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The Saudi Pro League can become a "top-five league in the world" if they can attract more big-name players, says Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo.Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema and Luka Modric have been linked with moves to Saudi Arabia and Ronaldo, 38, says they are "very welcome" to join him.

The vendor market at 14th and Irving streets is a well known centerpiece of the Columbia Heights neighborhood.Sellers arrive early and leave late, setting up shop near the Columbia Heights Metro stop.These vendors sell a slew of miscellaneous items: homemade trinkets like keychains and jewelry, second-hand books, clothes, perfume, and $7 packs of AA batteries.

A long-awaited merger of Vodafone and Three will bring the biggest shake-up in the UK mobile market for over a decade, experts say with significant consequences for all anyone in Britain using a device.The 15bn deal will see the two firms combine to make one of Europe's biggest operators, with about 27 million customers and more than 11,500 staff.

As digital transformation continues to revolutionize the way you do business, modernizing your procurement system needs to be a key strategy to support your growth and the value you bring your customers.Upgrading from the legacy procurement technology and processes you may still be using to cloud-based digital purchasing can make buying for your business every bit as easy as your personal online shopping, offering a similarly intuitive user experience (UX).

Getty Images As you might have guessed, a buyer's market favors homebuyers, not sellers.But what, exactly, does that mean?"It means external conditions-like supply and demand, comparable sales in the neighborhood, the economy, public opinion, confidence in the future, and changes in the tax laws-favor buyers," says Robert Elson, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Warburg in New York.

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Billy Dodds says the Scottish Cup "is about miracles and fairytales" as he prepares his Inverness Caledonian Thistle team to face treble-chasing Celtic in Saturday's final.

Albums from John Mellencamp and Killer Mike, as well as the return of Chris Hemsworth's gun-for-hire anti-hero in Netflix's Extraction 2 are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists are season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and new The Wonder Years, about a middle-class Black family in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s, returns for its second season.

Farhan Zaidi grabbed some headlines yesterday after an appearance on Jim Bowden's "The Front Office" show on SiriusXM satellite radio:

Farhan Zaidi #Giants just told us on the Award Winning #FrontOffice Show @MLBNetworkRadio that he visions them to be aggressive at this year's trade deadline to try and get them into the playoffs.-

I hate to start an article with a silver lining, but let's start this article with a silver lining.But first, we need something to line with silver, which means we need something bad.So let's skip the drama and excitement and suspense and start with the end (a very bad place to start, or so Julie Andrews would lead me to believe): the Baltimore Orioles beat the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Friday night.

Happy Tuesday, San Francisco Giants fans!After their latest victory, a 14-4 shellacking of the ex-Giant filled Pittsburgh Pirates, the Giants are now winners of 11 of their last 14 games.More importantly, they're 28-26, and currently occupying the third and final Wild Card spot in the National League standings.

The Premier League established itself as the leader in the European football market in the 2021-22 season, an annual financial report by Deloitte has shown.The English top tier's aggregate revenue of £5.5bn in 2021-22 was nearly double that of Spain's La Liga.The return of crowds to stadiums after the Covid-19 pandemic helped to grow revenues by 10% across Europe.

Jimmy Butler studied a box score.Max Strus pulled on a sweatshirt from Lewis University, the Division II school in Romeoville, Ill., that had offered him a scholarship when high-major programs passed on him.And as fireworks crackled outside, Udonis Haslem a power forward and a staple of the Miami Heat for the past 20 seasons reflected on the final game of his playing career.

LSU's Paul Skenes threw a 124-pitch complete game against Tulane.(Scott Clause/The Daily Advertiser via AP) If you root for the Washington Nationals, you should root against the LSU Tigers.The connection is this: The Nationals own the second pick in next month's MLB draft.The consensus across the sport is that LSU outfielder Dylan Crews - he of the ungodly .432

Lewis Hamilton drove aggressively and overtook rivals, sometimes with apparent ease.George Russell gained several places by zipping up the pit lane at the start and held off a late challenge from Sergio Perez.It was a great day for Mercedes.And they finished 2-3.Once again, Max Verstappen of Red Bull raced away from the Formula One field in the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on Sunday, winning the pole, and then on race day never holding any position but first.

