Samsung announced the development and commercialisation of its 5G solution to improve performance and streamline management of next generation networks. The South Korean conglomerate’s fully-virtualised 5G Radio Access Network (vRAN) solution comprises of a virtualized Central Unit (vCU), a virtualized Distributed Unit (vDU), along with a broad array of radio units.“Samsung’s 5G vRAN validates a software-based alternative to vendor-specific hardware, while offering high performance, flexibility, and stability,” Jaeho Jeon, VP and Head of R&D, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics, said in a statement. The new solution, when combined with Samsung’s virtualized 4G/5G Core, will help operators employ an end-to-end software-based radio and core network running on COTS x86 servers.

Google on Tuesday launched Nearby Share for Android users to share files seamlessly with other users in close range. Android users can now share content with others in proximity, using Nearby Share. Generally, Nearby Share connects over Bluetooth to share content. Also, in the coming months, Nearby Share will work with Chromebooks for swift file sharing between an Android phone and a Chromebook, he added.

Bidvest Wits midfielder Haashim Domingo has vowed to fight for his current team and upset his soon-to-be employers Mamelodi Sundowns during Saturday’s Nedbank Cup semi-final showdown at Orlando Stadium. After GladAfrica Championship side Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila bought Wits’ Premier Soccer League (PSL) status, Downs have moved in to secure Domingo together with his Wits midfield partner Gift Motupa and goalkeeper Ricardo Goss.I'm honouring my Wits contract and concerning joining them next season, I can't comment on that," Domingo told Sowetan Live.“Right now, I am a Wits player and that's what it's going to be.

'It made me want to sign even more' - Torres reveals what Guardiola said to him before joining Manchester CityManchester City winger Ferran Torres has explained how he spoke to Pep Guardiola prior to signing for the Premier League club, insisting that his words helped convince him that he was making the right decision. My agent was in Manchester with the club and he called me to tell me they had an agreement and I'd play for City. Indeed, Torres, who came through Valencia's academy system and made his first-team debut back in 2017, was left frustrated at his acrimonious exit from the Liga club, revealing that he had wanted to stay put.

The Champions League final will take place on August 23, 2020 at the Estadio da Luz. Only six of the eight first-leg matches of the Europa League round of 16 were played in March before the rest of the games were postponed due to the spread of Covid-19. The Europa League quarter-finals will take place from August 10-11 2020 at neutral stadiums in Germany. The Europa League final will be played on August 23, 2020 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.

With robot vacuum deals as low as $140, the decision of whether to buy a robotic vac isn’t as had as when they cost closer to $1,000, but there are still decisions based on brands and features. Most robot vacuums detect changes in floor surfaces and boost the power to the motor’s maximum strength on carpeting. Robot vacuums work well on tile floors because they detect floor surfaces and apply extra suction as needed. Robot vacuums don’t scratch wood floors because they use brushes or flexible rubber rulers that adjust to the floor surface, applying extra suction where needed.

FDM printers tend to be the most user-friendly and the filaments they use are also very common and quite affordable, making these cheap 3D printers good for household items and other common projects. Stereolithography, while actually a decades-old technology, is less common due to the greater cost of SLA printers and their proprietary resins (there are a few cheap 3D printers that use resin, but they tend to be on the smaller side). Instead of filament as a printing substrate, SLA printers start with a resin liquid that is hardened via UV radiation as it is molded into the desired shape within the printing chamber. Resin-based SLA printers are therefore capable of creating smoother, more detailed, and higher-resolution objects than FDM printers.

The right case or cover keeps your phone protected against bumps, drops, and scratches — and ideally doesn’t look too shabby, either. Although it’s still relatively new to the market, there are already some great cases available for the latest Moto E. Whether you prefer sleek carbon fiber cases, leather wallets, or floral designs, we’ve gathered together some of the best cases around right now. Raised lips around the screen and camera add an additional level of protection for drops and bumps, and tactile button covers keep your phone’s buttons protected while still giving that satisfying click when pressed. This slim, lightweight case offers dual-layer protection, with a hard polycarbonate and acrylic backplate and a soft, flexible TPU bumper that keeps your phone safe from drops and bumps.

If you’re looking for deals on this essential lawn care equipment, we found the best cheap lawnmower deals available at major retailers. Following the cheap lawnmower deals just below, we cover the various types of mowers and their advantages and limitations. We also list essential features and factors that may matter in your search for the best lawnmower deal for your needs. It helps to have a handle on three general factors when shopping for a new lawnmower: Yourself, your lawn, and lawnmower features.

