Manchester City’s midfielder, Bernardo Silva, doesn’t see his Portugal national teammate, Cristiano Ronaldo, as his football idol. Ronaldo is the most decorated footballer from Portugal, and a player like Bernardo Silva is expected to idolize him like thousands of other players in his age bracket. However, Silva doesn’t idolize Ronaldo based on his comments in an interview with ESPN Argentina in which he was asked to name his football idol. Instead, the 30-year-old versatile Portuguese footballer expressed his admiration for former Argentina international, Pablo Aimar. Despite never playing in Argentina, Bernardo Silva reminisced about being captivated by Aimar’s playing style…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready for the U.S. Open before play begins with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year’s last Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is, who the defending champions are and more: When is the draw for the U.S. Open and when do matches start? The draw to set the brackets for the singles fields is Thursday, and matches in the main draw begin next Monday. How to watch the U.S. Open on TV —In the U.S.: ESPN — Other countries are listed here.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues signed defenseman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway to two-year contracts Tuesday after the Edmonton Oilers declined to match the offer sheets for the restricted free agents. Broberg signed for a total of $9.16 million and Holloway $4.58 million. The Blues sent second- and third-round picks to Edmonton. The salary cap-strapped Oilers opted not to keep their two youngest players even after clearing space by trading veteran Cody Ceci to San Jose for younger defenseman Ty Emberson earlier in the week. They had a week to make the decision after St. Louis general manager…
Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner tested positive twice for an anabolic steroid in March but will not be suspended because the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) determined the banned performance-enhancer entered his system unintentionally through a massage from his physiotherapist. The ITIA announced the case’s resolution on Tuesday and said Sinner will lose the $325,000 in prize money and 400 rankings points he earned at the tournament in Indian Wells, California, where his first positive drug test happened. “I will now put this challenging and deeply unfortunate period behind me,” Sinner said in a statement posted on social media. “I will continue…
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama deported 29 Colombians on Tuesday on a flight that the government said was the first paid for by the United States under an agreement the two countries signed in July. The Colombians had entered Panama illegally through the Darien jungle, a path used by more than 500,000 migrants headed north last year. The vast majority of those were Venezuelans. But at least for now, Panama is not able to deport Venezuelans because the relationship between the two countries has turned tense since Panama — like most other countries in the region -– has refused to…
n 2023, manufacturing job postings grew by 46 percent throughout the U.S., making it no surprise that organizations across Nevada are working to develop programs that address demands for blue-collar jobs. “By developing a skilled and diverse workforce, we are not only supporting our local economy but also attracting new businesses to our region,” said Milton Stewart, CEO of Nevadaworks, which partners with employers in Northern Nevada to provide a skilled workforce. As of 2022, almost 22 percent of Nevada’s workforce is considered “blue-collar” workers — a jump from 10.3 percent in 2016. Although vocational high schools and colleges have long been an option in Nevada, four-year…
NEW YORK (AP) — Small business owners overall are feeling positive about their business and achieving the goals they set for this year despite inflation and high labor costs, according to two new surveys. “At the mid-point of 2024, we asked small businesses to look back on the goals they set for the year, and we found that they’re satisfied with their progress and successes over the first half,” said Gina Taylor Cotter, executive vice president and general manager of American Express’ small business products. The American Express survey of more than 1,100 small business financial decision makers found that…
DETROIT (AP) — A high-profile spat between the United Auto Workers and Stellantis over reopening an Illinois factory complex has made its way into the race for U.S. president and could elicit a strike against the automaker. In a speech at the Democratic National Convention Monday night, union President Shawn Fain accused the company of reneging on promises to restart a now-closed assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, just over an hour northwest of Chicago. The union won the reopening in contract talks last fall after a six-week strike at multiple factories run by Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis, as well as General Motors, and…
ODESSA, Texas (AP) — To cope with a growing population and increasing demand for water, a popular resort and residential complex in Terlingua told its residents that it would limit water sales. The eight-member board overseeing 200,000 acres of privately owned land and short-term rentals called Terlingua Ranch Lodge — about 70 miles from the Big Bend National Park — sells drinking and nondrinking water to permanent residents. Many rely on the association for their monthly supply. But for the first time starting in September, the board will reduce the amount of nondrinking water residents can purchase monthly if the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Disney will no longer ask a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+, the company said in a statement Monday. Josh D’Amaro, chairperson of Disney’s theme park division, said the entertainment giant will waive its arbitration rights and allow the suit, brought by the husband of a New York doctor who suffered a fatal allergic reaction after eating at a restaurant in Disney Springs, to proceed in court. Disney had previously argued that Jeffrey Piccolo could not sue the company because he…
NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran producer Almin Karamehmedovic, who’s been the top behind-the-scenes executive at “World News Tonight” since 2014, has been named ABC News president, the network announced on Monday. He replaces Kim Godwin, who retired after three years in May. Godwin faced some internal strife, in part, because she was an outsider: she came to ABC News from an executive role at CBS. Karamehmedovic, by contrast, has worked at ABC News since he was a freelance video editor based in London in 1998. He covered many international stories for ABC News before moving to the U.S. in 2008 and taking…
Moon Unit Zappa got the question a lot, particularly during the “Valley Girl” years: “What was it like growing up with Frank Zappa for a dad?” The eldest daughter of the quirky and unconventional musical visionary, who died at 52 in 1993, gives the world an extended, nuanced, often funny, many times painful answer to that question in her new memoir, “Earth to Moon,” to be released Tuesday. The book’s title carries the power of her life’s journey. Her mother, Frank’s second wife Gail, often used the phrase to scold her as a child — “Earth to Moon, the earth doesn’t revolve…
Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88. NBC’s “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness. Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the first to incorporate audience participation in a talk show, typically during a full hour with a single guest. “Just one guest per show? No band?” he remembered being routinely asked in his 1979 memoir, “Donahue, My Own Story.” The format set “The Phil Donahue Show” apart from…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are holding relatively steady Monday as Wall Street’s roller coaster of a summer levels out a bit. The S&P 500 was 0.3% higher in morning trading, coming off its best week of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 178 points, or 0.4%, as of 10:45 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.1% higher. Among the biggest movers in the mostly quiet market was chip company Advanced Micro Devices. It rose 2.8% after saying it would buy ZT Systems, a supplier in the cloud computing and artificial-intelligence industries, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to address its longstanding demands, in line with labour laws. This decision was made during a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the University of Ibadan from August 17th to 18th, 2024. According to SunNewspaper, sources revealed that the NEC meeting also directed ASUU branches across the country to conduct referendums on whether to embark on an indefinite strike, a staggered strike, or take other action in response to the government’s inaction. ASUU’s demands include renegotiating the FG/ASUU 2009 agreement, payment of withheld salaries, adoption of…
Governor Douye Diri has urged the Supreme Court to reject the appeal filed by Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Bayelsa State gubernatorial election, challenging the legitimacy of Diri’s election victory. Diri, through his legal representative Chris Uche, SAN, argued that Sylva’s appeal is fundamentally flawed and beyond redemption, as it lacks credible evidence or witness testimony to support the claims made in the petition. During Monday’s proceedings, both the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), represented by Charles Edoshomwan, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), represented by Tayo Oyetibo, SAN, echoed Diri’s stance, urging the Supreme Court to…
The General Overseer of the Kingsway International Christian Centre, Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo has warned Nigerians to invest in Lagos or face regret in the future. The clergyman claimed that those who fail to invest in Lagos will regret it within the next decade. He stated this via a viral video on Monday. The senior pastor recounted missed opportunities and the dramatic rise in property values over the years while highlighting Lagos as a prime investment destination. He shared his personal experiences from his early days as a young pastor in Lagos, when land in prime areas such as Opebi and Allen Avenue…
Two siblings have been killed by overburdened mass, which collapsed at an artisanal mining site in Kakaki village of Paikoro local government area of Niger State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the two brothers Zubairu and Sadiq Ibrahim went to a gold mining site in the village with a large deposit of gold in order to meet up with a debt obligation. It was learnt that Zubairu, 25, and Sadiq, 20, had been involved in artisanal gold mining for a long time at the bank of a tributary in the village until the unfortunate incident happened. Details Later…
The Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) is set to deploy Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other machine learning skills to trace, track and tackle illicit financial flows (IFFs) and other fraudulent activities. Speaking at the opening session of the 1st NFIU management staff retreat, the chief executive officer of NFIU, Hajiya Hafsat Bakari, said the deployment of technology is one of the organisation’s efforts at building capacity of the staff to handle modern challenges. According to her, “The NFIU has also strengthen its technology platforms with the planned deployment of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning tools to assist us in our operational duties…
In a new twist added to the ongoing Season 9 of the BBNaija reality TV show on Sunday night, two pairs of housemates – Streeze and Flourish – have been evicted from the House. The two duos got minimum points from the three pairs earlier nominated for possible eviction. The development comes after three weeks into the reality TV show tagged ‘No Loose Guard’. Recall that the reigning Custodian Challenge winners, WaniXHandi, had saved the Beta duo from eviction while Streeze, Flourish and Radicals pairs had their fate placed firmly on their housemates.