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Those honors belong to Rafael Nadal, the odds-on favorite at 4-to-5 on the men’s side, and Romania’s Simona Halep, a 4-to-1 favorite to win the women’s title. Halep is a bit surprising considering that she is battling an ankle injury and recent reports say she is “50-50” to even make Roland Garros. Despite Muguruza’s stunning straight-set upset of Serena Williams last year at Roland Garros, she is still only 9-to-1 to repeat behind Halep and Elina Svitolina at 7-to-1....

The Sporting News wraps up all of the action from Day 8 at Roland-Garros. Nadal survives scare to lock in Djokovic clash The biggest match of the 2022 French Open so far has been confirmed with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic to face off in the quarter-finals. While reigning champion and world number one Djokovic breezed past Diego Schwartzman in straight sets on Sunday, it wasn’t such smooth sailing for Nadal....

At the end of the 181.5-kilometer route from Rennes to Mur de Bretagne, Vuillermoz mounted an impressive attack on the closing climb and finished five seconds in front. MORE: Scenes from cycling’s great race | Stage 8 results Daniel Martin of Cannondale-Garmin was second. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) took third, a further five seconds back along with the peloton. That group included yellow jersey holder Chris Froome of Team Sky, who maintained his 11-second advantage over Peter Sagan of Tinkoff-Saxo....

In a popular post to U.K.-based Mumsnet, the user who goes by the anonymous name Noteverybodylives, referred to a young man in his late 20s or early 30s as ‘person A’ and his girlfriend who is in her 50s as ‘person B’. She explains: “Person A is young, very good-looking, has a good body, and has one young child. Person B is not good-looking, does not have a good body, and has a teenager and an older child....

Australia’s Under 23 coach Josep Gombau and Under 20 coach Ufuk Talay will take a look at the 22 players, who are considered the Socceroos’ next generation of talent, during a training camp in Murcia from March 20-28. Friendlies against Austria and Finland’s Under 21 sides have also been organised. The squad includes players with ages ranging from 17 to 22. ‘We won’t be afraid’ to play McGree - Postecoglou...

Since then, this 67-year-old former schoolteacher has done very little apologizing for the book that has become the publishing event of the decade. Scribner has printed more than 1.3 million copies. It’s been on The New York Times best-seller list for nearly a year; on July 13 it jumped back to No. 1 for the fifth time, and is there still. It won both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize....

Coaches know how important the man between the sticks is and if he’s having a good day in goal, it could very easily be the difference between a win and a loss. India U-17 head coach Luis Norton de Matos, however, can count himself lucky on that aspect as he has three tall and strong custodians at his disposal - Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem, Prabhsukhan Gill and Sunny Dhaliwal. Dheeraj Singh Moirangthem was 11 when he got his first major break with a Manipur local team in Kalyani....

Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed since Election Day that the vote was “rigged” in his opponent’s favor, suggesting without evidence that the Democrats were attempting to “steal” victory. “All of the recent Biden claimed States will be legally challenged by us for Voter Fraud and State Election Fraud,” he tweeted. “Plenty of proof - just check out the Media. WE WILL WIN! America First!” Leading GOP voices have thrown their weight behind those claims, with Senator Ted Cruz of Texas suggesting election observers were being kept away from vote counting....

Corned Beef Hash Pennsylvania To make corned beef—also called salt beef or salt brisket—the meat is soaked in a brine for 8 days, then gently boiled in water aromatic with spices for three to four hours, resulting in meltingly tender meat. Use it to make this classic breakfast dish found in Pennsylvania and New England. But it can be comfort food for any time of day. The name comes from the French hâcher, meaning to chop, because the beef and all the other ingredients are chopped small....

But even those greats didn’t have an entire position named after them. ‘Inverted winger’ conjures up images of Arjen Robben or Cristiano Ronaldo cutting inside onto their strong foot; ‘false no.9’ does the same for Lionel Messi or Francesco Totti dropping from the centre-forward role to create and exploit space. But there’s one position reserved for one man in particular, which evokes only memories of a single player, the one against that all specialist defensive midfielders are judged: The Makelele Role....

