The Chile international left Arsenal for the 20-time English champions Monday, signing a four-and-a-half-year contract with the Red Devils believed to be worth £450,000 a week. As a result, Alexis replaces former United forward Wayne Rooney as the biggest earner the Premier League has ever seen, as the former England captain was on £300,000 a week at Old Trafford until he joined boyhood club Everton in the summer of 2017....
Despite the Chile international reaching an agreement to join Manchester City, he made a shock move to Old Trafford towards the end of the January transfer window in a swap deal including Henrikh Mkhitaryan. United manager Jose Mourinho hailed the deal as a “fantastic” on for his side, and Purslow agrees that it was the Red Devils who came out of it looking better. “We will never quite know the sequence of events that led to that potential transaction winding away into a United purchase,” the former Liverpool managing director told Sky Sports News....
The 53-year-old former player and businessman, who is Iran’s record goalscorer, issued a statement on his social media pages in which he said that he would be staying at home with his family. He also expressed sympathy for those who have lost loved ones as protests against the regime in Iran continue to intensify. Iran, which will play the United States, Wales and England in their World Cup group games, has faced calls to be barred from the tournament due to its human rights record and the aggressive crackdown on protests....
Astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will work to fix the power system of the International Space Station (ISS), the habitable satellite which is in orbit 220 miles above the Earth’s surface. The momentous spacewalk was due to take place on October 21. But NASA announced on Tuesday it would be pushed forward to Thursday or Friday. In a change to their brief, the pair will replace a faulty battery charge-discharge unit, which is currently preventing a new lithium-ion battery installed earlier this month from powering the ISS....
A mystery and a love story, Nick Bantock’s unconventional novel Griffin & Sabine (Chronicle. $16.95) is about a London postcard designer who corresponds with a female postage-stamp designer in the South Pacific. It’s also about the illicit pleasure of reading other people’s mail. Because both correspondents are artists, Bantock reproduces their lavish cards and letters, down to the envelopes and the handwritten letters tucked inside each page is as much fun to look at as it is to read....
On Friday, City Manager Greg Chavarria received a memorandum dated June 9 from members of SWAT team. In the memo, the officers submitted their resignation. One of the officers was the newly elected president of the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA) Police Union. The memo said the SWAT team was “minimally equipped, under-trained and often times restrained by the politicization of our tactics.” It accused city leaders of not providing an adequate budget to address these needs....
There are three main starter Pokémon for players to choose from when they first start off their playthrough of Pokémon Scarlet or Pokémon Violet. The first three Pokémon that players will get a good look at in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are Quaxly, Sprigatito and Fuecoco. These three Pokémon each feature two additional evolutions you can unlock by leveling them up. Here’s what you need to know. Quaxly Evolutions Quaxly is the Water-type starter Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet....
“The Miami Marlins are thrilled to host the 2017 All-Star Game at Marlins Park,” team owner Jeffery Loria said. “This is representative of a new chapter in so many ways, including the evolution of our great city, the bright future of our ball club, and even the sport itself.” Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park (2015) and San Diego’s Petco Park (2016) will host the Midsummer Classic the next two seasons....
The Falcons who host Sunday’s NFC championship game are tied for eighth all time in scoring offense over a 16-game NFL season with 540 points. (The league has played 16 games since 1978.) None of the other eight teams won the Super Bowl. Five of them never made it that far, and two of them were knocked out in this round of the playoffs. The three that made it averaged 10....
An adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s dark comic book series, the new TV show features an all-star, mostly British cast. Netflix revealed the first look at the new season during the Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event alongside other upcoming TV shows and movies. Now we’ve seen what The Sandman will look like, here’s everything we know about the new series and how it will be adapted from the source material....
Wallace’s trial began Tuesday and his lawyer, David Meier, said in his opening statements it was former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez “who shot and killed Odin Lloyd.” MORE: Disgraced athletes | NFL investigating Cameron Jordan nightclub incident Hernandez was convicted last April for the first-degree murder of Lloyd on June 17, 2013. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole, but has maintained he wasn’t the one who pulled the trigger when Lloyd was shot six times....
Dybala scored twice as Juve dispatched Barcelona 3-0 in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday and capped a fine week by signing a new five-year contract two days later. Allegri has been impressed with the way the 23-year-old has developed since his move from Palermo in 2015 and expects him and Neymar to set the bar in the modern game. Who should Real Madrid sell this summer?...
Giggs hits out at ’laughing’ Man Utd players following Chelsea battering Marchisio tore his anterior cruciate ligament in Juve’s April clash with Palermo, ruling him out of Italy’s Euro 2016 campaign and sidelining him for over six months. The 30-year-old was named on the bench for Juve’s 1-0 defeat at AC Milan on Sunday without getting on to the pitch, but it seems his comeback is imminent and Allegri expects him to have a big impact....
According to a thread on his Twitter account Saturday, West is experiencing “a low grade fever and light body aches.” He has canceled in-person events out of concern for public safety “until receiving an all-clear indication.” In addition to Ivermectin, which has been widely dismissed by health experts as a COVID-19 treatment, West is also taking hydroxychloroquine. Although his wife, Angela West, has been vaccinated against the virus, he has not, according to the tweets....
Rituxan is a monoclonal antibody, which means that it targets a specific molecule on white blood cells. The molecule, CD-20, plays a role in rheumatoid arthritis and certain types of cancer. Rituximab is indicated for treating non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia, rheumatoid arthritis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA). Rituximab contains a small amount of protein from mouse tissue. It is considered a “chimeric antibody,” which means that it’s made from components that come from two different species....
Some people may not recognize their symptoms as an allergic reaction. Allergy symptoms can be similar to the physical changes that happen during sex, including a fast heartbeat, sweating, swelling, and flushed or tingly skin. Some people might not seek care for an allergic reaction to sex because they feel a bit uncomfortable bringing it up with a doctor. But allergic reactions can worsen over time. Severe reactions can even cause hives, breathing problems, and anaphylaxis, which can lead to death....
From ferrets and snakes to rabbits and pigs, the rise in pet-related allergies is as much associated with the way we live as the animals we live with. Certainly, with more people living in smaller apartments today, the likelihood of an allergy is increased simply due to the confined space the animal and owner share. While it may seem fair to assume that some pets are more “allergy-causing” than others (or that animals with less fur are less likely to cause allergy), this is not necessarily the case....
Still only 20 years of age, the Spurs youngster has enjoyed a meteoric rise to prominence. It is easy to forget that Alli is in just his second season as a Premier League performer, having being nurtured through the academy ranks at MK Dons to become a Football League star. No Vertonghen spells trouble for Spurs Despite being a top-flight regular for only 18 months, the all-action playmaker is already an established England international and a key figure at White Hart Lane....
The Alliance of American Football (AAF), an eight-team professional league founded by Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian, will debut Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. The San Diego Fleet will take on the San Antonio Commanders, and the Atlanta Legends will take on the Orlando Apollos. On Sunday, the Memphis Express take on the Birmingham Iron, and the Salt Lake Stallions face the Arizona Hotshots. There are a handful of reasons to watch this new, unique football league....