With a laptop compartment specifically designed for the Asus ROG G750 series of gaming laptops, you can carry any 17-inch laptop, along with your keyboard, mouse, peripherals, power supply, extra controllers, snacks, drinks, a tablet, a change of clothes, and a jacket. It includes a main compartment for gym stuff and a padded laptop side pocket that fits laptops up to 15.6 inches. It comes with a waterproof laptop compartment that can hold up to a 15.6-inch laptop, a separate compartment for your tablet, and plenty of other spaces for books, clothes, wallets, phones, water bottles, and other items. There’s a large array of pockets and compartments, including a felt pocket for more sensitive tablets/electronics, a water bottle compartment, a compartment for cords at the base of the pack, an extra-padded top compartment for sunglasses, and more.

If you’re looking for a Lifetime live stream to catch up on all your favorite shows, Lifetime movies, and reality TV series, here’s everything you need to know to stream Lifetime. Hulu Live TV sets you up with local channels and has a broad spectrum of entertainment and sports channels to review, including the full suite of ESPN channels, Cartoon Network, FX, HGTV, and even deep cuts like National Geographic and Syfy, and of course, Lifetime, where you can stream Married at First Sight and Surviving R. Kelly. You’ll get more Sling TV channels by choosing Sling Blue, with its 40 channels including sports favorites like FS1 and NBCSN and cable mainstays like Food Network and Discovery Channel. Like a lot of other channels, Lifetime allows people who subscribe to most of the above streaming services to access a Lifetime live stream and movies either on its website.

Promising review: "At the beach, the wind was fairly strong, but the umbrella held up great for our weekend trip!I found that putting sand around the edges of the umbrella, to help support the anchors was helpful. The flaps that allow wind kept me shaded, cool and breezy. It even rained for a few minutes, but my wife and I stayed nice and chill under the umbrella.

After the 2016 election, Penellope Logue and her partners, Jen and Kat, decided they needed to create a safe space for themselves “away from cis society.” So they sold Logue’s house in Denver and built the Tenacious Unicorn Ranch — an off-the-grid farm located near Westcliffe that’s now home to a herd of 100 alpacas and provides housing and jobs for queer and trans people. Though she knew the trans community needed more housing options, Logue couldn’t predict how much the coronavirus pandemic would exacerbate that need. Now, as trans people continue to be disproportionately affected by job losses and evictions, she says she receives at least three new messages a day from people who are in “desperate” situations — many as a result of the pandemic. Before the pandemic, the ranch had eight residents including Logue and her partners.

But there is a crucial difference — Reels isn’t a separate app, it’s built right into Instagram.“Reels gives people new ways to express themselves, discover more of what they love on Instagram, and help anyone with the ambition of becoming a creator take center stage,” said an Instagram blog post announcing the launch. What Instagram's announcement doesn’t say is just how similar Reels is to TikTok. Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Instagram offered popular TikTok creators “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to start using Reels.

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On Wednesday, Instagram launched possibly its most anticipated US update since Stories or the dog filter: its TikTok competitor, Reels. In fact, as I scrolled through Reels on Tuesday, I saw an Ashley Tisdale video that I had literally just seen on my ForYou page on TikTok.A lot of people just seem to be uploading old TikToks onto Reels, which makes a lot of sense, tbh. Popular TikTok features, like the ability to "Duet" with other videos, aren't available on Reels, and TikTok has, of course, built up its own culture of memes, sounds, and creators that will be hard to completely imitate.

A prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft got off the ground in a test flight, marking a small step that could one day prove to be a giant leap towards the human exploration of the Red Planet. Last year, such a flight was performed by an earlier Starship prototype dubbed "Starhopper". says its Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket (collectively referred to as Starship) represent a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, and beyond. The previous iteration of the Starship prototype, SN4, exploded right after a static fire test in May this year.