Red Bull produced six wins in six races to start the Formula 1 season, so it was not really a surprise that talk at the Spanish Grand Prix this week turned to the elephant in the room: Can Red Bull become the first Formula 1 team to win every race in a season?I think we can, but that's very unlikely to happen, the driver Max Verstappen said Thursday, trying to be diplomatic in a season in which he has been dominant.

The cost-of-living crisis is having an even bigger impact on graduates' career plans than the pandemic, research suggests, with young people now more concerned about money problems than their mental health.For the last two years, early careers surveys by Prospects at education technology organisation Jisc have revealed that students and graduates ranked their mental health and motivation levels as their biggest worries.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs takes care of about 9 million veterans at 1,255 facilities.It is the nation's largest integrated health care system.Charles Dharapak/AP A nationwide Medicare survey released today found that veterans rated Veterans Affairs hospitals higher than private health care facilities in all 10 categories of patient satisfaction.

With its open plains and thousands of miles of wheat fields, Kansas is one of the windiest states in the U.S.That makes it a great place for turbines that capture the wind and convert it into electricity.But too few people live there to use all that power.So in 2010, developers started planning a large power-line project connecting Kansas with Missouri, Illinois and Indiana.

At the London Tech Week event Rishi Sunak is now taking questions from journalists.Asked about Boris Johnson, he says Johnson asked him to do something that he was not prepared to do, because he didn't think it was right.He says Johnson wanted him to either over-ruled the House of Lords Appointments Committee, or to make promises (to the MPs offered peerages by Johnson, who wanted to delay their resignations until later, so as not to cause byelections).

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said he expects to discuss Joe Biden's flagship package of investment in green industries when he meets the president during his trip to the United States.On the plane to Washington DC, Mr Sunak said "subsidy races" were not a solution to hitting climate goals.

Good morning.It's Monday.We'll look at fare evasion in the subways.We'll see how the favorites did at the Tony Awards, and we'll get details on a deal for a movie studio at Pier 94.The question is, is it good for the city?Image Credit...Dakota Santiago for The New York Times If today is just another Monday in New York, about 700,000 passengers will ride buses without paying the fare.

The Hershey Bears lost Game Two of the 2023 Calder Cup Finals 4-0 after being unable to solve Coachella Valley Firebirds' goaltender Joey Daccord for a second consecutive game.But Daccord's perfect performance was not on top of Todd Nelson's mind when speaking to reporters afterward.The Bears were whistled for 10 minor penalties and received 42 minutes in penalties.

We know the Washington Capitals are in a tough situation.They've got big problems of various kinds with their top-six forwards: Kuznetsov reportedly wants a trade, Backstrom is trying to recover from hip surgery, Wilson is coming back from a knee surgery, and Mantha hasn't fit in.Given those challenges, plus the team's promise to Alex Ovechkin that they'll be competitive next season, plus their implicit goal to get Ovi the goal-scoring title, they're going to need some reinforcements up front.

HERSHEY, PA - After leading the Toronto Maple Leafs' power play to consecutive top two finishes in power-play percentage, Spencer Carbery emerged as the the top young coaching prospect available on the NHL market this summer, garnering interviews from the Washington Capitals, Anaheim Ducks, and New York Rangers.

The evidence in the indictment against Donald Trump for his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office can seem jaw-dropping.The case marks the first time a former president has been indicted in federal court and just the second time a former president had been indicted anywhere (after Trump himself, earlier this year in New York county court).

First lady Dr. Jill Biden will hit the 2024 fundraising circuit next week, marking her first solo efforts to promote her husband's reelection campaign.The first lady will speak at a fundraiser for the Biden Victory Fund, Biden's joint fundraising committee, in New York City on Monday followed by a West Coast swing that includes two fundraising events in San Francisco on Tuesday and another in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

On Thursday, John Shea wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle that the San Francisco Giants have been discriminating against their Spanish language broadcasters for the past 25 years.It starts with reach.The team does not travel their Spanish language crew (Tito Fuentes, Erwin Higueros, and producer Carlos Orellana) for all 81 road games.

Apple is reworking its watchOS in a fundamental way on its jubilee 10th version.No more honeycomb of apps and a focus on the individual watch face - say hello to stacks of widgets and apps that fill the entire screen.WatchOS 10 is out for developers today and will come in Public beta a month from now for everyone to try.

