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Eagles name Jalen Hurts their starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against Saints
He replaces struggling veteran Carson Wentz for the Eagles , who have fallen from NFC East champions in 2019 to a 3-8-1 record this season. "I looked at the whole thing and decided that for this week to look for that spark again to try to get the team over the hump, to try to get everybody playing better". [Full Article...]
Tulsa game off; AAC title still on
Both teams have 6-0 conference records and this game would have determined who hosted the AAC Championship Game on December 19. The originally scheduled game was planned for October 17 but postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases at Cincinnati. [Full Article...]
Perez doubts maiden win will affect F1 future
Helmut Marko. "I had congratulation messages from pretty much most of the team bosses in F1 including Helmut so it was nice to have that", he said . "I think in Formula 1 , we know the level of the drivers and the only reason I didn't win before is because I never had the auto really to achieve that", Perez told Sky F1's Ted Kravitz at Yas Marina. [Full Article...]
England's test tour of Sri Lanka rescheduled for Jan 2021
England's tour of Sri Lanka, which was postponed during March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic , has been rescheduled to take place in January 2021 behind closed doors in Galle. Bairstow, who has not played Test cricket for December 2019, has pulled out of his Big Bash League contract at Melbourne Stars and is expected to substitute Ollie Pope, who is still healing from shoulder surgery. [Full Article...]
Big Ten changes rule, allows Ohio State into conference title game
However, after Wednesday's announcement, Ohio State will face Northwestern for the Big Ten title on December 19. We had a chance to earn our spot in the Big Ten Championship Game, but ultimately fell a touchdown short on the road against a great Ohio State team. [Full Article...]
Barbarians stars banned over virus breach
The match was cancelled due to concerns over the health risk to other Barbarians players and management as well as the potential risk to other teams and the integrity of the recently concluded Autumn Nations Cup tournament. The players have been fined a total of 18-and-a-half weeks' salary between them and given a combined 630 hours of community service. A total fine of 2 weeks' wages reduced fr... [Full Article...]
United Kingdom launches review to ensure gambling laws meet digital age standards
The UK Government has joined forces with Camelot UK and the gambling regulatory body of the country to roll out the new age limit across the products of the National Lottery as soon as possible. From an era of having a flutter in a high street bookmaker, casino, racecourse or seaside pier, the industry has evolved at breakneck speed . Already, one change has been decided and it is incre... [Full Article...]
National Basketball Association updating policies for resting healthy players
In situations when a team decides to rest a healthy player, the policy says that player should be visible to fans, Haynes added . Although they were only punished because then head coach Doc Rivers made post-match comments that contradict the team's official statement about Leonard's health. [Full Article...]