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Frenchman Saddier produced a fine birdie-eagle-birdie finish to sign for a brilliant and unprecedented nine-under 63 at the Glendower Golf Club. The 25-year-old, looking for his first victory on the European Tour, is yet to drop a shot through 36 holes, while a bogey at the 13th cost Paisley outright ownership of top spot. The Englishman birdied four of his last five holes to streak clear before being caught by Saddier, while Jacques Kruyswijk moved into third....

The deal should now pave the way for Athletic Bilbao’s Kepa Arrizabalaga to join Chelsea for a record 80 million euro (USD 92 million) fee for a goalkeeper. No fee was revealed for the transfer of the Courtois, who had just one more year to run on his Chelsea contract, although Spanish media claimed that the deal is worth around 35 million euros. Chelsea added in a statement that subject to the completion of the Courtois deal, Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic would join the Blues from Real on a season-long loan....

Ibra out against Arsenal November may be no time to talk about the title, but his side has certainly been making a compelling argument about its credentials on the pitch. Unbeaten in all competitions since the defective afternoon at Burnley on Aug. 20, the Reds have stretched their streak to 12 games, scoring 36 times in the process. It took 27 minutes for Liverpool to smash past Watford’s wall of white shirts at Anfield on Sunday afternoon, and once the wrecking ball took effect, there was only going to be one result: a demolition....

At the time of writing, there have been 38 deaths linked to COVID-19 in the U.S. out of 1,323 confirmed cases, with eight recoveries, according to Johns Hopkins University, as shown in the graphic below provided by Statista. To help readers navigate the murky waters of misinformation, Newsweek has rounded up some of the stories that are going viral that are not factually accurate. False: “There is a cure for coronavirus”...

The Delta variant has gained a foothold throughout all 50 U.S. states, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The average number of daily cases last week hit 32,278, up 145 percent on the rate a fortnight ago. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said the number of hospitalizations increased by 50 percent in the past two weeks to about 24,923 a day. More than 97 percent of people hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....

The death in the U.S. has climbed to 41, with new deaths in Kansas and Georgia, while more cases continue to emerge in different parts of the world, including more cases in Africa. First reported in China’s Wuhan city of the Hubei province, the virus has spread to nearly 116 countries and claimed the lives of more than 4,700 people, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University....

On Wednesday, the government announced it had signed an agreement with U.K. pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca for 25 million doses of a vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford. In a statement, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: “There is no guarantee that this, or any other, vaccine will be successful, which is why we are continuing our discussions with many parties around the world while backing our own researchers at the same time to find a vaccine....

Instead of panicking, Cortland ended up winning in thrilling fashion: MORE: Week 12’s must-see photos | Melvin Gordon breaks rushing record | J.T. Barrett: Heisman hopeful If you’re going to screw up the game-winning field goal, you might as well go for the game-winning touchdown. Amazing stuff.

According to data gathered from cosmic ray weather balloons launched by spaceweather.com and Earth to Sky Calculus, which measure the strength of cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere, the radiation levels above California have dropped by over 15 percent in the past year. As seen in a graph of microGrays—a unit of absorbed radiation—per hour recorded by the balloons, there was a sudden drop in cosmic ray levels beginning in October 2021....

TikTok users have fallen for the hot cocoa trend, with the tag #chocolatebomb amassing more than 22 million views plus millions more on the #hotchocolatebomb, #cocoabomb, and #hotcocoabomb tags. The hot cocoa bomb trend has TikTok users place the chocolate sphere into a mug before pouring warm milk over the top. The cocoa bomb then melts away to reveal cocoa powder and marshmallows to swirl into the drink. One TikTok user, @brennnabooo, shared a video of her melting the chocolate bomb with a caption explaining that there are four drool-worthy flavors....

