Moore, Fears help No. 12 Oklahoma put away Prairie View 89-67 to remain unbeatenCOLUMBUS, Ohio — Will Howard passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another, TreVeyon Henderson ran for a score, and No. 2 Ohio State beat previously undefeated No. 5 Indiana 38-15 on Saturday. All Ohio State (10-1, 7-1) has to do now is beat Michigan at home next Saturday and it will earn a return to the Big Ten championship game for the first time since 2020 and get a rematch with No. 1 Oregon. The Ducks beat Ohio State 32-31 in a wild one back on Oct. 12. The Hoosiers (10-1, 7-1) had their best chance to beat the Buckeyes for the first time since 1988 but were hurt by special teams mistakes and disrupted by an Ohio State defense that sacked quarterback Kurtis Rourke five times. Howard finished 22 for 26 for 201 yards. Emeka Egbuka had seven catches for 80 yards and a TD. Luke Altmyer found Pat Bryant for a catch-and-run, 40-yard touchdown pass with 4 seconds left, sending Illinois to a wild road victory over Rutgers. Illinois (8-3, 5-3) was down 31-30 when it sent long kicker Ethan Moczulski out for a desperation 58-yard field goal with 14 seconds to go. Rutgers (6-5, 3-5) coach Greg Schiano then called for a timeout right before Moczulski’s attempt was wide left and about 15 yards short. After the missed field goal was waved off by the timeout, Illinois coach Bret Bielema sent his offense back on the field. Altmyer hit Bryant on an in cut on the left side at the 22, and he continued across the field and scored untouched in a game that featured three lead changes in the final 3:07. Kaleb Johnson rushed for 164 yards and a touchdown on a career-high 35 carries, and Kamari Moulton scored on a 68-yard run in the fourth quarter to help Iowa outlast Maryland in College Park. Johnson scored from 2 yards out in the second quarter for his 21st rushing touchdown of the season, and the Hawkeyes (7-4, 5-3) rebounded from their loss to UCLA in their previous game. Maryland (4-7, 1-7) needed to win its final two regular-season games to reach six wins and bowl eligibility, but the Terrapins were dominated in the first half and eventually fell behind 16-0. Drew Stevens made five field goals for Iowa, including kicks from 54 yards in the second quarter, then 50 and 49 in the third. Aidan Chiles threw for two scores in the first half to build a three-touchdown lead and Michigan State (5-6, 3-5) held on to beat Purdue (1-10, 0-8) at home. The Spartans are a win away from being eligible for a bowl with first-year coach Jonathan Smith and they play Rutgers at home in the final regular-season game.PML-N vows stronger ties with PPP
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He just can’t be stopped. With No. 4 Penn State trailing by six at Minnesota in the third quarter , the Nittany Lions offense turned to their go-to guy, star tight end Tyler Warren. He had three straight catches for 30 yards, topped off by a Nicholas Singleton score to re-take the lead. More Penn State Football News Key Penn State starter suffers injury, leaves game at Minnesota No. 4 Penn State extends lead over Minnesota on 4th-quarter field goal: Live updates Penn State could be without veteran skill player today vs. Minnesota(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski of Illinois took the witness stand for a short day Monday at the public corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan enters the federal court building in Chicago Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, to continue hearing testimony in his corruption trial. Budzinski, D-Springfield, has represented Illinois' 13th Congressional District since 2023. The incumbent won her reelection last month. Before being elected to Congress, Budzinski was a special assistant to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. She worked as a transition team member when Pritzker was governor-elect in late 2018 and 2019. She provided political advice on downstate issues. On the transition team, she helped pick about 1,500 candidates for state jobs, boards and commissions on Pritzker's behalf. Pritzker had the final say on the picks. The senior advisor to Pritzker recommended people for administrative jobs. "We had a very thorough vetting process," Budzinski said. She sent Pritzker a copy of a so-called Sphinx list, a multi-page list of names and job and state board recommendations. Budzinski said "Sphinx" was a nickname used in Pritzker's office for Madigan. Budzinski said she never understood the reason for the nickname. "We gave serious consideration to these requests," Budzinski testified, just as they'd give consideration to recommendations from other legislative leaders. Last week, prosecutors played a recording from Nov. 30, 2018 of then-state Rep. Mike Zalewski, D-Chicago, telling McClain that he asked Madigan to consider his wife Carrie for a state board. “I will tell you, to the Speaker, I asked him to think about Carrie to go to the Illinois Commerce Commission,” Zalewski said. “Oh, OK,” McClain responded. “She’s getting a little stale with her job right now. It doesn’t mean she doesn’t love it. She loves it a lot, but Pritzker gets two picks in January, and the pay is the same. So, he wouldn’t get a story for bumping her pay,” Zalewski said. Telephone conversation between Michael McClain and Michael J. Zalewski DATE: November 30, 2018 Pritzker appointed Carrie Zalewski to the Illinois Commerce Commission in March 2019 and she served there until 2023. According to the Illinois Comptroller’s Office, the annual