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The Premier League’s summer of strikers is threatening to turn into a winter of woe. English clubs spent big on some of the most exciting forwards in Europe ahead of the 2025-26 season, yet most have struggled to live up to the hype so far.Liverpool broke the British transfer record to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle United for £125 million, about as much as the combined fees paid by Manchester United for Benjamin Sesko and Arsenal for Viktor Gyökeres after both were heavily linked with moves to England for months.- Arsenal’s transfer plans: Will Gunners stick or twist in quest…

Victor Osimhen scored an extra-time brace and Chidera Ejuke added a goal to give Nigeria a 4-1 win over Gabon in the CAF World Cup playoff semifinals in Rabat, Morocco, on Thursday.Nigeria, who finished in second place in their group during CAF qualifying and were forced into the playoff route to reach the World Cup, will face Congo DR on Sunday hoping to clinch a spot in the six-team inter-confederation playoff in March.The Super Eagles opened the scoring late in the second half of a tense, back and forth affair when Akor Adams pounced on a wayward pass by the Gabon defense,…

With no winner on Tuesday, the Mega Millions jackpot has climbed to $965 million — the seventh largest in the lottery’s 29-year history.But how much a winner would actually take home depends on their payout choice and where they live. State taxes can reduce the jackpot by as much as $105 million, with winners in eight states keeping the biggest share of the nearly $1 billion prize.The states are:CaliforniaFloridaNew HampshireSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasWashingtonWyomingThese states don’t tax lottery winnings, meaning that residents there would receive the maximum payout — either a cash lump sum of $280.6 million or a 30-year annuity totaling $609.2…

WASHINGTON (AP) — British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club, was pardoned by President Donald Trump more than a year after he was fined $5 million after pleading guilty to insider trading and conspiracy charges in New York, authorities said Thursday.Lewis, 88, had requested a pardon so he could receive medical treatment and visit his grandchildren and great grandchildren in the United States, according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a pardon that has not been officially announced.Lewis pleaded guilty in January 2024, saying he knew that…

What leads to a good life? Most Americans assume it’s success or productivity, said Shigehiro Oishi, happiness expert and professor of psychology at the University of Chicago. But he thinks it’s time for a new path to fulfillment. On a recent episode of the 10% Happier with Dan Harris podcast, Oishi discussed two popular paths that people believe lead to a good life: happiness and meaning.”Happiness is really about feeling comfortable, secure and content,” he said. “Meaning in life oftentimes has three components,” he said. Those components, according to Oishi are feeling that your life matters, sensing that your life…

The IRS on Thursday announced updates to tax rules for tax year 2026, including new limits for what you can contribute to individual retirement accounts.You’ll be able to contribute up to $7,500 to traditional and Roth IRAs, a $500 boost from the limit in 2025. Savers age 50 and older can stash an extra $1,100 a year in the form of a catch-up contribution — up from $1,000 in 2025.If you’re hoping to max out your IRA in 2026, most financial advisors would tell you there’s no wrong way to do it. Investing as much as you can in a…

A number of Premier League stars have entered the final year of their contracts, meaning they can negotiate a free transfer with clubs outside of England from January. Here, Sky Sports takes a look at all 20 clubs in the top-flight and the players they could be set to lose on a free transfer next summer. ArsenalMikel Arteta’s side have prioritised extending the deals of players at risk of leaving in the near future and the contract situation for the team is in a strong position as a result.Nothing to report for next summer and with no potential exits on…

Of all the teams vying for one of the 48 spots in the newly expanded 2026 FIFA World Cup field, it is not an exaggeration to say that San Marino is literally the worst, ranking 210th out of 210 eligible teams in FIFA’s men’s world rankings.With a population of just over 34,000 — making it the fifth-smallest recognized country in the world — San Marino is actually the larger but significantly less famous of two microstates within Italy (as far as we know, Vatican City does not have a FIFA-recognized squad). Thus far, in its quest to play for the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The most advanced U.S. aircraft carrier is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela in days, a flex of American military power not seen in Latin America for generations. Experts disagree on the possibility that American warplanes will catapult off the USS Gerald R. Ford to bomb targets inside Venezuela and further pressure authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro to step down. Still, whether it may serve that purpose or only patrols the Caribbean as the U.S. blows up boats it accuses of trafficking drugs, the presence of the 100,000-ton warship alone is sending a message.“This is the anchor…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top-ranked male tennis player has received a Chinese visa for an Australian Open wild-card playoff tournament beginning Nov. 24 in Chengdu after first being denied one.Sumit Nagal took to social media on Tuesday to ask the Chinese ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, and the Chinese embassy to intervene on his behalf.In a second social media post late Thursday, Nagal thanked the Chinese ambassador, India’s ministry of external affairs, among others, for receiving the visa.“A big thank you . . . for their prompt help in helping me secure the visa in time,” Nagal wrote.In his…