NEW YORK: A team of Indian-origin researchers has found that patients experiencing severe Covid-19 symptoms had improved outcomes when administered an Interleukin-6 (IL6ri) inhibitor, sarilumab or tocilizumab -- used in treating autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other several inflammatory conditions. The treatment was more effective when administered earlier in the disease course, reducing mortality rate and the need for intubation. Published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, the results showed that Interleukin-6 inhibitors appear to be a more effective treatment method as compared to other options, including remedesvir and dexamethasone, which are recommended and are being currently used to check the pandemic."At a time when treatments are being tested with urgency amid the Covid-19 pandemic, our study results offer some hope towards finding solutions to better treat patients infected by this disease," said study researcher Manish Sagar from the Boston University in the US. According to the study, elevated IL-6 levels may mediate the severe systemic inflammatory responses that occur in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome or Covid-19 infection. The observational study included 255 Covid-19 patients being treated with IL6ri during stage IIB (149 patients) and stage III (106 patients) of the disease. Once an appropriate patient was identified, he/she was given IL6ri (sarilumab or tocilizumab) based on iteratively reviewed guidelines. The IL6ri was initially reserved for critically-ill patients, but after review, the treatment was liberalised for patients with lower oxygen requirements. The IL6ri recipients had considerably higher supplementary oxygen requirements, indicating more advanced disease than patients in previous remdesivir and dexamethasone trials, and would have been expected to have a higher mortality rate. The study's sampling-with-replacement analysis found that the patients who received IL6ri had a lower mortality rate than patients in the intervention and control groups of remdesivir and dexamethasone trials. The 22.9 per cent mortality rate for the 105 Boston Medical Center patients that required ICU care (41.1 per cent) was considerably lower than previously published 45-50 per cent mortality in other ICU studies."The greatest benefit of IL6ri use was seen in patients who received the drug in an earlier stage, prior to critical respiratory decompensation, showing the importance of prompt testing and treatment," said study researcher Pranay Sinha "We hope these findings can help guide physicians as we seek solutions to reduce mortality, increase extubation, reduce the length of stay in the hospital, and have more patients discharged from the hospital alive," Sinha added.

In a statement released through the university, football players said they supported the decision, in part because “not enough is known about the potential long term effects of contracting” the virus.(The College Football Playoff, the competition that is the most lucrative and prominent of events involving fall sports, will not be affected by the decision.)The wave of news on Wednesday — the Big Ten announced that it intends to begin its football season on Labor Day weekend — comes at a moment when playing college football is increasingly problematic as the landscape within the sport mirrors what is happening nationally, with hot spots emerging and few signs that the pandemic is under control. Cases like this are what prompted a group of Pac-12 players — at least one from every school in the league except the University of Colorado — to threaten Sunday to opt out of the season unless more health and safety measures were put in place, along with other demands.

Wyoming, along with other western states reliant on oil and gas for tax revenue, are still laboring under an 18th-century belief that mining raw materials leads to prosperity. Growth in any sector except oil, gas, coal, and wind will cost the state money by demanding more in infrastructure and services than it generates in tax revenue. Even Texas, for all its energy wealth, only derives 10% of state revenues from the oil and gas industry. When fossil fuel royalties from state and federal lands roll in again, states like Wyoming may have a second chance to redesign their economies, argues Godby.

In 1972, nearly a fifth of the National Institute of Mental Health’s $63 million external research budget went to studying the mental health effects of social problems, including racism. During President Lyndon Johnson’s tenure in the ’60s, NIMH was home to considerable research on mental health among minority groups and the health implications of racism.“Republicans such as Nixon focused on individual responsibility for mental health as opposed to what had been the NIMH’s stance that social conditions (including racism) led to poor mental health,” Hortwitz wrote in an email. Government officials declaring racism is a public health crisis today are acknowledging the reality that health is shaped by social factors including poverty, education, community, stress, and prejudice.

Manchester City are "more than a match" for Real Madrid but they must be wary of Karim Benzema's threat in the final third, says Joleon Lescott."I see Manchester City beating Real Madrid again and progressing to the next round of the Champions League," he said. Lescott added on City needing to win the Champions League to salvage their season: "I think by the standards that Manchester City and Guardiola, in particular, have set, the club needs to win the Champions League for this season to be considered a success."The Champions League is a massive competition for Manchester City, If they were to go on and win the Champions League, that would be huge and we’d suddenly be looking at arguably the best season in the club’s history."

Tusker defender Eugene Asike has revealed how he misses football action since the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) was suspended due to the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Vihiga United striker Lawrence Luvanda has revealed how his short stint at AFC Leopards almost discouraged him from football. Luvanda played a key part after Vihiga United were relegated at the end of the 2018/19 season and finished third when FKF cancelled the National Super League (NSL) this year. However, some club officials and senior players encouraged me and asked me to remain patient and work hard but when the opportunity to join Vihiga United on loan came, I couldn’t hesitate.”

This will be Tau's third successive season in Belgium after spells with Royale Union Saint-Gillioise and Club Brugge over the past two years. Anderlecht sporting director Peter Verbeke spoke highly of Tau but admitted the attacker will need time to adapt to his new surroundings for the bigger role he's earmarked to play in the upcoming season. Speaking to the club's website after putting pen to paper, Tau said Anderlecht's style of play suits his style of play and he has vowed to contribute positively to the club's success during his loan stint. After two successful loan stints with Saint-Gilloise and Club Brugge, Tau's camp worked hard to earn him a move to the Premier League but it appears things didn't go according to plan.