salary for the position in 2022 was more than $140,000. Carrie Zalewski had previously served on the Illinois Pollution Control Board. On Monday, Budzinski said she never hired anyone because they offered something of value to Madigan. "Absolutely not," she said. "That would be wrong and we have process, we would never do that.” Taraleigh Davis, assistant professor of Public Law and Political Science at Bradley University, noted that attorneys for Madigan and McClain have focused on job recommendations. “I think the defense team is really going to hone in on the prosecution trying to criminalize normal political activity, and that this is not quid pro quo. This is just the way things are and done,” Davis told The Center Square. On cross-examination Monday, defense attorneys took Budzinski through the Sphinx list, pointing out cases where Madigan's recommendations didn't get the jobs he had requested. The Sphinx list generally had recommendations from Madigan and Pritzker. Budzinski also said she didn't feel required to hire Madigan's recommendations and wasn't worried about backlash if she failed to hire one of Madigan's picks. She also said she only hired people who were qualified. That's in stark contrast to requests co-defendant McClain made to ComEd regarding summer intern candidates. In some cases, McClain, at Madigan's request, asked for jobs for candidates who didn't meet ComEd's job requirements and asked if the rules could be changed for candidates from Madigan's ward. ComEd, a state-regulated utility, typically hired 100 to 150 college students for summer internships. Former ComEd executive Fidel Marquez, who worked undercover on behalf of federal investigators, testified in 2023 in a related trial that the company reserved six to 10 internships for candidates from the 13th Ward. Marquez previously testified that internship candidates from the 13th Ward weren't subject to the same scrutiny or competitive hiring process as other paid interns. In some cases, Marquez waived grade-point average and other requirements for those internships. During the 2023 ComEd Four trial where McClain, a former ComEd official and two other lobbyists were found guilty of corruption, prosecutors showed one intern candidate who had a 1.1 GPA, according to emails prosecutors showed the jury. When Marquez pointed this out to co-defendant McClain, McClain responded "Holy mackerel, even mine was higher than that number!" Marquez testified that he considered requests from McClain to be directly from Madigan. Budzinski was the only person to testify Monday as the trial continued into its 34th day. The judge allowed early release to all so he could attend the funeral of former federal judge Joel Flaum, who died last Wednesday. Madigan and McClain are facing 23 counts of bribery, racketeering and official misconduct. Prosecutors allege that Madigan and McClain used Madigan's public office to secure no-work or little-work jobs for their associates in exchange for advancing legislation favorable to ComEd. The utility admitted in 2020 that it sought to influence Madigan by placing his associates into jobs requiring little or no work. ComEd agreed to pay a fine of $200 million and cooperate with the federal investigation in exchange for an agreement that prosecutors drop a bribery charge against the utility.They were comparing Arne Slot to Bob Paisley when he replaced a Kop managerial legend. If Liverpool continue on their current path, it will be Joe Fagan and Sir Kenny Dalglish whose names will be casually dropped alongside that of their Dutch coach. Unlike Bill Shankly and Jurgen Klopp, Fagan and Dalglish were English champions at the end of their first season as Liverpool’s manager. Slot will be the first to remind the world that he is not yet halfway to his target but his side is going to take some stopping and for the first time this season the Kop was singing about winning the league. They recovered from an early scare against Leicester City to stamp their authority on a league table which throws the gauntlet at the feet of Mikel Arteta and Enzo Maresca. Surely only they can stop Liverpool now given the curious absence of Manchester City from this year’s title race, the champions now an extraordinary 14 points adrift having played a game more. Jordan Ayew gave hope to the relegation threatened Leicester fans – and those praying for a Liverpool slip – with a sixth minute opening goal. But once Cody Gakpo fired in the equaliser just before half-time, the full Liverpool recovery was inevitable as Curtis Jones and the customary Mohamed Salah goal secured victory. Those packed inside Anfield have seen this show before. One could be forgiven for thinking Liverpool giving themselves a few problems to solve is scripted, so often does it happen. The Premier League's top scorer does it again! MO SALAH 🎯👑 — Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) Liverpool are also partial to a bit of fox-hunting on December 26. The last time Liverpool played Leicester City on Boxing Day was in the middle of their dash to the 2020 Premier League. Jurgen Klopp considered it a statement performance, reflected upon as the day he knew he would told the championship crown. Only a pandemic got in his club’s way that year. This time, the Kop supporters were bouncing into Anfield with another bout of title fever. Chelsea’s defeat to Fulham hours earlier was bound to increase the volume and intensity levels as the leaders embarked on their bid to consolidate a healthy lead. Leicester were supposed to be fodder. The