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The striker was booked for a second time for celebrating among the supporters after scoring his side’s second goal in their 2-0 victory at the Wanda Metropolitano. Atletico appealed against the decision but the RFEF’s disciplinary committee has dismissed their argument, meaning Costa must serve a one-match ban and pay a fine of €600. In citing their reasons for upholding Costa’s second yellow card, the RFEF said: “The named player approached the spectators and, furthermore, embraced several fans, which the referee determined could produce a security problem, which is an infraction of the rules....

A day after New Zealand’s neighbours Australia progressed to the World Cup at the same venue, the Kiwis were the better side throughout the 90 minutes but found themselves 1-0 down via a third minute Joel Campbell goal and were left with a mountain to climb when Kosta Barbarouses was sent off in the second half. The Costa Ricans have now qualified for their third consecutive World Cup and will move into Group E - which features Spain, Germany and Japan....

Max, as he is fondly known and called by players, was with the Indian team from early 2009 till the end of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, guiding India to five medals, including a men’s doubles gold and a silver in the women’s team event. Soon after leaving India, Max has had a long-tem stint with an United States club and guided some its players to glory. He was also the US team coach at Rio Olympics....

Following the deals revealed by Target and eBay, membership-only warehouse chain Costco has unveiled some of its Black Friday offers, too. Costco will be discounting Xbox One X and Xbox One S bundles between November 22-26. The Xbox One S with two controllers and three months of Xbox Game Pass will cost just $229, down from $299.99 while the Xbox One X with Forza Horizon 4 and three months of Xbox Game Pass will be $429 instead of its usual $499....

While Canelo has attracted most of the money, public bettors have been taking their shots on the underdog. This betting dynamic is typical for prize fights, as Joe Public likes to wager small dollars with a chance for a big payday. As of Thursday at William Hill, 79 percent of the money wagered had been on Alvarez, while 72 percent of tickets had been written on Cotto. More: Cotto-Canelo the anti Mayweather-Pacquiao | Weigh-in results...

But this time, the stakes are much higher: a potential government shutdown. House Democrats are attempting to curb police brutality by including provisions of its police reform legislation in the federal government’s yearly budget proposal—a back-door strategy frequently used by both political parties to force negotiations over divisive issues. However, the move to tie the appropriations process to police reform could exacerbate lawmakers’ ability to avoid a government shutdown and reach an agreement on annual spending that runs dry October 1....

“There is supporting evidence that the aerodynamic properties of the baseballs have changed, both from laboratory measurements and from analysis of StatCast/Trackman trajectories, both for pitched and batted balls," the committee’s report said. Despite not knowing the real cause of this aberration, the committee did recommend that MLB monitor the humidity at which baseballs are stored. Let’s backtrack a bit, and talk about what has been up with the ball, and why storing the balls in a humidor will change the way the ball flies....

It's a possibility, writes James Fink of Buffalo Business First. Jacobs was mentioned in a piece discussing several potential suitors for the team. He's best known to non-Bruins fans as the owner most publicly responsible for the lockout and the guy Ryan Miller screamed at (reportedly) during negotiations. NEWS: Bills founder, owner Ralph WIlson dies at 95 And hey, he's also a Buffalo native: Jacobs, 74, has a net worth of $2....

Though it took a bit of time for The Sims 4 to update its skin tones from swatches to a color slider, it wasn’t the first time the game took care to include other cultures. Whether it was a base game update or full-fledged expansion pack, the developer has tried its best to incorporate other cultures and practices so all players of The Sims 4 feel included. Adding culturally specific items like this can walk a fine line, though, as it’s up to players to make sure they use the items respectfully; otherwise, it could potentially lead to cultural appropriation within the game....

That could change considerably in the future, however, as on November 3, Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch owners got a demo for Witch on the Holy Night. This Tsukihime prequel is set to come to the west this winter, and assuming it is received well, this might just be the beginning of a new wave of Type-Moon localizations. RELATED: Kiritsugu Emiya: The Failed Hero of Fate/Zero What Is Witch on the Holy Night?...

National team selector James Whittaker recently said he was “not part of our plans”. “We’ve signed Pietersen because he is run-hungry, if he can come back into our side and score heavily, he will ask questions of the selectors,” the former England captain, now director of Surrey cricket was quoted as saying by bbc.com on Tuesday. On the aftermath of England’s 0-5 Ashes whitewash in Australia, ECB managing director Paul Downton had said the decision to sack Pietersen was taken because he was “disengaged” and “disconnected” from the team....

The Maricopa County board has denied much of that request, saying the repairs don’t align with requirements of the lease agreement. MORE: If A-Rod still wants to play, where might he end up? Documents obtained by the Arizona Republic detail a nasty feud between County Supervisor Andy Kunasek and team president Derrick Hall. Kunasek sent a letter to Hall in April saying the baseball business is “evolving into a parasitic enterprise....

Alice Keeler, 30, and Xavier Gstrein, 29, bought the 2003 model online from Northern Ireland in May. The pair have been renting a one-bedroom flat in Brighton, England, for two years and were put off buying a home by “extortionate” housing prices — so they bought a bus instead. They reckon the complete conversion will cost them more than 20,000 pounds ($23,600) — including solar panels, an eco-friendly log burner, and a compost toilet....

It doesn’t make sense the former New England Patriots tight end is now innocent in the eyes of the law just because he died before his appeal could be heard, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn III said. Quinn is urging the court to reinstate Hernandez’s conviction and do away with the legal principle for future cases. “He goes through a full trial, a jury who speaks for the public convicts him and because he dies, in this case commits suicide, the whole thing is wiped out like it never happened?...

Friends became somewhat synonymous with the holiday over the years with the festive episodes becoming a highlight on the show’s annual calendar. One Thanksgiving episode—“The One With All the Thanksgivings”—gave us the iconic moment when Cox’s character Monica Geller famously dances with a turkey on her head. The clip has been immortalized in GIF form and is often widely shared around the holidays—something which Cox herself joked she was tired of....

Forget the drama - Diego Costa MUST play against Hull Costa was dropped from the squad for Chelsea’s 3-0 victory over Leicester last Saturday amid reports of a training ground bust-up with manager Antonio Conte following a reported £30 million per year offer from Chinese Super League side Tianjin Quanjian. However, the Spain international is expected to be reinstated to the side when Chelsea host Hull City on Sunday and Courtois insists there is no truth to the rumours of his impending departure and that Costa was in fact injured....

The total number of people diagnosed with the bug known as 2019-nCoV while on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, docked at the port city of Yokohama south of Tokyo, has reached 135, a Princess Cruises spokesperson told Newsweek. The spokesperson said a total of 69 on the ship tested positive last week, with a further 66 confirmed by the Japanese Ministry of Health overnight on Monday. Of the 66 new cases, four people were Australian, 45 Japanese, 3 from the Philippines, 11 from the U....

Writing in the journal Biofuels, researchers at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies said PPE is “essential” for protecting healthcare workers. But the “plethora” of PPE kits being used due to the pandemic will make plastic even more of a problem for our planet, the team said. Polyproylene used to make PPE is a single-use, non-woven plastic, which can take decades to decompose and so ends up in landfills or the ocean, the authors said....

According to Bloomberg, the department’s computer system was hacked on Sunday night in an attempt to “slow the agency’s computer system down”. The hack prompted the National Security Council (NSC) to advise Americans that a national lockdown was not taking place. On it’s Twitter, the NSC says: “Text message rumors of a national #quarantine are FAKE. There is no national lockdown. @CDCgov has and will continue to post the latest guidance on #COVID19....