Rudiger: Willian is like Hazard & I'll be sad if he leaves ChelseaThe Blues winger is set to depart in the summer having rejected a two-year contract offer from the club, with Arsenal having been strongly linkedAntonio Rudiger says Chelsea will miss Willian should he ultimately decide to leave the club on a free transfer and compared the Brazilian winger's abilities to former Blues talisman Eden Hazard. Willian helped Chelsea to a top-four finish in the Premier League in the 2019-20 season and Rudiger has praised the work done by Frank Lampard in what is his first season in charge of the west Londoners.

According to the Sports Authority of India's (SAI) new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) athletes are required to declare that they are voluntarily joining the training session in spite of being aware of the prevalent Coronavirus situation. The consent form requires the athletes to "acknowledge the risks associated with resuming training at the centre under the present Covid-19 pandemic situation."I hereby declare that I am willing to resume training at the centre on my own consent without the influence of any other party and I shall adhere to suggested safety precautions and protocols at the centre. The NSFs are also required to sign an undertaking, where they are also acknowledging the risks of resuming training in the current scenario, declared that they have studied the SOP in detail and that they will adhere to the protocols of the SOP and government orders.

'Bale is in top three players in the world at his best' - Welshman still 'very important' to Real Madrid, says CasemiroThe midfielder thinks although his team-mate is enduring a tough time at Santiago Bernabeu, he is still able to "spring a surprise at any time"Gareth Bale is in the top three players in the world at his best, according to Casemiro, who insists the Welshman is still "very important" to Real Madrid. Bale's position at Santiago Bernabeu has been the subject of much speculation since Zinedine Zidane's return to the club in March 2019.

'Man City won't have their fans' - Casemiro believes Real Madrid will be helped by supporter lockoutCasemiro believes Real Madrid, trailing 2-1, can benefit from playing without fans on the road against Manchester City. Real Madrid midfielder Casemiro said playing behind closed doors at Manchester City can help the La Liga holders overturn their Champions League deficit."It will be a very good game and difficult for both sides, but we're Real Madrid and we know we have a chance to go through.

Having completed his loan move in Turkey, the winger is back in Stade Louis II to fight for his place in Niko Kovac’s squad ahead of the new seasonIn his first spell at Stade Louis II under manager Leonardo Jardim, the Nigeria international got one assist in four league appearances before he was loaned to Galatasaray. Onyekuru joined Monaco on a five-year deal in August 2019 after an unsuccessful Everton spell but his debut campaign in the French top-flight did not go as planned."We have our plans but then life brings its own plans, but I am still working on it, and hopefully I will be back soon, maybe not with Everton but surely in the Premier League," Onyekuru told BBC Sport.

The Kosovan side have completed the signing of the South African duo from Albanian side Apolonia for the 2020-21 seasonKosovan Women's Premier League champions Mitrovica have completed the signing of South Africa striker Andisiwe Mgcoyi and defender Zanale Nhlapo for the upcoming 2020-21 season. The Banyana stars joined Mitrovica from Albanian Women's League side Apolonia, where they spent the last season, with Mgcoyi scored 17 goals in eight games before the coronavirus cancellation. Before their move to Europe last year, the South Africans starred for Sasol Women's League giants Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies and are the first signings of the Kosovan champions this summer.

Wigan Athletic’s relegation to League One has been confirmed after an independent arbitration panel ruled the club's 12-point deduction for entering administration in July will stand."The insolvency event occurred on the 1 July 2020 and under EFL Regulation 12.3, the Club was subject to a 12-point sanction; yet the timing of the deduction could only be determined once the final games of the season had been played," an EFL statement read. In such circumstances EFL Regulations state that, in the event a Club is relegated by virtue of their final position following the conclusion of the league campaign, then the deduction would apply in the following season. Wigan, who have bounced between the Championship and League One since relegation from the Premier League in 2012-13, released a statement saying they were "disappointed" but would accept the decision.

The 21-year-old will remain at Adana for at least another season after agreeing to a contract extension on TuesdayAbdulkareem joined Adana in September 2020 from Nigerian top-flight side Confluence Queens, and was signed for the rest of the season after she enjoyed a successful trial in December. Her impact on her short stay with Adana in their top-flight survival fight saw the club reward her with a contract extension. Speaking on her new deal with the club, she told Goal: "I am excited about extending my stay at the club and signing an improved contract.

