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With just over a second remaining in overtime between the Calgary Flames and Nashville Predators on Thursday night, the 21-year-old Flames forward sliced a between-the-legs shot over the blocker of Predators goalie Pekka Rinne. The puck had landed in the slot after Elias Lindholm’s shot attempt was blocked, setting up Tkachuk for his highlight-reel swipe. The tally completed Calgary’s comeback from a 4-1 deficit entering the third period. The Flames scored three times in a row to tie, the last coming with 3:21 remaining in regulation....

Leganes are 12th in the table with two games of the season to go with former Independiente, Deportivo Alaves and Southampton boss Pellegrino impressing in his first campaign at the club. Pellegrino has earned home league draws against Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid and on Wednesday signed fresh terms keeping him at Butarque through to the end of the 2020-21 season. Leganes won their last LaLiga game 3-0 away to Champions League hopefuls Sevilla and they are mathematically safe from relegation, sitting only two points behind eighth-placed Real Sociedad....

The documentary, which is a behind-the-scenes narrative of Tottenham Hotspur’s 2019-20 season, begins with Pochettino’s sacking, before moving on to cover Jose Mourinho’s time at the club last season. “Me and Jesus [Perez], we only watched the first 25 minutes, until we left the club. We watched, and to be honest, it was correct. No more or no less,” Pochettino said on the Between The Lines podcast. No ill-will towards Tottenham Hotspur, says Pochettino Despite sounding his problems with the documentary series, Pochettino said that he was not offended by the documentary, or the club itself, even after he was given the sack after an underwhelming start to last season....

Matthews from Williams is a nice blast from the past, but they and the other big vets (Dirk Nowitzki and Andrew Bogut, to name two) haven’t accomplished much this season. Tuesday’s W improved Dallas’ record to 14-27 at the season’s midpoint. Injuries have played a role, and that’s a huge problem in the stacked West. MORE: Mavs-Bulls Game Center Mavs coach Rick Carlisle told reporters before the game that this has been one of his “favorite teams to coach” and that the first half of the season went by “amazingly fast....

The fight was announced two days ago. It was to be the main event of UFC 272. MORE: When will we see Volkanovski-Holloway 3, Aljamain Sterling-Petr Yan 2? Holloway made his MMA debut in 2010 and joined the UFC in 2012. In 2019, he fought Dustin Poirier for the interim UFC lightweight title at UFC 236 and lost, ending a 13-fight winning streak. “Blessed” was UFC featherweight champion from 2017 to 2019 until he lost the belt to Volkanovski....

The move was made retroactive to July 10, meaning Scherzer could return as early as July 20 to face the NL East-leading Braves. Scherzer told reporters Friday that he began feeling the strain after a start in Detroit on June 30. He made his next start on July 6 but then skipped the All-Star Game. He was hoping to have his next start pushed back just two days, from Sunday to Tuesday....

Today, Maxis has taken things a step further, and released a lengthy blog post that, in no uncertain terms, claims they are bringing mod support to SimCity. But first, they are looking to have an open discussion with their player base to better understand what they want. In addition to confirmation of mod support, Maxis also teased one of the most oft-requested SimCity features: an offline mode. In fact, had the game launched with an offline mode, EA might not have earned the title of Worst Company in America for the second year in a row....

“I am heartbroken at his dismissal, but I a happy Mayank has almost cemented his place in the team. Look at his consistency. He has now two half centuries and a good 42 in the three innings he had played so far Down Under,” Sait told PTI here. The Bengaluru lad was out after scoring 77 runs as he tried to hit one six too many off Nathan Lyon to be holed out to Mitchell Starc at long on....

Known now by memers as the “Nodding Lady,“Joli ran for congress during the 2018 election, campaigning on her support of Trump. “I am not looking to run [for Congress] because I need a paycheck, like Donald Trump. I’m not looking to run because I need fame, like Donald Trump,” she told the Miami Herald in 2017. Joli had also shared a video of her speaking to Trump on the red carpet at the Town Hall to her personal Facebook on Thursday night....

