The Argentina international netted a late double to build upon Luis Suarez’s first-half effort and hand the Blaugrana a 3-0 victory at Camp Nou ahead of the reverse fixture at Anfield on Tuesday. The second of thos goals came from a dead ball situation as he beat Alisson from 30 yards - a strike which also saw him bring up his 600th goal for the Spanish champions. Ernesto Valverde’s side were far from their best at points and spent much of the second half as the lesser of the two sides, with Jurgen Klopp’s Reds pushing for a then-equaliser....

As a young girl I looked up to her. I lived in Detroit, Michigan and one year, Miss America appeared at an auto show. My dad wanted to take me to get her autograph, but I didn’t want to go, I was so embarrassed. I thought she was so special that I couldn’t even be in her presence. In 1968, when I was 20, I found out about the Miss Detroit pageant....

I had a good job at a media company, and a nice apartment on the 17th floor of a stylish building, living amid the bright lights and waterways of Canary Wharf, London. I grew up in North Plains, Oregon, but I’ve lived everywhere from Sweden to Dubai, and had moved to London in October 2019 for work . Up until recently, I was lucky enough to spend most of my weekends vacationing in different European countries—like Luxembourg and Cyprus....

Francis Amuzu scored the solitary goal to help the Purple and White secure their 11th league win this season. The Everton loanee who made his 28th appearance for Hein Vanhaezebrouck’s side was replaced by Ivan Obradovic in the 78th minute after he got injured. And the forward has taken to the social media to allay any fear as he is optimistic about bouncing back ‘fitter and stronger’, soon. “What a great year it has been for me, thank you to everyone that has supported me, especially the Almighty God,” Onyekuru tweeted....

The petition, hosted at MoveOn.org, had garnered more than 236,000 signatures as of early Thursday morning, with individuals adding their names just minutes before the site was examined by Newsweek. Renewed interest in the petition comes after it was reported on Wednesday that the House of Representatives’ Select Committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021 has obtained emails between Virginia “Ginni” Thomas and conservative lawyer John Eastman. Eastman is considered the architect of a plan to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election by having then Vice President Mike Pence reject Electoral College votes on January 6....

In a lengthy post, the remaining moderator team on the r/GabbyPetito thread acknowledged that the awards, which first appeared last week and featured a number of designs related to Petito and her interests, were both “tasteless” and “inappropriate.” Petito was reported missing by her parents after failing to return home from a road trip with her boyfriend Brian Laundrie. Her body was discovered in Wyoming last month with a coroner subsequently determining she died as a result of strangulation....

“The evacuation of Afghans who supported the US should’ve cast a wider net and been better planned. That’s an inexcusable failure of this administration. When images of executions start spreading, let’s also remember that Trump wanted to invite Taliban warlords to Camp David,” tweeted Walter Shaub, who served as director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics between 2013 to 2017. In a rapid advance that has apparently stunned the White House, the Taliban has captured at least 26 of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals in less than two weeks....

Another angle of the chaos: MORE: Check out lavish Lithuania resort where Ball brothers will live Reporters from the U.S. and across Lithuania gathered for the arrival of LaVar Ball and his sons, LiAngelo and LaMelo. ESPN’s Jeff Goodman described the scene as “insane.” The arrival featured a special “Welcome to Lithuania” performance: LiAngelo and LaMelo signed one-year contracts in December to play for Lithuanian basketball team Prienu Vytautas....

For anyone who just arrived from Neptune, the “nuanced” stance against evolution—that is, the one that doesn’t make you look like a complete Neanderthal—is to note that of course you know that microevolution occurs, with bacteria evolving resistance to antibiotics and mosquitoes to pesticides, for instance. It’s macroevolution—in which one species evolves into another—that gives you pause since, after all, who has seen such a thing? The intelligent design camp also argues that some biological structures are just too darn sophisticated to have evolved through random mutation and natural selection....

Antonio Conte surprised many when he left Azpilicueta out against Swansea City as he rested him to be fresh to start against both Newcastle and Atletico Madrid. It was his first rest in league competition since 2015 and the Spaniard admitted that he was proud due to the difficulty of accomplishing such an impressive run. “Of course [it hurts]! I want to play every game,” Azpilicueta said with a smile after Chelsea’s 1-1 Champions League draw with Atletico Madrid....