The crisis in Midtown fits within a broader upending of life in New York City. Companies across the city are reconsidering whether to continue paying rent for space in office buildings.“New York survived the late ’70s, and everybody thought the city was over — rampant crime, near bankruptcy,” said Robert A.M. Stern, the modern traditionalist architect whose firm has executed many prominent projects in Manhattan and around the globe.“It survives the market crashes of ’87 and ’89, it survives the dot-com crash of 2000 or so.

As Hurricane Isaias worked its way through the Mid-Atlantic states Tuesday, its winds steadily diminishing, a new hazard arose: tornadoes. It is not uncommon for hurricanes to spawn tornadoes, and they are similar to those that arise out of large thunderstorms in the Central Plains, said Jana Houser, an associate professor of meteorology at Ohio University. When they form, tornadoes are created in the outer rain bands of hurricanes, Dr. Houser said, which contain convective cells — thunderstorms — of their own. But as long as a hurricane is over water, tornadoes will not form, Dr. Houser said.

Kwale Girls High School coach Mukasa Amboko, who has been nurturing the youngster since her time in school, explained how the forward managed to get the deal."One of the Swedish scouts secretly watched Katungwa lead our school team to the National title at Hill School in Eldoret and followed us to the East Africa Secondary School games in Rwanda in March 2018 where Katungwa scored the winning goal to win Kwale girls and Kenya gold medal in football after a long wait," Amboko revealed to Daily Nation. Katungwa is remembered for helping Kwale Girls High School to emerge national secondary school football champions in 2018, the first time a team from the coastal region had achieved the feat. Katungwa is seen as a prospect for the Kenya women's national team alongside another youngster Gentrix Shikangwa.

Harry Redknapp was a more accomplished tactician than Arsene Wenger, according to former Arsenal forward Paul Merson. Merson spent 12 years at Arsenal but was sold to relegated Middlesbrough just one season into Wenger's reign, eventually going on to shine under Redknapp at Portsmouth. Portsmouth were promoted to the Premier League after racking up 98 points under Redknapp in 2002-03, with Merson named in the First Division's Team of the Year. Now, Merson says he believes Redknapp was the best man-manager he played under, saying Wenger had a higher calibre of players to work with.

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The Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has picked September 9 as the date to kick off the 2020-21 Mainland Premier League campaign. However, before the season gets underway, champions Simba SC will take on Namungo FC in the Community Shield season opener on August 29, 2020. Simba SC, who won three titles – Mainland Premier League, Community Shield, and FA Cup –  in the recently concluded campaign, will be keen to retain the titles when the season gets underway. Simba won the league with six matches to spare after their closest challengers Young Africans (Yanga SC) and Azam FC failed to reach their tally of points, and they ended the season with 88 points, while Yanga came second and Azam third.

Everton to miss out on Everton as Benfica close in on €20m deal for Gremio's Brazil forwardEverton are set to miss out on long-term transfer target Everton, with the Gremio forward edging closer to a move to Portuguese giants Benfica. Goal has learned a deal between the clubs has moved a step closer, with Benfica set to pay €20 million (£18m/$24m) for the 24-year-old Brazil international. Despite the advanced nature of the transfer discussions, Everton is expected to play for Gremio in their game against Internacional on Thursday.

Angel Gomes has confirmed he has left Manchester United, following months of speculation over whether the 19-year-old would remain at Old Trafford. Born in London but raised in Salford, attacking midfielder Gomes had been part of United's set-up since the age of six and made his first-team debut under Jose Mourinho in 2017. Gomes won the Young Player of the Year award for United's Under-23s in 2016-17, but only made 10 first-team appearances in total.“[On] May 21, 2017 I made my Premier League debut for the club of my dreams aged 16, replacing the legend himself, Wayne Rooney.

IFA wants to host I-League Second Division in Kalyani, gets green signal from West Bengal GovernmentThe Indian Football Association (IFA) held a meeting with the West Bengal state government on Monday to discuss the possibility of hosting the remainder of the 2019-20 I-League Second Division in the state. The IFA secretary told Goal that they have received the green signal from the state government and if the central government permits sporting activities to happen in September, West Bengal will be ready to host the final stages of the Second Division. Joydeep Mukherjee further stated that they have already written to the All India Football Federation and informed them about the state association’s wish of hosting the Second Division league.

