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Barcelona head into Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg at Camp Nou having claimed their fourth LaLiga title in the past five seasons thanks to a 1-0 weekend win over Levante. Liverpool, in contrast, are locked in a brutal battle for the Premier League title with champions Manchester City, both sides having surpassed 90 points with two matches of the campaign remaining. Refined tactics under Jurgen Klopp, arguably less chaotic than the attack-minded approach that saw the Reds surge into last season’s Champions League final against Real Madrid, have been credited with inspiring their relentless form this time around....

Pique was jeered by a number of fans at a training session on Monday due to his outspoken support of Catalonia’s independence referendum. Spain 7/1 to win World Cup Tensions have mounted between those in favour of secession from Spain and supporters of remaining a united country in the wake of last Sunday’s vote, which was deemed illegal by the central government. Hundreds of people are reported to have been injured during clashes with police, while Barcelona played their La Liga match against Las Palmas behind closed doors as a show of protest against a refusal by authorities to postpone the game....

The most recent meeting between Djokovic and Thiem went the distance at Roland Garros in May, and it was the latter who triumphed again in a two-hour 50-minute classic. After losing a 66-minute first set, Thiem rallied to force a decider for the first time in a match at this year’s edition of the Finals, while ending Matteo Berrettini’s slim qualification hopes in the process. Despite going a break down, Djokovic - who will now battle it out with Federer for a last-four spot - seemed to have turned the tide in the final set, but Thiem thrived under the pressure, fighting back to clinch a remarkable win on a tie-break....

RELATED: How To Complete Fate/Grand Order’s The Garden of Sinners/Order Event However, fans of the Fatefranchise know there’s more than meets the eye in Gilgamesh than just being a typical Servant with the signature Type-Moon twist. In fact, there are certain key elements of his mythology that encountered quite a lot of creative play on the part of the Fate franchise. However, just how do these new things affect Gilgamesh’s overall character design?...

Texas against California; SEC vs. Pac-12. Two teams with power potential decide it's time to build a rivalry. UCLA also plans to take on a West Coast challenger in the seasons ahead. It meets San Diego State home-and-home this decade. However, the Bruins' plans forced a postponement of a series against Rutgers. It all starts in the 2016 college football season. "We are very pleased this series was able to come together and provides our program with an exciting, premier non-conference matchup against UCLA," Texas A&M athletic director Eric Hyman said in a statement....

So, what is this magical elixir which could help you recycle your old PC & Laptop? New software by Google called Chrome OS Flex is designed to run on PCs and MACs which are more than a decade old. It means this completely free software can work independently without the requirement of updated hardware. Amazing, isn’t it? You can only recycle your old PC & Laptop if it still turns on....

With so many people confined to their homes, often with very little social interaction, it’s no surprise that people have sought companionship in pets. Additionally, with so much more time at home, it could be the perfect time to take on the commitment of fostering or adopting a pet. In the first few months of the pandemic, shelters across the country were seeing a boom in fostering. One shelter in California even reported being completely empty in April, according to Wired....

Electing to bat after winning the toss, England lost opener Haseeb Hameed (9) before skipper Alastair Cook (27) and Joe Root (15) took them past the 50-run mark. But a disciplined bowling effort helped the hosts bounce back with three quick wickets of Cook, Root and Moeen Ali (16) just before the lunch break. Stumper Jonny Bairstow (20) and Ben Stokes (5) were at the crease when the umpires called for lunch....

Twenty-two percent said they’d be comfortable visiting local businesses within a week if they reopen on or before Memorial Day, 14 percent said they’d be comfortable between one week and less than a month, 19 percent said one month to less than three months, 11 percent said three months to less than six months, 7 percent said six months to less than a year, and 3 percent said one year or longer....

