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European football is reeling with stadiums largely empty and revenues down, but it is business as usual on the field for the continent’s biggest clubs this week as the Champions League group stage gets underway and Bayern Munich begin their defence of the trophy. Hansi Flick’s all-conquering team have a glamour tie to get things going, at home to Diego Simeone’s Atletico Madrid on Wednesday. It will be a fascinating contest, and as Bayern’s Thomas Mueller admitted after the draw was made, “the… Source link

MMA Weekly Brian Ortega dominates Korean Zombie at UFC Fight Island 6 to land title shot In the fourth of its five-event stint on Fight Island, the UFC saw Brian Ortega dominate Korean Zombie (Chan Sung Jung) to earn a featherweight title shot. Jessica Andrade may very well have punched her own ticket to a championship challenge in the flyweight division with her win over Katlyn Chookagian in the co-main event. Brian Ortega puts on striking display to best Korean Zombie After a short… Source link

Women in India in 1870 – new research by a Harvard professor explores sexuality under British authorities In 1868, police in the British-ruled Indian city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) sent a woman called Sukhimonee Raur to prison for evading a genital examination which had been made compulsory for “registered” sex workers. Under the colonial Contagious Diseases Act, designed to contain the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, sex workers had to “register themselves at police stations, get… Source link

(Bloomberg) — When OPEC and its allies met last month, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister dared oil speculators to test his determination to stabilize global markets. Now that a resurgent pandemic is threatening demand once again, the moment of reckoning is getting closer. The coalition of crude producers gathers on Monday to assess the state of the market. No supply decisions are expected until Dec. 1 but leading members Saudi Arabia and Russia are already stepping up diplomacy. President… Source link

The coronavirus is relentless, insidious, infectious and completely oblivious to your opinions. Last Saturday afternoon, Florida coach Dan Mullen was pushing for his school to allow some 90,000 fans to jam Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville for this week’s matchup with LSU. By Wednesday, the game was postponed due to an outbreak of COVID-19 among Florida players and coaches.  By Saturday, Mullen announced he had COVID-19 himself. Just like that. There is no need to pile on Mullen. After… Source link

Florida coach Dan Mullen has tested positive for COVID-19, he confirmed in a statement on Saturday. Mullen said he’s isolating from his family and he’s experiencing “mild to no symptoms.” Mullen’s positive test comes amid an outbreak of staff and players that’s amounted to more than 20 positive tests. Florida’s game against LSU scheduled for Saturday had already been postponed, as the school announced on Wednesday that it didn’t have enough players to play. Mullen’s positive… Source link

A positive COVID-19 test on the practice squad of the Jacksonville Jaguars appears to have had significant consequences. The Jaguars announced early Saturday that an unidentified member of their practice squad had tested positive through the NFL’s daily testing protocols. 13 Jaguars players hit reserve/COVID-19 list Hours later, the team announced this whopper of a roster move: The Jacksonville Jaguars have placed the following players on the Practice Squad/COVID-19 list: Cottrell, Nathan (RB,… Source link

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign is warning supporters that the 2020 race is “far closer” than has been suggested. Biden’s campaign manager, Jen O’Malley Dillon, in a memo warned supporters they should not grow complacent about the state of the race due to the Democratic nominee’s consistent lead in national polls, The New York Times and The Washington Post report. “We cannot become complacent because the very searing truth is that Donald Trump can still win this race,… Source link

There are a lot of questions about the search for the next Houston Rockets head coach, but we also know a few things. We know now that Rafael Stone is running the search now that Daryl Morey has stepped away from the franchise. We also know that the three finalists for the Houston head coach job are Jeff Van Gundy, John Lucas, Stephen Silas, as reported by Mark Berman of Fox News 26 in Houston. Van Gundy is a former Rockets (and Knicks) coach turned broadcaster who has been eager to get back… Source link

A Kentucky postal worker who allegedly threw out more than 100 absentee ballots in a dumpster on Thursday has been fired by the U.S. Postal Service and may face federal prosecution. The Postal Service Office of Inspector General discovered 112 discarded absentee ballots intended for voters in ZIP code 40299, which is located in the Louisville metro area, as well as two political fliers that had also been discarded. The unidentified individual responsible for throwing out the ballots in a… Source link