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Rioting is never justified, and it cannot be lost on anyone that some of the very same voices currently outraged by mob violence ignored, downplayed or even supported it when it came from political causes they agreed with. That attitude helped create the environment that made the chaos at the Capitol possible. These voices are now rewriting history for political expediency. They could help bring this country together by finally acknowledging that all riots and armed insurrections—regardless of the politics driving them—are destructive, dangerous and must be stopped....

It is apparent, though, that the men’s game is still being dictated by the likes of Nadal (35) and Novak Djokovic (34) given the success they have had in the last few years. While the top draws in tournaments are still these household names, what do the ATP rankings suggest in terms of the rise of Next Gen stars in the world of professional tennis? Here’s a look at the distribution, by age and end-of-year rankings, across the last 10 years:...

It depicts a stone-faced Andrea Agnelli puncturing a football with a golden dagger. Street artist Laika has christened the piece ‘Il Golpe Fallito’ (‘The Failed Coup’), in reference to the doomed European Super League (ESL), which collapsed almost as rapidly as it had been founded. After decades of posturing and threats by Europe’s elite clubs, talk of a breakaway tournament had resurfaced on Saturday afternoon. UEFA had just finalised plans for a revamped Champions League but the governing body’s president, Aleksandar Ceferin, received calls from five of the 12 founders of the ESL to confirm that the rumours were true....

Aguero scored hat-tricks in back-to-back home wins for Manchester City over Arsenal and Chelsea and struck the winning goal from the penalty spot against West Ham. The Argentina international, who has won six monthly Premier League awards, beat off competition from Ashley Barnes, Sean Longstaff, Sadio Mane, Paul Pogba, Luke Shaw, Virgil van Dijk and Wilfried Zaha. City’s four straight wins over Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton and West Ham also secured Guardiola the Manager of the Month award....

The interim guidance was released on January 24, 2022, and advises healthcare providers to wear a respirator, like an N95 mask, along with other personal protective equipment (PPE) like a gown, gloves, and eye protection, when performing CPR on people with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19. The AHA stressed the importance of wearing the appropriate PPE before performing procedures that can produce aerosols like chest compression, defibrillation, bag-mask ventilation, and intubation....

Luckily, there were tons of press members who found themselves invited into that exclusive room. So while the new look at Ahsoka isn’t quite ready to be seen by the general public, it’s absolutely ready to get mercilessly dissected by enthusiastic journalists everywhere. Thanks to those accounts, a number of exciting returns are now all but confirmed for the show, which should make fans of Star Wars Rebels quite happy....

While Sonowal was the chief guest, singer Shaan performed the tournament’s official anthem at the Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor stadium. No Indian featured in the opening day’s bouts. The first day of the Championships witnessed some upset results with fancied Waikai Shylah of New Zealand and England’s Chloe Watson crashing out of in the first round. Shylah, who trains in Australia but represents New Zealand, started off well against her Australian opponent Heibloem Indianna before losing by a close 2-3 margin in the 51kg light flyweight category....

Romney returned fire Friday morning. Just hours after landing in the northeast, the former Massachusetts governor lashed out at McCain. “There’s no way Senator McCain can come to New Hampshire and say he can be the candidate to change Washington. He is Washington,” Romney said. The McCain camp blasted back, calling Romney “desperate” and adding that “it’s not surprising to see that he has brought his angry, negative rhetoric to New Hampshire....

The Mass Athlete Awareness Program Against Doping, which is a NADA educational programme, is set to be a regular fixture from 2019-20 onwards. The NADA-designed programme will be introduced to Indian Football for the first time, and will be held on Saturday, November 23 in Bellary, and on Sunday, November 24 in Bengaluru. The workshops will get underway this month. The programme has been created in order to spread anti-doping awareness among sportspersons and support staff, including all the stakeholders in the Indian Football community, with the aim of decreasing the incidences of doping amongst the Indian athletes and promote fair play....

The victory moved Ajax to 71 points from 29 matches, two ahead of second-placed PSV Eindhoven, with five rounds of matches still to play. There were emotional scenes at the Amsterdam Arena ahead of the game as Cruyff, who died aged 68 on March 24 after a battle with lung cancer, was remembered with giant replicas of his Ajax, Barcelona and Netherlands national team jerseys laid out on the pitch....

