“Our organization’s hearts and prayers go out to the Isaiah Pead family,” coach Jeff Fisher said earlier this week. “I spoke with his mom (on Saturday). He’s struggling, and he’s going to have a tough road. We’re hoping that he’ll come through this, but his career is over, and he was an outstanding young man while we had him.” On Saturday, Pead, 26, was reportedly ejected from his car after his vehicle hit a metal guardrail, causing it to become airborne and strike several trees as it went down an embankment....

On Thursday, the Spain international put pen to paper on a new contract that ties him to the Liga champions until 2022. Real evens to retain La Liga However, the 25-year-old’s future has not always seemed secure at the Bernabeu, with playing time sometimes difficult to come by. Rumours persisted of Isco eventually leaving Madrid for their rivals in Barcelona, and while he has now admitted to contact, he insists leaving was never an option....

Manchester City have long been linked with the Spain international midfielder, who has one year left on his current contract at the Bernabeu, with Goal revealing there were discussions over a deal in 2016. Diego Costa rules out China move But Isco, who produced an impressive assist in Spain’s 2-1 victory over Macedonia in Skopje on Sunday, insists he wants to stay put and talks over a new deal are advancing....

He admits, though, the death of George Floyd a week ago struck him even closer to home. Because El-Amin knows the street where Floyd was prone, his face forced to the gutter, a police officer’s knee pressed hard against his neck for nearly nine minutes. “I grew up not too far from the place he died. My grandmother lived a couple blocks away from there,” El-Amin told Sporting News. “I have family that lives over there, on that side of town....

33-year-old Ryan Taylor is a versatile player who has represented the England U-21 side. He has the potential to play as a full-back or across the midfield and has excellent dead-ball skills. The English player began his career at Tranmere Rovers in 2002 and made 122 league and cup appearances in three full seasons with the club. He was voted as Tranmere’s Player of the Year and onto the PFA Team of the Year in 2004–05 season....

“A couple of teams have been at the end of very bad refereeing decisions and even Bengaluru. I came to India and everybody told me about the standard of refereeing, and I was quite happy to shut up and get on with it and accept the decisions that were made. Last Sunday our match (against Mumbai City FC) was decided by a very poor decision by the referee. Replays showed that the incident was clearly out of the penalty box....

Nelson has had a sparkling start to life at Chennaiyin FC, coming off the bench and helping Chennaiyin FC almost stage a comeback in their opening game against FC Goa before playing a stellar role in their 3-0 hammering of NorthEast United in the second game of the season. In an exclusive chat with Goal, the winger revealed that the lure of coming to India was too tempting to pass up, with the good words put in by former Chenaniyin FC and Delhi Dynamos midfielder Hans Mulder also playing a part in convincing him....

The former Manchester United man went down within five minutes of the game starting and had to be replaced with Milan Singh. Speaking at the post-match press conference, Meulensteen revealed that Berbatov has picked a calf injury. “It was definitely a big set back. You can see now how important he has been playing as a catalyst. I don’t know what extent is the injury. We’ll have to find out,” he said....

“The second half was very open, we created a lot of chances for ourselves. Unfortunately, the way things turned out - we don’t have the points nor the result we deserved.” FC Goa custodian Laxmikant Kattimani had a nightmare in between the sticks as his failure to kick the ball away allowed Everton Santos to sneak in and score. Coach Lobera had earlier tagged him as his best goalkeeper and he stuck by what he said....

TV CHANNELS & LIVE STREAM The Star Sports Network have the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ISL. The games will be telecast with the option of English and/or Hindi commentary over their bouquet of television as well as digital platforms. Commentary will also be available in vernacular languages across India. TEAM NEWS ATK: Injured - Jordi Figueras and Robin Singh Doubtful - None Suspended - None Key Players - Zequinha, Robbie Keane FC GOA:...

The real challenge is how people or teams respond to this. This is when you learn about your character, whether or not you are capable of handling pressure. In the current edition of the Indian Super League (ISL), Chennaiyin FC have given a good account of themselves, especially when the going got tough. In at least 10 of their 19 matches so far, The Marina Machans found themselves trailing. In each of those occasions, they have mounted a comeback, though not successful always....

Head coach John Gregory playfully suggested that his team have a different nickname for the competition when he was asked if the Marina Machans were looking forward to winning the tournament next. “What is a Super Cup? We have another name now for that cup (chuckles),” he said. “There were eleven players here tonight who weren’t involved in the game. I expect to make changes (for the Super Cup). I respect the competition....

Tavares entered Saturday with six goals on the season. When he exited the third period, the Islanders forward added three more goals to his resume. Tavares’ first tally came twelve seconds after the third period’s opening faceoff. As Isles teammate Anders Lee placed the puck on net, Tavares edged the Nashville defense for the deflection. Tavares’ second goal came to be with a little puck-luck. He banked the puck off of Predators forward Calle Jarnkrok’s skate as it slipped by Juuse Saros....

When Should You Use Isometric Exercise? Isometric muscular contractions can be used at any time during your rehabilitation or your home exercise program, but there are instances where they are the preferred exercise to perform. This may include: After surgeryWhen your muscle cannot contract forcefully enough to move the joint it surrounds. To help increase neuromuscular input to a specific muscle. When frailty makes other forms of exercise is impossible or dangerous....

DICKEY: You are on trial for a speech you made praising Hizbullah. Is that right? BISHARA: I spoke about the right to resist occupation, and this was considered sympathetic to terrorism. I was always against targeting civilians. But Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, they don’t have the right to vote in the Knesset. They don’t have a democratic channel to express self-determination. Occupation is violent. Occupation deprives the Palestinian people not only of self-determination, but the elementary right to plan their lives every day, the most banal details....

Whatever the reason, one item discussed on the call has become urgent: what to do about Iran’s nuclear program, and whether or not the U.S. should rejoin the current agreement. The imperativeness of the conversation between the two leaders is underscored by Iran’s announcement that as of February 23rd it would stop the voluntary implementation of the Additional Protocol that allowed for snap inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities. A few weeks earlier, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi addressed this year’s virtual INNS (Institute for National Security Studies) Conference....

According to data released by the ministry, the vaccine’s ability to prevent symptomatic COVID-19 has dropped by roughly 30 percent over the past two months. Previous studies in May showed the Pfizer vaccine to be over 94 percent effective in preventing COVID-19, while new data shows that number dropping to just 64 percent from June to July, The Times of Israel reported. However, the study found that the vaccine remains highly effective against preventing serious symptoms and hospitalization associated with the coronavirus....

The researchers also warned COVID-19 could become a seasonal virus if a vaccine isn’t developed. Five months into the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 5.1 million cases have been reported, and 1.9 million people are known to have survived the disease, according to Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. is the country with the most known cases, as the graph below by Statista shows. One of the more pressing questions surrounding the little-understood coronavirus is whether a person is immune after catching it....

Ugly holiday uniforms are not a new phenomenon in minor league hockey. The Reading Royals already unveiled their hideous holiday sweaters. But the Knoxville Ice Bears decided that they too want to join the party. The ugly sweater party, that is. The Ice Bears will roll out these bad boys when they take on the Mississippi RiverKings on Dec. 21.