Football is back. If this 4-3 win for the English champions is a sign of things to come, then bring it on. The Premier League returned at Anfield, with not so much a bang as an industrial-scale explosion. Welcome back to the big time, Leeds United. If Liverpool wanted a game to illustrate just how difficult it will be to retain their league crown, then this was it. Marcelo Bielsa’s men, playing in the top-flight for the first time in 16 years, gave the champions an almighty examination, and an almighty scare....

“During my last days at Florida State, 65 to 70 percent of my boys did not have a daddy at home,’’ Bowden said during an appearance on ESPN Wednesday morning. “They’re raised by mommas. Thank God for them mommas, or grandmommas. Or big sister, or aunt. But where’s the man?’’ You can see and hear the rest; there’s only so much of that pseudo-sociological claptrap spewed by a out-of-touch octogenarian anyone would want to type, much less listen to....

That’s what holds most important for Jack and Quinn Hughes, a pair of highly-touted NHL prospects entering the league full-time in 2019-20. “It’s going to be pretty cool coming into the league at the same time as him,” Jack said at the NHLPA Rookie Showcase on Aug. 25. “We’ll be battling for Rookie of the Year, too, so that’s another thing we’ve talked about.” The Hughes brothers are a rare commodity....

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The cousins, both 29, make up Zeb & Haniya, one of Pakistan’s hottest pop duos, whose debut album, “Chup!” (Hush!), hits stores next month. But it’s been quite a journey. In October 2002, the elected state government, led by a coalition of religious parties, banned music on public transport, incarcerated and evicted musicians and artists and condoned bomb attacks on music and video shops. Aslam and Bangash are at the forefront of a group of independent-minded Pashtuns who have harnessed the power of the media to beat back the conservative tide....

The recall covers the 2013 to 2017 models built at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant. The suspension problem is related to 13 crashes, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. At least six people were injured in these collisions. The car manufacturer said that salt is used to clear to the roads in these areas during the winter and this can cause corrosion. The affected vehicles could experience a fracture in the rear suspension toe link despite a previous safety recall repair....

Young NASCAR drivers Cole Custer, 19, Austin Cindric, 19, Chase Briscoe, 23, and Ty Majeski, 23, will pair up to compete in ultra-fast Ford Mustang GT4s for Multimatic Motorsports on the afternoon before the Rolex 24 At Daytona green flag drops. And while some of those NASCAR stars have a bit of road course experience, the opportunity to run in next weekend’s endurance race on the 3.56-mile Daytona road circuit will be both an eye-opener and an adrenaline rush....

The relationship between Nani and Cristiano Ronaldo, who will lock horns on Wednesday when Real Madrid take on Los Che, is legendary. Ronaldo acted as a father figure to his younger compatriot when he arrived at Manchester United in 2007, helping him settle in to his new surroundings, learn English and face the considerable step up in pressure a move to the Premier League entailed. Zidane reveals Ronaldo’s best role...

Attacking talents Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy claimed the two major Player of the Year awards - the PFA and Football Writers’ - as Leicester claimed unexpected glory, but it has only been in the absence of the France international midfielder that his importance has really become apparent. Indeed, it is he who deserved both gongs 12 months ago. Chelsea boss Conte wins London Manager of the Year Claudio Ranieri described Kante as “irreplaceable” after losing him to Chelsea....

Twitter user @prettiestluxury posted a collage of nine beloved “hair box girls” on Sunday, writing, “I remember wanting to be the face of a hair relaxer so bad.” User @AshTheDonLeon replied with the question, “Where are these girls today? Show yourselves.” To the internet’s surprise, several women who once graced the advertisements answered the call, along with images of their transformations. “I heard y’all were looking for the hair box girls…here I go,” said Shaun Smith in a tweet with 228,000 likes, sharing a photo of her relaxer ad next to a selfie in the present day....

