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Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featurePost-match reaction to come. In the meantime, Louise Taylor’s verdict has landed, and here it is!The 2022-23 League Cup semi-finalists.The semis will be played over two legs, on the weeks commencing 23 January and 30 January. The Wembley final will be played on Sunday 26 February.FULL TIME: Manchester United 3-0 Charlton Athletic. Marcus Rashford scores his second on the stroke of full time, and Manchester United join Newcastle United in the velvet bag for tomorrow’s semi-final draw.St James’ Park erupts as one! Newcastle have reached only their second League…
England’s leading rugby clubs have been warned not to bury their heads in the sand and urged to abandon the existing plan to raise the Premiership’s salary cap next year. The cap is due to rise by £1.4m to £6.4m for the 2024-25 season but Leicester’s chief executive, Andrea Pinchen, believes it would be commercially “naive” if the clubs do not change their minds.With Wasps and Worcester having already collapsed and dropped out of this season’s league, Pinchen believes the remaining clubs need to prioritise their long-term survival over their short-term on-field ambitions and agree to reverse the Covid-driven agreement…
When the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, triggering the largest-ever oil spill in the US, all eyes turned to BP Plc, the British company behind the drilling. But BP wasn’t alone in the project. Among its partners was Japan’s Mitsui & Co., which held a 10% stake. Little-known outside the natural-resources industry, Mitsui is part of a group of five Japanese companies that invests in energy and commodity projects around the world. They are Japan Inc.’s commodity arm with interests in everything from coal mines in Australia to oilfields in Oman and wheat silos in Canada.…
Formula One drivers must not use the platform provided by the sport to make statements for their own “personal agenda”, the FIA president, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, said on Tuesday.Formula One drivers will need prior written permission from the sport’s governing body to make “political, religious and personal statements” from next season following an update of the International Sporting Code in December. Unless the FIA grants approval in writing, drivers who make such statements will now be in breach of the rules.“We are concerned with building bridges. You can use sport for peace reasons … but one thing we don’t want…
CNN — The US Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval Friday for the Alzheimer’s disease drug lecanemab, one of the first experimental dementia drugs to appear to slow the progression of cognitive decline. “Alzheimer’s disease immeasurably incapacitates the lives of those who suffer from it and has devastating effects on their loved ones,” Dr. Billy Dunn, director of the Office of Neuroscience in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement. “This treatment option is the latest therapy to target and affect the underlying disease process of Alzheimer’s, instead of only treating the symptoms of…
THE WAITING GAMESThis may or may not be the sort of behaviour you’d expect from a long-running regular email service that changes its name on a whim, but Football Daily would like to retract everything it said yesterday about the FA Cup being the stuff of dreams. Yes, yes, Stevenage this, Sheffield Wednesday that, Boreham Wood the other, but when it comes to tales of the unexpected, the League Cup is really where it’s at. Put it this way: when was the last time a Fourth Division team got to the final of the FA Cup, like Bradford did in…
CNN — Families waiting to talk about pornography until their children are teenagers should move up that schedule, according to a new report. The average that kids first reported being exposed to online porn was 12, according to a new Common Sense Media survey of more than 1,300 teens ages 13 to 17. Fifteen percent first saw porn when they were 10 years old or younger, according to the report. “Most parents probably think, ‘Well that’s not my kid.’ But the numbers are overwhelming, so it probably is your kid,” said Jim Steyer, Common Sense Media founder and CEO. “This…
CNN — First, the respiratory virus season brought us RSV to worry about, and then came influenza. Now, Covid-19, which had taken a back seat to those viruses, is once again becoming a menace, and health officials are urging people to stay vigilant. Make no mistake. Cold and flu season is still in full swing in the United States. Flu cases are still high, but they appear to have peaked and are trending downward. “It’s pretty clear that there was a peak of activity, but that doesn’t mean we won’t have another one,” said Lynnette Brammer, lead of the US…
Manchester United v Charlton, Tuesday 8pmManchester United signed Jack Butland on loan from Crystal Palace last week and he could be thrust straight into the starting XI to give David de Gea a break. Erik ten Hag is without Donny van de Beek, Jadon Sancho and Axel Tuanzebe. Van de Beek would almost certainly have started because Bruno Fernandes has to serve a one-match ban after he received his second booking in the competition against Burnley last month.Christian Eriksen is an able deputy, with Fred likely come into the team alongside Casemiro at the base of the midfield. With the…
Editor’s Note: Before beginning any new exercise program, consult your doctor. Stop immediately if you experience pain. CNN — Walking has long been lauded as one of the best exercises for overall health. This physical activity can strengthen your heart, lower blood pressure, keep your bones strong and burn calories. When done outside, you reap the additional benefits that come from spending time in nature, such as lower levels of stress, improved attention and a better mood. It’s not always possible to take your daily constitutional alfresco though. When the weather or other factors drive you indoors, consider a treadmill…