While the Gunners have become famed for their frugal approach to recruitment, they have spent over £200 million in transfer fees over the last three years. Arsenal 6/1 to win Europa League Granit Xhaka and Shkodran Mustafi were acquired in big-money deals back in 2016, while Arsenal broke their transfer record to sign Alexandre Lacazette over the summer. Gazidis insists that Wenger will continue to be backed with the necessary funds, with the north London outfit determined to remain a competitive force at home and abroad....

Queen Elizabeth II faces the prospect that her platinum jubilee year in 2022 will be overshadowed by two second sons, known as the “spares” because they would only inherit the throne in the event of disaster or tragedy. Prince Harry has a memoir coming at the end of next year where he may choose to fire new missiles at the palace and his family. And Prince Andrew’s sexual abuse and battery lawsuit may be heard in the summer, according to a lawyer representing his accuser Virginia Giuffre, who brought the case in New York....

The fitness icon just revealed she’s recovered from Covid-19 and she’s certain your chances of exposure are high at your public gym. While gyms around America are taking extra precautions, like frequent cleaning and social distancing, or requiring patrons to wear masks, Michaels doesn’t know that it’s enough. “If you are afraid of COVID, you should not go to the gym,” Michaels explained to Fox Business. “I actually am a person who let my guard down, I haven’t even spoken about this publicly really, and a very close friend of mine gave me COVID several weeks ago....

Yang, the wife of former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, told CNN in an exclusive interview last month that while she was pregnant with her first child in 2012, Hadden, now 61, would ask her inappropriate questions about her sex life during appointments. She said Hadden’s examinations had become “longer, more frequent and I learned that they were unnecessary most of the time,” but told herself she needed to trust him....

If you’re a Floridian sick of the fluidity and uncertainty of this year’s Republican race, vote for McCain. Notched alongside New Hampshire and South Carolina on his belt, a Florida win would cement McCain’s frontrunner status once and for all and catapult him into the GOP’s 21 Super Tuesday contests–the biggest of which, like California and New York, he’s already winning by sizable margins–with nearly unstoppable momentum. But if you prefer to prolong the indecision, pull the lever for Romney....

And, in fact, at one point the cut was projected at 6 over, so Gillis packed his bags and left Pittsford, New York, to fly home to Detroit. He was shocked when he landed to see his phone had blown up. “I landed and saw it and said, ‘Now what?’” Gillis told The Detroit News . He’d made the cut at Oak Hill. Gillis, who shot rounds of 74 and 75, said he had to decide to fly back to New York or celebrate Memorial Day weekend with his family and friend at Lake Orion before his wife and kids moved to Florida....

Guaranteed that the NFL owners played hooky (again), and so did the fans they’ve trained so well. Who saw Aaron Rodgers grabbing his left leg in pain on the ground, then saw him getting carted to the locker room, and said, “That’s why he wanted that fat new extension, good thing he got it just in time”? Not enough of you. A decent number likely did, only because Rodgers is a quarterback, and if anyone gets paid in this league, it’s quarterbacks, especially the best ones....

Harris announced she would be suspending her campaign Tuesday afternoon, saying the decision was made with “deep regret” as well as “deep gratitude,” while vowing to “keep up the good fight.” Many of her former Democratic primary opponents quickly reacted with positive comments about the senator. Former Vice President Joe Biden was seemingly caught off guard by the news as he was approached by reporters shortly after the announcement was made, but had no trouble immediately reacting with positive comments about the candidacy of Harris....

Many criticized the NCAA for requiring agents who represent student-athletes to have completed their college degree and several prominent celebrities claimed it directly targeted sports agent Rich Paul. Paul, who never graduated from college, represents some of the biggest names in sports, including NBA stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and serves as founder and CEO of Klutch Sports Group. The rule was quickly dubbed “The Rich Paul Rule” and gained so much traction on social media that it became a trending topic....

“We will continue to work to get people out of Afghanistan, even after the 31st,” Psaki said in a Thursday press conference. “We will need to coordinate with the Taliban in order to do that.” “I’m not going to label it as a friendship or anything other than continued coordination,” Psaki continued. “And we again believe we have a great deal of leverage in order to implement that commitment.”...

