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NoneCLEVELAND (AP) — Tariq Francis had 23 points in NJIT's 78-69 win against Morehead State on Wednesday night. Francis also had five rebounds for the Highlanders (1-7). Sebastian Robinson went 8 of 18 from the field (4 for 7 from 3-point range) to add 21 points. Tim Moore Jr. had 16 points and shot 4 for 8 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 5 from the free-throw line. Kenny White Jr. led the Eagles (2-4) in scoring, finishing with 34 points, seven rebounds, five assists and two steals. Kade Ruegsegger added 11 points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Team Canada Rosters for the upcoming Four Nations Tournament are set to be released tomorrow, and Insiders Chris Johnston and Pierre LeBrun now has a full read on the roster - that has left off Zach Hyman, Evan Bouchard, and Stuart Skinner. Johnston and LeBrun evaluated every position with what they've heard from Canadian executives about fringe pieces on the roster. The only Oiler is Connor McDavid, playing first line center. The fourth line spots are expected to go to Anthony Cirelli, Sam Bennett, and Travis Konecny as Team Canada targets grit and penalty killing in their bottom six. There was significantly lobby from the Edmonton Oilers to get Zach Hyman on the Canada roster playing next to McDavid, but it seems he's been passed over. Hyman recently opened up about potentially missing out on the Canada roster . On defence, the locks for Canada are reported to be: Cale Makar, Alex Pietrangelo, Shea Theodore, Devon Toews, and Travis Sanheim. Oilers defenceman Evan Bouchard was in the conversation to make the roster, but instead, the last two spots are going to Josh Morrissey and Colton Parayko. In goal, Team Canada is expected to be going with Jordan Binnington, Adin Hill, and Samuel Montembault. After Stuart Skinner took the Edmonton Oilers to the Stanley Cup Final last year, he was surely in conversation for Team Canada. However, Skinner's inconsistent start to this season has taken him off this roster . The full roster for Team Canada is expected to look as follows: Specifically leaving out Zach Hyman and Evan Bouchard are some controversial choices. Hyman plays a hard checking game that would be great for the top line or the fourth line, and Evan Bouchard is an elite puck mover which could capitalize on Canada's talent up front. It'll be very unfortunate for the Oilers to be cut from Team Canada and only send Connor McDavid after they had so many candidates, but still, Oilers fans and the players cut will still be cheering their hearts out for Canada. This article first appeared on Oilers Daily and was syndicated with permission.
Séamus Coleman has revealed how he tried his best to frustrate Erling Haaland just seconds before the striker’s penalty miss as Everton held Manchester City. The champions’ dismal run of form continued on St Stephen’s Day as Coleman captained the Toffees to a 1-1 draw at the Etihad, following on from recent stalemates with Chelsea and Arsenal. It was only the Donegal native’s second league start of the season and first since August having recovered from injury. And the Irish skipper played a key role to help Everton earn a point against Pep Guardiola’s out-of-sorts side. He was also seen having a word in Haaland’s ear as the Norwegian striker stepped up to take a second-half spot kick with the score at 1-1. While the 36-year-old didn’t divulge exactly what he said to the Norwegian striker to put him off, he admitted that sometimes you have to do whatever it takes to earn a result. “No comment,” said Coleman, when asked about the confrontation with the Man City star. Then asked if it was perhaps a festive message to Haaland, Coleman replied: “Yeah, Merry Christmas! We came here wanting to get a point and you’ll do anything you can sometimes to win. There was no swearing or anything like that.” Everton are in 15th and remain unbeaten in their last four league outings, as the right-back hailed his team for earning a point at the home of the champions. “It was always going to be a tough shift coming here,” he continued. “They might not be in the best of form, but Manchester City have a side full of good players. Going 1-0 down wasn’t easy, but we showed the spirit we had in the group at the moment. “They have top players and an unbelievable manager. They are going through a tough time and we felt it was an opportunity today to come away with a point. In the end, we could have got the three points but we are very happy with the point. “We nearly won it 2-1, but it wasn’t to be. But coming here, and with the run of fixtures, to pick up the points that we have has been impressive. “People would have looked at the fixtures and would have thought ‘Everton are going to have a very tough December’, but thankfully the lads stuck together. We played Wolves at home, a big game and we won comfortably [4-0]. “We have carried that togetherness through. Sometimes getting a point here [City] may be more impressive than the three points at home, the way you have to get it and really work hard and dig in. You can be proud of the lads putting their bodies to come out of here with a point.” Meanwhile, Watford boss Tom Cleverley hailed winger Rocco Vata after the Ireland U-21 star netted a 95th-minute winner in their Championship victory over Portsmouth yesterday. The 19-year-old departed Celtic for Watford last summer and has now hit two goals and two assists in his last four league games, as Cleverley spoke highly of the winger after his late winner helped the Hornets up to sixth. “I said it earlier in the season, to not expect too much, too soon, from one of our highly-talented youngsters and the same goes with Rocco,” said Cleverley. “But we have an exciting prospect on our hands and he’s really improving. He is desperate to score goals. He’s an animal in and around the box and it’s no fluke he’s got two big goals for us.”Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose economic reforms made his country a global powerhouse, has died at the age of 92, current leader Narendra Modi said. India "mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished leaders," Modi posted on social media platform X shortly after news broke of Singh's passing. "As our Prime Minister, he made extensive efforts to improve people's lives." Singh was taken to a hospital in New Delhi after he lost consciousness at his home on Thursday, but could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead at 9:51 pm local time, according to a statement by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Singh, who held office from 2004 to 2014, is credited with having overseen an economic boom in Asia's fourth-largest economy in his first term, although slowing growth in later years marred his second stint. "I have lost a mentor and guide," opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in a statement, adding that Singh had "led India with immense wisdom and integrity." "Millions of us who admired him will remember him with the utmost pride," said Gandhi, a scion of India's powerful Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and the most prominent challenger to Modi. The legacy of Manmohan Singh Born in 1932 in the mud-house village of Gah in what is now Pakistan, Singh studied economics to find a way to eradicate poverty in India and never held elected office before taking the vast nation's top job. He won scholarships to attend both Cambridge, where he obtained a first in economics, and Oxford, where he completed his PhD. Singh worked in a string of senior civil posts, served as a central bank governor and also held various jobs with global agencies including the United Nations. He was tapped in 1991 by then Congress prime minister PV Narasimha Rao to reel India back from the worst financial crisis in its modern history. In his first term Singh steered the economy through a period of nine-percent growth, lending India the international clout it had long sought. He also sealed a landmark nuclear deal with the United States that he said would help India meet its growing energy needs. Known as "Mr Clean", Singh nonetheless saw his image tarnished during his decade-long tenure when a series of corruption cases became public. Several months before the 2014 elections, Singh said he would retire after the polls, with Sonia Gandhi's son Rahul earmarked to take his place if Congress won. But Congress crashed to its worst-ever result at that time as the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Modi, won in a landslide. Singh — who said historians would be kinder to him than contemporary detractors -- became a vocal critic of Modi's economic policies, and more recently warned about the risks that rising communal tensions posed to India's democracy.
Chicago Bulls guard Lonzo Ball is a man of his word. During the newest episode of her Unapologetically Angel podcast, Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese confirmed that Ball helped her pay the fine she received after getting ejected from a game in June. He actually went above and beyond, giving her $2,000 when she was only out $200. Reese was dismissed in the fourth quarter of Chicago's 88-75 loss to the New York Liberty on June 4. She received two quick technical fouls for signaling her dissatisfaction with the officiating. Ball posted on X that he was prepared to foot the bill for any fine Reese received from the WNBA: He called it a "terrible" technical in Wednesday's episode and said he was at the game in person, which was the first WNBA game he had attended. The WNBA rescinded the second technical issued to Reese. ESPN's Michael Voepel noted that meant she was fined $200 instead of the original $400. The league has a sliding scale for the cost of individual techs. Thankfully for Reese, her early exit didn't prevent her from eventually making history. She had 13 points and 10 rebounds against the Liberty, which was the first of her WNBA-record 15 straight double-doubles.Tahlia Randall has played in three AFLW grand finals across two clubs — and lost all of them. The key forward suffered two defeats at Brisbane in 2017 and 2018, then played in North Melbourne’s grand final loss to the Lions last year. But Randall is determined to ensure Saturday’s decider, also against the Lions at Ikon Park, falls in her favour. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today “Being undefeated doesn’t matter if you don’t win the grand final,” Randall told AAP. “It’s definitely not fun losing a grand final. So hopefully that streak is done and we can start our winning streak.” Head here to watch the AFLW grand final live and free on 7plus Randall joked after the Kangaroos’ win over Port Adelaide that facing Brisbane again would “make a good headline”. It will. North had last year’s grand final in their grasp at one point before the Lions wrested it into their control and ran away with it for a 17-point win. There is one key lesson Randall learned from last year’s capitulation. “The game’s never done until the final siren,” she said. “I know that sounds very cliche, but yeah, we gave up the lead last year in that final, and we didn’t make the most of our momentum.” If the Kangaroos are to succeed, they will need aerial specialist Randall, who has kicked 15 goals this season, at her absolute best. Since moving into the attack, she has established herself as one of the league’s best pack-crashing power forwards. “It sounds weird that I’m a veteran and I’m only 26 years old playing for Brissie and North,” she said. “But yeah, absolutely, I’ve learned a lot at both clubs, and I’m looking forward to the final next week.” Randall, Kate Shierlaw (18 goals), Vikki Wall (10) and Alice O’Loughlin (16) all regularly hit the scoreboard, as does star midfielder Jasmine Garner (14). “It’s so fantastic. We have so many avenues to go, whether it’s through our forwards, whether it’s through our mids or even our wings,” she said. “We’re a dangerous forward line when we play the way we want to, and hopefully we can showcase that next weekend.”