Besides, the U-20 boys will also play Murcia U-20, a local side in the tournament. Abhishek Yadav, Director, National Teams said AIFF has drawn up a template where all National teams will be playing International competitions in addition to their domestic schedule. “The COTIF tournament in Spain falls well into our plans and we are excitedly looking forward to it. The Sub-20 category, India will be up against teams from renowned football powerhouses that will be preparing for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019 qualifiers,” he said....

Hoping to evacuate as many people as possible, officials moved to expedite the airport entry process, Politico reported, which now faces added security precautions following yesterday’s bombing outside the airport by the Islamic State militant group, also known as ISIS. Despite the intentions behind this move, a number of lawmakers and military officials are condemning the action. Along with an anonymous defense official who spoke with Politico and Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich....

Despite not having a race winner since 2013 (back when Kevin Harvick was on the team), Richard Childress Racing was close to a championship in 2014 with Ryan Newman among the Sprint Cup final four at Miami-Homestead Speedway. The success of 2014 didn’t carry over. The team was busted in March for making illegal modifications to Newman’s tires. MORE: Daytona 500 winners | Best races | Dates, times, TV...

Happiness, that is, depends on what makes you feel happy, which is why psychologists often call it “subjective wellbeing.” But from studies of various age and population groups in the United States and abroad, they have reached some objective conclusions on the makings of happiness. What comes up consistently at the top of the charts is not, as many might expect, success, youth, good looks or any of those enviable assets....

The now-viral TikTok video, captioned, “Congrats my friends #WeddingTiktok #WeddingTraditions #WeddingTrends #WeddingTok #WeddingTiktok2022 #WeddingDay #FriendsGettingMarried #BridgertonScandal #WomenOwnedBusiness #OscarsAtHome #UnsealTheMeal,” has been viewed 1.6 million times and liked 200,700 times since it was shared on March 27. The New York Times reported that The Upshot found via a number of Google Consumer Surveys that women are increasingly choosing to keep their last name after marriage since 2000. However, around 73.5 percent of women went on to change their last names after getting married between 2010 and 2013....

West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post that certain screenshots purporting to show statements written by the star had been fabricated. The father of four, 45, then wrote about a viral tweet from October 2020: “I know you guys gonna be disappointed but I actually didn’t write the [tweet] that said ‘Friends wasn’t funny either’ but I wish I had.” Cox, who played Monica Geller on the NBC hit, reacted to West’s post by sharing a video clip of herself reading the “Flashing Lights” singer’s comments on her show....

Last Thursday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed with them. The case is far from over; an appeal is bound to follow. But what has happened so far is a remarkable story of outsiders who ignored long odds because they were convinced that the law, not to mention morality, was on their side. In the process, the government is facing the possibility of losing its most effective means of keeping strong privacy codes out of the mainstream....

Chelsea were level at 1-1 going into the match at the Camp Nou but after two minutes and eight seconds, a mistake from Courtois saw Lionel Messi score from a tight angle through the legs of the Belgium international. Barcelona went on to score twice more as they won 4-1 on aggregate, with Messi adding a second goal that once again went through Courtois’ legs. The goalkeeper admitted his mistake in a television interview after the match, but Alonso believes that his team-mate is still a great goalkeeper....

The official death toll in mainland China, according to state-run news agency Xinhua, is 361, with more than 17,000 confirmed cases of the disease. The coronavirus is continuing to spread beyond China and is now present in more than 25 countries. This figure has overtaken the death toll from SARS, which in 2003 killed 349 people in China and infected 5,327 people. However, a study published in the medical journal The Lancet estimated that the number of coronavirus infections could be more than four times higher than the number given by Chinese authorities....

Interested viewers can watch Wednesday’s conference through multiple means. The event will be available to stream live at both the White House’s official website and YouTube page, while C-Span is due to broadcast it on television. The White House has provided the public with daily updates regarding COVID-19 since the new coronavirus first took hold in the United States. As Johns Hopkins University’s tracker reported Wednesday morning, close to 875,000 incidences of the virus have now been confirmed worldwide....