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The Women’s Sport Foundation is the latest to publicly object, filing a petition Thursday to deny Thomas the job of president and part-owner. The foundation calls on the WNBA Board of Governors to disallow the hiring for multiple reasons, focusing mostly on his past tenure with the New York Knicks, during which he was involved in a sexual harrassment case. MORE: WNBA hopes Thomas has changed | Thomas doesn’t think he did anything wrong...

Narrow victories against China and Spain already had secured qualification for Martina Voss-Tecklenburg’s side, who again showed its class in Montpellier on Monday despite the absence of injured star Dzsenifer Marozsan. First-half goals from Melanie Leupolz, Daebritz and Alexandra Popp set up an easy win that sent South Africa out of the competition, with Lina Magull adding a fourth. Leupolz opened the scoring in the 14th minute with her first Germany goal since 2016....

“Selecting a World Cup team is a long process, and I want to thank the players — the ones that made the final team and the ones that didn’t — for all of their hard work over the past two and a half years,” said coach Jill Ellis said in a press release Thursday announcing the team. “They all pushed each other in every training session and every game and challenged the coaches to make some tough decisions....

Woodland earned a two-stroke lead on Friday after he went bogey-free to join Justin Rose (Thursday) and Tiger Woods (2000) as the only players to shoot 65 in a U.S. Open round at Pebble Beach. The three-time PGA Tour winner returned to the California course for the penultimate round and maintained his advantage atop the leaderboard. Woodland – seeking his maiden major crown – made birdies on the fourth and sixth holes before dropping a shot on the par-four eighth....

How To Play Wordle Wordle is free-to-play and ad-free; this quick and easy viral game is currently owned by the New York Times. This little word puzzle game has gone so viral that people are making Wordle birthday cakes, Wordle-themed Valentine’s Day cards, and much more. But if someone out there still hasn’t tried it out, here’s are the rules of how to play: RELATED: Wordle’s Success Has Spawned Variants For Niche Interests...

In fact, the right clues such as the term’s definition and technical components, as well as starting words and similar terms, may be able to help players piece together the puzzle solution and be able to solve the challenge without wasting all of their six (6) attempts. However, just how should players approach this puzzle correctly? RELATED: Every Wordle Solution for January 2023 What It Means Sometimes, the definition associated with a word in an app like Wordle may lead players to a solution as long as they know how to use this clue....

Carlsen started the game with white pieces and went for an e4 opening to which Anand replied with an e5. Carlsen went for the Ruy Lopez opening and Anand replied with the Berlin Wall, a strategy that Carlsen has adopted through this match with the black pieces. The game was played extremely quickly, especially by Carlsen as he used up just 20 minutes of his time for his 33 moves, while Anand took 55 minutes....

The Bayern Munich forward scored 16 goals in 10 games — a European qualifying record — to propel Poland to its first World Cup in 12 years. Lewandowski offers hope of a return to the fruitful period during the golden era in the 1970s and 1980s when Grzegorz Lato and Zbigniew Boniek were on the team and Poland played in four straight World Cups, finishing third in 1974 and 1982....

The Telegraph of London reports FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Mexico over “improper conduct” of their supporter section at that game. The Telegraph stated that The Fare network reported the two countries to FIFA over homophobic slurs. It is reported that Mexico supporters shout the word “puto”, generally when the opposing keeper releases a goal kick. The word translates as “male whore,” and it is regarded as a homophobic slur....

“Play like never before and lose like always." In the last three World Cups, Mexico has put in quality performances against top opposition, only to go out at the same round of 16 stage that has proved El Tri’s graveyard at every edition of the tournament since 1994. MORE: Netherlands-Mexico | Worst hairstyles | Beautiful people in Brazil This time, Mexico’s exit left a particularly bitter taste, with Arjen Robben winning a debatable penalty in second-half injury time....

“I have to apologize for the negative result, for not being able to reach the final as we all wanted,” Scolarisaid, speaking calmly after the humiliating 7-1 loss. Scolari took full responsibility for the drubbing, and said he knows that it’s very likely that his career may be defined by what happened at the Mineirao Stadium — even though he also led Brazil to the 2002 World Cup title....

The Seattle-area consumer who received the note on December 27, Lara Zarowsky, told KING News that she was “frightened” by the missive left posted to her front door. She also called it “incredibly offensive.” She called the company’s customer service department. One of the people she spoke to claimed that they asked the driver what he meant, and he told the customer service person that he meant to say, “See you next time....

Cassandra Oeth, a resident of Green Tree, Midland, Texas was spending her Saturday with her husband and two kids and doing some gardening, reported local news Your Basin. That’s when she discovered something slithery had found itself a comfortable spot inside her shoe. “I picked up my muddy work tennis shoes, one in each hand, walked out about 10 feet over to the planter, shook them four or five times, threw them down to the pavement and that’s when I saw the snake in the right shoe,” Cassandra told the outlet....

The Original Poster (OP), known as u/Traditional-Bed-9731, published the now-deleted post in Reddit’s “Am I The A******” forum where it received more than 5,400 upvotes and 1,400 comments. The original post can be found here. Roommate Conflict As Harlan Cohen, author of New York Times bestseller The Naked Roommate, told Newsweek that living with others often requires clear communication and compromise. “If roommates can’t meet each other’s expectations there needs to be a compromise or they shouldn’t live together,” Cohen said....

News19 reported that the woman, who was identified as 31-year-old Christina Nicole Green, was hit by a truck that was driving south on a highway at about 8 p.m. Green was reportedly a passenger in a vehicle that was driving north when she saw a dog trying to cross the road. She asked the driver of the vehicle she was in to pull over in order to help the dog get out of the road....

Posting to Mumsnet’s Am I Being Unreasonable? (AIBU) forum on 13 September, user YellowDove was berated by commenters for complaining to human resources, after she discovered the coworker had been lying about her personal life. However, HR refused to proceed with the complaint, telling the poster it’s “not a work issue.” Little White Lies A 2021 study indicated that most people try to be honest. Over a 91-day period, the 632 participants told 116,366 lies, self-reporting their tall tales in an online survey....

Perth Scorchers Women have been in fine form this season and occupy third spot in the points table with five wins and three losses from nine matches. Melbourne Stars Women, on the other hand, have had a topsy-turvy campaign and are fifth with four wins and five losses from 10 matches. A lot hinges on the result of this fixture. A win would boost the Scorchers’ chances of securing a top-two spot, while all but eliminating the Stars from play-off contention....

From looking at the USWNT’s dominance on the World Cup stage to Americans who have scored multiple goals at the tournament, we dive into the stats you need to know provided by Opta. 8 facts to know heading into the World Cup The United States’ 112 games are the most in the tournament of any country. The USA’s goal differential of +77 is also the best in the history of the World Cup....

The crowd at the Stade Auguste Delaune were treated to another rendition of breathtaking football, three days after the USA plundered 13 goals past a hapless Thailand side. The Azzurre top Group C with six points and are ahead of Brazil and Australia, both of whom are on three points, whilst Jamaica haven’t opened their account yet. Barbara Bonansea was brought down in the box by Allyson Swaby and a VAR review resulted in a penalty being awarded to the Italians....