San Francisco is scheduled to host the Packers at 8:20 p.m. ET on Thursday night in Santa Clara, California. After a coronavirus positive for Green Bay running back AJ Dillon earlier in the week, it seemed like things had cleared up for the game to be played as planned. But the NFL’s schedule is at least temporarily in flux while the league conducts its conduct-tracing protocols with the 49ers, who shut down their facility....

As for the Nasdaq, what a show! It has soared 48 percent on the backs of yesterday’s crowd pleasers, techs and telecoms–even counting its drop last week. As many remorseful players know, the Nasdaq remains 70 percent below its March 2000 high, but who’s counting? New buyers rolled in profits this year while long-term holders regained some of the money they lost when the bubble burst (or will, if they take some profits out)....

“This is my presidential campaign, I am back,” Thurman said at Wednesday’s press conference. “The welterweight division is back. Without me, the division has been wack. I bring the most exciting fights at welterweight. “With or without a belt, I’m a champion and that’s the statement I’m making Saturday night.” MORE: Keith Thurman vs. Mario Barrios fight date, time, PPV price, odds & location for 2022 boxing match It sounds like he’s trying to convince the world that the welterweight division needs him rather than letting his resume do the talking for him....

There’s good reason to look to China for the reasons behind the success or failure of global supply chains. China is the world’s biggest trading nation and a leading manufacturing hub, so its ability to keep its factories functional during the pandemic has been crucial for global supply chains. But the country now faces criticism for the impact of its zero-COVID policy on global (and local) supply chains. It’s worth noting that this policy allowed Chinese manufacturers to remain open while other countries experienced much more significant disruptions due to outbreaks and lockdowns....

Last fall, Washington, by his own admission, picked a fight with Patrick Dempsey, one his costars on the ABC hospital drama “Grey’s Anatomy.” Fighting with a co-worker is never smart, but Washington took it even further by using an offensive term to refer to a gay cast member during the altercation. “Patrick and I had a philosophical disagreement that got out of hand and that I regret a great deal,” Washington says....

Wayne LaPierre, the group’s executive vice president, told NEWSWEEK that Cho, the Virginia Tech killer, “absolutely” should have been barred from buying a gun under current federal laws. But Lapierre nonetheless says the group is now working with longtime ally Rep. John Dingell, Democrat of Michigan, on a bill to ensure that mental-health records—such as the December 2005 court order directing Cho to receive a psychiatric evaluation—are entered into a FBI database that is used for background checks of gun buyers....

Bengaluru FC’s Spanish coach Albert Roca was feeling confident ahead of the momentous occasion for the Bengaluru outfit though he warned his men that they could not get carried away by the occasion. “It’s the beginning of a new era in this club’s history but the boys know they can’t get carried away by the occasion. Mumbai City are a good side and we’ll have to be at our best if we are to take anything away from the clash,” the Spaniard said at the pre-match press conference on Saturday....

Another hat-trick by Coro (47’, 51’, 54’) after the one against Bengaluru FC last week and a double by Manuel Lanzarote (9’, 18’) sandwiched by Markos Sifneos (7’) and Jackichand Singh’s (30’) strikes for the visitors was enough for FC Goa to overcome Kerala Blasters 5-2 at the Fatorda stadium. Sergio Lobera named an unchanged 11 for the first time as Adrian Colunga continued to be out of action for the Goans....

In an exclusive interview to Goal, Tandon elaborated on his projects for FC Goa. “We had finished mapping all the fields in Goa in April itself and this information is already published on our website under the grassroots section. This has allowed us to identify which of these grounds has the potential to be developed without much investment. Accordingly, we will be taking up the first few grounds under our ‘Green Project’....

Both teams had their chances to win the tie but it was an error by Rahul Bheke at the death which gifted the opposition an opportunity to pick three points. Steve Coppell believes that his side gave a good account of themselves given that Bengaluru FC, who apart from the defeat to Chennaiyin FC last Sunday, have looked strong on home soil. “Of course, I’m happy with the way we played....

“Two things didn’t go well. The first one was the mistake.That mistake has cost us the match. Secondly, we failed to convert chances. Chances that are impossible to miss. These are the key points of this game.,” stated Deus. He does not believe that his side was second best in quality and instead emphasized on the two points for his side’s loss. “It is not true that we lost because the opponent was better than us....

However, Jhingan expressed confidence in his team’s ability and pointed at history books to look at their record. “In the first season, we didn’t have a point till the third game. Last season we only got our first point in the fourth match. We have got two clean-sheets and two points. It’s not the worst start. In the last game, the passes we made are almost double the number. The defence is good....

However, if there is an award for shambolic defensive organization – FC Goa would come a close second behind Delhi Dynamos. One look at the teams who have leaked the most number of goals this season and it’s not difficult to point that their recruitment in the goalkeeping department has been shoddy. On Sunday, FC Goa scored three goals on home soil and still ended up on the losing side....

The Penguins player recently met with sick kids while being sick himself with mumps, the virus that’s sweeping the NHL. That episode prompted the Islanders to postpone their players’ annual holiday hospital visits. MORE: NHL players doing good | In the middle of mumps outbreak, hockey game appears “We’re extremely disappointed that the event has been postponed, but understand the circumstances,” forward Kyle Okposo said in a statement, per The Associated Press....

The right-wing claim that annexation is acceptable in international law tends to rest on three main points. First, they argue that “extending sovereignty” is not annexation at all, because the West Bank was not recognized sovereign territory when captured in 1967; these arguments insist that annexation refers only to acquiring territory owned by a state. Second, annexation advocates argue that it is legal to extend Israeli law to territory captured in a defensive war....

The latest travel guidance comes as the country recorded 3,834 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, marking its highest daily case count in a month-long acceleration of new infections, the Associated Press reported. Now, all travelers coming from the 18 countries—whether they be vaccinated or not—must fully quarantine for two weeks beginning on August 11. However, if a person tests negative for the coronavirus twice after seven days, they can be released from quarantine early....

The Mercer Street tanker, managed by an Israeli billionaire’s firm, was hit by a drone strike off the coast of Oman in the Arabian Sea on July 29, killing a Briton and a Romanian onboard. The U.S. and Britain have accused Iran of the attack. Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz claimed the drone aircraft that hit the Mercer Street “was launched from Iranian territory and approved by Iranian leadership.”...

Speaking at a memorial service on Tuesday, Netanyahu—who is currently facing corruption charges and preparing for Israel’s fourth general election in two years—said Israel was uninterested in Biden’s proposed revival of the JCPOA, dismissing the government in Tehran as an “extremist regime,” The Jerusalem Post reported. Israel has always been staunchly opposed to the deal, and Netanyahu was a major influence on former President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the accord in 2018....

As the decadeslong Israeli-Palestinian conflict continues to erupt into violence, some of the largest escalations this century have been fought between the IDF and Gaza-based Palestinian factions led primarily by the Islamist movement Hamas. Major engagements have taken place in recent years, with thousands of rockets pounding Israeli cities and the IDF bombarding the Gaza Strip, but not since 2014 have IDF personnel invaded the Palestinian stronghold by land....