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California Senator Kamala Harris, the former prosecutor, and Florida Representative Val Demings, the former police chief, have emerged as strong candidates to be the vice presidential nominee, in part because they are African American. But while advocates, including black activists, acknowledge the historic lack of diversity at the top of presidential tickets, they said that being black isn’t enough in this day and age and that truly speaking to the community means records and votes should be given equal weight....

Justino defeated American Leslie Smith early in the first round of UFC 198 in her hometown of Curitiba, Brazil, on Saturday night, and was too busy celebrating to be concerned about trash talking Ronda Rousey. MORE: Cyborg pummels Smith | Stipe Miocic wins heavyweight title “I believe it was my moment. Tonight was my moment, it was historic,” Justino said in her post-fight media conference. “I never thought I’d be sitting here tonight....

While Lionel Messi is still plying his trade for Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo has moved to Juventus after nine fruitful seasons with Real Madrid. The pair are banging in the goals despite being in their 30s and have shown no signs of slowing down. Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi - Europe’s transformers Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have dominated European football since bursting onto the scene in the 2000s, but what would it be like if the superstar duo never graced Europe with their presence?...

‘Ronaldo has lost his appetite for scoring goals’ The Portuguese has netted just twice in the European competition this term and those came in Los Blancos’ first two games in the group stages - at home to his old club Sporting CP and away to Borussia Dortmund. The four-time Ballon d’or winner struck a fantastic free-kick as Madrid came from behind to beat Sporting 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu and then opened the scoring for Zinedine Zidane’s side in Dortmund after 17 minutes in a 2-2 draw on September 27....

Ricardo Marques Ferreira was named as the victim whose body was found by a cleaner in Zurich’s Albisrieden neighborhood in the west of the city on Friday. Social media posts showed Ferreira touching up Ronaldo’s hair before a 2015 photo shoot and Portugal’s leading tabloid newspaper Correio da Manha linked him to the 34-year-old Juventus player. The dead man, who is from the Portuguese island of Madeira like Ronaldo, was discovered at roughly 2 p....

With 450 goals in 438 matches, Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer for real Madrid. The former Manchester United man has helped the Madrid to numerous trophies including 4 champions league titles, 3 of which came in succession. From a crafty winger at Manchester United to devastating goalscorer at Real Madrid, the journey of Cristiano Ronaldo to the pinnacle of football has been majestic. A journey that has yielded numerous accolades, especially 5 ballon dors which make him tied with his Argentine counterpart Lionel Messi for most....

England and Croatia last met each other some 13 weeks ago in Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, in the World Cup semi-final. England got an early lead on the match through a sumptuous free-kick from Kieran Trippier. However, Ivan Perisic equalized for the Croats and England’s hope for a final after 52 years were dashed when Mario Mandzukic scored the winner in the injury time. So, Friday’s UEFA Nations League match was a chance for England to take the revenge....

Julio Otero Fernández was wading knee-deep in the Matina River in Limón, eastern Costa Rica, when the reptile lunged at him, pulled him under and killed him. Julio’s distraught parents have urged authorities to find the crocodile and kill it. The boy’s body has still not been found, and emergency services have run into difficulty with their search in recent days due to heavy rain. Parents Don Julio and Margini Fernández Flores were so traumatized by their son’s death, they plan to move to Nicaragua to try and protect their other young children, aged between three and 16....

John and Allison McDonald from Stockton-on-Tees, in County Durham in the north-east of England bought a lottery lucky dip ticket for the draw on Wednesday, December 18. Their family had been through a tough 2019. Their 15-year-old son Ewan had undergone six rounds of chemotherapy after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in May, Teeside Live reported. But after seeing that the numbers on his lottery ticket matched the drawing, John McDonald revealed his “legs were trembling” when he rang the lottery operator Camelot to check that he was not mistaken, according to Sky News....

Ahead of their first ever pay-per-view, Saturday Night SuperFight, in November, I was invited to join founder Court Bauer on a media conference call to discuss all things MLW - and I couldn’t resist asking about recent comments made by one of the biggest stars in the history of the company, and one of wrestling’s hottest prospects, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, about his contractual status with MLW. MJF had previously told Fightful that he can compete in both AEW and MLW as “Court Bauer knows where his bread is buttered, and that’s with MJF....

The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals determined in a 2-1 vote that the vaccine mandate bans for federal contractors currently active in the states can continue to be implemented. The bans were implemented by the states as they argued that the proposed vaccination mandate proposed by President Joe Biden is unconstitutional and an overstep of his presidential duties. “The plaintiff states have plausibly shown that the contractor mandate threatens to damage each of the states’ economies,” the judges wrote in their decision....

Courtois, 26, is reportedly a target for LaLiga giants Real Madrid with only a year remaining on his contract with the Premier League side. But Courtois, who helped Belgium secure third place at the World Cup Saturday, said he may yet remain at Chelsea. “Now I’m going to talk to my agent to see what the possibilities are. All options are open for me. I may also stay at Chelsea,” he said, via Marca....

Valverde started Coutinho, Dembele, Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez together for the first time and he was buoyed by the efforts of this season’s two blockbusting signings. Coutinho opened his La Liga account with an excellent long-range strike, while both he and Dembele set up Luis Suarez on his way to a hat-trick, with Lionel Messi netting twice. And while Messi and Suarez took most plaudits for turning the result around after Girona’s early opening goal, Valverde feels things are coming together with Dembele and Coutinho....

Coutinho was left out of Liverpool’s squad for Saturday’s 5-0 Premier League thrashing at Manchester City, agreeing with manager Klopp that he needed to do work to build his fitness after his absence over the opening weeks of the season. Liverpool 4/6 to beat Sevilla Back injuries and illness were cited as the reasons for the Brazil international’s absence against the backdrop of a transfer request and a succession of bids from Barcelona that Liverpool rebuffed....

The 6-foot-8 Yakwe, who hails from Bamako, Mali, was the leading shot-blocker in Nike’s EYBL circuit this year. Yakwe also fielded interest from Indiana and Maryland, but had narrowed his choice to St. John’s and Oregon before ultimately committing to the Red Storm. MORE: Division I champions through the years | Markelle Fultz chooses Washington “Both schools did a great job, but the biggest thing is I felt like I was at home at St....

For the last two years, the motorcycle industry has seen unprecedented growth, at a time when the passenger vehicle industry has struggled to produce vehicles for sale. According to the Motorcycle Industry Council Retail Sales Reporting System, which gathers new-motorcycle and scooter retail sales data from the 14 leading manufacturers and distributors in the U.S , motorcycle sales are up for the second straight year. Motorcycle sales, across all categories — scooters, on-highway, dual purpose and off-highway — are up 21....

The message was shared Monday by actress June Diane Raphael who tweeted a screenshot of a text received from her “best friend (pulmonary and critical care doctor).” Asked by Raphael “how she was doing”, the doctor responded: “We are overflowing our units. We are short staffed. We are physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted. “We are completely surging. I am carrying more and sicker patients than ever in my career. They are almost all covid....

On Monday, Orange County announced it would establish the first of five Super Point-of-Dispensing (POD) vaccination sites at Disneyland. It is hoped thousands of residents will be vaccinated each day at the Super PODs, according to a news release. Disneyland’s vaccine site will be “operational later this week,” the release said. The news came the day that California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed mass vaccination sites would be open “this week” at locations including the Dodger Stadium, Padres Stadium, and CalExpo....