Lionel Messi is expected to decide in the coming hours where he will be playing his football next season - the only thing that seems certain is that it will not be at Barcelona.Messi would have liked nothing more than to return to the place that was his home since he left Argentina as a 12-year-old in pursuit of his footballing dream.

New Dodgers slugger J.D. Martinez was in need of a reboot.He'd worked so hard to build a reputation as a feared hitter over the course of his career, but toward the conclusion of his final year as a member of the Boston Red Sox things began to change.Those times that he used to be a hitter that most pitchers rued facing - times that made him a five-time All Star, including in four out of his five years in Beantown - began to show signs of fading, and suddenly the feared hitter needed to find what made it all click for him in the box.

As early childhood funders with a long history of working collaboratively with public sector partners, we applaud Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly for passing a new state budget that includes Smart Start, a significant investment in prenatal to age 5 services - including child care, home visiting, early intervention, and infant/toddler and preschool programs.

Under a searing bright sun in Back of the Yards, a group of Catholic sisters read the names of Chicago's dead, one by one.They stand vigil every month to recite the names and ages of those killed in recent weeks.They can measure the city by how many names are on their list.Sometimes it stretches over both sides of the page.

The New England Patriots finished the 2022 season with an 8-9 record and in third place in their division.In order to get back into contention for a playoff spot and possibly even the AFC East crown, however, they will need to bring their A-game consistently this year.That is especially true considering the quality of their opposition.

After what Bill Belichick described as a "good long weekend" following a pair of OTAs getting stripped by the NFL last week, the New England Patriots were back on the practice fields of Gillette Stadium this week to pickup their organized team activities.That included our first look at the 2023 squad, as the Patriots opened Wednesday's practice to reporters.

MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Randy Vásquez earned his first major league win with his stellar 5.2-inning scoreless outing against the Chicago White Sox.Allowing only two hits and one walk while striking out three batters, the 24-year-old right-hander showed the kind of stuff he can bring in his second-ever outing on an MLB mound.

NEW YORK - Jake Burger has experienced the highs of being a first-round pick by the White Sox, the lows of awful Achilles and heel injuries and even lower lows of bouts with depression.He also knows what it's like to come back physically after wondering if he'd ever play again.He has found the other, much better side of mental health.

A federal grant program aimed at speeding America's transition to zero-emissions transit is being undermined by a requirement that one-quarter of the spending be allocated to low-polluting vehicles - leading to shortages in grants to agencies seeking to bolster their no-pollution fleet.After passage of the 2021 infrastructure bill, the Federal Transit Administration awarded grants to support clean or cleaner bus fleets and facilities in rural, suburban, and hyper-dense areas across the country.

Three days after the 2022-23 season officially came to a close and Juventus, at least publicly, have not given us any indication that the club is about to change managers.This is just the latest instance.Juventus CEO Maurizio Scanavino was the latest to back manager Max Allegri, telling Sky Sport Italia on Wednesday that the veteran coach "has never been under discussion" and that "there is a total agreement on all future scenarios."

As the Washington Wizards' revamped front office finally took its final form with three high-level hires in Michael Winger, Will Dawkins, and Travis Schlenk, more details are emerging about the vision of the franchise going forward.As reported by Josh Robbins of the Athletic, many rival executives in the NBA expect Winger to undertake a full rebuild either this offseason, or within the next year.

The NBA Draft is less than a month away, and the NBA Finals tip off Thursday night.Naturally, I'm pondering Deni Avdija and his NBA future.Which to be honest, is not something I view with much optimism.He has his strengths and weaknesses.He'll need to either improve his skills or figure out how to adapt to them.

Two games into the Stanley Cup Final and it's been all Vegas Golden Knights.Goaltender Adin Hill has stolen the spotlight more than a few times (how many times have you seen his game one save by now?).The goaltender might also serve a pressing need for Vegas next season that doesn't have to do with his in-net heroics.

It is Wednesday, my dudes.And while it may still be a sore subject around these parts, there's no denying that today is a pretty big day in South Florida: both the Florida Panthers and the Miami Heat will be hosting Finals Game 3s tonight.Thus far, the NBA edition has been more competitive than the NHL edition, but who knows how some time at home might affect proceedings?

