The Blues confirmed the £12.5 million signing this morning after weeks of rumours and speculation. Zouma will join up with the club in the summer for pre-season after remaining at St Etienne on-loan for the remainder of the current season. The Frenchman has been touted as the future captain of the national side by legend Didier Drogba and could be the long-term replacement for John Terry, whose contract expires in the summer....
A federal indictment obtained by 40/29 News alleges that the 33-year-old knowingly received and possessed child pornography in May 2019. The material reportedly included images of minors under the age of 12. If convicted, Duggar faces up to 20 years of imprisonment and fines of up to $250,000 on each count. Josh, the oldest of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s 19 children, previously served as the executive director of Family Research Council, a pro-life and pro-marriage lobbying organization, before sexual misconduct allegations were reported against the TV star....
Trump entered Election Day trailing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden by an average of over eight points in nationwide polls. The race to the White House, however, has proved to be far closer than expected. So far Biden has secured 227 of the electoral college votes needed to become president, with Trump on 213. Biden holds a wafer-thin lead in several key states including Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona at the time of writing, but the outcome of the election is yet to be fully tabulated....
In true “Browns gonna Brown” fashion, McCown ran out of bounds in the second quarter and while he tried to stop himself, he kind of trotted into a wall and just dropped. It was uncoordinated and clumsy and hilarious. MORE: Week 7 photos from the gridiron | The best 25 under 25 | Week 7 live scoreboard McCown was seen flexing his hand after the, uh, tackle, but he came back into the game....
On Monday, the longtime Patriots assistant was named as the next head coach of the Raiders, and some eyebrows were raised over the move. While McDaniels fosters a reputation of building great offenses, some questioned replacing the beloved Rich Bisaccia with someone with a rough history as a boss (or a potential one). It’s been 12 years since McDaniels was fired from the Broncos head-coaching job, and on Monday, the 45-year-old coach explained why his 11-17 Denver tenure was disastrous:...
Now, the NFL gets to see if a cornerback can make that big a difference — as much as a $36.5 million difference. MORE: Norman’s journey, in photos | Norman isn’t who you think he is Washington, Norman’s new benefactors, isn’t one player away from the Super Bowl, where Norman was last year with Carolina. But it’s one player better at that position than it was last year, when it felt sometimes as if they had negative-players out there, going 7-on-11 — linemen and linebackers and then lots of fresh air and green grass....
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the former Pistons bust explained how next year will be a financial challenge. MORE: Winners, losers from a frenzied free agency | NBA’s highest paid players “At the end of the day, you know, I do have a family,” he said. “So it is going to be a little harder on me this year. But I’m going to push through it, you know.” Smith will be paid a combined $6....
The journeyman ended his career in Buffalo with just a 0-2 record behind injured starter Josh Allen. The team announced his retirement Thursday. Anderson’s most notable feat came with the Browns in 2007, when he led them to a 10-5 record in 15 starts. It marks Cleveland’s only 10-win season in the last 24 years. “Derek let me know a few weeks back that he wasn’t sure if he could be committed [for the season] and wanted to still think about it,” Bills general manager Brandon Beane said....
Score another scoop for ““Focus Report,’’ a prime-time nightly news-magazine show that is rewriting the rules of Chinese TV journalism. In its four-year run, the show has won a huge audience for its increasingly bold investigative reports, exposing everything from illegal-toll-gate operators to bogus-medicine peddlers to teachers who accept students’ bribes. At a time when Beijing’s bosses are cracking down on political dissidents, media ““front runners’’ like ““Focus Report’’ are hitting just as hard at official graft and corruption–though only at the grass roots–and getting away with it....
Canelo retained the WBC middleweight title by knocking out Khan in the sixth round Saturday night with a brutal right hand. MORE: Blow-by-blow recap of Canelo vs. Khan MORE: GGG calls out Canelo | Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch? Khan got off to a strong start in the first two rounds, utilizing his speed to keep Canelo off balance. Khan’s success didn’t last long, though, as Canelo started landing blows with more regularity in Rounds 3-6....
