I Felt Confident And Went For It Rizal Fahmi On Spectacular Equaliser

Selangor forwards were unable to find the back of the net in their Super League encounter against Sarawak on Tuesday, but thankfully defender Rizal Fahmi Rosid was able to find their equaliser, in a match which ended 1-1. At the Sarawak Stadium, the visitors went behind in the 34th minute to Mateo Roskam’s goal, but just 10 minutes later, Rizal struck from 30 meters out after dribbling closer towards the Sarawak penalty area....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 217 words · Charles Talbot

I Lost My Job For Saying Males Aren T Women. So I Sued My Employer

After losing and then appealing that loss, an employment tribunal in London has now declared that I was a victim of discrimination because of my belief that the two sexes are immutable. This victory is the end of a long road for me. It started on my own; isolated, shocked at the response of my workplace to a few tweets and unsure of what was happening. I am a mother, and the main wage earner in my family....

January 9, 2023 · 7 min · 1314 words · David Robinson

I M 10 I Was Homeless Now I M A Chess Master

When my family moved from Nigeria to America in 2017 as refugees I didn’t even know where America was. But when we came here, I was really happy. There was a pastor here who got us situated in a homeless shelter in New York City. I was sharing a room with my brother and my mom and dad were in a room upstairs, so we were kind of separate, but I didn’t mind....

January 9, 2023 · 5 min · 1057 words · Michele Evans

I M A Plastic Surgeon This Is What I Use Instead Of Botox

I always knew I would pursue a career in medicine, but I didn’t know I would become a surgeon myself until I arrived at medical school. In my opinion, cosmetic surgery is the only surgical field where you can use your artistry and have some freedom; it’s a mix of art and medical engineering. I trained back home in Istanbul before moving to New York University as a visiting surgeon....

January 9, 2023 · 6 min · 1128 words · Janet Prince

I M A Psychologist Sleep Divorce Could Save Your Relationship

A big part of that research involved going to rehabilitation centers for people suffering from alcohol dependency. We discovered that treating patients for their sleep problems—ideally early in the recovery process—lowered their risk of relapse because in many cases, they were turning to alcohol when they couldn’t sleep. We noticed positive changes in people in just a few weeks. It was incredibly rewarding. After seeing the power sleep has over someone’s well being, I knew I wanted to pursue it further in my career....

January 9, 2023 · 6 min · 1158 words · Christopher Kahn

I M A Teenage Protester Young People Are Changing America

With a click of a button, the exam I had spent so long studying for, both in the classroom and alone, was finally over. It took just 55 minutes alone in my bedroom, but it still felt just as stressful as if it had taken place at school. This year was always going to be one of the most pivotal and important in terms of our high school education, as colleges would be closely looking at the transcripts of juniors and seniors prepared to graduate....

January 9, 2023 · 7 min · 1343 words · Sal Caraway

I M Cloning My Cat After Failing To Clone My Dog

Then in 2008, I acquired a Cocker Spaniel named Penny through a foster dog program and I decided to keep her. She was a year and a half old and a dear little thing who was my shadow and companion for the next 11 years. We went everywhere together and she was just delightful; very perceptive and intuitive. In 2018, Penny developed cancer and I spent $32,000 ($40,000 CAD) on her care over the subsequent seven months, but she passed in June of 2019....

January 9, 2023 · 7 min · 1426 words · Luella Yates

I M Totally Focused On Sunderland Defoe Insists West Ham Interest Was One Way

Perez rules out Copa final at Bernabeu The Black Cats are currently at the foot of the Premier League table having lost 15 of their 24 top-flight fixtures so far this term, though Defoe’s 14 goals have given David Moyes’ side hope of survival. Defoe was the centre of interest from his former club West Ham during the January window as Slaven Bilic looked to add strength to his attacking unit, though the 34-year-old insists he was not tempted to return to the capital....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 222 words · John Gade

I Made Mistakes

Now Kohl himself was under attack for refusing to come clean about a network of slush funds he controlled. By his stubborn silence, Schuble told his longtime mentor, Kohl was leading the party into “an abyss.” Later that morning, after a “tearful” meeting of the party leadership, the ex-chancellor gave up the fight. “I’ve decided to… resign from the honorary chairmanship of the Christian Democratic Party,” he declared. “I’ve been a member of the CDU for 50 years and it remains my home....

January 9, 2023 · 7 min · 1456 words · Sally Long

I Name People S Babies For A Living

In 2015, I was in the midst of writing my first screenplay. I was getting a little stifled and burned out, and realized that my favorite part of writing the screenplay was choosing the character names. I needed a creative outlet and decided to start an Instagram account, What’s In A Baby Name, to write in detail about individual baby names that I thought were special. My early posts discussed the history, etymology, cultural relevance and numerology of each name....

