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Chelsea managed to be the only team in the Premier League 2018/19 so far to dominate Manchester City. At their own den, they started out as the second-best team but eventually fought their way to a 2-0 win against the league leaders. This victory leaves Liverpool at the top by a point and Chelsea are now third, just seven points off Manchester City. Chelsea’s victory also leaves the Premier League race wide open....

As a matter of fact, the most successful club in English Football, Liverpool have somehow failed to impress in the modern era as the Anfield club are yet to carve their name on the coveted Premier League trophy. But this season may be the season of change at the Red half of Merseyside. The Reds have run rampant in the transfer window as the Merseyside club clinched the signings of some of the biggest names around....

Goals from Origi, Van Dijk and Mane made sure that Liverpool did not let their slender one-point lead slip. Sergio Aguero’s second-half penalty ensured that Manchester City kept pace with the Reds. Arsenal put five past a hapless Bournemouth and the former remains fourth in the table rankings. Chelsea regained some confidence with their 2-0 victory over Spurs and an injury-ravaged United squad found themselves back to winning ways....

Major tactical changes are required if United are to even finish in the top six, considering competition from the likes of Leicester City and West Ham. Although they have had injury issues, the tactics employed by Solskjaer have been problematic and uninspired as well. Worryingly, the players look like they have lost faith in their coach. In that context, here are three tactical changes the Norwegian must make to resurrect Manchester United’s season:...

One highlight of this period has been the club’s disappointing performance in the transfer window. Huge sums of money have been spent, but the club is still considered to be in a transition period. Before his departure, Jose Mourinho did express his discontent at the club’s failure to secure the services of the required players. That tradition seems to have followed in the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer regime as well....

Under the terms of the partnership, which was announced at an event in Beijing attended by Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore and former England and Chelsea star Graeme Le Saux, the Premier League will help the CSL and the Chinese Football Association (CFA) on issues from match-day management and stadium operation to youth development and community engagement. In return, the CSL will provide assistance to the Premier League and its clubs in promotion and marketing in China, as well as staging matches and other business initiatives in the country (my emphasis)....

Khan said in a statement that Ranieri agreed a “change was in the best interest of everyone” after Wednesday’s 2-0 loss at Southampton left Fulham 10 points from safety in next-to-last place. “No surprise to me, Claudio was a perfect gentleman, as always,” Khan said. “Claudio’s tenure at Fulham didn’t produce the outcome we anticipated and needed when I appointed him as manager in November, but be assured he is not solely to blame for the position we are in today....

Thanks to his double against Everton, Tottenham forward Harry Kane now leads the pack with 19 goals, ahead of Toffees striker Romelu Lukaku. Alexis Sanchez has slipped behind, having started Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat to Liverpool on the bench. Aguero king of one thing Pep can’t teach With Diego Costa, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jermain Defoe also in the mix, who has the best chance of holding the lead come the end of the campaign?...

Obviously, Liverpool feature heavily today, so do Tottenham Hotspur—who have been linked with three different players—and, no points for guessing, Manchester United. So, without further ado, here are the top rumours of the day… #5 Everton and West Ham According to a report from The Sun, West Ham are going to tempt Alfie Mawson as they are willing to increase his wages fourfold should their £25 million bid for the midfielder be accepted....

#5 Everton and Watford With his contract winding down this summer, Jack Wilshere is a man who needs to sort out where he will play next season and if rumours from the Daily Star are to be believed, then Everton are the ones leading the race to sign the Englishman. On the other side, Mirror says that Watford may have to sell one of Doucoure and Richarlison in order to keep their finances secure....

#5 Arsenal According to Sports Witness, Arsenal are expected to make an offer for Andrija Zivkovic in the summer. The Serbian has a €60million release clause and is contracted to his current club runs until 2021. Meanwhile, another difficultly-named player is linked with a move to the Gunners as a report from Corriere dello Mezzogiorno via Sport Mediaset claims that Piotr Zielinski is wanted by the Gunners and has a €65million release clause in his contract....

But Schaafsma’s animation is not the main reason that Dutch children actually like math and score high, along with Japan, on standardized tests that rank the performance of students in industrialized countries. Down the hall, Rita Folestra’s math class of 12-year-olds sit in ordered rows of desks and solve workbook problems quietly among themselves after she briefly introduces the lesson. Schaafsma and Folestra may prefer diametric teaching styles, but both use the same revolutionary new system for math instruction called Realistic Mathematics....

Trump tweeted that Rose’s accolades outweigh the ongoing controversy regarding him gambling on games to win. “Pete Rose played Major League Baseball for 24 seasons, from 1963-1986, and had more hits, 4,256, than any other player (by a wide margin),” Trump wrote. “He gambled, but only on his own team winning, and paid a decades long price. GET PETE ROSE INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. It’s Time!” Reactions to the president’s tweet about Rose have been mixed....

The Representative for Washington, the leader of the House Progressive Caucus, rejected calls to immediately splinter off climate change elements of the much-delayed $1.75 trillion BBB package in an effort to get it passed. Jayapal also told Newsweek that the landmark spending bill was the focus for the Democratic Party for the next few weeks, now that voting rights legislation had stalled. She said the goal “for the next four weeks” was to get as many of BBB’s goals “as we can into a bill that passes the Senate....

Elden Ring releasing in June at first seems plausible, because the leaked launch is on a Tuesday, a common release day for big titles. However, when looking back at the development schedules and release times of previous FromSoftware games, there are some other patterns that quickly cast doubt on the projected release date. To calculate when Elden Ring will launch, it’s a good idea look back on the development time, announcement schedule, and launch dates of FromSoftwares last three big titles: BloodBorne, Dark Souls 3, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice....

While the game was originally meant to release on February 18 of this year, the ongoing pandemic and shelter-in-place orders have pushed the game further into 2021. As development continues from home, Far Cry 6 is vaguely scheduled to release at some point after March 2021. Some retailers have even leaked more specific dates, though none of these dates have been corroborated or confirmed by any sources. Past Far Cry games have followed a few specific time frames, so it’s very possible that this delay has forced Far Cry 6 into a different window of release....

What will women voters do? Since the 19th Amendment prohibited the denial of voting rights on the basis of sex a century ago, the press, the public and especially politicians have sought to answer this question. Yet expectations for women voters are often more grounded in assumptions and stereotypes than in evidence, and predicting how women will vote requires looking beyond gender alone. In the years immediately following suffrage, the conventional wisdom was that women didn’t really want to vote at all....

The series is celebrating its 35th anniversary this year, with many other The Legend of Zelda themes goodies having already been released. It remains to be seen what Nintendo has planned for the Game Awards, and if this rumor is even true to begin with. However, based on other rumors, fan requests, and general release patterns from Nintendo, some educated guesses can be made for what’s to come in the next couple of weeks....

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United saw off a determined Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 on Saturday to reduce Manchester City’s lead at the top of the Premier League to five points, while the three teams below them all dropped points. Liverpool and Chelsea drew 1-1 at Anfield while Tottenham Hotspur’s pursuit stalled with a home draw against West Bromwich Albion. Those results offered an opportunity to Arsenal and surprise packets Burnley, either of whom would move into fourth if they win Sunday’s meeting at Turf Moor....