The Canelo Alvarez vs. Rocky Fielding super middleweight championship bout on Dec. 15 will be one of the first major sports events eligible for betting in a number of states, and there are now more options for making in-person bets than there was for Alvarez’s most recent fight against Gennady Golovkin. MORE: Join DAZN to watch Canelo-Fielding and 100+ fight nights a year DAZN, a new live-sports streaming service in the U....
In a series of photographs uploaded to Twitter, police and fire trucks were seen descending on part of the usually bustling area in the French Riviera resort town. According to France Info, a security perimeter was set up by police around the Palais des Festivals, while people were evacuated from the convention center and areas nearby. Also evacuated were those in boats and restaurants in the vicinity. France Info further reported that shortly after 3 p....
“I don’t know if I’ve ever had [a game] like that,” the right winger said. Oshie’s evening consisted of quite a few trips up and down the dressing room tunnel - including once due to a high stick that gave him the cut and once from an illegal check to the head - and scoring the game-winning goal. REPORTS: No supplemental discipline for Evgeni Malkin on TJ Oshie head shot...
Holtby, a Canada native who has played for the Capitals since 2010 and led them to a Stanley Cup in 2018, made note of the Woodrow Wilson bridge that stretches between Northern Virginia and Maryland’s Prince George’s County, the second-largest county in the state and one of the most affluent counties in the nation whose population is majority African-American. “Here a monstrous bridge stands, named after a racist president,” Holtby wrote....
Friends say Gore was flattered at being taken so seriously by the political press. She made the two leading newsmagazines plus the front pages of The Washington Post and The New York Times before bowing out of the race. Not bad for an unambitious housewife, which is how Tipper Gore has been portrayed for much of her life. When Al Gore lost the presidency in 2000, Tipper was said to be relieved at having her husband’s political career cut short....
Josh Berry first burst on to the scene when he uploaded a short video of him imitating the ‘Top 4′ of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray. The video, complete with Nadal’s ‘try my best’ and the famous Murray ‘uhhh’ before starting a sentence, quickly gained views and shot him to fame. Josh Berry has got widespread recognition for his efforts, earning a mention from top stars such as Djokovic and Murray, with Murray even reposting one of his videos onto Facebook....
In his first at-bat since being traded back to the Rangers in late April, Hamilton received a standing ovation. He promptly responded with a double — his first extra-base hit since Aug. 29, 2014. Your browser does not support iframes. MORE: Hamilton-Texas reunion comes at perfect time | Hamilton says Angels wouldn’t let him talk to owner Hamilton added an RBI single in the ninth inning to finish 2 for 4....
In the bottom of the fourth inning, the Guardians designated hitter launched a solo home run off Yankees starter Gerrit Cole, pulling Cleveland to within a run at 3-2. As he was rounding the bases, he began to violently rock his arms as if cradling a baby. The celebration drew plenty of attention to fans unaccustomed to Naylor’s fiery playing style. What prompted this particular celebration? Here’s a look....
That won’t stop the effort after Arizona traded Rosen a day after selecting Kyler Murray with the No. 1 pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. Rosen is headed to the Miami Dolphins, who traded the No. 62 pick in the second round to land a potential franchise quarterback. That came a year after the Cardinals took Rosen with the No. 10 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft and Rosen said, “nine mistakes were made ahead of me....
A year after trading up to make Rosen their apparent quarterback of the future, the Cardinals spent the first overall pick of the 2019 NFL Draft on two-sport star Murray. While Murray, also taken in the first round of the MLB Draft last year, is set to be tasked with revitalizing the fortunes of a 3-13 team, Rosen’s future looks in some doubt. SN’s NFL DRAFT HQ:Live pick tracker | Day 1 winners & losers | Day 2 mock draft...