What happened in Seattle was an unmitigated disaster. Little was actually accomplished at the talks. Political support for free trade might have been damaged, which is bad for workers everywhere–whether in poor Third World countries as they try to escape poverty or in rich ones like America, where they seek good jobs. Beyond all that, the spectacle was simply embarrassing. Even with months of warnings about potential violence and disruptions, the authorities in America’s “City of the Future” were appallingly unprepared....

Not everyone was so subtle. In Kuwait, businessman Marwan Mahmoud al-Hindi reportedly enlisted a local paper to publish his hopes of paying $1 million for the crumpled Mercedes S-280 in which Diana was fatally injured. In Hong Kong, collectors spent up to $950 on commemorative postage stamps. And in Cairo, NEWSWEEK has learned, the deputy editor of the semi-official weekly Crime News took just three days to pen ““Who Killed Diana?...

Trump on Friday pushed for the immediate reopening of churches across the country that have been closed for several weeks to stop people gathering and worsening the coronavirus outbreak. “If they don’t do it, I will override the governors,” the president said at the White House. “In America we need more prayer, not less.” Rev. Jesse Jackson was joined by roughly a dozen pastors and faith leaders in the state to call for local churches to stay closed, despite Trump’s orders, according to Chicago Tribune....

With news of what has happened also comes news of what may happen, so here is a look at some fresh hot stove talk, and what it all means... SHIN-SOO CHOO: Unless someone gets desperate and overpays massively for Nelson Cruz, the last free agent position player on the market who should command a nine-figure contract is Shin-Soo Choo. According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports, the outfielder turned down a seven-year, $140 million offer from the New York Yankees, who then moved on to Carlos Beltran for three years and $45 million....

And yet, a year later, it is entirely possible that the net result for Smart will not be all that much different than if he’d come out last year — going to Orlando, only this time with the fourth pick. Rumors of the Magic’s intentions with Smart, even with the fourth pick this year, have long been percolating, and the fact that he’s had two invitations to Orlando are indicative of the team’s interest....

Bet on the former. Seriously. MORE: Best photos from Falcons-Saints | Week 6 picks There’s a lot of season left, 10 games for the Saints and Falcons, 12 for the Panthers (who had a bye and play Sunday in Seattle). The Falcons weren’t going to run away from the rest of the NFC South anyway, because they and the Panthers were both unbeaten beginning Week 6. Now, though, it’s a little harder to run away from the Saints....

Wisconsin Democratic Governor Tony Evers announced on Monday that he was postponing the state’s elections, originally scheduled for Tuesday, until June because of the threat of community-spread coronavirus. In response, the Wisconsin GOP said they would fight Evers’ decision in the state Supreme Court. Along with general elections for Wisconsin lawmakers, the state was also expected to hold its Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday. April polling data from FiveThirtyEight showed former Vice President Joe Biden holding a substantial lead of 62 percent of Democratic voter support over Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who held 34 percent....

Since Afterpay does not impose interest fees on top of the original purchase price of goods or services, it isn’t considered a credit provider, which means it falls outside the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) explained that in banking, they regulate authorized deposit-taking institutions (ADIs), which include banks, credit unions and building societies. “Deposit-taking” is central to their ability to regulate. Non-bank lenders, such as Afterpay, do not take deposits, which means they are considered to be registered financial corporations (RFCs), and while they need to report data on their lending activities to APRA, they do not supervise or regulate them....

His troubles are far from over. A variety of unrelated criminal charges are pending in Turkey against the former member of the neofascist Gray Wolves terror network, and he’s facing nearly 10 years in jail for the 1979 murder of a progressive Turkish journalist. Agca, found guilty of the killing in absentia, angrily denounced the charge last week as “a fairy tale.” Photo: His ‘dream’ came true

Sancho, one of England’s most highly rated young players, signed for Borussia Dortmund on transfer deadline day after refusing to sign a new contract with City. Man City 13/2 to beat Liverpool 2-1 Goal previously reported that the 17-year-old turned down a £30,000-per-week deal earlier this summer and, after being left out of the pre-season tour of the United States, refused to attend City training throughout August. The winger had said goodbye to many of his young team-mates in July and subsequently spent much of his time in London before signing for Dortmund for around £8 million....