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Southampton continued their excellent form under interim manager Tonda Eckert as they thrashed Charlton 5-1 at The Valley.Finn Azaz collected a first-half brace with Ryan Manning, Adam Armstrong and Casper Jander also scoring in a dream opening 45 minutes for the Saints, who have won all three matches since the German coach replaced Will Still earlier this month. It ensured a miserable afternoon for Addicks boss Nathan Jones, facing his former club for the first time since they sacked him after a 95-day spell in charge in February 2023. Charlton’s defensive strength has been a big factor in their impressive…
Championship leaders Coventry came from two goals behind to beat 10-man West Brom 3-2 in a thriller at the CBS Arena.Aune Heggebo’s brace put the visitors two goals ahead but Josh Eccles halved the deficit before the break. And after Jayson Molumby had been sent off four minutes into the second half, Ellis Simms and Victor Torp were on target to make it nine wins in 10 for Frank Lampard’s side. Heggebo opened the scoring after nine minutes when Mikey Johnston dispossessed Jay Dasilva before picking out the Norwegian to sweep home. The forward almost had a second five minutes…
First-half goals from Rob Dickie and Emil Riis set Bristol City on course for an emphatic 3-0 Championship victory over Swansea City at Ashton Gate.Skipper Dickie headed the home side in front from Anis Mehmeti’s fourth-minute corner to the near post, and Riis doubled the advantage with a far-post volley from another Mehmeti cross on 31 minutes. Substitute Yu Hirakawa broke clear through the middle to complete the scoring with a low right-footed shot on 82 minutes, leaving Swansea, watched by incoming new boss Vitor Matos, with nothing to show for a spirited display. Bristol City made two changes from…
Chelsea moved second in the Premier League and three points behind leaders Arsenal with a 2-0 win at lowly Burnley thanks to goals from Pedro Neto and Enzo Fernandez.Neto’s 37th-minute opener was the only moment of real quality in the first half as Jamie Gittens’ excellent cross to the far post found Neto, who headed superbly back across goal and into the net. Fernandez then made sure of Chelsea’s third straight league win in the 88th minute with a powerful close-range finish after fine work by substitute Marc Guiu to set him up. Player ratings Burnley: Dubravka (6); Walker (6),…
PARIS (AP) — Thousands of people marched Saturday in the French southern port city of Marseille to denounce drug trafficking after the killing last week of an activist’s brother shocked the country.Mehdi Kessaci, 20, was killed in Marseille last week in a shooting officials have described as ordered by drugs criminals to frighten or punish his older brother, Amine, a prominent anti-drugs activist.An estimated 6,000 people, many dressed in white, gathered behind a “Justice for Mehdi” banner, observing a minute of silence and later raising hands in a sign of rejection of drug violence. Some politicians from across the political…
Three years since the arrival of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, more devices featuring generative AI technology have hit the market in time for the 2025 holiday shopping season, with many offering deals for Black Friday.Shoppers can pick from more advanced smart glasses, smart speakers with genAI and a pendant AI friend that acts as a confidant.These latest gizmos come from megacaps like Amazon, Alphabet and Meta and smaller players like Friend and Plaud.Despite the arrival of this new wave of products, reviews for many of the devices are mixed, and nothing has separated itself as a clear leader of the pack.That’s in…
A Texas A&M committee agreed that the university was wrong to fire a professor earlier this year after a controversy over a classroom video that showed a student objecting to a children’s literature lesson about gender identity.The internal committee ruled that the university didn’t follow proper procedures and didn’t prove there was good cause to fire Melissa McCoul, who was a senior lecturer in the English department with over a decade of teaching experience. Republican lawmakers, including Gov. Greg Abbott, had called for her termination after seeing the video.The committee unanimously voted earlier this week that “the summary dismissal of…
KUWAIT: The World Summit Awards (WSA), a United Nations initiative, has selected “Al-Hisba” platform to represent the State of Kuwait in the Business and Trade Category for 2025 in recognition of its role in developing digital real estate solutions and upgrading the level of transparency in the local market.Speaking to KUNA on this selection, Khaled Al-Otaibi, the general manager of Al-Hisba real estate platform, said that the move was a national achievement that reflects the confidence of government bodies and the financial sector in the real estate data provided by his platform.” Al-Hisba’s Deputy General Manager Muneera Al-Mutairi Al-Hisba, in…
Nov 22, 2025, 06:01 AM ETPaul Pogba is set to return to professional football for the first time in two years, having served a four-year doping ban that was reduced 18 months on appeal, which meant he could play again from March 2025.Pogba, 32, will now be included in the AS Monaco squad for the first time to face Rennes on Saturday and the plan is for him to play a few minutes, sources told ESPN on Thursday.But, having last featured in a game on Sept. 3, 2023, for Juventus against Empoli, what has the former world-record transfer holder and…
KUWAIT: 1980 — Kuwait Society for Advancement of Arab Children was established as an NGO aimed at developing early childhood education in the Arab world.1990 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah met with US President George Bush in the Saudi city of Jeddah.1999 — Kuwait First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah inaugurated the Free Trade Zone, designed to boost contribution of private sector to national economy. The FTZ included office buildings, warehouses and an exhibition hall.1999 — A team of Kuwaiti and British archeologists announced discovery of graves, some dated back to the Bronze Age,…