Mbappe is among the nominees for the Ballon d’Or, after winning the World Cup with France and helping PSG claim a treble last season. The 19-year-old forward has enjoyed a fine start to the season, with eight Ligue 1 goals – including a stunning four-goal haul against Lyon – and two Champions League strikes. PSG will host Italian side Napoli on matchday three in the Champions League and Ancelotti praised Mbappe ahead of the Paris showdown....
But Pyongyang may also get access to controversial bank accounts. Meeting in Beijing three weeks ago, North Korean and U.S. Treasury officials held detailed talks about 52 bank accounts in Macau’s Banco Delta Asia that the Macau government froze after Washington in 2005 accused the bank of money laundering. The 52 accounts, containing about $24 million, were frozen on suspicion that North Korea was using them for illicit purposes. Washington is still threatening to issue an order curbing U....
By finally finishing 7-6 (8-6) 6-7 (5-7) 6-7 (9-11) 6-4 26-24 to Anderson after six hours and 35 minutes, it became the longest last-four clash in the history of the championship and the second-longest men’s singles match at the All England Club. However, it is unlikely to be remembered as a classic in terms of quality. The crowd grew restless as it left Centre Court ticket holders waiting far longer than anticipated to watch icons of the sport Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic resume their enduring rivalry with a 52nd meeting on the ATP Tour in the other semi-final....
The legendary Italian was introduced 12 minutes into the second half of Sunday’s match at Yankee Stadium with his side leading 2-1 thanks to goals from David Villa and Javier Calle, which sandwiched Cyle Larin’s equalizer. MORE: Top 25 U.S. player rankings | Dinamo Zagreb striker hits must-see bicycle kick Pirlo, 36, exchanged pleasantries with former Milan teammate and now-Orlando star Kaka and was cheered every time he touched the ball, as he treated the home fans to a typically classy passing display as he strolled effortlessly around the midfield....
Why Pacing Is Important FMS and ME/CFS can really sap your energy. When your energy is low, everything you do takes a greater percentage of the whole. As you’ve probably learned the hard way, when you overdo it, you pay a steep price in heightened symptoms. Many of us push ourselves on good days, trying to catch up on everything we can’t do the rest of the time. In one day, we’ll do multiple loads of laundry, clean the kitchen, weed the garden, and go to the grocery store....
Gear up to game on Staying at a nearby hotel is super convenient, but not always an option, so good preparation is key. If you’re heading out for a day at a gaming convention, assume you’re going to be busy every minute of the day (it’s not inaccurate) and won’t have the opportunity to pop off and pick up whatever you may need. A water bottle and some snacks are crucial....
Rodgers passed for 283 yards and three touchdowns in Green Bay’s 37-30 victory at New Orleans on “Sunday Night Football.” He’s back in MVP form with 887 yards passing, nine touchdown passes and no interceptions through a blistering three-game stretch in which the Packers have averaged 40.7 points and 459.7 yards per game. But Rodgers isn’t the biggest talking point with Green Bay, which is one of three remaining unbeaten teams in the NFC along with the Bears and Seahawks....
Green Bay’s nightmare scenario came to fruition on Sunday when Aaron Rodgers suffered a broken collarbone as he was bundled to the ground by Minnesota Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr in a 23-10 defeat that dropped them to 4-2 on the season. The loss of Rodgers cannot be overstated. Along with Tom Brady and Peyton Manning, he is the gold standard of modern-day NFL quarterback play, a man whose mere presence has seen even the most injury-ravaged Packers teams remain contenders, with his remarkable proclivity for Houdini acts rescuing Green Bay time and again....
Aaron Rodgers, DeShone Kizer, Tim Boyle and Manny Wilkins took part in the festivities, sporting accurate portrayals of the 1996 film. HAISLOP: Week 1 NFL picks straight up: Packers edge Bears; Jaguars stun Chiefs It’s like Halloween in August. Rodgers assumed the character of Hal L. (played in the movie by Ben Stiller), while Kizer was Chubbs Peterson, Boyle was Happy and Wilkins was the caddie. The quarterbacks put on a flawless performance with their attire....