strange results across this Premier League season ought to have taught the complacent that nothing is taken for granted Ruud van Nistelrooy was a title rival of Slot during their Eredivisie days so it was no surprise he arrived on Merseyside with a gameplan to try to put the brakes on the juggernaut. The hazy conditions offered an assist, too. It is not easy to go 100 mph in thick fog. Van Nistelrooy demonstrated his ruthless and pragmatic side to make it more complicated. Ex-Liverpool keeper Danny Ward did not even make the bench after being made scapegoat for the 3-0 defeat to Wolves last weekend. That brought in Pole Jakub Stolarczyk for his Premier League debut. Within a minute, he must have considered it a mixed blessing, his double save to deny Salah and Jones readying him for a busy evening. What followed was the completion of Leicester’s transformation from a side following the Pep Guardiola template under Enzo Maresca to one intent of replicating the darker arts of Jose Mourinho. This was an attempt at ‘parking the bus’ at its most extreme, Conor Coady and Jannik Vestergaard leading the retreat into the six yard box and urging midfielders to prevent Alexander-Arnold the time and space to deliver perfect crosses. And yet there was an attacking method too, even if the sixth minute opening goal stunned the visiting supporters as much as those tuning in. Bilal El Khannouss sent Stephy Mavididi down Liverpool’s right and with his back to goal, Ayew turned and beat Alisson. FOX IN THE BOX! Jordan Ayew's 50th goal in English club football has LEADING at Anfield! 😮 — Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) “We’re winning away,” was the chant from the away end, underlining their state of disbelief. Liverpool’s unhealthy habit of starting slowly had continued, even if this remained the rarest of counter-attacks as the momentum shifted towards Stolarczyk for the rest of the half. Leicester’s defending was a curious combination of the choreographed, courageous and yet slightly unconvincing as ricochets and deflections dropped in their favour. Andy Robertson headed against the post and Salah struck the crossbar with a clipped effort, at which stage it felt a matter of time before the equaliser followed. In first half injury-time, Gakpo completed his signature move, cutting in from the left to pick out the top corner with his right foot. The slow-mo of Cody Gakpo's strike... 😍 — Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) Leicester were relieved there was no time for the hosts to build on their momentum before the break. Slot’s side - just like Klopp’s – are specialists in blitzes. They would have to start again in the second half, with their Dutch coach’s knack of identifying tactical problems to ensure his side improved on show again. So Leicester’s half-time reprieve was brief. Four minutes into the second half, Jones tapped in Alexis Mac Allister’s cross and a semblance of order appeared to be restored. For the first time in the game, are ahead! The league leaders are in front thanks to Curtis Jones' first-time effort 🔴🙌 — Amazon Prime Video Sport (@primevideosport) The familiarity extended to VAR taking an age to determine the legitimacy of ‘goals’ - Jones was grateful to get the green light for his, but Gakpo was denied his second after a deliberation which at one stage looked like it would welcome in the new year. Liverpool knew a third would end Leicester’s resistance. Nunez was close just as Stolarcyzk kept rewarding his manager’s faith. Van Nistelrooy also hoped that the pace of Paton Daka would cause panic in the home defence. The striker, recalled for the ill Jamie Vardy, miskicked in front of Alisson when an equaliser beckoned. In Slot’s favour was the strongest substitutes bench since his arrival, with more of his senior stars back to full fitness. It felt like a matter of time before Jota received the call and he was summoned with Dominik Szoboszlai to get Liverpool over the line. It was a tribute to Leicester’s performance that the game was still in the balance as Jones and Nunez were replaced, but as Salah swept in the third Van Nistelrooy’s dreams of the shock result of the season seemed a distant memory. 10:12 PM GMT Mo Salah’s reaction It’s a good result. They were very good and made it quite hard for us in the first half especially. [Cody Gakpo] scored a great goal just before half-time which gave us the confidence to win the game. [On scoring his 100th home goal in the Premier League, 98 for Liverpool and two for Chelsea] It’s something I’m very proud of. I’ll keep working hard and hopefully I can go a bit further. [On his form] The most important thing for me is the team. Hopefully we can win the Premier League and I can have a big impact; that’s great for me. We need to stay humble. Hopefully we don’t get too many injuries and we can win it. I really want to win the Premier League this year. 10:08 PM GMT The top of the Premier League table P17 Pts 42 P18 Pts 35 P18 Pts 34 P17 Pts 33 P18 Pts 29 09:58 PM GMT FT: Liverpool 3 Leicester 1 Liverpool move seven points clear at the top, and nine ahead of their main challengers Arsenal, with an impressive comeback at Anfield. Jordan Ayew’s early goal made the first half a bit of a struggle for Liverpool, but they held their nerve and were rewarded with goals either side of half-time from Cody Gakpo and Curtis Jones. Mo Salah finished things off with his obligatory goal. 09:54 PM GMT 90+5 min: Liverpool 3 Leicester 1 Caleb Okoli on for Conor Coady. 