Goals from Hakim Ziyech, David Neres, Dusan Tadic and Lasse Schone saw Ajax rout the three-time defending champions to complete an unforgettable 5-3 aggregate win in the last 16. Ajax trailed 2-1 after the first leg in Amsterdam but travelled to Madrid and left Spain with a quarter-final berth thanks to an incredible display against Santiago Solari’s struggling outfit. De Boer – who was part of the Ajax side that defeated Madrid 2-0 in their group-stage clash at the Bernabeu in November 1995 as they went on to reach the final – hailed the achievement of Erik ten Hag’s men....

CSL club confirms Rooney approach The 16-year-old has long been linked with a move to Old Trafford and reports in December claimed that Redan had been spotted at United’s training ground ahead of a potential deal. The Dutchman has been capped at Under-15, 16 and 17 level by his country, and has scored goal at each, leading to interest from United. However, Redan has now revealed to Goal that he does not intend to move to the Premier League club, instead choosing to sign a new contract as he looks to break into the first-team in the Eredivisie....

Among the names that have emerged from the recent SEA Games men’s football tournament is hosts Malaysia’s own Akhyar Abdul Rashid. The 18-year old forward was not quite a key player in Datuk Ong Kim Swee’s squad, but everytime he was fielded he proved himself a threat to their opponents’ defence with his nippy runs and unpredictable dribbling. And the Kedah youth player’s stock is rising. While his Malaysia U22 teammates got to return home following the conclusion of the SEA Games with the hosts winning the silver medal, Akhyar is far from finished....

With a new anime series for the franchise in development by Otomo as well as an upcoming live-action film from Taika Waititi, it’s worth a look to see how a cult-classic mangaka also pivoted to becoming a legend of anime film. RELATED: Sci-Fi Anime to Watch if You Loved The Orbital Children Katsuhiro Otomo’s Inspirations Akira’s director Katsuhiro Otomo harbored an appreciation for manga at an early age. Growing up in Miyagi Prefecture in the rural Tohoku Region of northern Japan, manga books provided a major source of entertainment to break up the monotonies of small-town boyhood....

Here’s what I think it was: For the past eight years, Democrats have believed in the political science of innoculation. The Clinton-Gore strategy for taking power in 1992 and holding it in 1996 was to systematically take away all of the issues Republicans had used for years against Democrats–that they were soft on crime, coddled welfare recipients, squishy on defense, spendthrifts with the budget. The Democrats were very successsful at that, and they put the GOP in a pickle....

Weinstein has been in the news since reports from The New York Times and The New Yorker claimed the Hollywood film executive sexually harassed and assaulted more than a dozen women. Several other women have since stepped forward claiming similar encounters. The Giants, on the other hand, had a lot of players injured last week, including star receiver Odell Beckham Jr. They also suspended defensive back Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, reportedly after he argued with coach Ben McAdoo....

Fox Sport’s Clay Travis initially reported on Saturday that former USC coach Steve Sarkisian would be announced as a special offensive assistant by the team on Tuesday. The Tuscaloosa News’ Aaron Suttles corroborated the report by saying Sarkisian was traveling to Tuscaloosa to discuss coming on as an offensive analyst. MORE: Ranking Alabama’s neutral site openers under Nick Saban Sarkisian has not accepted any official role as of yet; he is currently serving as an analyst for Fox Sports 1 this season....

Israel: Haaretz rates them from one to nine on friendliness to Israel—McCain (7.75), Clinton (7.5), Obama (5.12) Cuba: Granma zings McCain as anti-Cuba; Havana hasn’t forgotten he served in the U.S. Navy during Cuban missile crisis. Germany: Der Spiegel doesn’t like McCain either; denounces Democrat infighting as a boon to McCain in November. Britain: The Guardian predicts that Huckabee, with appeal limited to the south, will become McCain’s running mate....

But there’s one thing he’s not likely to win on Sunday. The honor of winning the first medal in the games will likely come in wushu, one of the traditional martial arts, and could even go to another Sun of China. The men’s changquan competition in wushu starts at 9 a.m. local time and is predicted to be the first final completed at the 18th Asian Games. Sun Peiyuan won the changquan when the 2015 world championships were held in Indonesia and is one of the favorites for gold among 18 starters....

Despite the glow of his approval ratings, this will prove a tough challenge. The old conservative coalition has frayed. The issues that kept conservatives in power around the Western world over the past few decades–Soviet communism, sky-high taxes, student radicalism–have largely disappeared. (This is the downside of winning political battles.) That’s why in every European country except Spain the right has imploded and a left-of-center party is in power....