Arsenal have fallen all the way to seventh in the Premier League table and have lacked inspiration of late, most recently being held to a 0-0 draw by West Ham on Wednesday as their run of matches without a victory stretched to three. They have been particularly poor on the road, where they’ve picked up just nine points points from nine matches, the second-worst run at this stage of the season in the club’s Premier League history....

Although France dominated the game and had 31 shots, the visitors gave a gutsy display and even went close to securing an incredible victory when Telstar winger Gerson Rodrigues hit the post on a counterattack. European WCQ odds here Even if the hosts were themselves luckless, the Atletico Madrid star was full of admiration for their opponents, comparing them to Diego Simeone’s side. “We’ve no excuses,” he told Canal+. “We played against 11 warriors....

FIFA Player of the Year: All you need to know about the ’new’ award A report in Germany has claimed that the Mexico international could be sold in January if the Bundesliga club’s asking price is met. It is also rumoured that the 28-year-old, who has been linked with Paris Saint-Germain and a possible return to the Premier League, has become unsettled after a falling out with some of his team-mates....

After losing the first set to the Australian wildcard, Nadal rallied back to win the match 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3. Having survived an on-court scare, the Spaniard was then probed by a journalist post-match about the serve clock rule. Every player must serve within 25 seconds of the previous point and the likes of John McEnroe have previously suggested Nadal regularly breaks the rule without being punished. Asked whether such claims could tarnish his legacy, Nadal looked to laugh off the question and admitted timing is something he struggles with but stressed he’s never received preferential treatment....

The lawsuit, brought forward by Washington, D.C., and Maryland, challenged the legality of payments made to Trump’s hotels by foreign officials after he was elected president. They claimed that the president was in violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution, which prohibits members of the U.S. government from receiving gifts from foreign states without the consent of Congress. On Monday, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found that the states had no legal standing to sue Trump....

N.C. State gave a crash course in that principle Thursday night at Consol Energy Center. When you’re playing in the last East Coast game on the first night of the NCAA Tournament, odds are you’ve done your share of sitting around and watching other teams play basketball. MORE: Referee saves UCLA | Harvard’s Saunders leaves impression | Ball falls right for Cincy “We watched the SMU-UCLA finish today about a hundred times on television,” Wolfpack coach Mark Gottfried said after his team’s 66-65 win over LSU....

Chelsea are champions in all but name Marcos Alonso and substitute Cesc Fabregas scored either side of Eden Hazard’s magnificent solo effort in the 53rd minute as Antonio Conte’s men stretched their advantage at the Premier League summit to 12 points. Olivier Giroud headed a consolation in stoppage time to prevent Chelsea from matching the scoreline they suffered at Emirates Stadium in September, but it did little to temper the jubilation at the final whistle....

The game marked the first senior meeting between the heavyweights since a remarkable World Cup semi-final in 2014 when Germany thumped hosts Brazil 7-1 in Belo Horizonte. Low’s side did not come close to replicating that performance, though, and failed to recover from Gabriel Jesus’ solitary first-half goal for Tite’s impressive men. Speaking after the game, Low told ZDF: “It wasn’t a good performance, everyone had problems. We made too many unforced errors and made Brazil stronger....

The wing-back was nominated along Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Naby Keita and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the award. Moses played a major role as Antonio Conte’s men won the English Premier League title last season. Besides, he helped the Super Eagles qualify for the World Cup in Russia and the forward is thrilled with the achievement and hoping to cart home the prestigious prize. “I am very proud and delighted. It’s been a great year for me so far....

Suffa made the claim about Epstein while accepting the award for Best Australian Live Act with his Hilltop Hoods bandmates at the ARIA Music Awards in Sydney on Wednesday. The rapper, whose real name is Matthew Lambert, was delivering the speech on behalf of the band after telling the audience that “no one else wants to do it.” He said: “I’m going to get out a few thank yous because I think this is the last time you’re going to see us....