09:53 PM GMT 90+4 min: Liverpool 3 Leicester 1 The third goal has allowed Liverpool to relax and pass te ball around with a bit of a swagger. In hindsight, Leicester did well to keep the game alive for as long as they did. 🎯 — Liverpool FC (@LFC) 09:50 PM GMT 90+2 min: Liverpool 3 Leicester 1 Alexis Mac Allister gives way to Harvey Elliott. 09:49 PM GMT 90+1 min: Liverpool 3 Leicester 1 All those VAR checks mean there will be . 09:46 PM GMT 87 min: Liverpool 3 Leicester 1 Liverpool bring on Wataru Endo and Kostas Tsimikas for Ryan Gravenberch and Andy Robertson. Leicester replace Stephy Mavididi with Bobby De Cordova-Reid. 09:42 PM GMT Goal! That’ll do. Mo Salah cuts inside from the right, uses Kristiansen as a screen and guides a lovely curling shot into the far corner. That’s such a classy goal, one that puts Liverpool seven points clear at the top of the Premier League. 09:39 PM GMT 80 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 The substitute Szoboszlai is booked, which means he’ll miss the trip to West Ham on Sunday. 09:38 PM GMT 79 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 Salah is put through on the right side of the area and pokes a shot too close to Stolarczyk, who holds on. In the circumstances he’s had a really impressive Premier League debut. 09:36 PM GMT 78 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 Diogo Jota and Dominik Szoboszlai replace Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones. 09:36 PM GMT 76 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 Aside from that one moment when Daka should have equalised, Liverpool have controlled the second half superbly. I can barely remember Leicester crossing the halfway line. 09:31 PM GMT 72 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 A deep cross from the left was volleyed back across goal by Salah towards the offside Nunez. I’m not sure whether he touched the ball, but he moved towards it so that’s enough for him to be considered active. It was then half cleared to Gakpo, who rammed it into the net. – 68' The referee's call of no goal was checked and confirmed by the VAR as Nunez was in an offside position in the build-up. — Premier League Match Centre (@PLMatchCentre) 09:27 PM GMT 68 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 Gakpo smashes a loose ball through a defender on the line, but the offside flag goes up against Salah in the build-up. This is pretty close - I think it might be onside. 09:26 PM GMT 67 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 Robertson’s fierce cross is palmed away by Stolarczyk with Nunez waiting behind him for some hot open-goal action. Liverpool are well on top, though that Daka chance is a reminder that the game isn’t won yet. 09:23 PM GMT 64 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 Oliver Skipp and Facundo Buonanotte replace Harry Winks and Bilal El Khannouss. 09:22 PM GMT 62 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 A lovely counter-attack from Liverpool. Robertson pings a long pass out to Salah on the right. He feeds it into the area for Nunez, whose fierce first-time shot is well saved at the near post by Stolarczyk. 09:20 PM GMT 61 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 Out of nothing, Leicester create a terrific opportunity to equalise. Mavididi collected a crossfield pass on the left and crossed early towards Daka, who made a good run to lose his man but then miskicked horribly eight yards from goal. 09:17 PM GMT 58 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 The surging Gakpo is brazenly taken out by Vestergaard, who accepts his booking without complaint. Robertson was also booked, possibly for asking for a yellow card. 09:14 PM GMT 55 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 Even at 2-1 it feels like a long way back for Leicester, who aren’t carrying the same threat on the counter-attack that they did for much of the first half. 09:11 PM GMT 52 min: Liverpool 2 Leicester 1 It took a while to check the various phases of play but the goal stands. Jones took it well, adjusting his feet in a split-second to cushion a volley past Stolarczyk. 09:09 PM GMT Goal! Bang bang! Liverpool have scored either side of half-time to take the lead. Leicester couldn’t get out following the corner and were eventually made to pay. Salah played in the overlapping Mac Allister, whose fast cross was finished deftly from close range by Jones. There’s a for offside. 09:07 PM GMT 49 min: Liverpool 1 Leicester 1 A half-cleared corner is met by Alexander-Arnold, whose left-footed drive deflects behind for another corner. Robertson takes, it’s headed clear. 09:05 PM GMT 46 min: Liverpool 1 Leicester 1 Back under way at Anfield. 09:04 PM GMT Time for DJ? Leicester will take a small consolation the equaliser was on the stroke of half-time because they’d have been hanging on to get in level. Not for the first time this season, Slot will be looking for tactical tweaks at half-time. One suspects two answers to his problems breaking down Leicester’s defence will be Diaz and Jota. 08:49 PM GMT HT: Liverpool 1 Leicester 1 Lively stuff at Anfield. Jordan Ayew poked the bear by giving Leicester an early lead, and they almost made it to half-time unscathed. Almost: Cody Gakpo curled a superb equaliser in added time, and you’d expect Liverpool to do the necessary from here. 08:47 PM GMT Goal! Cody Gakpo equalises with a beauty. He cut inside from the left, moved away from Justin and whipped a spectacular curling shot into the far corner. Stolarczyk had no chance. 