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First-half goals for James Ward-Prowse and Jay Rodriguez plus a late penalty by Dusan Tadic led the Saints to a comfortable win that came at the cost of an injury to key defender Virgil van Dyke, who hobbled off in the second half. Ward-Prowse opened the scoring after 26 minutes following good approach play from Cedric Soares, before Rodriguez doubled the lead in the 39th after reacting quickest to a bouncing ball in the box to fire a left-foot shot past the keeper....

His name? Sourav Chandidas Ganguly. Circa 2000. Indian cricket was in shambles, rattled due to the match-fixing saga. Incumbent captain Sachin Tendulkar had stepped down due to fixing controversy, and the side hadn’t been performing too well contrary to the huge expectations of the cricket-crazed Indian public. Key players such as Ajay Jadeja and Mohammad Azharuddin had been banned for their alleged involvement in fixing games for money. Further, there was a bit of a “negative mindset” among the team members, disheartened as they were by all the off-field drama....

Even though none of the three we asked to participate — Chipper Jones, Corey Brewer, John Isner — were football players, each of them proved to be up to the weekly challenge. TITLE GAME: The matchup | 20 things about Clemson | Alabama Chipper was the top athlete picking straight up. Against the spread, MLive.com reporter Mike Griffith dominated but Brewer and Chipper both finished above .500 — an impressive showing picking against the line — and Isner (a Georgia graduate) can finish ....

All 10 matches will be televised in the U.S., and we have all the matchups and previews right here. MORE: Big bid placed on Cristiano Ronaldo | Championship Sunday odds Hull City vs. Manchester United — 10 a.m. ET: NBC: It would take a truly legendary day for the Red Devils to pass Arsenal into third place on the table. They sit three points and seven goals behind the Gunners....

After eliminating title holders and neighbours DR Congo in the qualifiers, they shocked Cameroon 1-0 on Tuesday to top the log, after Burkina Faso and Angola settled for a goalless stalemate in the other game. A victory for the Red Devils will confirm their place in the quarterfinals with a game to spare. Cameroon coach Rigobert Song, on the other hand, will hope to have a change in fortunes when the Indomitable Lions take on Angola on Saturday as well....

Also known as stone breaker, gale-of-the-wind, and seed-under-leaf, chanca piedra is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat any condition. Research is limited. It has a few known side effects, and it may interact with several common medications. This article looks at the research behind chanca piedra, its benefits, and its side effects. It also details drug interactions, who should not take chanca piedra, and what to look for when buying it....

That’s not an exaggeration. The Browns are now 0-11, and the second 0-16 season in NFL history is looming once again. Last season, it took until Week 16, the next-to-last game, when they were 0-14, for them to avoid the shame of association with Dan Orlovsky, Rod Marinelli and the 2008 Lions. It’s time, then, to search for wins on the Browns’ remaining schedule … and that’s where “by the minute” takes on new meaning....

The Mavericks’ new small forward believes he should have been seen as the one to complete a Rockets Big Three. MORE: Deveney’s reset | Free-agent tracker “Honestly, I was offended by the whole process,” Parsons told Yahoo! Sports Marc J. Spears in a telephone interview. “They publicly said that they were going out looking for a third star when I thought they had one right in front of them. I guess that’s just how they viewed me as a player....

The Raiders and Chargers reportedly are moving forward with a plan to share a $1.7 billion stadium in Carson, Calif., less than 20 miles from downtown LA. MORE: 2015 NFL Mock Draft | Falcons expect Noise-gate decision soon | Seahawks’ Lane needs knee surgery The longtime AFC West rivals, separated by 500 miles, will continue to push for public subsidies for new stadiums to stay in their respective home markets, keeping open the possibility of meeting up in LA....

Both the L.A. Chargers and L.A. Rams played in relatively empty stadiums. Check out this photo of the 27,000-seat StubHub Center during Sunday’s Dolphins vs. Chargers game: And this view of the L.A. Memorial Coliseum during Sunday’s Redskins vs. Rams game: MORE: L.A. Chargers betting that smaller stadium is better Here’s what Twitter had to say about the attendance woes:

The team announced on Thursday that the Pro Bowl defensive end will miss their week two matchup against the Buffalo Bills. That came a day after ESPN reported Bosa could be sidelined beyond this week. Bosa reportedly saw a foot specialist on Wednesday to look at the bone bruise which kept him out of the Chargers’ 38-28 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in week one. The 23-year-old tallied 12....