Celtics COMMENTARY"It just feels like a nightmare, to be honest.I just wish it would end."It felt all but inevitable, didn't it?Yes, few things are guaranteed in sports - especially when it comes to championship aspirations.But for most of the last few months, a trophy being hoisted over the parquet floor or frozen sheet at TD Garden appeared to be written in the stars.

John Fisher has been thinking a lot about tourists lately.Las Vegas runs on tourists.Fisher, the owner of the presumptive Las Vegas Athletics, would like to cater to them.He has pondered whether his A's should start home games at 4 p.m., the better for tourists to catch a game in the afternoon and a show at night.

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In the first few months of the pandemic, when my physical and mental health seemed to be deteriorating faster than I could patchwork fixes for them, I wrote in my journal.I feel emptied out, like when I shake a tote and gum wrappers and two nickels and half-finished chapstick fall out, I scrawled in sloppy cursive I can barely make out now.

According to reputable Weibo tipster, Digital Chat Station, Xiaomi is readying a clamshell foladable smartphone to rival the likes of Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4 and the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra.It's probably not that big of a surprise, given that Oppo, Huawei and vivo introduced their own versions of a modern flip phone.

The Bill of Materials (BoM) for the base Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is just $469, according to Counterpoint's latest research.This is for a unit with 8GB of RAM, 256GB storage and sub-6GHz 5G.The BoM for the 2022 model is unknown, but an S21 Ultra (Snapdragon 888, 128GB, mmWave) was $533 and before that the Galaxy Note20 Ultra (Snapdragon 865+, 128GB, mmWave) was $550.

For the briefest of moments on Friday it felt like the Nats would have something to hang their hat on.They had matched the record of the Phillies and could end the series ahead of them.While it would say more about the Phillies than the Nats, the feeling like the Nats were not the doormats they were expected to be would be a welcome shift.

Somerset continued their perfect start in the T20 Blast with an 11-run win over Essex but Worcestershire suffered a first loss against Northamptonshire.Yorkshire overcame Derbyshire Falcons by seven wickets and Notts Outlaws saw off Lancashire Lightning.Leicestershire Foxes recorded a first win, beating Durham by seven wickets.

Somerset and Worcestershire maintained their 100% winning records in the T20 Blast with wins over Middlesex and Notts Outlaws, while there was a surprise first defeat for Birmingham Bears against Derbyshire.There were no hint of an unexpected result in South Group at Taunton, where the top-versus-bottom tussle saw Somerset thrash Middlesex by nine wickets with six-and-a-half overs to spare to make it five wins from five.

Ontario property managers are raising the alarm about the province's growing condo market, saying there's not enough of them to handle an expected influx of units.According to data from the province and the industry's separate regulatory body, The Condominium Management Regulatory Authority of Ontario (CMRAO), there are currently some 2,500 licensed managers in the province overseeing around 950,000 units across Ontario.

DENVER - Despite losing by double-digits in the opening bout of the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat left Ball Arena on Thursday night confident that they can rebound in time for Sunday's Game 2 against the Denver Nuggets."We probably want that game back," Caleb Martin said."But at this point, it is what it is.

Churchill Downs, under scrutiny after 12 horses suffered fatal injuries in the past five weeks, on Thursday put in place measures meant to discourage trainers from running unsound horses.The home of the Kentucky Derby will no longer offer incentives to trainers who start horses in its races or pay purse money for first place through last place, according to a statement from the company.

The curtains closed on Monday night for the Boston Celtics's Jekyll and Hyde routine.One hundred and fifty N.B.A. teams had tried and failed to overcome a 3-0 playoff series deficit.The Celtics made it 151 with their loss against the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.The final game of a series of swings in momentum was not competitive: Miami led by double digits for most of the night and won comfortably, 103-84.

Experts including ChatGPT head Sam Altman suggest AI may pose a risk of "extinction."Altman's OpenAI is among the U.S. tech companies keeping an eye on possible European Union regulation.Some artificial intelligence experts have signed a letter of caution regarding unchecked technological development; the 22-word statement refers to AI as a "society-scale risk."

The following is part of Raptors Republic's series of pieces reviewing the season for the Toronto Raptors.You can find all the pieces in the series here.Toronto's most accomplished player and go-to guy, Pascal Siakam.Although it wasn't the greatest season for the Raptors as a team, it was yet another successful year individually for Spicy P as he set multiple highs and was given his second berth as an All-Star.