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The England striker helped Barca reach the Women’s Champions League final last term before making three appearances for the Lionesses in their run to the semi-finals of the World Cup. Duggan will continue her club career in the Primera Division Femenina after champions Atletico saw off competition for her signature from other top sides. “This is an amazing opportunity to play for one of the greatest clubs in Europe,” said the 28-year-old forward....

Foakes became the 20th Englishman to score a hundred on debut, crafting a brilliant 107 to guide the tourists to 342 all out after they had slumped to 103-5 before lunch on the opening day. Dilruwan Perera (5-75) completed a five-wicket haul but would have been in no mood to celebrate on Wednesday, with Sri Lanka only able to must 203 in reply. Moeen was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 4-66, while Angelo Mathews top scored with 52 as Joe Root’s side secured a valuable first-innings advantage of 139....

After an embarrassing batting collapse in the second innings that saw Team India lose the first Test by 31 runs, the think-tank will have a number of issues to address before walking out at Lords. With both spinners and fast bowlers working their magic in the first test, the onus will be on the batsmen to put up a better show than they did in the first test. All the batsmen except for captain Virat Kohli struggled in the seaming conditions and fell like nine pins....

The first-round match between the two teams in the 2017 WC created a record for being the highest match aggregate in the history of women’s ODI. A total of 678 runs were scored in that match. Let us now look at some of the key stats in matches between these two teams at the World Cup. Key stats from England vs South Africa matches at the World Cup 373/5 by England in 2017 is the highest team total....

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The English Premier League has sold its television rights in China to streaming service PPTV for around $700 million, a source familiar with the matter said, several times the size of past deals as it cashes in on a growing enthusiasm for soccer. The three-year deal with PPTV, part of retail group Suning, is one of the Premier League’s largest ever deals abroad and will kick in from the 2019/20 season, the source said....

Don’t worry, we’ll go back to Jabari Parker, Julius Randle, Andrew Wiggins and Aaron Gordon again next time. They’re still outstanding, even though a couple of them are going through typical freshmen up-and-downs. OK, OK, here’s a quick update: Parker leads the group in scoring and usage rates, Randle leads in rebounding and offensive rating, Gordon’s Wildcats are still No. 1 in the country and Wiggins’ Jayhawks are struggling but he’s still nearly unstoppable in transition....

Those are the findings of Dr. Franklin Glaser of the National Paper-Testing Institute in Bethesda, Md., who says that Enron stock certificates are printed on paper that is “far below acceptable standards for negotiable securities” and that has “no value” for such other purposes as gift-wrap or place mats. “People stuck with Enron stock in their 401(k) accounts may have comforted themselves with the thought that they could use it to make festive paper hats,” Glaser says....

Mario has seen something of a cultural resurgence in recent weeks, as the release of Super Mario Run has prompted all manner of discussions regarding the character’s popularity. However, back in 1989, the character was making his Game Boy debut, rather than his first official appearance on smartphones. Being a launch title for the original Game Boy, Super Mario Land served as many people’s first exposure to portable gaming. As such, it’s become a rather beloved title among those who have a particular nostalgia for that era....

Aurorae—which was identified with the help of citizen scientists in Finland—is thought to be produced when streams of charged particles emitted by the sun come into contact with waves of oxygen atoms in Earth’s upper atmosphere, making them glow. “Aurora in general are produced when electrons precipitating from outer space collide with atmospheric molecules and atoms, which are excited,” Minna Palmroth from the University of Helsinki told Newsweek. “The release of this excitation state is the auroral light....

Manchester Reignited: Martial is BACK! The 21-year-old is following in the large footsteps of his father and Madrid coach, Zinedine, who is a legendary figure at the Santiago Bernabeu. But the younger Zidane took his first steps as a first-team player in his own right by scoring Madrid’s fourth goal in the 6-1 Copa del Rey rout of Leonesa on his competitive debut. The midfielder was delighted to mark his bow with a goal and is determined to play more regularly in the first team....