Now he’s captured himself. His new 10-year, 10-book contract with Random House and Eastman Kodak opens with a 450-page autobiography due in 1993, as the artist turns 70. The retrospective puts Avedon in front of–and safely behind–the lens, with the dual candor and control that are his trademark. “The joke of a self-portrait,” he says, “is that the sitter knows more than the photographer.” Unless the photographer is Avedon.

Reddit was awash with bad holiday experiences, when one user asked: “What ruined your Thanksgiving this year?” With thousands of comments, people started sharing the reasons they hadn’t enjoyed a very happy holiday. A 2019 survey of 2,000 Americans found that the average household will see six important holiday-based tasks go wrong, with 56 percent saying that the turkey is usually the biggest cause of problems. Commissioned by Omaha Steaks and conducted by OnePoll, the survey found that other common “Thanksgiving fails” included running out of time to prepare dinner, not all of the food being ready to eat, running out of wine, and forgetting the main ingredient of a dish....

Where once, on the opposite wall, there was a smallish square replay screen that was high-tech for its time but incapable of projecting any discernible images, now there is a massive, high-definition rectangular video board. The seats are more comfortable. There is a greater variety of concession options, not that food really is the issue during the action of this event. It’s always been about the basketball, in 1987 when I joined three old high school friends in attending my first-ever Final Four and now that I’m covering the 2022 event for The Sporting News....

Mulryne, who partnered David Beckham in United’s youth set-up and also featured for Norwich City and Cardiff City, hung up his boots in 2008 at the age of 30. Lukaku arrested over noise complaint Almost immediately after retirement he began studying for ordination into the Roman Catholic priesthood, a process that culminated on Saturday with a formal ceremony in Dublin’s St. Saviour’s Church. As a priest the new Father Mulryne will take a vow of poverty, and will join the chaplaincy team in County Kildare’s Newbridge College....

After starting with 16 programs, the 2018 Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship pared down to its Frozen Four: Michigan, Minnesota-Duluth, Notre Dame and Ohio State. Minnesota-Duluth and Notre Dame advanced to the Frozen Four for the second consecutive year, while Michigan was in its first national semifinal since 2011. Ohio State ended the longest Frozen Four drought among this year’s field with its first appearance since 1998. MORE: Bruins’ Ryan Donato excused from practice so he can attend class at Harvard...

Two goals from Harry Kane, as well as strikes from Son Heung-Min and Dele Alli, gave Spurs a comfortable victory over the Reds at Wembley, with Mauricio Pochettino’s side racing into a 2-0 lead within 13 minutes. Liverpool 11/8 for top four finish Coutinho, who has been tracked by Barcelona and is likely to again be a transfer target next summer , was frustrated with his side’s performance and insists that every one of Spurs’ goals were preventable....

If No. 1 Florida State wins out and Winston stays on the field, a likelihood that continued with a 20-17 escape against Boston College, then the Seminoles will have one of those spots. But the Seminoles won’t win the national championship unless something is done about its running game. The solution is to unleash freshman Dalvin Cook, like, now. That’s the guy who bailed out the Seminoles with 39 carries for 324 yards and five TDs in road wins against Syracuse, Louisville and Miami....

Aluko’s left-footed shot from close range found the bottom left corner in the 66th minute to give the Cottagers a victory at the New York Stadium on Saturday. And the Nigeria international was delighted that his strike put the Cottagers in place for a Championship play-off spot. “Massive win today eventually breaking into the top 6. Grind of a victory. Favourite goal I’ve scored for Fulham so far. On cloud 9 when that went in,” Aluko wrote on Instagram....

The bill, which has now been signed by President Joe Biden, will now keep the government running until December 3. Every Democratic and independent senator, and 15 Republican senators supported the bill in the 65-35 vote. All those who voted against funding the legislation, which will provide $28.6 billion in disaster aid for regions struck by extreme weather and money for the resettlement of Afghan refugees, were GOP senators....