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After four months of intense battle, the two best sides of the league come face-to-face in the final clash of the season. Speaking on star striker Jeje Lalpekhlua finally ending his six-game goal drought in the semi-final against FC Goa, coach John Gregory said, “I think as a striker you are expected to score goals. Jeje’s job really is to score goals. If he goes without scoring a few weeks, he might lose a bit of confidence....

Back in 2017, Jordan Eberle was a member of the Edmonton Oilers, and he netted zero playoff goals in 13 games. On Tuesday night, back in Edmonton but as a member of the New York Islanders, he kept his current team’s Stanley Cup dreams alive with the 2-1 game-winner in double overtime. “The boys battled hard tonight,” said Eberle postgame. “Obviously, to score that and continue to move and give ourselves another chance in a couple days is huge....

Under the agreement, Bennett will take the premiership first, but the two are still working on finalizing their ruling coalition, which would include parties from across the political spectrum. The Associated Press reported that as of 6 p.m. Wednesday in Israel, there was still no sign of progress. Should Lapid miss the deadline to announce a coalition, the country will likely hold its fifth election in just over two years....

Apple was awarded $1.05 billion, half of $2.5 billion that Apple requested. If the Jury ruling survives the appeal than Samsung business all over the world are likely to get affected. Apple and Samsung both are key players in the Smartphone and the Tablet Market. Till now, the ruling has not affected the sales of the Samsung products but Apple has requested to ban the Samsung products, which have been copied from Apple....

Former Germany winger Basler, who won Bundesliga titles with Bayern in 1996-97 and 1998-99 during his playing days, caused a stir over the weekend when he told Sport1 that Ancelotti was bound for the CSL during the next mid-season break, having signed a pre-contract agreement. Bayern 13/2 for Champions League title But, speaking at a pre-match news conference for Tuesday’s Champions league Group B opener against Anderlecht, Ancelotti dismissed Basler’s words as a joke....

The tournament hosts were held to a 0-0 draw in the quarter-final in Porto Alegre, but edged through 4-3 on penalties to set up a meeting with either Argentina or Venezuela. But Tite – whose team squandered numerous chances after Fabian Balbuena was sent off for Paraguay – was unhappy with the state of the surface, labelling the situation “absurd”. “It is absurd, at a high level, to have a field so difficult to play,” he told a news conference....

Sure, the Trail Blazers swept their four-game road trip with a win on Wednesday, but considering that the four games came against three members of the woebegone Atlantic Division and the fourth was in Milwaukee, it is fair to be underwhelmed by the accomplishment. In fact, the combined record of teams the Blazers have beaten on their current streak is 31-59, and none of the teams is over .500. MORE: Nets can’t be whole without Williams | Carter: Howard is big ‘crybaby’ | DraftStreet: Daily Fantasy Basketball...

The NBA and STATS announced Thursday that they're installing STATS' SportVU Player Tracking technology in all 30 NBA arenas, a move that will make the NBA the first major pro sports league to quantify and track every movement of every game throughout the 2013-14 season. SportVU uses a system of six cameras and STATS' software to provide a continuous stream of stats that can be ingested by fans and front office personnel alike....

All that doesn’t matter now. What matters is that you might very well be coaching for your job over the next four days — there have been rumblings that a premature end to the Thunder’s postseason run will mean a premature end to your time in OKC. With that in mind, there is but one thing to do: Throw in the towel on Carmelo Anthony. We’re not saying cut back his minutes....

The Democrats’ proposals for even more spending will guarantee even more inflationary pressure, as former Democratic secretary of the treasury Larry Summers has been warning. The average American is intuitively more worried about inflation than the Biden administration is. In a recent poll for the American Action Network (Transom, July 22) 88 percent of all Americans were worried about the rising cost of living, 86 percent were worried about inflation, 79 percent were worried about rising gas prices and 73 percent were worried about possible tax increases....

The Democratic Party is so devoted to massive spending increases that those Democrats who “only” want to spend $1.75 trillion on the so-called Build Back Better Plan are considered “fiscal conservatives.” Republicans may vote against big-spending bills when out of power, but as soon as one of their own sits in the Oval Office, they abandon fiscal conservatism. The spending problem is rooted in bipartisan support for the welfare-warfare state....

Ronaldo produced a moment of magic to lead titleholders Madrid to a 3-0 first-leg win over 10-man Juventus in the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner sent an overhead kick past the motionless Gianluigi Buffon to earn an ovation from the Juve fans in the second half. Garcia tweeted his astonishment during the match and the golf star lauded Ronaldo again ahead of his Masters defence, which gets underway at Augusta on Thursday....

“This was the best match; beating Mohun Bagan feels like being a champion of a World Cup. It was pretty decent to beat them with ten members; it is a wonderful moment in my life, Soundararajan said after Chennai City posted a remarkable result despite being down to 10 players inside 34 minutes. Soundararajan, who was Sanjoy Sen’s team-mate at the Railways, said Mohun Bagan were an organised side....

The Samsung Galaxy Pro was one of the most anticipated tablets launched at the CES. Apart from Samsung Galaxy Pro, Samsung also announced yet another much anticipated device, the Galaxy Note Pro. The Galaxy TabPro and the Galaxy NotePro both have 12.2-inch screen. Where Galaxy TabPro is a 10.1-inch tablet, Galaxy TabPro is a 8.4-inch tablet. These tablets will come with three advanced connectivity options which include WiFi and LTE, WiFi and 3G and WiFi....

Victoria Azarenka was a relentless force that she couldn’t stop and with a long rain delay that did not help her gain back control, the fifth seed was sent packing 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 on Centrale Court at Foro Italico. The two got together for the third time and the first on clay with the two-time defending champion challenged right off the racket. The Belorussian did well to show her strengths against Shuai Zhang on Monday to prepare herself to add to the two wins she has against the Ukrainian....

According to The Telegraph, the town of Saonara plans to issue fines of up to €400 ($445) to individuals who break the law. “Blasphemy is offensive, it offends me. With this law you will not be able to cause offense to any religion, we have to respect the faithful,” Saonara Mayor Walter Stefan told the newspaper on Friday. Stefan said that the law doesn’t just apply to those who use the name of God in vain, but to other religions as well....

The 36-year-old’s lawyer, Carlo Taormina, also confirmed that Giuseppe Iaquinta, father of the player, faces a more serious accusation of mafia association. Iaquinta retired from the game in 2013, having spent his entire career playing in Italy. He last featured in the Serie A for Cesena in 2012 but enjoyed the best days of his career in Udinese and Juventus. At his peak, the striker was a handful to defenders excelling in the air, and when it came to bringing other players into the game....

The use of masks and gloves will continue through summer as Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte simultaneously praised continued containment efforts while urging caution. “We can’t wait for the vaccine,” Conte said over the weekend, touting a campaign of phased reopening in the weeks ahead. While the country looks ahead, it suffers through its deepest recession since the Second World War. Tourism, on which the economies of the southern regions heavily rely, will likely struggle....

The three places from Group J in European qualifying have been confirmed after Italy and Poland joined leaders Lithuania. Amedeo Della Valle (15 points) and Pietro Aradori (11) led Italy to a 75-41 thrashing of Hungary in Varese as they reached the World Cup for the first time since 2006. Poland had a far trickier clash, getting past Croatia 77-69 in Varazdin thanks largely to Mateusz Ponitka (20 points and eight rebounds)....