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Speaking after the game on Thursday, Bairstow credited the bowlers for guiding him on how to go about his innings. He also felt that it was a good toss to win as batting became slightly easier in the second innings. “There was a little less bounce than what we had in Hyderabad and you could see that with the wear and tear of the pitch. It was a good toss to win because you could see it was good to bat second because you saw what you needed to do....

Stopping five-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi is arguably the hardest task in La Liga and football, with Barca’s all-time leading goalscorer continuing to spearhead the club’s bid for a league three-peat. Simeone tired of future questions Messi has scored a league-high 35 goals this season, while the 29-year-old has 51 in all competitions. Asked how to stop Messi and Barcelona – who are level on points with Real Madrid atop the table – Las Palmas head coach Setien told reporters: “With a few snipers from the stand....

When it comes to solving the word of the day, there is no right or wrong strategy in Wordle. The game’s developer, Josh Wardle, has even suggested that it might be worth using up your first few attempts trying to guess the maximum number of letter combinations, so that you can eliminate as much of the alphabet as possible. In his own words: “It’s often just as important to learn what letters aren’t in a word....

Wordle provides players with hints to work out the day’s word by using a color-coded system, which tells them when a letter is in the right place in the word (green), when it is in the wrong place (yellow), and when it’s not in the word at all (grey). Even with this system in place, though, it can sometimes be difficult to solve the word of the day, and so Newsweek has come up with some useful tips to get players on the right path....

Corey Lewandowski, who served as Trump’s 2016 campaign manager and is currently a senior adviser to the president’s 2020 campaign, made the comment in a video posted to his Cameo account on Thursday. Several current and former Trump associates have joined Cameo, a social media platform that allows anyone to purchase either a public or private personalized video message from famous personalities. In the video, Lewandowski states he is recording the message for the “Alpha Freedom Friends....

Insigne scored a stunning goal to lead Napoli to a 3-0 win at home to Shakhtar Donetsk in Group F action on Tuesday. Deemed surplus to requirements in Italy’s failed World Cup qualification bid against Sweden, Insigne struck against AC Milan in Serie A last week and the star forward was at it again as Napoli accounted for Shakhtar. “This is Lorenzo. He has improved so much over the last three years, become a world class player who I think has to be left out of squad rotation too, because he is so important,” Sarri told Mediaset Premium....

The rivalry game, arguably the tailgating event of the year, is steeped in tradition. Jacksonville, Fla., becomes a college football town once a year for the raucous renewal at TIAA Bank Field. It’s so raucous, in fact, that you won’t hear cocktails referred to at all on the broadcast. Many attending fans took the name too literally and they couldn’t handle their liquor, which led to a slew of gameday arrests....

The USWNT had previously filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation, seeking damages to the tune of $66 million. The agreement put an end to the original demands but brought in $22 million instead. Furthermore, the Federation agreed to establish a $2 million fund that will go towards helping professionals in their post-retirement careers as well as for other charitable purposes to help grow the sport among women....

At the Sunday briefing, the PBS NewsHour reporter asked the president about his claim state authorities did not need as much medical equipment as they were requesting. Trump made the claim during an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News. Trump interrupted Alcindor and said she needed to be more “positive” before adding: “It’s always trying to get you… and you know what, that’s why nobody trusts the media anymore....

When doing Q&A with Herthum, I learned that he was a major sports fan. In turn, below are a series of questions which the Westworld actor answered about the NFL’s New Orleans Saints, college football’s Louisiana State University Tigers, and the sport of boxing. More on Herthum can be followed on Twitter via @Louis_Herthum. I have read that you are a big fan of football, specifically the Saints within the NFL and LSU within college....

The ceremony took place ahead of the Canucks’ meeting with the Chicago Blackhawks, with current Vancouver players donning the Sedins’ jerseys for the pregame skate before the twins watched as their Nos. 22 and 33 were lifted to the rafters of Rogers Arena. As is usual with this type of event, special guests were present and several speeches were made. Kevin Bieksa, who was a longtime teammate of the Sedins, nearly stole the show with a speech that was more of a roast at times....