Hoying, who sings in the a capella pop group Pentatonix, dropped his coronavirus-themed take on Hamilton’s opening song, “Alexander Hamilton,” on TikTok and Instagram on Monday. In the Instagram caption, Hoying wrote that he co-wrote the song with comedians Joey Orton and Brad Silnutzer. Hoying raps lines about the NIAID director, while pictures of the man himself are shown behind him. “How does a genius immunologist, grad of Cornell with a doctorate, dropped in the middle of a pandemic get stopped by the president for all of the press he did?...

The film follows an animal control officer, played by Carrey, named Walter Sparrow. One day his wife Agatha (Madsen) buys him a book called The Number 23 written by an author named Topsy Kretts. The book is about a detective named “Fingerling” who becomes obsessed with The 23 Enigma which has devastating effects. Sparrow feels that many aspects of the book mimic his own life, and begins to suspect that the book was actually about him....

Now, researchers from an international research team have developed an equation to predict how much water our bodies actually use and, by extension, how much we really need to consume. You may have heard of the 8x8 guideline: We should drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day. But how accurate is this? “The eight glasses per day dogma overestimates the water needs for most people,” Herman Pontzer, a professor at Duke University who worked on the study, told Newsweek....

That was the indisputable message sent after Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown defeated former Ohio state senator Nina Turner in the Democratic primary to succeed Marcia Fudge. The special election to fill the seat in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District will be held in a few months, but the outcome is already known, given that it is one of the bluest districts in the country. This race was once thought to be a slam dunk for Turner, given that she began with a commanding 35 point lead and strong name recognition....

Biden, his wife Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff will start the day by attending a church service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in D.C. They will then head to the Capitol for the swearing-in ceremony. The oath of office will be administered to Biden by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Harris will then take the vice presidential oath....

The intriguing, encouraging, and, at times, tragic narrative of This Is Us revolves around his distinctive vision and actions that impacted many who were a part of his life. Jack Pearson wants to raise his children into an ideal family, treating all of them equally. While Randall is the adopted son, Jack makes sure he is never neglected and treated equally like Kevin and Kate. Jack has given viewers many reasons to cry....

Gamasutra recently interviewed Game Freak director Junichi Masuda, and they asked the famed Pokemon director how his team goes about trying to keep the series fresh even after all these years. Masuda instead defended the overly familiar nature of each iteration of the Pocket Monster franchise, comparing the series to sports such as basketball and soccer as an example of games that have changed very little over time. Junichi’s comparison of Pokemon to real world sports is an odd one, but readers will understand where the game director is coming from....

Many healthcare providers lack the training to offer this kind of care. Now, Kognito, a health simulation company, is trying to change that with new training for physicians. “The topic itself, gender-affirming care, is one that we had found through our own research was a significant need in terms of training,” Gurnek Singh, BS, MBA, who works on healthcare-related projects at Kognito and was involved in the creation of the simulation, tells Verywell....

This is an interesting moment in history. I don’t think the Democrats are going to stand down particularly when they know what’s waiting for them on the other side, which is a bunch of investigations on COVID and the Hunter Biden laptop ridiculousness. They’re not going to give McCarthy what he wants just to settle things and move forward, they’re going to make the Republicans fight this thing out. It doesn’t look like Congressman Matt Gaetz, who is ever the showman, is going to back down....

We’ve already marvelled at the amazingly low price of this Ring doorbell and Echo Show 5 bundle, but while that’s available only in the UK, in the US is this stunning deal. Together these usually cost $384.98, but with 49% off for Prime Day, the bundle is just $194.98. See the Ring Alarm deal The Alarm system is much like a traditional home alarm, but it’s managed from the Ring app where you can also see what’s going on from afar thanks to the inclusion of the Ring Indoor Cam....

A researcher called Jonathan Leitschuh disclosed the issues in a blog post this week, claiming that the Zoom bug allows malicious websites to enable cameras without user permission by taking advantage of a feature this is designed to let users quickly join video calls. The issue—which only impacts Apple users—exists because Zoom installs a web server on Macs when it is first installed. According to the company, it is intended for convenience: to circumvent an update to Safari that asks users to accept launching the client before every call....