08:46 PM GMT 45 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Liverpool almost equalise on the break. The first attack was thwarted but Alexander-Arnold reversed a clever pass to Salah on the right side of the area. He took a touch and hit a trademark curler across goal that beat Stolarczyk and clattered off the bar. 08:45 PM GMT 44 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Robertson’s overhit free-kick goes straight out of play. Liverpool haven’t been great in the last six or seven minutes. 08:42 PM GMT 40 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 For once, Alexander-Arnold’s right foot lets him down when he smashes a long-range shot towards air traffic control. 08:37 PM GMT 37 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Gomez trips Daka and is booked, although he’s not impressed with either the free-kick or the yellow card. 08:37 PM GMT 36 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Jones’ deep cross is headed dangerously back across goal by Nunez and volleyed away by the off balance El Khannouss. Excellent defending. But it does feel like a goal is coming. 08:32 PM GMT 32 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Gakpo clips another dangerous cross towards Salah beyond the far post. The angle is very tight and Salah can’t control a flicked volley with the outside of his left foot; it flies back across goal and is eventually put behind for a corner. 08:31 PM GMT 30 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 It’s so far, so good for van Nistelrooy’s strategy here... but the Leicester players still look like they’re learning on the job when it comes to a rearguard action. The pressure is intensifying. 08:30 PM GMT 28 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 This is Liverpool’s best spell of the game, so Leicester will be grateful for a break in play when Daka is caught by Van Dijk. I didn’t realise, by the way, that Ayew’s shot took a slight but important deflection off Van Dijk before beating Alisson. It’s still Ayew’s goal as the original shot was on target. 08:26 PM GMT 25 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Alexander-Arnold’s corner from the left is cleared back out to him. He clips a cross towards Robertson’s, whose looping header across goal hits the inside of the post and is smuggled away by Stolarczyk. 08:25 PM GMT 24 min: LIverpool 0 Leicester 1 Salah pokes a right-foot shot from the edge of the area that deflects off Kristiansen and loops onto the roof of the net. Stolarczyk looked nervously over his shoulder as the ball dropped towards goal. 08:24 PM GMT 23 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Robertson curls a stunning pass over the top to Gakpo, who controls it well on the stretch but then gets in a tangle and misses his attempted shot. Actually, replays show Gakpo was offside so it wouldn’t have counted anyway. Moments later he wallops not far over the top from the edge of the area. 08:21 PM GMT 21 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 A real chance for Leicester on the break. Mavididi has a relatively simple through pass to Daka but overhits it fractionally and the ball runs through to Alisson. 08:20 PM GMT 19 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 The fog is getting worse again, so much so that at times it’s hard to make out what’s going on. Leicester are definitely 1-0 up, though, and playing pretty well. 08:16 PM GMT 16 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Liverpool try something funky at a corner, with nobody in the six-yard box and five players beyond the far post. They all surge into the six-yard box as Alexander-Arnold prepares to take the kick, but nothing comes of it on this occasion. 08:14 PM GMT 13 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Robertson’s cross is headed across goal and wide by Nunez, who wasn’t able to get over the ball. 08:11 PM GMT 11 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 Leicester started off deeper than a Friedrich Nietzsche philosophy lecture. On first impression their defenders did not look entirely comfortable after escaping the early Salah chance. But Jordan Ayew’s goal will give them plenty to fight for now. Liverpool continue to start slowly at Anfield for some reason. 08:10 PM GMT 10 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 1 James Justin is first to Ayew’s corner but his flicked header is blocked. In fact replays show it hit the outstretched hand of Gakpo, but he was barely a yard away from Justin so there’s no suggestion of a penalty. 08:06 PM GMT Goal! Erm, that wasn’t in the script. Mavididi breaks down the left and drags a low cross towards Ayew at the near post. He resists the challenge of Robertson, turns on a sixpence and reverses a precise shot past Alisson. Blimey. 08:06 PM GMT 4 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 0 They’ve tested him now. Gakpo’s deep, driven cross is volleyed towards goal by Salah and blocked at the near post by Stolarczyk. The ball runs loose to Jones, who has it taken off his toes by the scrambling Stolarczyk. He’ll feel a whole lot beter after that. 08:03 PM GMT 2 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 0 The fog has cleared slightly, according to the Amazon commentator Jon Champion, though it is still pretty heavy. Liverpool have started on the front foot, as you’d expect, though they’re yet to test Leicester’s debutant goalkeeper Jakub Stolarczyk. 08:01 PM GMT 1 min: Liverpool 0 Leicester 0 Liverpool kick off from left to right as we watch. 07:51 PM GMT Ten minutes to kick off Let’s have a quick reminder of the teams. Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, van Dijk, Robertson; Gravenberch; Jones, Mac Allister; Salah, Nunez, Gakpo. Subs: Kelleher, Endo, Diaz, Szoboszlai, Chiesa, Elliott, Jota, Tsimikas, Quansah. Stolarczyk; Justin, Coady, Vestergaard, Kristiansen; Winks, Soumare; Ayew, El Khannous, Mavididi; Daka. Subs: Iversen, Okoli, De Cordova-Reid, Choudhury, Skipp, Edouard, Thomas, Alves, Buonanotte. Darren Bond (Lancashire) 07:50 PM GMT A big night for Liverpool’s agent of chaos 🇺🇾💫 — Liverpool FC (@LFC) 07:41 PM GMT No Anfield return for Danny Ward In a different era - and if his profile was worthy of it - Leicester keeper Danny Ward’s face would be in every newspaper alongside the brutal headline: AXED. Ex-Liverpool keeper Ward does not even make the bench after being made the scapegoat for the 3-0 defeat to Wolves last weekend. Ruud van Nistelrooy is showing his ruthless side. Leicester hoped the relegation fight would be transformed by a new manager bounce. It has, but unfortunately for them it looks like Wolves’ Vitor Pereira is having more impact than their new Dutch appointment. Leicester arrive at Anfield under severe pressure given Wolves win over Manchester United, the bottom three giving the impression the most recently promoted clubs are going back where they came from for a second successive season. Unless United get dragged into the relegation fight, of course... 07:39 PM GMT Liverpool aim to go seven points clear Playing after your rival can sometimes feel like a disadvantage in the title race... but not when your closest challengers lose at home. The enthusiasm for this evening’s match in Anfield’s hostelries will have become greater after Chelsea’s late collapse to Fulham. Liverpool have an opportunity to extend their lead to seven points with a game in hand. Worryingly for everyone else, Arne Slot’s squad is stronger now than at any point this season, his bench this evening full of first-teamers. 07:29 PM GMT No danger of postponement despite heavy fog Such is the heavy fog at Anfield, Liverpool issued a statement earlier today reassuring spectators (and presumably Prime TV subscribers) the game was in no danger of postponement. It remains hazy, however, putting older supporters in mind of a famous Anfield match in the 1978 Super Cup Final against Anderlecht. Liverpool were victorious but visibility did not stretch from one goal to the other, prompting the Kop to sing, ‘What’s the score?’ to the opposite side of the stadium. The mist does not look so bad this evening, thankfully. 07:23 PM GMT Van Nistelrooy on the challenge of facing Liverpool at Anfield It’s clear who the dominant force are in this game. I know how Arne wants to make his teams play. He’s got it right straight away. They are the dominant force also in the Champions League. The streak is remarkable. We have to be very compact, we have to be ready to know what we’re facing. We have to be ready to play, too. It will be a great task but it’s a great chance to develop in all areas in the game, and that will help us towards the finish line. 07:14 PM GMT This is not Slot’s first meeting with former PSV manager Van Nistelrooy “I was expecting you to tell the people over here that I lost once and drew once, but you made it positive saying we won the league title, which was true,” said Slot when his title win was highlighted. “Cody Gakpo was in his team, so I am happy he is in my team now when we face Ruud because Cody scored (in a 4-3 victory). “Ruud is a very nice person first of all. I met him once or twice and he did really well when he was at PSV because PSV for the last one-and-a-half years they have been on top of the league table. “But if you look at the second half of Ruud’s season, they didn’t even lose any more at all. “After he left they started buying a few more players than they did when he was working there but he still showed he can compete for the title. “He did well at United as well and I am looking forward to seeing him, especially if we win.” 06:56 PM GMT Leicester team and subs: Coady starts at Anfield, no Vardy in squad Our Anfield XI 🖇️ — Leicester City (@LCFC) 06:55 PM GMT Liverpool team and subs: Jones preferred to Szoboszlai in midfield How we line up to face Leicester City 👊🔴 — Liverpool FC (@LFC) 04:37 PM GMT Think the title is Liverpool’s to lose? Think again... Liverpool’s coach has not just answered every question put to him since replacing Klopp, he has delivered impressive responses worthy of a PhD graduate. There is no reason to assume the Dutch coach will change his demeanour or approach when the pressure cranks up. He has also been in this situation before as a title winner with Feyenoord. Nevertheless, leading a club of Liverpool’s stature in the final weeks of a title race when excitement reaches fever pitch and hysteria kicks in as the finishing line comes into view will be a different experience. Klopp never had the chance to win the league in front of a full Anfield. Barring a series of unfortunate events – mainly injuries – Liverpool are sure to be in contention for the rest of this season. How the players and their coach handle the expectation of being title favourites will help determine if the Christmas No 1 is still top in May. 04:34 PM GMT Good evening Hello and welcome to Telegraph Sport’s live, minute-by-minute coverage of Liverpool v Leicester at Anfield. Fans of title-challenging teams love a precedent, and Liverpool have a belter to call on: on Boxing Day 2019, they smashed a very good Leicester side 4-0 at the King Power