On Thursday afternoon, the Reverend John Raymond, who is headmaster of the Lakeside Christian School in Slidell, Louisiana, was booked by the Slidell Police Department for three counts of cruelty to juveniles, the police wrote in a Facebook post. Raymond is the credentials committee chair of the Louisiana Republican Party State Central Committee. He was also a contestant on Season 5 of Survivor in 2002. A biography on CBS says that at the time, he was the executive pastor of a church with 2,700 members....

The Bundesliga club have opted against offering the 38-year-old a new one-year deal in order to allow younger talents the chance to progress into the first team, according to sporting director Frank Baumann. The Peru international will be granted a farewell match to mark his service to the club. Time is right for Alexis to ditch Arsenal “We signalled to Claudio in the middle of May that we would probably not extend his contract,” Baumann told Bremen’s official website....

Virginia Buckingham was the CEO of the Massachusetts Port Authority at the time of the attacks, and the developer of the World Trade Center claimed lax security at Logan was ultimately responsible for the attack on the twin towers. The developer sued Massport, American and United in a legal battle that didn’t end until 2017, when insurers for the two airlines agreed to close the case by paying $95 million to World Trade Center Properties....

“By attempting to prevent the process from proceeding unless Mr. McConnell acquiesces to her demands for additional witnesses and documents, Mrs. Pelosi is attempting to intrude on the Senate’s constitutional prerogatives and create a role for herself in the trial that the Founders didn’t intend,” Rove wrote in the Wall Street Journal. Pelosi has said that Democrats would need to understand how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to conduct the Upper Chamber’s trial of the president before handing over the articles, which are analogous to the indictments in criminal prosecutions....

The complaint was filed with the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, the New York Post reported on Friday. The filing comes just days after New York Attorney General Letitia James released the findings of a months-long investigation into allegations of sexual harassment made against the state’s top official. “The independent investigation has concluded that Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, and in doing so violated federal and state law,” James said at a news conference Tuesday....

Kohberger, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student and Washington State University teaching assistant, was arrested early on Friday morning and charged with the killings of four University of Idaho students in mid-November that rocked the college town of Moscow. Police believe that Kohberger broke into the students’ shared living space “with the intent to commit murder” before traveling cross-country to visit his parents in Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, where he was ultimately arrested....

Platini wrote a request to FIFA in January 2011 to be sent additional payment for working as a presidential adviser to Blatter in his first term in the position from 1998 to 2002. Blatter told FIFA to fulfill the request from Platini, who was believed to have influence with European voters at the time, just as he was preparing to campaign for reelection. “This payment damaged FIFA’s assets and unlawfully enriched Platini,” Swiss federal prosecutors said in a statement....

Pelosi also invited the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Principal Deputy General Counsel, Joseph Maher, to join the committee’s senior staff. Riggleman served as a Republican Virginian representative in Congress in 2018. He lost his primary re-election campaign in 2020. Before then, he served as an Air Force intelligence officer working in data analytics. In 2007, he founded Analytics Warehouse LLC, a contractor which aided the National Security Agency with intelligence analysis and national defense expertise....

A WBO champion in 1991, two years after converting to the paid ranks, was a fitting reward for Mercer’s relentlessness. His crowning was confirmed with a brutal victory over Italy’s Francesco Damiani. Now retired, Mercer keeps a close eye on the division where he made his name. With Anthony Joshua defending Mercer’s old belt against Alexander Povetkin this Saturday, the Florida native has been impressed with champion’s reign thus far....

Palmeiras came from two goals down to triumph 3-2 at the Estadio Campeon del Siglo, a result which left five-time champions Penarol bottom of Group 5. Tempers flared after the final whistle with a brawl breaking out between players and club officials, with former Brazil international Melo seen throwing a punch at unused Penarol substitute Matias Mier. Chaos after Copa Libertadores clash Both players have been handed three-match bans by South American football’s governing body for their role in the clashes, which led to violence in the stands....