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Reigning Women’s Super League champions Chelsea began their defence with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over title rivals Manchester City. On an entertaining opening night – where Chelsea introduced their new £1m signing Alyssa Thompson before kick-off and welcomed Sam Kerr back to the fold – the Blues scored two slick goals either side of the break, similar in nature, to secure Sonia Bompastor a record-breaking 20th WSL win. The Frenchwoman becomes the quickest manager in the competition’s history to reach that total, despite being pushed all the way by dogged City, who played aggressively in the style of new head…

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Recovered from a torn ACL, Sergiño Dest is set to play with the United States national team for the first time in 1 ½ years and says he’s matured since his red card at Trinidad in November 2023.Dest lost his composure by arguing in a needless dispute with a referee, getting a pair of yellow cards for dissent in a 30-second span during a Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal match.”Obviously it was not good, but I learned from that,” Dest said Friday. “I know that you need to be conscious about your temper. Obviously you need to help…

Kenvue Inc. Tylenol brand pain reliever for sale at a pharmacy in New York, US, on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of Kenvue fell more than 10% on Friday after a report that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will likely link autism to the use of the company’s pain medication Tylenol in pregnant women. HHS will release the report that could draw that link this month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.That report will also suggest a medicine derived from folate – a water-soluble vitamin – can be used to treat symptoms of…

It had long been assumed that Daniel Levy’s authority at Tottenham as club chairman was so overarching that he would always determine the timing of his own departure. Yet Thursday’s dramatic and sudden confirmation he was stepping down quickly shattered that illusion.Levy, 63, was appointed to the post in March 2001, going on to establish himself as one of the most respected administrators in football. Today, Spurs boast one of the finest stadiums in the world and a state-of-the-art training ground so luxurious former head coach Jose Mourinho once waxed lyrical about the “huge pillows” in the on-site bedrooms, comparable…

NFL MVP Josh Allen signs with New Balance.Courtesy of New BalanceNFL MVP Josh Allen has left Nike to sign an endorsement deal with New Balance.The Buffalo Bills quarterback announced the news on Friday in a letter to his hometown of Firebaugh, California. The deal is a major win for Massachusetts-based New Balance.Allen has been a Nike athlete since he joined the league in 2018. The swoosh has faced headwinds in recent years as innovation slowed and sales declined.Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but New Balance has committed to funding the Firebaugh community youth sports program as part of…

Thiago Prudêncio | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesRoblox on Friday announced new short-video and AI features that come amid increasing lawmaker scrutiny into how the company protects children on its platform.With Roblox Moments, users 13 and older will be able to create and share video clips of their gameplay with others on a feed within the platform. The artificial intelligence additions, meanwhile, will allow users to generate advanced 3D objects for the games they create on the platform.Although users can share video clips from mature games on Moments, users who do not meet the age requirements of those…

United States men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino was full of praise for his former Tottenham Hotspur player and recent LAFC signing Son Heung-Min, stating that the South Korea international will “help in the evolution” of MLS.Son, who spent 10 years at Tottenham — four of them under Pochettino — joined LAFC in August for a record MLS fee for an incoming player at $26 million.The 33-year-old, who has 51 goals in 134 appearances at international level, will lead South Korea against Pochettino’s USMNT in a friendly at t Harrison, New Jersey’s Sports Illustrated Stadium on Saturday.- Pochettino ‘in…

Speaking at a press conference on international duty with Scotland, the No.26 said: “It’s not been awkward, I don’t think awkward is the right word. I think it has been difficult for different reasons, I’m used to playing pretty much every game.“I’ve had eight years at Liverpool where apart from the very start, I was always a starter, I was always playing. And now the first three [Premier League] games, I’ve obviously found myself on the bench, which is what it is.“I had time to think over the summer as to what I wanted. I made a decision and I…

Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has admitted he was “in shock” after learning the news that long-serving chairman Daniel Levy was leaving the club.After nearly 25 years serving as the club’s executive chairman, Tottenham announced on Thursday that Levy had stepped down with immediate effect.Pochettino worked with Levy for five years as the Premier League side’s boss — leading the club to a Champions League final with a talented squad but ultimately falling short of major honours — and said he was surprised by the sudden change.”I am a little bit in shock because he was my former president,”…

News anchors work at Newsmax’s booth during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024.Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesA federal judge in Florida dismissed Newsmax’s antitrust lawsuit against Fox News just a day after it was filed — but said she will allow the right-leaning media outlet to submit an amended civil complaint.Judge Aileen Cannon, in an order Thursday, called Newsmax’s suit an impermissible “shotgun complaint” because four of its five counts incorporated all of the allegations made in the first count.”The amended complaint must not…