When spoken casually, the pronunciation of “What are you up to?” turns more into something like “Whatcha up to?” This question can be specified to a certain time frame by adding words like “tonight,” “tomorrow,” or “this weekend. ” Therefore, if someone asks you “What are you up to tomorrow?” you would tell them any plans you have for tomorrow. Only ask this question to people you haven’t seen in maybe a month or more....

Warnock’s April 2011 sermon, entitled “When Truth Meets Power,” has resurfaced online now that the reverend is entering a January runoff election that will determine which political party controls the Senate. In the sermon, Warnock encouraged Americans to devote their lives to service rather than acquiring power. In the clip of the sermon shared on Twitter by Former NAVY Seal Eli Crane, Warnock says, “America, nobody can serve God and the military....

On Wednesday’s episode, viewers were left wondering why a member of the Sapphire cell was missing. Addressing the situation, host TJ Lavin said on the show: MTV did not comment further on the reason. However, Mitchell took to her Twitter handle to confirm her exit. She wrote: Fans are eager to know why Ashley Mitchell quit Mitchell’s tweet indicated that she might join The Challenge universe in the future....

Weymouth: Was it unpopular to bring U.S. troops back? Arroyo: It’s very popular. Surveys show a big majority want American troops in the Philippines. I had no problem with the U.S. sending troops last year. But I had to make sure that it could pass the test of the Constitution because some opponent filed a [lawsuit]. But the Supreme Court said that it was constitutional. Are the U.S. troops going to train your forces to fight terrorism or engage in combat?...

Atletico booked their spot in the last eight of the competition for a fourth consecutive season thanks to Wednesday’s goalless draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen, which secured a 4-2 aggregate victory. City still miles from being a Guardiola team Bayern Munich, Juventus, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Monaco, Leicester City and Atletico are all in the pool for the draw in Nyon, but Simeone and his side are only focused on Sunday’s visit of third-placed Sevilla....

Sharma was handed leadership responsibilities in stages after Virat Kohli stepped down as captain of the T20I and Test teams. The Mumbai-born batter has hardly put a step wrong since assuming the captaincy, especially in the shortest format of the game. The Men in Blue have only lost two T20Is since the culmination of the previous World Cup. Opining that Rohit Sharma’s captaincy stint with his Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Mumbai Indians (MI) has helped him, RP Singh said in an interaction with journalist Vimal Kumar:...

Forty-six-year-old Floyd died on May 25 while in custody of the Minneapolis Police Department. Video footage showed a white policeman kneeling on Floyd’s neck for several minutes after arresting him, while Floyd pleaded with officers to let him breathe. A number of NBA, NFL and NHL players, coaches and executives have condemned Floyd’s death and have backed protests against racial discrimination and police brutality. On Tuesday, Cuban waded into the conversation and suggested the white community had a crucial role to play to repair the damaged fabric of American’s society....

The two London clubs were involved in a pulsating first half at Stamford Bridge. Thomas Tuchel’s side had to come from behind twice to go into the break level-pegging. Chelsea’s second goal just after the half-hour mark came when wing-back Cesar Azpilicueta escaped Tavares. The Spaniard met Mason Mount’s pinpoint cross to score his first Premier League goal of the season. The 22-year-old left-back has found first-team opportunities hard to come by since his arrival from Benfica last summer....

Heartbroken fans have been signing an online petition in support of Monsta X and Wonho’s return to the group which has gathered more than 300,000 signatures, according to Digital Music News. One super fan—Twitter user @kihbebes—has also raised more than $25,000 through a GoFundMe campaign to pay for a billboard to be displayed in New York City’s Times Square in support of Monsta X. “We are going to make a graphic and display it in Times Square, where it will be on a board for 21 hours, a 15 second spot, 30 times per hour....