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In spite of that, Federer is still one of the favorites to win the Miami Open 2019; most believe he can beat any player on the planet on his day. On that note, let’s have a look at the prospects of Federer winning the Miami Open title in the newly re-structured Hard Rock Stadium in Florida. Federer will be facing Radu Albot in the second round, which is probably going to be an easy path into the third round - from where the actual competition begins for the Swiss....

The two seemed to be on friendly terms at the event, as can be seen from Harrison’s Instagram post below: In the latest episode of his ‘Believe You Me’ podcast, ‘The Count’ revealed the conversation he had with the 31-year-old Olympic gold medalist in regards to joining the UFC: You can listen to Michael Bisping discuss his interaction with Kayla Harrison below: Dana White doesn’t seem too excited on the idea of Kayla Harrison joining the UFC In October, UFC president Dana White sat down for a chat with TSN....

Last year, Ubisoft invested resources to launch Ubisoft Motion Pictures in an attempt to bring some of the company’s games to film, television and other digital projects. According to a report, Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class and Prometheus) has been cast as the lead in Ubisoft Motion Picture’s future Assassin’s Creed film. Jean-Julien Baronnet, CEO of Paris-based Ubisoft Motion Pictures, told Variety that Michael Fassbender was at the top of their list to be cast in the yet-unnamed role....

In one segment of the special, Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones, Chappelle discusses the Michael Jackson documentary Leaving Neverland. “I don’t believe these mf*,” Chappelle says, referring to Wade Robson and James Safechuck, the men who allege that Jackson abused them when they were children in the documentary, “I do not believe them.” Wade Robson and James Safechuck responded to Chappelle in an interview with TMZ on Tuesday. “He can say whatever he wants,” Robson told TMZ....

Moore railed against the Democratic National Committee over reports that DNC executives are planning how to block Sanders from receiving the party’s nomination using superdelegates – a narrative also echoed by President Donald Trump on Twitter. In an appearance on MSNBC, Moore pushed back against anchor Ali Velshi’s suggestion that Sanders supporters are the cause behind the party’s progressive divide, citing Sanders’ own endorsement of Clinton in 2016 and his vow to endorse the 2020 nominee at the July convention....

Sharks fly-half Frederic Michalak will make his first start for France in almost five years in Saturday’s clash against Argentina here. French boss Philippe Saint-Andre made six changes to the side that lost 23-20 to Argentina in Cordoba last weekend, with Michalak slated to start his first game since his France’s 34-10 defeat to the Pumas in the third-place game at the 2007 World Cup. Saint-Andre also handed an international debut to Agen scrum-half Maxime Machenaud, meaning that Francois Trinh-Duc and Morgan Parra will start on the bench....

McCool talks hating AJ for a few weeks on the road to WrestleMania: AJ Styles didn’t hold back one bit that night The promo in question saw Styles breaking the fourth wall and mentioning McCool while talking about The Undertaker. He dubbed McCool as a manipulative wife and added that she is going to run him into the ground by making him a broken-down old man. The Undertaker had the last laugh at WrestleMania, as he buried Styles alive on Night 1 of the event, and McCool couldn’t have been happier with how things turned out in the end....

Michelle Obama, Barack Obama’s wife and the former First Lady of the United States, became the latest victim of such attacks, with multiple posts promoting a false narrative about her gender. Plus, Newsweek’s regular Misinformation Watch evaluates recently resurfaced videos, including one showing thousands of birds over a busy highway and another seemingly depicting a very targeted “rain cloud.” False ‘Michelle Obama Is a Man’ Claim Goes Viral A number of prominent conservatives and right-leaning social media accounts reignited a false narrative about the former First Lady, with the viral claim “Michelle Obama is a man” gathering hundreds of thousands of engagements on Twitter....

Nessel, a Democrat, sat in a dunk tank during her Genesee County Expungement Fair event in Flint on Wednesday. The event was intended to provide eligible residents with the opportunity to legally expunge their criminal records of now-obsolete marijuana convictions. COVID-19 vaccines were available on-site as part of the event. Nessel tweeted a video of herself being dunked by a person who had received a vaccine. “At the AG Expungement Fairs, get vaccinated and you get to dunk the AG,” Nessel commented alongside the video....