Simba SC team manager Patrick Rweyemamu has hit out at Tanzania Premier League Board (TPLB) for the criteria used to shortlist the players deserving awards for their performance in the concluded 2019/20 season."How can a player who has won Player of the Month Awards fail to appear in the final list of best players?Then the ones making the list have never won the Player of the Month Award.I thought the easiest one could have been selecting some of the players who won the monthly awards in the season.

Osok: Former Wazito midfielder linked with move to AFC LeopardsKenyan Premier League (KPL) giants AFC Leopards are in talks with free agent Teddy Osok with intentions to sign him. Derrick Otanga, Musa Masika and Peter Thiong’o are other players the 13-time league champions have set their eyes on and have reportedly held individual talks with them. With Wazito struggling for stability and results, Otanga did not find his goal-scoring touch and the exit from the Nairobi club has now made AFC Leopards add him to their wishlist.

Marcelo Bielsa is being hailed as the 'perfect-fit' for Leeds United after guiding them to the Premier League

The former Brazil international has lauded the efforts of a hard-working striker having been sent on a scouting mission by the Selecao in 2016Roberto Firmino is not the striker for anyone looking for a 40-goal centre-forward but the Liverpool star is a “complete” frontman, according to former Brazil international Sylvinho. Liverpool and Brazil have bought into that skill set, with Sylvinho having been impressed by the Reds star when sent on a scouting mission by Selecao boss Tite in 2016. The former Arsenal, Barcelona and Manchester City full-back told The Guardian of Firmino: “When I started working with Brazil, Tite sent me to watch Firmino at Burnley and he was incredible.

‘Even a little bit of Messi is mucho Messi’ – Barcelona star can inspire Champions League win, says SylvinhoBarcelona are still capable of claiming Champions League glory this season because “even a little bit of Lionel Messi is mucho Messi”, says Sylvinho. The former Blaugrana full-back told The Guardian: “Even a little bit of Messi is mucho Messi. Messi has previously played a part in four Champions League triumphs for Barcelona, but the last of those came back in 2015 and a global superpower is keen to return to the top of a continental game.

The Bayern Munich striker says that the German manager was an "amazing" man and coach during their time together at Borussia DortmundRobert Lewandowski has named Jurgen Klopp as his favourite manager, while describing the Liverpool boss as a man with "two faces" - one of a caring father and one of an authoritative coach. Lewandowski spent his first two years at Allianz Arena working under Pep Guardiola, the current Manchester City manager, who boasts one of the greatest coaching CVs in football history. However, the 31-year-old forward has ranked Klopp ahead of the Spaniard as the best coach he has ever worked with, as he told ESPN: "I think... Jurgen Klopp [is my favourite] and after that Pep Guardiola.

Francisco Bruto Da Costa, recently appointed as a coach of East Bengal, has the experience of working as an assistant manager at Indian Super League (ISL) clubs NorthEast United and Kerala Blasters. He worked alongside Nelo Vingada for the first time at NorthEast United and then followed him to Malaysia before joining his coaching team at Kerala Blasters. The new East Bengal coach suggested that it was an honour for him to work alongside a coach like Vingada who was associated with the Portuguese national team in the past. There is a difference between working with a club and working with a national team.

Former Bafana Bafana midfielder Stanton Fredericks believes the chopping and changing of coaches in South Africa should come to an end if senior national team is to be successful again, and has attributed the nation's slump to the decision to dismiss Clive Barker. Fredericks acknowledges that Bafana's decline came when Barker wasn't allowed to take the team to the 1998 Fifa World Cup in France despite winning the Africa Cup of Nations on home soil in 1996."I think the beginning of the end started when they never allowed Clive Barker to coach Bafana Bafana in France 98, and that same inconsistency in the coaches is the demise of Bafana Bafana. Just before the 2002 Fifa World Cup finals, Carlos Queiroz was appointed as head coach of Bafana Bafana but he was fired soon after the global showpiece, and to this day, Fredericks believes the South African Football Association made the wrong decision.

The quarter-finalists of the ongoing competition to crown the country's elite freestyle footballer have been revealedThe 2020 South African Freestyle Championship Top-8 has been revealed.A week after announcing the Top-16, the judges - an elite mix of local and international freestyle football legends - have managed to pick out the eight standout contestants who have continued to revolutionise the simple act of juggling a ball by creating tricks no one ever knew were possible. Former champions Rishaad Ebrahim, Sipho “Six” Busakwe are amongst those who have progressed to the Top-8 while young duo Zenande Sineke (13) 11-year-old Shane Namuhuja have been eliminated.

