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Malaysia defender Adam Nor Azlin remarked that his team never looked back despite conceding first to Singapore, in their Group A SEA Games match on Wednesday. The Young Lions opened the scoring against the run of play in the 38th minute through Amiruldin Nodin’s stunning curling shot from outside the box after the hosts lost the ball cheaply in midfield, but second half double substitutes Nor Azam Azih and Thanabalan Nadarajah scored in the 68th and 74th minute to give the Young Tigers their second win in the group....

Beaten 7-0 away at Barcelona in their opening group fixture in last season’s Champions League, the Glasgow side conceded three goals before the break at Parkhead against a rampant PSG. Celtic 11/2 to beat Ross County Edinson Cavani scored twice while Neymar and Kylian Mbappe also found the net for the big-spending French club, with Celtic defender Mikael Lustig helping out the visitors with an own goal in the closing minutes....

The former child star, donned in a beard and hat in the shining sun in Grand Junction, Colorado, took to the camera once more to record a mysterious video. “Well today, burning brush along the river,” Schroder said, never specifying which river he was near. Billowing smoke is seen encompassing the frame. “Lot of brush. And smoke signals.” After asking the camera if anyone can hear him, he said “We’re in trouble” twice....

The team convened just days after the news of Udoka’s suspension and the ensuing press conference in which president of basketball operations Brad Stevens announced that assistant coach Joe Mazzulla would take over as interim head coach for the upcoming season. After falling just two wins shy of the 2022 NBA title, Boston could not simply focus on the prospect of the 2022-23 campaign as the team faced questions about its leadership and how recent events will impact its preparation for the year ahead....

Wenger’s 21-year tenure could be drawing to a close amid fierce criticism from fans after six defeats in all competitions since the end of January saw the Gunners humiliated by Bayern Munich in the Champions League and slump to sixth in the Premier League. WATCH: Podolski’s thunderbolt vs England But Podolski – who marked his 130th and final Germany appearance with a spectacular winner against England on Wednesday – is one man who would mourn the end of an era at a club where he spent three years between 2012 and 2015, winning the FA Cup once....

The two tennis stars were set to face off at the new World Tennis League (WTL) in Dubai having played the Wimbledon final against each other in July. But despite both coming out onto court, Djokovic made the last decision to sit out of the match with Grigor Dimitrov replacing him and managing to beat Kyrgios 7-6 (5) 6-3. “Djokovic announced he won’t be partaking in the WTL tonight due to not feeling 100% well enough to play,” a statement from the World Tennis League read....

With the Blancos having suddenly found themselves without a manager following the shock departure of Frenchman Zidane, various candidates have been touted as possible appointments. Pochettino, who has previously spent time in charge of Liga side Espanyol, is among those considered to be serious contenders, with the Argentine having impressed in his coaching career to date. A productive spell in England saw him cut his teeth at Southampton before turning Spurs into genuine Premier League title challengers and an established top-four outfit....

Oh, yeah … and you need to be willing to move to Los Angeles “if necessary.” PHOTOS: 10 NFL stadiums that should be demolished | MORE: Update on NFL’s move That’s the final requirement included on a job listing from the NFL team currently located in San Diego. The person hired to manage the Chargers’ tax reporting and compliance, like the team itself, could be headed north on Interstate 5....

Family, friends, team-mates and colleagues from across Italian football paid their respects to the popular defender at the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence, where approximately 8,000 members of the public also gathered to mourn Astori. The Italy international was found dead in his hotel room on Sunday, ahead of Fiorentina’s Serie A match away to Udinese. Udine’s public prosecutor has attributed the player’s death to natural causes, with an autopsy indicating heart problems were to blame....

ProPublica produced the report that looked into Facebook’s management of WhatsApp, a global messaging subsidiary with around two billion users that is promoted for being an especially private network. After Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised users that their data would remain safe and unscreened by the company. Contrary to his pledge, ProPublica’s report said that Facebook has hired more than 1,000 contractors in Texas, Ireland and Singapore to look through users’ content....

During a news conference late Wednesday afternoon with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, Contee said MPD will be taking the lead on the investigation into the shooting. Contee said protesters marched from a rally at which President Donald Trump spoke earlier in the day to the Capitol and began efforts to enter the building. Bowser declared a riot at the Capitol, and the MPD was called in to assist the U....

In Europe’s worst-hit country from the pandemic, university minister Gaetano Manfredi said this year’s graduates could get a nine-month head start in working in the health sector, with their mandatory exams before qualifying, being waived, Reuters reported. “This means immediately releasing into the National Health System the energy of about 10,000 doctors, which is fundamental to dealing with the shortage that our country is suffering,” he said in a statement....

The city’s police chief Maris Herold read the names of the 10 victims at a news conference on Tuesday morning. She noted the coroner’s office had identified all of the victims and notified their families before 4 a.m. The Boulder police department had already identified one of the victims as their own on Monday night. Officer Eric Talley was the first to respond to the scene when reports of a shooting came in....

Jodie Davey has dubbed the snake her “true Far North Queensland alarm clock,” after it left a trail of destruction in her Edmonton home. The sound of a vase breaking woke Davey up at 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, but nothing could have prepared her for the scene that greeted her when she got out of bed. She stepped into her living room to find a 10-foot snake draped over her television and trailing over her living room table and floor....

Rick Manning, who encountered the shark off the coast of North Stradbroke Island in Queensland, Australia, had spotted around five of the animals with a friend while flying a drone over the water. Manning then decided to get closer to the group of sharks using a water scooter, and rode a few circles around one of the animals. Then, one of the sharks attacked. Manning told Australian news outlet 7News on Monday he was able to see the animal’s teeth....

The explosion occurred at a three-story building in the coastal town of Sanary-sur-Mer, southeast of Marseille. According to EuroNews, the explosion occurred around 3:50 a.m. Tuesday. The collapse could be heard as far as five miles away. The 10-month-old baby’s father was found dead at the scene, lying by the baby’s side. The mother is currently in serious condition in the hospital, the AP reported. Two other potential victims of the explosion are still missing....

Police said the incident occurred in Willow Springs, North Carolina, around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, according to ABC 7 News. The child’s father stepped away while he went outside to move a sprinkler in the yard, Johnston County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Danny Johnson said. Then a neighbor pulled up to talk to him. Just a few minutes later, the father ran inside to check on the baby when he heard commotion....

Cam Newton, Teddy Bridgewater, Tom Brady, Nick Foles, Philip Rivers, Joe Flacco, Jameis Winston all will be donning new colors heading into the 2020 season, and so, so many more are dealing with heightened expectations as the power in the AFC and NFC both shift. Every quarterback in the NFL is dealing with pressure, and every quarterback is dealing with different expectations given their production, standing with the franchise and ownership’s future plans, but so many are dealing with heightened expectations and have something to prove: whether that’s to their organizations for new contract or putting hopes on the future, or silencing critics once and for all....