Chennaiyin coach John Gregory started the post-match press conference by paying tribute to a former groundsman who passed away last week. “Pre-match, we had a minute’s silence for our former groundsman Rajeev who passed away last week. We dedicate this win to him and his memory. He did an amazing job here on this ground and he is going to be sorely missed.,” said Gregory. The gaffer was asked if he was worried that the goals came so late in the game....

However, one of the main talking points from the game was Chekiyot Kizhakkeveettil Vineeth’s sending off in the 89th minute. He got his first yellow card in the 80th minute for a foul on Abhinash Ruidas. Eight minutes later, he was booked by the referee once again for a dive inside the box which capped off a poor performance from the former Bengaluru FC player. Vineeth had a couple of good opportunities to get his name on the score-sheet but the attacker was wasteful in front of goal....

As the count to the fourth edition of the Indian Super League (ISL) ticks down, Goal analyses the strengths and weaknesses of each of the ten clubs participating this time around. Next in line are NorthEast United FC, who are hoping to reach the playoffs for the first time in the fourth season of the tournament. The John Abraham-owned outfit are one of the two teams who have been ousted from the league stage in all the three editions of ISL....

When you are looking forward to a fixture that has been hyped up for a few months, you are not just interested in the overall outcome. There are key battles on the field that can really serve as an excitement pill for most football fanatics. When Bengaluru FC travel to Kochi to take on Kerala Blasters in an Indian Super League (ISL) game on New Year’s Eve, the responsibility of keeping his team under control in order to execute their gameplan will be on the two captains - Sunil Chhetri and Sandesh Jhingan....

On Wednesday, Islanders forward Matt Martin saw a dude in the mall wearing his jersey, so he did this: The dude in question, Michael Frumento, saw the photo and got sad. Martin made it right, though — Frumento will be at Thursday’s Leafs-Isles game, where Martin can sign his jersey. So be on the lookout, North American mallgoers — the guy behind you on the escalator could be your favorite NHL player, especially if he’s a white dude in his 20s wearing a beanie and a beard....

Israelis are fed up with what they see as a failed Gaza policy. Hamas’s attacks keep spoiling the peace efforts of moderate President Mahmoud Abbas, and Israel’s retaliatory strikes in Gaza have backfired. Public opinion was hit hard earlier this month when Israeli raids killed more than 50 Palestinian civilians. “Hamas is not going to disappear,” says Shlomo Brom, a former Israeli military chief of strategic planning who advocates indirect negotiations....

The Israel Defense Force (IDF) announced that senior Hamas intelligence figures Hassan Koagi, and his deputy Wali Issa, had been killed in a strike. Taking to Twitter, the IDF said: “Our fighter jets, with the ISA, neutralized key figures of Hamas’ intelligence: Hassan Koagi, head of the Hamas military intelligence security department, and his deputy Wali Issa, head of the military counterespionage department.” It added: “Looks like our intel was better....

“IDF tanks fired warning shots towards a number of rioters who crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory,” the Israel Defense Forces said Friday in a statement obtained by Newsweek. “The suspects sabotaged the fence and set a fire in the area before returning to Lebanese territory.” Footage carried across social media and news outlets showed masses of protesters carrying Palestinian and Iranian flags as well as those of the Lebanese Hezbollah movement, a powerful Iran-supported group that has twice warred with Israel across the hostile border....

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the announcement during a tree-planting ceremony in Jerusalem alongside Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser. Netanyahu said that the mutation that’s spreading could be “coronavirus 2” and that the ban on foreign nationals entering the country will be in place for at least 10 days. “We have, at the moment, a new pandemic that is spreading, with a virus which we do not yet know about…....

CAPLAN: What led you to join the Reform movement? OZ: This was a demonstrative move, not a theological change of heart. It was an act of solidarity with Jewish religious groups who are discriminated against by Orthodox groups in Israel and are victims of the heavy pressure of the Orthodox on the Israeli Legislature and Supreme Court. How do you explain the rising tension between religious and secular Israelis? Religious parties control only 15 or 16 percent of the Knesset [Parliament]....

“If I am elected I commit to annex the Jordan Valley. It is our eastern border, our defense wall,” said Netanyahu at a press conference while pointing to a map. The plan, he said, is to cut off the eastern edge of the West Bank which would make Jericho a Palestinian island inside Israel territory. The Jordan Valley and Northern Dead Sea area make up about 30 percent of West Bank territory....

Multiple Japanese outlets announced Miyake’s death on Tuesday morning, with LivedoorNews reporting that he died of cancer on August 5. The innovative designer was responsible for a number of clothing design and fragrances. Most notably to Western audiences, he designed Steve Jobs’ iconic black mock turtle neck that became synonymous with the tech founder. Both Japanese- and English-speaking admirers of Miyake’s work flooded social media with messages of condolences....

The house is a collection of five-star touches. In the bathroom, the waterfall showerhead is from the Savoy Hotel in London, the high-tech remote-control ToTo toilet is from the Tokyo Park Hyatt and the whirlpool bathtub is from the Peninsula in Hong Kong. The floor matches the limestone tiles in the Four Seasons Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii. The custom cabinetry throughout the house comes from the folks who made the furniture for the Regent Hotel in Bangkok....

I couldn’t see writing a book about my life. I’ve always rejected being an “inspiration.” Like most people with a disability, I’ve simply lived my life using whatever resources were at my disposal. It’s not like I had any choice. Besides, there are dangers in being put on a pedestal. It may be flattering, but it can also be marginalizing. You’re too lofty to date or get job offers, yet not free to feel bad, sad or angry....

Myths are great mobilizers. Defined in stark, Manichaean terms, last week’s conflict in Russia provoked an emotional outcry in the United States. That was good for Bill Clinton, who needs to mobilize public opinion behind the aid package he’ll offer Boris Yeltsin at the end of this week, when the two presidents are scheduled to meet in Vancouver. Other politicians used the crisis to oppose Pentagon budget cuts; as Rep....

The team on Sunday confirmed the news first reported on June 30. As reported earlier, the Nets got Durant and a protected 2020 first round draft pick from the Golden State Warriors in exchange for guards D’Angelo Russell and Shabazz Napier and forward Treveon Graham. “Kevin is a champion, perennial All-Star and one of the great players of this, or any, generation,” Nets General Manager Sean Marks said in a statement....

There has never been a good time to talk about the failures that led to September 11. Immediately after the attack it seemed almost unpatriotic to ask pesky questions. Then the war in Afghanistan required our attention. And now we’re on to the victory lap. But sometime we had better start figuring out just what went wrong. After Pearl Harbor, the United States responded and defeated its enemies, but it also began a process of completely rethinking its military, intelligence and diplomatic institutions in light of the changed world....

In April 2021, the Department of State declared April as National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM), in which only six states now formally recognize: Arkansas, Hawaii, Michigan, New York, North Carolina and Virginia. Unfortunately, NAAHM recognizes 22 Arabic speaking countries—excluding Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Armenia (all of which are considered to be non-Arabic speaking countries within the MENA region). Despite this federal declaration, most companies, government agencies and social media websites still do not acknowledge or uplift people of MENA origin....

This foursquare defender of the family caused more than his share of Saturday-night squabbles, as kids clamored for “Have Gun, Will Travel”–or anything but him and those all-too-exemplary Lennon Sisters. Welk, raised in a sod farmhouse in North Dakota, got richer than any entertainer of his day except Bob Hope; his show (1955-1982) was one of the longest-lived in TV history. When ABC dropped him in 1971, he carried on over an ad hoc network-with many more stations....