But a new study published Thursday finds that much of the economic harm from sea-level rise this century is likely to come from an additional threat that will arrive even faster: As oceans rise, powerful coastal storms, crashing waves and extreme high tides will be able to reach farther inland, putting tens of millions more people and trillions of dollars in assets worldwide at risk of periodic flooding. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, calculated that up to 171 million people living today face at least some risk of coastal flooding from extreme high tides or storm surges, created when strong winds from hurricanes or other storms pile up ocean water and push it onshore. If the world’s nations keep emitting greenhouse gases, and sea levels rise just 1 to 2 more feet, the amount of coastal land at risk of flooding would increase by roughly one-third, the research said. In 2050, up to 204 million people currently living along the coasts would face flooding risks.

Celtic right-back Jeremie Frimpong is aiming to contribute more goals and assists this season after scoring in the Bhoys' 5-1 win over Hamilton Academical on Sunday."It's not like me to score often, that's one of my targets this season, to get goals and assists, and I'm going to keep working on that,” Frimpong told the club website.“There's confidence in the team because everyone's looking forward to going out and playing and winning,” he said.“The team is making me a better player," Frimpong concluded.

Those who are least responsible for polluting Earth’s atmosphere are among those most hurt by its consequences. The average American is responsible for 33 times more planet-warming carbon dioxide than the average Bangladeshi. Until then, Taijul Islam, a 30-year-old sharecropper whose house has washed away, will have to camp out in a makeshift bamboo shelter on slightly higher ground. At least he was able to salvage the tin sheet that was once the roof of his house.

"We took three fundamental points because closing on the left is a very important milestone to start again next year.”Duncan went on to stress how important it was for Fiorentina to start next season better and stronger.“It must be a point starting point, we have room for improvement. We also talk about it, and we will try to make ourselves ready to start strong again next year, without the errors of this season.”

Earlier on Monday, the club denied reports they have been forced into panic transfer activities after missing out on winning silverware in the just-concluded season.A section of Yanga fans have questioned the criteria the club is using to sign new players since they have not appointed a new coach after they fired Belgian Luc Eymael at the end of the 2019-20 Mainland Premier League season. The fans believe the club should have first appointed a new coach, who could reveal the players he wants to be signed for the club ahead of the new season.“All the players we have signed already are as per the request from the technical bench, even if Eymael left, we still had a team working under him which still exists and they are the ones involved in this transfer activities,” Hersi Said, Director of GSM Investment, who are Yanga’s main sponsors, told reporters on Monday.

But, after the Philadelphia Union's MLS is Back quarter-final win over Sporting Kansas City last Thursday, head coach Jim Curtin did not use those tactics to describe the future of Brenden Aaronson, a player recently described by Bild as the "U.S. Havertz" amid links to the Bundesliga. In recent times, Curtin and the Union have ushered in a number of academy players, such as Mark McKenzie, Auston Trusty, Matthew Real and Anthony Fontana, but Aaronson has established himself as the club's crown jewel. To get him to that level, Curtin says the club plans to push Aaronson into more attacking positions, and the midfielder says that the has been working "tirelessly" on his play in the final third. In each of the Union's five matches during the MLS is Back Tournament, Aaronson has started as a 10, playing behind some combination of Santos, Ilsinho and Kacper Przybylko, and he has shone in that role as arguably the most impressive player throughout the competition.

Manchester United continue Sanchez talks with Inter as Chilean is registered in Serie A club's Europa League squadInter Milan have named Alexis Sanchez in their Europa League squad for the final knockout round games as they continue discussions with Manchester United over signing the Chilean on a permanent deal. An option of another short-term loan to allow Sanchez to compete in the Europa League knockout tournament in Germany has been mooted and the two clubs are discussing a permanent deal with the Chile international not part of Solskjaer’s long-term plans. Chris Smalling finds himself in a similar position at Roma, in that unless an agreement is reached between United and the Italian side for either a permanent deal or a long-term loan agreement, he will not be able to feature in the final Europa League games, should they progress, as his current deal is set to expire at the end of the week.

Yanga SC convene urgent meeting, set to sign Tonombe, Kisinda from AS VitaYoung Africans (Yanga SC) have convened an urgent meeting with their players on Monday as they close in on two AS Vita players. Meanwhile, AS Vita striker Makusu Mundele has revealed coach Florent Ibenge has asked him whether he is ready to sign for Yanga.“Ibenge told me [Mukoko] Tonombe and [Tuisila] Kisinda have already agreed to be part of Yanga and will soon land in Tanzania to sign their contracts,” the striker added.