“The national anthem means different things to different people,” Barkley said on TNT’s “NBA Tip-Off” show. “I’m glad these guys are all unified, but if people don’t kneel, they’re not a bad person. I want to make that perfectly clear.” Barkley added that no one should be “vilified” for standing. ESPN NBA analyst Jay Williams supported Barkley’s stance on standing: Kneeling for the anthem is against NBA rules, but commissioner Adam Silver announced Thursday that the rule would not be enforced, citing “unique circumstances....

“This is the most wide-open the tournament ever been,” Barkley told Sporting News during a one-on-one interview at a breakfast this week previewing Turner and CBS Sports’ coverage of the 2016 NCAA men’s basketball tournament. “We don’t have dominant freshmen, where a team has three or four great freshmen like we’ve had the last X amount of years. MORE: The best teams that didn’t win March Madness “I like (North Carolina’s) big guys a lot....

At the time, it was named both Barnes & Noble and Waterstones’ Book of the Year, and now the story has been adapted for a Christmas special that hits Apple TV+ on December 25. Mackesy told Newsweek what it was like to adapt his own work and how he felt about his characters being brought to life. Charlie Mackesy on Adapting ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse’ When Mackesy was first approached about adapting The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse he was “scared of what people would do to it” so he was keen to be as involved as possible from the outset with the Apple TV+ version....

As long as U.S. troops swelter in the Saudi desert, the Political landscape at home is staying covered with permafrost. Democrats are in a state of suspended animation: they can’t decide whether the ‘92 Presidential nomination is worth fighting for until they know the outcome of the gulf crisis. Conservative Republicans are also frozen in place. Angry at the president’s reversal of his no-new-taxes pledge, they are talking about mounting a challenge to George Bush in ‘92....

Querrey had only beaten Murray once in their eight career meetings and when he went a set down in just 28 minutes in their quarter-final another defeat looked likely. However, Querrey – who knocked out Novak Djokovic in round three 12 months ago – turned things around dramatically and, after forcing a deciding set, the 24th seed completed a stunning 3-6 6-4 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-1 victory to leave Murray beaten and in danger of losing his number one status....

Their growth reflects in the fact that they are now the single largest team in the history of Indian Motorsports, boasting of 15 cars under their name in the recently concluded Coffee Day Rally at Chikmagalur, Karnataka. The Champions Group team ensured a podium in all the five classes at the Coffee Day Rally and won in 3 of them. Arjun Bani Rao from New Delhi won the INRC-3 Class in his first-ever appearance for the team....

Last years’ finalists Juventus and Real Madrid will resume rivalries just 10 months after the Cardiff showpiece, and their latest meeting promises to produce another spectacle of pyrotechnics. From among the many speculations triggered after the draw, one certainly is that of the odds of each side. So let’s weigh the same and make a few predictions. #1 Barcelona vs AS Roma For all of valour and valiance with which Eusebio Di Francesco’s side have fought their way through here, Barcelona are still too big a task for them while their last meeting in 2015 would do nothing to inspire confidence ahead of the clash....

Defending champions Liverpool seek their first goals and points of their campaign following a 2-0 reverse at Napoli on matchday-1. Former winners Benfica and Chelsea would look for their first points in the competition following disappointing home reverses. Here is how groups E to H line up to conclude Matchday 2 action: Group - E Austrian club RB Salzburg are the surprise group leaders in the section after they thumped Belgian side Genk 6-2 at home in the highest scoring game on the first matchday and Napoli upset defending champions Liverpool 2-0 at home....

In case you didn’t know… Barcelona and Borussia Dortmund will kick-off their Champions League campaign after being drawn in arguably the toughest group in the competition, with Serie A giants Inter Milan and Czech Republic outfit Slavia Prague also being in the mix. Both sides have had mixed starts to their domestic league campaigns, with Barcelona sitting at fifth place in La Liga table after two wins from four games, while Dortmund are second in the Bundesliga standings after suffering a shock defeat to bottom-half side Union Berlin before the international break....