Carlos Gomez and J.D. Davis added home runs later as the Mets collected 11 hits to score double digits in runs for the third time this MLB season. Jason Vargas gave up three runs in six innings to claim the win for the Mets. The Yankees hung up their own double-digit score in the first game of the New York doubleheader – winning 12-5. Gio Urshela homered and drove in four runs, and Gary Sanchez and Luke Voit each added a home run and three RBIs to key the offense behind Masahiro Tanaka’s four earned runs in 6....

DeGrom is coming off a season where he set the MLB record for the most consecutive starts allowing three earned runs or fewer. He has two years of arbitration remaining before he can become a free agent in 2021. Syndergaard has dealt with injury issues each of the last two seasons, but he is also under team control for a good amount of time, as he cannot become a free agent until 2022....

Syndergaard had a day to remember on the mound and at the plate. He allowed two runs on five hits and struck out eight over eight innings in Las Vegas’ 8-2 win at Albuquerque. MORE: SP fantasy rankings | Gotta-Be-Better squad, NL edition The 22 year-old also had a stellar day at the plate, falling a triple shy of the cycle in a 3-for-4 performance with a two-run homer, double and two runs scored....

The contact caused his head to start bleeding: MORE: When does Mexico play? El Tri’s schedule and results In order to get Rodriguez back on the field ASAP, an innovative person on Mexico’s training staff gave him a swim cap to wear: Twitter was both amused and impressed by the swim cap:

Please take note. While we are transfixed by the upheavals in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the great drama in Mexico may ultimately affect us more. Consider some numbers. Our exports to Mexico ($25 billion in 1989) are already six times our exports to the Soviet Union ($4.3 billion). And, Mexico’s population (85 million last year) roughly equaled the combined populations of Poland (38 million), Romania (23 million), Czechoslovakia (16 million) and Hungary (11 million)....

Speaking on Futbol Picante, the former forward said ownership might be the next step for his involvement in the game, after a long career as a player, a stint as a coach and serving on FIFA’s Football Committee alongside other former players. “I directly told (Chargoy), who I already had the chance to meet with in Puebla when there was the chance that I would manage there before (Manuel) Lapuente, I met with Carlos Hugo Lopez Chargoy and we talked,” he said....

All because on Wednesday, in the 41st minute of a match against Honduras in Houston, Mexico found that friendlies aren’t always so friendly. Chasing an out-of-bounds bound ball, Honduran defender Brayan Beckeles hit Hernandez from behind, sending him to the field, shoulder-first. And Hernandez immediately knew he was hurst. PHOTOS: Chicharito in action | Dos A Cero and the world’s best soccer rivalries He was right. ESPNFC confirmed a fractured collarbone for Hernandez, an injury that will make him miss Mexico’s attempt to recapture the Gold Cup, which it last won in 2011....

The Tapachula site can handle up to 2,000 asylum hopefuls every day. Before it was opened, the streets around the downtown offices in Tapachula were flooded with crowds of migrants as they vied for positions, the AP reported. Several groups of hundreds of migrants, frustrated by a seemingly never ending wait to have their asylum cases processed by an overwhelmed system, started walking from Tapachula in early September. However, Mexican authorities broke up the groups each time, the AP reported....

Miami—not New York—may emerge as the center of Bitcoin activity in the U.S. The cryptocurrency is designed to be decentralized, and it’s therefore unlikely that anything like Wall Street’s three major stock exchanges, key investment banks and top ratings agencies will develop in Florida. But top crypto talent is gathering in Miami and may soon develop critical mass. The reasons? Low taxes, low operating costs, and a welcoming business environment....

With Butler now on board, Miami enters the new season with renewed confidence of competing in a weak Eastern Conference, and Pat Riley has outlined his intent to land a second star to field alongside Butler. Due to this, plenty is going on within the organization, and here we will take a look at three things that could happen ahead of the 2019-20 season. #1 Tyler Herro will compete for a starting spot The Heat selected Tyler Herro with the 13th pick overall in this summer’s NBA Draft, and the teenager is viewed as an exciting talent within the franchise....

So far this year, Felix has played some entertaining tennis and is so far proving that he’s here to stay too. Having lost to Ivo Karlovic in the Pune Open and reaching the finals in Rio last month, he ultimately lost 6-3, 7-5 to Laslo Dere. His breakthrough tournament was at Indian Wells, where he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the second round with a 6-4, 6-2 victory. With power, intelligence and versatility to play a range of different ways against different opponents, he adopts an aggressive playing style as he loves to venture forward and close out points....