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“If you tell me that ‘X’ league will become the main league of the country, we would like to be a part of it. We want to have a chance to represent the country at Asian level,” said Mandar Tamhane, Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Bengaluru FC, last year. ISL to get recognition from AFC With the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) set to allot an AFC Cup berth to the Indian Super League (ISL) winner later this month, Bengaluru FC tilting towards the three-year-old competition is obvious....

GameStop appeared to be a middling or even fading company that sells physical copies of video games at increasingly irrelevant shopping malls. Yet, the company’s shares soared to $483, or 18,693.77% above the 52-week low of $2.57. The stock closed Thursday at $193.60, down 55.8% from its high. “Right now, it’s all about trading,” Dave Sekera, chief U.S. market strategist for Morningstar, told Newsweek. Sekera said there is a lesson in short-selling to be learned from this phenomenon....

Football’s international governing body last month voted to increase the number of teams competing in the quadrennial tournament from 32 to 48, significantly adding to the infrastructural and logistical demands upon any country hoping to host the event. UEFA wants 16 teams at World Cup Japan and South Korea are the only nations to have jointly staged the competition, doing so in 2002. The European Championship has been shared between two countries on three occasions, in 2000, 2008 and 2012, while Euro 2020 will be split across numerous locations on the continent....

The Department of Labor reported on Friday that consumer prices around the country rose 6.8 percent in November, a 0.8 percent increase from October. It also marks the highest year-over-year increase in prices since 1982, which saw June end with a 7.1 percent inflation rate. Core prices are also up by 4.9 percent, which is the biggest increase in that area since 1991, according to the report. Low-income families have been especially affected by the jump, as it is making everyday necessities seem out of reach....

Icardi sustained the knock during Inter’s 1-1 Serie A draw with Torino on Sunday, although he completed 90 minutes and provided the assist for Eder’s equaliser. Argentina 8/1 to win 2018 World Cup Inter head coach Luciano Spalletti later commended the forward on producing “a great performance” despite the concern. But the Argentine Football Association (AFA) has withdrawn the 24-year-old due to pain in the patella tendon of his right knee....

The Thunder beat the Pistons 103-87 behind 34 points from Durant. Not only did he come out smoking offensively, scoring 15 points in the first quarter, he also pulled down 13 rebounds, dished out five assists and blocked three shots. The Thunder destroyed the Pistons even with a rare poor performance by Russell Westbrook (14 points, four assists, four rebounds, 11 turnovers). MORE: 5 bold predictions for the Warriors | Anthony Davis injured again...

The Chiefs are in trouble, and they wish it were only about losing two games in a row. They played the whole second half against the Chargers on Sunday without their two best defensive players, Tamba Hali and Justin Houston, who had combined for 20 sacks going into the game. Hali (nine sacks) injured his left ankle on the first play of the second quarter and was carted from the sidelines....

It’s early in the week, so we don’t know everything about these situations, but here are the latest injury updates on Marshall, Moncrief, Gronk, Sammy Watkins, and Tyler Lockett. MORE: Full Week 3 waiver wire list | RB handcuff chart Will Rob Gronkowski play in Week 3? Gronkowski suffered a hamstring injury in practice on Aug. 15 and has been inactive for the Patriots’ first two games. There’s no real need to hurry his return with Martellus Bennett playing well, so Gronk’s “week-to-week” injury could linger on, especially with the Pats – led by a rookie QB – playing a tough Houston defense in Week 3....

Six-legged bugs might not attract as much attention or sympathy as larger, cuddlier mammals, the authors say, but their decline has been more dramatic and may have greater ramifications for humanity. The study points to evidence that suggests insect populations may have shrunk 50 percent or more since the 1970s, due to a combination of factors including habitat loss, climate change and pesticide use. The report incorporates dozens of studies from across the globe that together build a dystopian picture of a worldwide insect apocalypse....

But the glory days are drawing to a close. After 50 years of rule making—and charges that the EU was out of touch with its citizens—power is shifting away from the unaccountable bureaucrat. The new reform treaty, agreed upon by EU leaders in October, awards greater authority to the directly elected European Parliament. For the people of Europe that’s one more step toward democracy, and a step away from rule by bureaucracy—and, indeed, this is no ordinary bureaucracy....

The service warms up with a few numbers by a 300-member gospel choir. Then there’s a performance by a drill team: rows of women dressed in matching white shirts and red suspenders walk through military moves while chanting verses from scripture. There’s the sermon, a time for quiet reflection, and an altar call. When asked about the controversial statements of their former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, statements that have been pasted all over the Internet and cable news for the past few days, congregants are almost universally dismayed....

No other player has won as many Grand Slam titles on the clay surface at Roland-Garros - with the Spaniard’s 21 majors across the four Slams a current record in the sport’s history. After advancing to the 2022 French Open final on his 36th birthday when semi-final opponent Alexander Zverev was forced to retire after sustaining an ankle injury, Nadal is one step closer to improving his record even further in Paris and is now the hot favourite....

What if they miss the playoffs altogether? MORE: Stanley Cup odds for all 31 teams A case can be made for any scenario, which is indicative of Toronto’s unpredictable youth more than anything. The Leafs slipped into the playoffs by a single point last year. But from their inspired run pushing the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Capitals to six games, a two-year window was born to fast-track those championship aspirations before being faced with the difficult cap decisions that have constrained other contenders....

In the past decade, the cost of insulin has tripled in the United States, with out-of-pocket costs doubling. One in four patients say that they ration their insulin because they can’t afford it. “If someone has type 1 diabetes or if someone has had damage to their pancreas, these are instances where their body doesn’t produce any insulin,” Stephanie Redmond, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM, founder of Diabetes Doctor, tells Verywell. “Without a doubt, insulin is lifesaving, and just a day or so without it will require hospitalization and could lead to death for those patients....

Greg Tramontin, head of GoAuto Insurance, has apologized after writing about how Donald Trump was “doing it for all the right reasons” and “loved his country” before referring to Harris and President-elect Joe Biden as “power hungry Joe and the hoe.” The phrase “Joe and the hoe” was used by the right to attack Harris during the election campaign. Baton Rouge community activist Gary Chambers has urged a boycott of Tramontin’s business....

Q. Why didn’t Intel call the Pentium the 586? A. Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605. Q. What algorithm did Intel use in Pentium’s floating point divider? A. “Life is like a box of chocolates” (source: F. Gump of Intel). Q. What do you get when you cross a Pentium PC with a research grant? A. A mad scientist. Q. What’s another name for the “Intel Inside” sticker they put on Pentiums?...

The company reminded suppliers in a memo last month that “multiple governments” had imposed restrictions on products from the region, where the United States has determined human rights abuses amounting to “genocide” are ongoing against Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities. Last month, President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans goods from the region unless importers can prove they were not sourced through forced labor....

“In the last three days, pro-Russian forces have made tactical advances towards the centre of the town of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast,” the Defence Ministry said in an intelligence briefing on Friday, adding that Russia also “likely advanced” into the villages of Opytne and Ivangrad. The ministry also said that there have been “few” settlements taken over by Russian forces or separatist forces since early July, but forces led by the private military company Wagner Group have made some local advances in the Donbas region....

Schweinsteiger first-team return is an option The Dutchman took charge at the start of the season following Roberto Mancini’s sacking, but lost his job after 85 days on Wednesday with his side sitting 12th in Serie A having lost four of its last five league games. Youth coach Stefano Vecchi will step in to manage Inter’s trip to Southampton in the Europa League, and Ranocchia stressed the squad must now stand up and be counted....