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Two African football players have been unable to enter Britain to face English team West Ham in a Europa Conference League game, Danish club Viborg said Tuesday. Entry visas were not processed in time for Nigerian player Ibrahim Said and Gambian forward Alassana Jatta to play in London on Thursday in the playoff round of the third-tier European competition. ALSO READ| Transfer News: Brighton Sign Ecuador Defender Pervis Estupinan From Villarreal Viborg said the problem could not be solved despite working with embassies from Denmark and Britain, along with UEFA and the Danish soccer federation. Visas for the players to enter Britain take several weeks to process, the club said, and the scheduled game was confirmed only last week. Although the draw for the playoff round was made on Aug. 2, it was on Aug. 9 that Viborg advanced by completing a 5-1 aggregate victory over Faeroese club B36 Tórshavn. Jatta scored in the 2-1 second-leg win. Viborg is playing in a European … [Read more...] about Europa Conference League: Danish Club Viborg’s African Players Denied British Entry to Play West Ham

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 NYON, Switzerland (AP) — European Championship stars Beth Mead and Lena Oberdorf are competing with Alexia Putellas on the shortlist announced Wednesday for the UEFA Women’s Player of the Year award. Mead was named player of the tournament after the England forward helped the host nation win its first European title last month. She was the tournament's joint top scorer with six goals. Oberdorf won the young player award at Euro 2022 and helped Germany reach the final. The 20-year-old midfielder also helped her club Wolfsburg win the German league and reach the Champions League semifinals. Putellas, the winner of both FIFA and UEFA player awards last season, starred for Barcelona on its run to the Champions League final against Lyon but missed Euro 2022 with Spain when she suffered a serious knee injury. The three women got the most points on a 22-player list … [Read more...] about Mead, Oberdorf, Putellas on UEFA best player award shortlist

Kate Middleton and tennis champion Roger Federer have teamed up in a collaboration that will see the Laver Cup, a tournament that Federer co-founded, donate proceeds from a charity day in London to two of the organizations patronized by the duchess. The partnership announced on Wednesday will see Federer and Kate attend a special pre-Laver Cup tennis event in East London where young people aged 8 to 15 who work with the charities of which Kate is patron will take part. No date for the event has been officially announced but it is expected to take place shortly before the Laver Cup's practice day on September 22. The Laver Cup is a unique tennis tournament that sees 12 of the world's top male tennis players split into two teams to compete against one another. The players are divided into Team Europe and Team World with three players on each team selected based on their international rankings. The additional three players on each side are selected by the team captain. Federer is … [Read more...] about Kate Middleton burnishes athletic prowess with Roger Federer collaboration

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Social media companies are offering few specifics as they share their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are generally staying the course from the 2020 voting season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Video app TikTok, which has soared in popularity since the last election cycle while also cementing its place as a problem spot for misinformation, announced Wednesday it is launching an election center that will help people find voting locations and candidate information. The center will show up on videos about U.S. elections and in the feeds of users who search election-related hashtags. TikTok is also partnering with voting advocacy groups to provide specialized voting information for college students, people who are deaf, military members living overseas and those with past criminal convictions. TikTok, like other platforms, would not … [Read more...] about U.S. midterms bring few changes from social media companies

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk caused a stir by tweeting that he was buying the English soccer team Manchester United — whose current owners are opposed by many fans — then saying several hours later that it was a joke. It comes as the billionaire Tesla CEO faces a legal battle in the U.S. after backing out of a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. He is a prolific user of the platform, often musing about social issues or joking with his 103 million followers and occasionally getting into trouble with U.S. regulators. Early Wednesday, Musk sent a tweet about his political affiliations and then added in a second tweet: “Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome.” That came as shocking news in the Manchester United world — albeit welcome to many — after nearly a decade of sub-par performances. Asked by a follower whether he was serious, Musk later tweeted, “No, this is a long-running joke on Twitter. I’m not buying any sports teams.” It wasn't Musk's first joke about buying a … [Read more...] about Musk tweet joking about buying Manchester United causes stir