January 9, 2023 · 7 min · 1331 words · Jerry Robertson

I Quit My Six Figure Job To Talk About Sex For A Living

I was on a six-figure salary. But, after two years, I gave it all up to launch a podcast about sex. Growing up in Orlando, Florida I didn’t have the best sex education. We were taught the basics—don’t get pregnant, Jesus, menstruation. All the hard stuff, the real conversations about sex and the power it can have, came from my mother. I remember the day my mom caught me watching porn in my room....

January 9, 2023 · 4 min · 777 words · Jeanelle Archambault

I Saw The Mountain Break Into Two

Townspeople say they saw cracks in the hillsides before the second slide. One survivor, Maria Dolores Villa, tried to warn relief workers that the area was dangerous. “I shouted [for them] to stay away, but they had come to rescue a young girl and just kept at it,” Villa told El Espectador, a Bogota daily. “I saw the mountain break into two and bury them.” By the weekend, eight people were still missing and feared dead....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 93 words · Sarah Williams

I Think I Can Coach Anywhere Confident And Improved Arena Has U.S. Believing

The brash Brooklyn-born coach has piled up championships dating back to his days coaching the University of Virginia to his more recent stint building a dynasty with the LA Galaxy. In between was his impressive first go-round as head coach of the U.S. national team. Now, a decade after that first stint in charge, Arena not only believes he’s better equipped to handle the job of U.S. coach, he believes there isn’t a coaching job he can’t handle....

January 9, 2023 · 8 min · 1513 words · Kevin Moyer

I Ve A Gut Feeling Mesut Ozil Is Signing A New Deal Arsenal Icon Predicts Star Will Stay

Both men have entered the final 12 months of their respective deals at Emirates Stadium, with neither yet to agree fresh terms. Arsenal to win any major trophy - 15/8 Sanchez continues to spark endless rounds of transfer speculation as his future remains squarely under the microscope, with Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain among his many suitors. He is yet to return to the Arsenal fold amid the uncertainty – although he is back in England – but Ozil has figured in pre-season and cult hero Groves believes the World Cup winner can be persuaded to extend his stay in north London....

January 9, 2023 · 4 min · 642 words · Anna Vinci

I Want To Be The Best Egyptian Ever Mohamed Salah

The Liverpool forward was rewarded for an incredible 2017 as he clinched the BBC Player of the Year award beating club teammate, Sadio Mane, Borussia Dortmund and Gabon attacker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Nigeria and Chelsea’s wing-back Victor Moses and, RP Leipzig and Guinea’s midfielder Naby Keita. Salah was made the Kops’ record signing after a laudable 2016-17 season at Italian outfit, Roma where he scored 19 goals 39 games across all competitions....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 263 words · Scott Gilmore

I Was Afraid It Would Look Worse Hummels Explains His New Haircut

How PSG could line up wtih Draxler Hummels featured as Bayern defeated their visitors 3-0 to take a three-point lead into the Bundesliga’s mid-season break. But the usually quiet and unassuming defender attracted attention for a head of peroxide blond hair, not matched by his naturally dark facial fuzz. And Hummels was forced to explain how a lost game of skittles at Munich’s Oktoberfest beer festival meant he had to bleach his locks as a forfeit....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 116 words · Lewis Sessions

I Was Just A Pensioner Queen Lookalike Shares Tribute To Elizabeth Ii

This 81-year-old, in particular, felt a “connection” to the Queen and says she felt like a “family member had passed away.” When Patricia Jarram was 11 years old, Elizabeth II became the Queen of the United Kingdom on February 6, 1952. The Queen has always been a part of Patricia’s life from seeing the Coronation in London aged ten to more recently working as a lookalike. The grandma-of-three has traveled across the UK to act as the Queen for a living, after retiring as a special needs teaching assistant....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 598 words · Jasmine Collins

I Was Stabbed 23 Times In Broad Daylight By A Man I Knew

I was also single at the time. I had dated my ex-partner from 2014 to the middle of 2015. We had met through law school, but eight or nine months prior, I had stopped talking to him and blocked him from all my social media channels. Even though we were in the same class at the same college, I maintained a distance. Telling his partner that women are supposed to act, behave and dress in a way that men want seemed to be OK to him....

January 9, 2023 · 8 min · 1674 words · Christian Day

I Was Sure I Was Dead

A NEWSWEEK photographer and I had been hiding out in the desert frontier. We had crossed the border on our own. Now here we were with a group of Marines. As “unilaterals,” journalists who are not embedded with U.S. forces, we were not all that welcome. But they let us join their convoy in our Pajeros (basically, gas-guzzling SUVs). We drove down a road with mines on either side. At night, the Marines told us that we had to go back south....

January 9, 2023 · 6 min · 1142 words · Todd Thomas

I Woke Up And She Was Already Gone 15 Year Old Dies From Rare Covid Related Condition

Officials have been warning parents about Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children, also referred to as MIS-C. It causes inflammation in various parts of the body, and while it’s unclear what causes the disease, many children with it either had COVID-19 or were around someone who tested positive. One of those children was Alyssa Simons of North Carolina. Simons and her family tested positive for COVID-19 in March, according to WSOC, and she was largely asymptomatic....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 404 words · Sarah Staplins