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BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona coach Hansi Flick has said Lamine Yamal has become more disciplined in an attempt to deal with an ongoing groin issue.Yamal, 18, missed seven games for club and country earlier this season due to a persistent pubalgia condition (an issues which causes chronic pain in the groin area), but has started Barça’s last five matches as he manages the problem.There were signs during Wednesday’s 3-3 draw at Club Brugge in the Champions League, when he scored one goal and assisted another, that the teenager is finally nearing his best form again, with Flick attributing it to…

Cg Tan | E+ | Getty ImagesMillionaires are increasingly dissatisfied with their wealth managers and accountants, but they prize their personal trainers and therapists, according to a new survey.Only a third of millionaires use a wealth advisor for their financial planning and 1 in 5 plan to fire their advisor due to high costs and poor service, according to a new survey from Long Angle, the professional network for startup founders and CEOs. Among those who do use an advisor, 26% are considering switching and 18% may stop using an advisor altogether.By contrast, millionaires are highly satisfied with their personal trainers, therapists and other…

Over 95% of international data and voice call traffic travels through nearly a million miles of underwater communication cables.These cables carry government communications, financial transactions, email, video calls and streaming around the world.The first commercial telecommunication subsea cable was used for telegraphs and was laid across the English Channel between Dover, England and Calais, France in 1850.The technology then evolved to coaxial cables that carried telephone conversations, and most recently, fiber optics that ferry data and the internet as we know it.”About ten years ago, we saw the advent of another big category, which is the webscale players and the…

China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier has sailed into service, vaulting its blue-water ambitions toward the Second Island Chain and testing US naval primacy from Taiwan to the South China Sea. This month, multiple media sources reported that China’s Fujian aircraft carrier has entered service at Hainan’s Sanya naval base, underscoring Chinese President Xi Jinping’s drive to build a blue water navy. The 80,000-ton Fujian, China’s first fully indigenous carrier and third overall, features electromagnetic catapults that can launch J-35 stealth fighters, J-15T strike aircraft and KJ-600 early-warning planes with heavier loads and at longer ranges, narrowing the qualitative gap with…

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer signed a deal to purchase development-stage obesity drugmaker Metsera Inc., winning a bidding war against Novo Nordisk, the Danish drugmaker behind weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy.Metsera, based in New York, has no products on the market, but it is developing oral and injectable treatments. That includes some potential treatments that could target lucrative fields for obesity and diabetes. The deal comes as Pfizer is attempting to develop its own stake in that market, several months after ending development of a potential pill treatment for obesity.In a statement issued Friday, Metsera said Pfizer…

Matthijs de Ligt’s 96th-minute equaliser ruled out what had seemed to be a 91st-minute winnner from Richarlison as Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United played out a dramatic draw in north London on Saturday.This repeat of the Europa League final in May looked set to go the way of Ruben Amorim’s improving team after Bryan Mbeumo haunted old Brentford boss Thomas Frank with a goal in the 32nd minute.It sparked boos at half-time from a disgruntled Spurs fanbase which has seen only three home wins in the Premier League in 2025, but the hosts’ turned it around with substitute Mathys Tel…

Douglas and Heather BoneparthPhoto: Sylvie RosokoffLove is complicated. Add in money and it gets even more so.But in their new book “Money Together,” Heather and Douglas Boneparth argue that having honest and proactive discussions about finances can make partners closer — and eventually, wealthier.They begin their book, published last month, with an anecdote of a couple who had the difficult money talk a little late — on their honeymoon, over a cold seafood salad in Positano, Italy. (The Boneparths were also on vacation, and eavesdropping.) It became clear that the arguing pair had just discovered the husband had credit card…

An awful error from goalkeeper Daniel Iversen was costly for Preston at Millwall as they came away from The Den with a 1-1 draw.In a clash between teams who began Saturday in the top six of the Sky Bet Championship, it was Preston who struck first when Michael Smith pounced on a mistake by Lions’ Camiel Neghli. However, Iversen’s air kick led to Mihailo Ivanovic cancelling out the Lilywhites’ lead as they missed out on the opportunity to go second in the table ahead of the afternoon kick-offs. Millwall had a good chance to take the lead in only the…

John Eustace returned to Ewood Park to spoil Blackburn’s 150th anniversary celebrations as his Derby side held on to earn a 2-1 victory.After controversially swapping play-off-chasing Rovers with the relegation-threatened Rams in February, Eustace’s first return always promised to be hostile and so it proved. But his Derby outfit are vindicating that decision and stood up to the test. They raced into a two-goal lead through headers of differing technical qualities.In-form Carlton Morris deftly nodded the Rams into a 19th-minute lead – his sixth in four games – before Patrick Agyemang powered in a header of his own on the…

Joe Gelhardt scored his fifth goal in six games as Hull defeated struggling Portsmouth 3-2 at the MKM Stadium.The Leeds loan signing showed supreme calmness to dink the ball over goalkeeper Josef Bursik from inside the penalty area after he latched onto Charlie Hughes’ long ball in the 77th minute. Hull have now matched last season’s tally of five home wins – they have also lost just once in eight games – but looked up against it after Terry Devlin opened the scoring during a breathless first half.Enis Destan and Kyle Joseph cancelled out Devlin’s deflected goal, but Portsmouth showed…