Aaron Rodgers has so many outside weapons, you’d think the Packers built this team as if the NFL’s best quarterback needs all the help he can get. The blow of an injury is cushioned by a wealth of versatile receivers. MORE: Ranking the NFL’s Top 20 receivers | Why Packers are SN’s Super Bowl pick “It’s important for a receiver in our system to be able to play everywhere,” coach Mike McCarthy told Sporting News after a recent training camp practice....
Rodgers injured his leg against the Bears but came back to lead the Packers to a stunning 24-23 opening-week victory in the NFL. The star QB sustained the problem after Bears defensive end Roy Robertson-Harris fell on him with just over nine minutes remaining before half-time and left the field on a cart, but surprised everyone by coming back out for the second half. Rodgers completed 17 of 23 passes for 273 yards and three touchdowns to inspire the biggest fourth-quarter comeback in Green Bay history....
Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are used to those kinds of temperatures in November and pivoted to a run-heavy team against the Cowboys in victorious fashion last week. Derrick Henry and the Titans are fine with a run-heavy game plan per usual to avoid exposing Ryan Tannehill and their limited passing attack too much. Rodgers won’t have wide receiver Romeo Doubs (ankle) again, but fellow red-hot rookie Christian Watson (ankle) and veteran Allen Lazard (shoulder) will be available....
WWE Superstars often spend several years in the company’s developmental system before appearing on RAW and SmackDown. In the early 2010s, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes paired Paige and Reigns together during a Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) promo class. Speaking on Renee Paquette’s Oral Sessions podcast, Paige said Rhodes wanted her character to break up with Reigns after he stole her toaster. The two-time Divas Champion also revealed how she felt “embarrassed” after reading a love letter to Reigns, who was known as Leakee at the time....
Representatives Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) have recently acted in ways that reflect unfavorably on the House of Representatives and betray their oaths to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. Congresswoman Waters flew to Minnesota during the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, where she said that if the jury found Chauvin not guilty, “We’ve got to stay on the street, and we’ve got to get more active, we’ve got to get more confrontational....
Should women start popping aspirin to prevent breast cancer? No, says Dr. Alfred Neugut, senior investigator on the study. More-rigorous trials are needed first–and regular aspirin use can cause gastric bleeding. If you’re already taking the little wonder drug for heart problems, though, it’s nice to know there may be an added benefit.
Most aides hem and haw when they disagree with the president. But if Dick Morris is to be believed, Clinton has what Morris calls “a morbid appetite for criticism.” He likes it when people stand up to him. That’s one reason Clinton promoted Emanuel, 37, to replace George Stephanopoulos as senior adviser for policy and strategy. The other reason is that Emanuel has no hesitation about telling other people what to do–or else....
A New OCR PowerToy Is in the Works The eagle-eyed BetaNews spotted the new toy in the wild after the PowerToys official GitHub page saw a new pull titled “Create new OCR PowerToy.” The description doesn’t waste words discussing what it does: OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition, and it describes an app or service that can “read” text and transcribe it for you. There are plenty of free OCR apps out there that can do the job, but the quality of the transcription is what makes or breaks an OCR app....
Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has agreed to go back to Chelsea this summer and has put Zenit St. Petersburg striker Hulk, 26, at the top of his transfer shopping list. What’s the story? No, he hasn’t. Does it make sense? Of course not. Is the price right? Well, Zenit paid £50m for him last summer. So, even if they were willing to take a 50% loss, £25m is still an obscene amount for him....
Atletico Madrid have joined city rivals Real in the race to sign Luis Suarez from Liverpool, having sold Radamel Falcao to Monaco for £50m. But Real could cool their interest in the Reds striker, 26, if they are encouraged to move for his fellow Uruguayan, Napoli striker Edinson Cavani, 26. Full story: Mail on Sunday What’s the story? A tale of two Uruguayans. Atletico haven’t been afraid of spending big to replace strikers that they have sold in the past....
As we move in to the off-season, an unprecedented amount of managerial movement around Europe will surely see an already frantic transfer market go in to overdrive. This will give plenty of opportunities for transfer rumour and gossip. So how much of it is realistic? Returning Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has targeted Galatasaray playmaker Wesley Sneijder as one of his first signings. The Dutch international, 28, played under Mourinho at Inter Milan....