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney is embroiled in a legal battle with Apple and Google over royalties kept by the companies when transactions are made through Fortnite. Gamers who have followed this ongoing lawsuit are aware of how displeased Sweeney is with Apple’s App Store, but he has no loyalty towards Google’s Play Store either. Recently taking to Twitter to voice his displeasure about Google Play, Sweeney claimed the shop needs competition....

RELATED: Epic Games Store is Coming to the Windows Store Epic Games has announced that the Epic Achievements system is coming to the Epic Games Store next week. The Epic Achievements system borrows the naming conventions of PlayStation’s Trophy system, and the statistical conventions of the Xbox’s Achievement Score system. Every achievement has a certain amount of XP tied to it (the Xbox influence), which in turn, gives it the value of a Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum achievement (the PlayStation influence)....

Brothers: A Tale of Two Suns is a unique game, one largely contributing to the “video games as art” world, and it’s obvious why. Its story and gameplay speak volumes about its unique approach to the industry, while still being pretty open. Indie lovers and fans of Josef Fare’s It Takes Two will more than likely enjoy the game, but it’s an easy recommendation for anyone. RELATED: Epic Games Store May Finally Be Adding Profiles Soon...

Following that leaked list, it should be no surprise that the game for December 21, 2020 is the tense and claustrophobic Alien: Isolation. The game, which was released all the way back in 2014, is closely tied to the original Alien movie, with players taking on the role of Amanda Ripley, the daughter of Sigourney Weaver’s character from the movie franchise, Ellen Ripley. Searching for clues to her mother’s disappearance, Amanda journeys to the space station Sevastopol only to find it has been overrun by Xenomorphs, the Alien franchise’s trademark creature....

Out of 12 matches between the two teams in the last 30 years, so far the draws have been 6. Sweden surprisingly or not, has 4 wins. The success for England was only twice. Even these two successes did not come easy. At the European Championship, England were down to1:2 in the score up to 64 minutes, and managed to turn the match to 3:2. Half a year earlier, a 1-0 win and a goal of Gareth Barry stamped the victory in a friendly match....

The Young Lions faced an uphill struggle after a Sergio Gomez double put Spain in the ascendancy early on in Saturday’s showpiece. But Rhian Brewster reduced the deficit just before half-time and, after the break, Morgan Gibbs-White and Manchester City youngster Phil Foden completed the comeback to put England in the lead. Both Brewster and Gibbs-White’s goals were laid on by Steven Sessegnon, the Fulham wonderkid whose performances in west London have seen him linked with some of the Premier League’s biggest clubs....

England went confidently to tea on 109-2 in its second innings and is on course to level the four-match series with two to play. Dom Sibley was 44 not out and captain Joe Root the new batsman alongside him on 7 not out. South Africa, trying to cling on, had just one breakthrough in the second session to go with its lone wicket in the first. Joe Denly was out for 31 caught off a top-edge trying to hook a short ball from Anrich Nortje....

Juan Mata, Mesut Ozil, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Iker Casillas, Andrea Pirlo, Petr Cech – what do these great players have in common apart from being world class? All have stared in the UEFA Under 21 Championship and gone on to be key performers for their clubs and countries by building on the experience gained in the competition. It is no coincidence that the countries who have had recent success in the Under 21 European Championship – Spain, Italy, Germany and Netherlands – have gone on to either win, or feature in a Euro’s or World Cup final in recent years....

Leicester defender Maguire headed in the opening goal from a corner on 30 minutes, with Alli adding a second just before the hour. Goalkeeper Jordan Pickford then produced a series of crucial saves in the final half-hour to seal England’s long-awaited spot in the last four. It was just a second England victory over Sweden in nine competitive meetings, and sets up a clash with either hosts Russia or Croatia on July 11 in Moscow for a place in the final....