‘Holding isn’t good enough, Arsenal need a centre-half’ – Arteta urged to add by RobsonArsenal need to be bringing in another centre-half during the summer transfer window, says Stewart Robson, with Mikel Arteta told that the likes of Rob Holding and Sead Kolasinac are “not good enough” to deliver future success."They've still got to get good centre-halves," Robson, who spent six years with Arsenal in his playing days, told ESPN FC. Kolasinac I'm not sure he's quite good enough to make Arsenal go to that next level.

Genk striker Cyriel Dessers has denied claims of his interest to represent Belgium and reiterated his commitment to the Nigeria national team.A report recently quoted the striker stating he is still open to representing Belgium but the highly-rated forward has now refuted the claims. Dessers joined Belgian First Division A side Genk in June and has been impressive for the club, scoring three goals during their pre-season games so far. The forward made only one league appearance for Leuven before teaming up with Lokeren in April 2014 and featured in 32 league games for the Belgian club.

A section of Yanga fans have questioned the criteria the club is using to sign new players since they have not appointed a new coach after they fired Belgian Luc Eymael at the end of the 2019-20 Mainland Premier League season. The fans believe the club should have first appointed a new coach, who could reveal the players he wants to be signed for the club ahead of the new season. Yanga have now come out to defend the signings, insisting the deals they have already accomplished have the blessing from the technical bench, adding their top target is to win the league title next season.“All the players we have signed already are as per the request from the technical bench, even if Eymael left, we still had a team working under him which still exists and they are the ones involved in this transfer activities,” Hersi Said, Director of GSM Investment, who are Yanga’s main sponsors, told reporters on Monday.

Club owners met the Federation's president over the weekend to discuss women's football development in the countryThe Federation of Uganda Football Associations (Fufa) president Moses Magogo has revealed his delight with the development women's football has undergone in the country since 2015."We are proud of the journey moved so far since the start of regular club football for Women Football in 2015."The club owners have played a key role in sustaining women’s football and as Fufa, we have good plans to continue with this journey," Magogo revealed.

Praful Patel on Indian football - AIFF needs the state associations to pull up their socks!All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Praful Patel has laid down a challenge to the various member state associations, calling for a greater involvement to take Indian football to a brighter future. Patel re-iterated that work done by state associations will help build talent pool across the country which will generate a steady supply of talent to the upper streams of Indian football. However, it is down to the Indian FA and the state associations to work in tandem and create the infrastructure to convert the interest in football among kids to something serious and tangible.

Simba SC coach Sven Vandenbroeck has cast doubt over his future at the club despite the successes achieved in the recently concluded Tanzania domestic season. However, after Sunday's 2-1 win over Namungo in the FA Cup final, Vandenbroeck cast doubt on his future."But there is one big challenge, you cannot talk about the Champions League [first]," Vandenbroeck added. Bocco added the second goal four minutes after Miquissone had registered the opener, heading into the net and ensured Simba went into the break with a healthy 2-0 lead.

Football on TV: Matches to watch & stream in Malaysia this midweekOnly one match is available for viewing today. Two matches can be watched on Tuesday. Don't start watching other sports yet, there's one A-League match on television on this day!

Alisson admits to ‘most exhausting’ season after helping Liverpool to end 30 years of English top-flight title painThe Brazil international goalkeeper contributed to the Reds landing the Premier League crown and is now looking forward to a well-deserved breakLiverpool goalkeeper Alisson admits the 2019-20 campaign has been “one of the most exhausting seasons I’ve ever had”, with the Reds left physically and emotionally drained on the back of their Premier League title triumph. They will not have long to recharge their batteries as the 2020 Community Shield – which will see the Reds take on FA Cup winners Arsenal – has been pencilled in for August 29 and the new Premier League season is due to start on September 12.

Carvalho did eventually turn up for the Flaming Oranje in 2017, 16 years after attending trials at the club that was then recently taken over from Cidade de Goa in 1999 by Sporting Goa's current owner Peter Vaz."He (Carvalho) attended a trial with us in the year 2001 and Peter (Vaz) wanted to sign him," Sporting Goa official Angelo Albuquerque revealed to Goal. Although he only got a look into the national team set-up during a few friendlies under the regime of Armando Colaco as the India coach, at the state level, Peter Carvalho won the 2005 Santosh Trophy with Goa and at the age of 36 captained the side that lost the 2017 Santosh Trophy final played in Goa 1-0 to West Bengal. This was when, in 2017, he earned himself a move to Sporting Clube de Goa from FC Bardez to ply his trade in the Goa Pro League and almost won back-to-back titles.