Stadium to move closer to a first league title since 1990. They are odds-on favourites to win their 20th title after an increasingly spectacular start under Arne Slot. Their most recent performance, the 6-3 win at Spurs on Sunday, was their best yet, and a win tonight would move them xx points clear with a game in hand. Slot will again come up against Ruud van Nistelrooy, who was PSV Eindhoven manager when Slot’s Feyenoord won the Eredivisie title in 2022-23. “I was expecting you to tell the people over here that I lost once and drew once, but you made it positive saying we won the league title, which was true,” said Slot. “Cody Gakpo was in his team, so I am happy he is in my team now when we face Ruud because Cody scored. “Ruud is a very nice person first of all. I met him once or twice and he did really well when he was at PSV because PSV for the last one-and-a-half years they have been on top of the league table. But if you look at the second half of Ruud’s season, they didn’t even lose any more at all. “After he left they started buying a few more players than they did when he was working there but he still showed he can compete for the title. He did well at United as well and I am looking forward to seeing him, especially if we win.” On current form, you’d be a maverick to bet against it. 8pm. The highlights from a special Boxing Day win in 2019 🎬🔴 — Liverpool FC (@LFC)BEIJING , Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 22, 2024 , the " Global Gen Z Views on Beijing " event organized by China Daily New Media Center and 21st Century Media and Education officially launched. The event will spotlight three key themes: Beijing's cultural legacy, technological innovation, and environmental conservation. During the event, over 20 international influencers will visit notable sites including the Capital Museum and the Zhoukoudian Site Museum to explore the Beijing's rich history. They will also visit Beijing's leading tech enterprises and innovation hubs to experience the city's technological advancements. Additionally, the influencers will visit iconic locations such as the Yanqing Ecological Civilization Exhibition and the Beijing Wild Duck Lake National Wetland Park, gaining a firsthand perspective on the integration of environmental conservation and industrial development in the city. Through dynamic and youthful storytelling, the event aims to showcase Beijing's rich cultural heritage and its achievements in sustainable, high-quality development to audiences worldwide. During the first day of the event, Veronica, an Italian exchange student at Tsinghua University, expressed her excitement, saying, "I am delighted to be part of this event. My deep interest in Chinese culture brought me to China for my studies, and I have gained a lot from this experience." This event serves not only as a cultural exploration but also as a key platform for sharing Beijing's historical and modern development with audiences worldwide. Through the influencers' firsthand experiences, Beijing's rich cultural heritage and contemporary achievements will be vividly showcased to worldwide audiences. This event offers an international stage for Beijing to highlight its unique appeal, while promoting cultural exchange and fostering global understanding. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-gen-z-views-on-beijing-a-journey-through-the-citys-culture-innovation-and-ecology-302314744.html SOURCE China Daily
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Valparaiso 87, N. Illinois 82BEIJING , Nov. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 22, 2024 , the " Global Gen Z Views on Beijing " event organized by China Daily New Media Center and 21st Century Media and Education officially launched. The event will spotlight three key themes: Beijing's cultural legacy, technological innovation, and environmental conservation. During the event, over 20 international influencers will visit notable sites including the Capital Museum and the Zhoukoudian Site Museum to explore the Beijing's rich history. They will also visit Beijing's leading tech enterprises and innovation hubs to experience the city's technological advancements. Additionally, the influencers will visit iconic locations such as the Yanqing Ecological Civilization Exhibition and the Beijing Wild Duck Lake National Wetland Park, gaining a firsthand perspective on the integration of environmental conservation and industrial development in the city. Through dynamic and youthful storytelling, the event aims to showcase Beijing's rich cultural heritage and its achievements in sustainable, high-quality development to audiences worldwide. During the first day of the event, Veronica, an Italian exchange student at Tsinghua University, expressed her excitement, saying, "I am delighted to be part of this event. My deep interest in Chinese culture brought me to China for my studies, and I have gained a lot from this experience." This event serves not only as a cultural exploration but also as a key platform for sharing Beijing's historical and modern development with audiences worldwide. Through the influencers' firsthand experiences, Beijing's rich cultural heritage and contemporary achievements will be vividly showcased to worldwide audiences. This event offers an international stage for Beijing to highlight its unique appeal, while promoting cultural exchange and fostering global understanding. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/global-gen-z-views-on-beijing-a-journey-through-the-citys-culture-innovation-and-ecology-302314744.html SOURCE China DailyNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Thursday after market superstar Nvidia and another round of companies said they’re making even fatter profits than expected. The S&P 500 pulled 0.5% higher after flipping between gains and losses several times during the day. Banks, smaller companies and other areas of the stock market that tend to do best when the economy is strong helped lead the way, while bitcoin briefly broke above $99,000. Crude oil, meanwhile, continued to rise. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 461 points, or 1.1%, and the Nasdaq composite edged up by less than 0.1%. Nvidia rose just 0.5% after beating analysts’ estimates for profit and revenue yet again, but it was still the strongest force pulling the S&P 500 upward. It also gave a forecast for revenue in the current quarter that topped most analysts’ expectations due to voracious demand for its chips used in artificial-intelligence technology. Its stock initially sank in afterhours trading Wednesday following the release of the results. Some investors said the market might have been looking for Nvidia’s revenue forecast to surpass expectations by even more. But its stock recovered in premarket trading Thursday, and Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said it was another “flawless” profit report provided by Nvidia and CEO Jensen Huang, whom Ives calls “the Godfather of AI.” The stock meandered through Thursday as well, dragging the S&P 500 and other indexes back and forth. How Nvidia’s stock performs has more impact than any other because it’s grown into Wall Street’s most valuable company at roughly $3.6 trillion. The frenzy around AI is sweeping up other stocks, and Snowflake jumped 32.7% after reporting stronger results for the latest quarter than analysts expected. The company, whose platform helps customers get a better view of all their silos of data and use AI, also reported stronger revenue growth than expected. BJ’S Wholesale Club rose 8.3% after likewise delivering a bigger profit than expected. That may help calm worries about how resilient U.S. shoppers can remain, given high prices across the economy and still-high interest rates. A day earlier, Target tumbled after reporting sluggish sales in the latest quarter and giving a dour forecast for the holiday shopping season. It followed Walmart , which gave a much more encouraging outlook. Nearly 90% of the stocks in the S&P 500 ended up rising Thursday, and the gains were even bigger among smaller companies. The Russell 2000 index of smaller stocks jumped a market-leading 1.7%. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, helped keep indexes in check. It fell 4.7% after U.S. regulators asked a judge to break up the tech giant by forcing it to sell its industry-leading Chrome web browser. In a 23-page document filed late Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice called for sweeping punishments that would include restrictions preventing Android from favoring its own search engine. Regulators stopped short of demanding Google sell Android but left the door open to it if the company’s oversight committee continues to see evidence of misconduct. All told, the S&P 500 rose 31.60 points to 5,948.71. The Dow jumped 461.88 to 43,870.35, and the Nasdaq composite added 6.28 to 18,972.42. In the crypto market, bitcoin eclipsed $99,000 for the first time before pulling back toward $98,000, according to CoinDesk. It’s more than doubled so far this year, and its climb has accelerated since Election Day. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to make the country “the crypto capital of the planet” and create a “strategic reserve” of bitcoin. Bitcoin got a further boost after Gary Gensler, the chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Thursday he would step down in January . Gensler has pushed for more protections for crypto investors. Bitcoin and related investment have a notorious history of big price swings in both directions. MicroStrategy, a company that’s been raising cash expressly to buy bitcoin, saw an early Thursday gain of 14.6% for its stock quickly disappear. It finished the day with a loss of 16.2%. In the oil market, a barrel of benchmark U.S. crude rose 2% to bring its gain for the week to 4.8%. Brent crude, the international standard, climbed 1.8%. Oil has been rising amid escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war. In stock markets abroad, shares of India’s Adani Enterprises plunged 22.6% Thursday after the U.S. charged founder Gautam Adani in a federal indictment with securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities and wire fraud. The businessman and one of the world’s richest people is accused of concealing that his company’s huge solar energy project on the subcontinent was being facilitated by an alleged bribery scheme. Stock indexes elsewhere in Asia and Europe were mixed. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury inched up to 4.43% from 4.41% late Wednesday following some mixed reports on the U.S. economy. One said fewer U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week in the latest signal that the job market remains solid. Another report, though, said manufacturing in the mid-Atlantic region unexpectedly shrank. Sales of previously occupied homes, meanwhile, strengthened last month by more than expected. AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Yuri Kageyama contributed.
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