do so....

The Hulu show is a spin-off and sequel to the popular sitcom How I Met Your Mother which ran for nine seasons and catapulted Radnor into the mainstream. The show followed Ted Mosby as he told the story of how he met his kids’ mother, while the new version stars Hilary Duff as Sophie as she tells her children how she met their father. HIMYM ended in 2014, and its controversial ending divided the opinions of fans at the time....

Before a decision was reached, though, boxing fans were reacting to the fight in disgust on Twitter. They weren’t so upset with Joshua’s win, but with the referee who officiated the fight. The ref, Giuseppe Quartarone was the recipient of a lot of harsh criticism for the way he kept breaking up the two fighters. JOSHUA VS. PARKER: Results, updates and highlights Just take a look at some of the viewers’ complaints about the ref:...

The Giants pitcher posted a video to Twitter during the DR’s epic comeback victory over the United States in their showdown on Saturday night. RIVERA: The WBC is great, whether you like it or not It contains a lot of whistling, a lot of random woofs, and one “Let’s go, damn it!” in Spanish. While Cueto is busy prepping for the upcoming season down in Arizona, the fact that he was watching his Dominican compatriots shows how much the tournament means to him....

The actor, 58, was handed the honor in Belgrade by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić for “outstanding merits in public and cultural activities, especially in the field of film art and the promotion of the Republic of Serbia in the world,” per website Balkan Insight. “I truly, sincerely thank you, President Vučić, and this medal of merit, if I am given the honor to walk away with this, I thank you for being kind enough to bestow it upon me,” the actor said after receiving his medal....

According to statistics from Social Blade, which tracks these numbers, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 59, saw an increase of 7,368,643 followers in June 2022. For comparison, Depp gained just 219,519 followers in the same month last year. Heard’s social media analytics are not listed on the site. “Instagram Stats can only be added and tracked if you have a business account attached to a Facebook page,” Social Blade’s support team told Newsweek regarding Heard’s stats....