The 54-year-old opposition leader says he wants to postpone the vote until mid-June to frustrate an alleged plot by Fujimori to steal the election. That demand enjoys the backing of the Organization of American States (OAS), which sharply criticized the numerous irregularities of the first-round balloting. The OAS and American democracy watchdog groups have been urging the government to clean up vote-counting procedures and give Toledo equal access to most of the country’s television channels....

Ronaldo has one more year remaining on his current contract with English giants Manchester United. There is also an option to extend the deal until the end of the 2023-24 season. However, there are serious doubts about the 37-year-old’s future at Old Trafford this summer. He asked the Red Devils to allow him to leave if they received a suitable offer last month. The Portuguese icon, though, has struggled to find takers for him during the ongoing transfer window....

Most of these tournaments are conducted in a group stage format followed by a double elimination format. In the recent VCT EMEA LCQ, something interesting was spotted. In most regions, the Upper Bracket final winners got to ban two maps. However, in the EMEA region, the Upper Bracket final winner got the chance to ban one map, while the Lower Bracket final winner got the chance to ban one map in Valorant....

Goal reported last week that Perez had grown frustrated with his lack of playing time and will look for a way out of the Emirates Stadium soon. Dani Alves slams Barca board Though Rodrigo Fernandez Lovelle has denied quotes in Italian outlet CalcioMercato.com saying that a move could happen this summer to Milan, he says Perez’s frustration is justified. “Lucas has a contract with Arsenal. We haven’t spoken to AC Milan,” his agent told Goal....

Marc Van Ranst, a Belgium virologist who is director of the country’s national coronavirus and rotavirus laboratories, told broadcaster NOS “it is not good news.” The Belgium case involved a woman who became infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, three months after her initial diagnosis. Whether people can be reinfected with the virus has been debated since the pandemic began at the end of last year. A number of people are thought to have had the virus twice, but in order to officially confirm this, laboratory tests need to show the person was infected with a slightly altered version of it....

With job opportunities dwindling and immigrants placing an ever-higher burden on public services, anxious Californians passed Prop 187 with a resounding 59 percent of the vote. But Prop 187 doesn’t begin to address the issues underlying the fractions race relations in poor, multiethnic cities like Compton. Blacks now dominate the city government, but Latinos, once a minority, have swelled to a majority (thanks in part to a large influx of immigrants in recent years), and they are increasingly vocal about perceived racial and economic slights....

The former president is putting his thumb on the scale in dozens of federal races across the country. As of Thursday, he’d endorsed approximately 50 candidates for the House of Representatives and the Senate. Polls show the former president is still an influential figure among Republican voters, with most even saying they’d back him again in a 2024 White House run. But Trump has repeatedly bashed McConnell since leaving office....

TAKAYAMA: Japan is facing a labor shortage and falling population. What should the country do? ISHIHARA: I have said time and again that Japan needs an immigration policy. We are entering a new era, in which Japan must take a definite stance toward immigration in order to maintain the labor force. It is no good bringing in foreigners just to let them do three K jobs [kitsui, hard; kitanai, dirty; kiken, dangerous]....

United are reportedly in talks to sign Dembele on a season-long loan and hope to finalise a deal before the transfer window shuts on October 5. Koeman addressed the speculation over the Frenchman’s future at a press conference on Wednesday, telling reporters: “The first thing to say is that it is up to the club and to the player. “But he is with us and as we’ve seen in recent weeks I am counting on him…....

The England international started the 2016-17 campaign in fine form, netting four times before October. VOTE: Rooney’s best Man Utd goals But he subsequently went three months without a goal and he has admitted he was growing frustrated with his inability to find the net. “Halfway through the period of not scoring, it was a bit frustrating,” the striker told reporters. “But after a while I started to settle down again, getting some assists, and I was starting to play better football....

The veteran cricketer opined that the franchises weren’t keen to trade players, fearing that it would make the opposition stronger. Ashwin mentioned that RR had also closed on a few deals, however, the other franchises turned down the offers despite initially agreeing to them. Speaking on his YouTube channel, he remarked: Notably, Ashwin is one of 16 players retained by RR ahead of the impending auction. The event is scheduled to take place in Kochi on December 23 later this year....