The Great Rethink is a term being used to convey an alternate viewpoint to the Great Resignation. This alternative places an emphasis on the fact that many employees are taking a new look at their relationship with work. People are reexamining how their current job impacts both their career and their personal lives. This fresh assessment is guiding them to either stay where they are or look for a new job that better aligns with their priorities. With job openings at a record high, employers must also reevaluate their own relationships with workers if they want to attract and retain the talent they need. Three lessons we learned during the shift to remote work can help companies better navigate the Great Rethink. 1. Flexibility is key. During the shutdowns, the shift to remote work forced managers to change how they lead their teams and how work is done. It may have been rough at the beginning, but management styles adapted and technology stepped up to fill the gaps across the … [Read more...] about Companies Should Lean Into the Great Rethink

Many ‘90s kids will remember their parents describing arcades as dens of debauchery. Surrounded by echoing voices of Ryu going “Hadoken” and Dhalsim shouting “Yoga Fire”, those were the days of fighting games. Capcom’s latest retro gaming collection instantly transports you to those days. Capcom Fighting Collection is an eclectic mix of one-on-one fighting games, a genre that the company has dominated to this day. This genre of gaming features a colourful cast of characters you can choose from. You can beat up your opponent’s character using an array of combinations and special power moves. This genre saw games such as Mortal Kombat and Samurai Shodown. To deal with the onslaught of competition, Capcom threw a host of creative twists on the genre, inspired by monster movies, Transformers , Dungeons and Dragons and more. The game you will most recognise here is Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition, a version of Street Fighter II Turbo with more characters. … [Read more...] about ‘Capcom Fighting Collection’ review: Revel in arcade nostalgia

In a searing attack on the Eknath Shinde-led government in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Wednesday said everyone knows who is the “real chief minister”, apparently alluding to the clout of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP in the new dispensation. Taking a dig at the cabinet expansion, Aaditya Thackeray said the ministerial team has neither heard Mumbai’s voice nor the voice of women or Independent MLAs. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde last week expanded his Cabinet, inducting nine MLAs each of the rebel Shiv Sena camp and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is supporting his government. No woman legislator or Independent was inducted in the Cabinet whose strength is now 20. The first 14 to 15 MLAs who aligned with Shinde when he revolted against the Shiv Sena leadership in June have not found a place in the Cabinet. So there is no place for loyalty, Aaditya Thackeray, a former minister, mocked while talking to reporters outside the state … [Read more...] about Everyone Knows Who the ‘Real CM’ Is: Aaditya Thackeray’s Dig at Shinde

PNB KYC Update: In the past few months, several banks have been alerting customers to update their Know Your Customer, or KYC details in order to keep their accounts active and carry on account-related work smoothly. Public sector lender Punjab National Bank has become the latest one to notify customers about KYC update. In a tweet dated Wednesday, August 17, the lender said that PNB KYC needs to be done within August 31, 2022 in order to keep the accounts active. The PNB KYC updation is applicable to those customers whose accounts have become due for the process as on March 31 this year. In a tweet accompanied by the information in an image, PNB wrote, “Important announcement regarding KYC, please note!” The notification reads, “As per RBI guidelines, KYC updation for all customers is mandatory. If your account has become due for KYC updation as of 31.03.2022, you are requested to contact your base branch to get your KYC updated before 31.08.2022.” “Non updation may lead to … [Read more...] about Attention, PNB Customers: Your Account May Get Blocked if You Don’t Do This by August 31

Taiwan displayed on Wednesday its most advanced fighter jet, the missile-equipped F-16V, in a rare nighttime demonstration in the wake of China’s unprecedented military drills around the island. Beijing staged days of air and sea drills in the Taiwan Strait this month after visits by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a congressional delegation to the self-ruled island territory. Taipei has carried out its own drills to simulate defence against invasion by China and on Wednesday air force personnel loaded an F-16V fighter with a US-made anti-ship missile in a “combat readiness” exercise at an airbase in eastern Hualien county. Six F-16Vs later took off for night reconnaissance and training missions, including two armed with missiles, according to Taiwan’s air force. “In the face of the threat from Chinese communist forces’ recent military exercises, we have stayed vigilant while establishing the concept of ‘battlefields everywhere and training anytime’… to ensure national … [Read more...] about Taiwan Shows Off Most Advanced Fighter Jet After China Drills