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#football-games

Tottenham Hotspur have condemned alleged racist abuse directed towards Son Heung-min during their home win against Crystal Palace.Posts on social media appear to show a man in the away end making a gesture at the South Korea forward on Saturday."Discrimination of any kind is abhorrent and has no place in society, our game and at our club," said Spurs.

The number of arrests has increased and there is a "worrying level of disorder" at football games, says the UK's Football Policing Unit lead.A UKFPU report, released on Thursday, shows 999 arrests were made between 1 July and 31 December 2022, a 10% increase on the same period last year.There were also 343 new football banning orders issued, a 230% increase.

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To steal a line from one of my favorite holiday movies - "If this isn't the biggest bag-over-the-head, punch-in-the-face I ever got!"This team wants fans to come out and support them, but how about coming out of a bye and looking PREPARED!"This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here."

It's a race to the finish line for both Liverpool and Man United, with Jurgen Klopp making a prediction of his north west rivals that fans of the Reds are unlikely to agree with.The season hasn't been the best for the Anfield-based outfit, given that they've been unable to secure any silverware in 2022/23.

This season has not gone to plan for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp as the Reds look very likely to miss out on Champions League football next season.The Merseyside club sit fifth in the table following a dramatic 4-3 win over Tottenham on Sunday but despite their recent run of form, they have left themselves too much to do with so few games remaining.

Jordan Love is tied to the Green Bay Packers organization for at least two more seasons.Brian Gutekunst made sure of that, with some extra team incentives to boot.Life without Aaron Rodgers is off to a good start in Green Bay.The offense is expected to look different under Jordan Love, but the Packers have been preparing for this moment for quite some time.

The Chicago Bears have traded star linebacker Roquan Smith to the Baltimore Ravens, and Twitter had a lot to say about the blockbuster move.With the NFL Trade deadline approaching, the Chicago Bears are looking to build for the future, and that included the trade of Roquan Smith.According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Bears are trading the former No. 8 overall pick to the Baltimore Ravens in exchange for a second and fifth-round pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, which brings the Bears' grand total of draft picks next April to 9.
As expected, Twitter had a lot to say on the matter.

Kai Havertz has lamented the Chelsea's decision to sack Thomas Tuchel, saying that the move made a 'big difference' to the Blues' season.Chelsea have, in short, endured an utterly disastrous 2022/23 campaign.Now on their third manager - caretaker boss Frank Lampard - after firing both Tuchel and his replacement Graham Potter, the Blues find themselves level on points with promoted side Bournemouth in 12th place having scored less goals than every team in the league bar the bottom three.

Japan has dropped its request for people to wear masks after three years, but hardly anything has changed in a country with an extremely high regard for their effectiveness at anti-virus protection.ost commuters exiting Tokyo's main train station in the morning were wearing masks as they headed to work.

Patriots The former Patriots quarterback will likely be on the move this offseason.Jimmy Garoppolo will likely move on from the 49ers next season, San Francisco general manager John Lynch told reporters on Tuesday during an interview at the NFL Scouting Combine."Jimmy has been tremendous for us," Lynch said.

The New England Patriots received some good news before heading into their bye week.Starting center David Andrews, who had missed the previous two games with a concussion, returned to practice on Wednesday.Andrews had suffered the concussion on an illegal blindside hit late in the Week 7 loss to the Chicago Bears, and has remained in concussion protocol ever since.

Shortly after a brief pregame tribute to Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills player who collapsed and went into cardiac arrest on Monday Night Football, and a live broadcast of the national anthem, ESPN's play-by-play announcer spoke up.Should have all the feels right about now, said Steve Levy, the announcer.

Stephanie Webb planned and hosted Thanksgiving for more than 48 years.She would wake up at 4 a.m. to start setting the table, spend all day cooking for about 16 guests  including her two children and three grandchildren  and then clean the house once everyone left.She compared her Thanksgiving ritual to putting on a wedding for your daughter every November.

A month ago, as Juventus was getting blown out of the water against AC Milan at the San Siro, nobody could have predicted that the very same team would end the first half of the season as one of the most in form teams in Italy.And make no mistake, that's exactly what Juve currently is after they signed, sealed and delivered a dominant 3-0 victory over Lazio on Sunday night in their last game before the World Cup break.