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Syrian government forces withdraw from central city of Homs as insurgent offensive acceleratesNVIDIA’s Stock Skyrockets! How AI Innovations are Fueling a Gaming RevolutionCoach DeMeco Ryans revealed the details of his injury Monday before announcing that Dell would have season-ending surgery for a second straight year. He fractured his fibula in Week 13 against the Broncos as a rookie last season and had surgery on it the following day. “He dislocated the knee, he tore the ACL, other things there he’ll have to get repaired," Ryans said. “So he’ll be out for the year.” Ryans didn't have a date for Dell's surgery for this injury, but said it would be soon. Dell was injured on a 30-yard touchdown catch in Houston’s 27-19 loss Saturday. He was coming across the back of the end zone and made the spectacular catch on a pass from C.J. Stroud before colliding with Houston teammate Jared Wayne on the way to the ground. Dell immediately grabbed at his knee and Wayne signaled for team trainers, who spent several minutes working on the wide receiver while teammates waited anxiously. Dell was eventually placed on a stretcher and driven in a covered medical cart off the field, and then he was taken to the hospital. He stayed in the hospital overnight before flying back to Houston on Sunday. Stroud, who is so close to Dell that he considers him a brother, cried the entire time the receiver was down on the field and for a while after he was taken away. “It was just not easy for me to sit there and be emotional,” Stroud said Monday. “But it’s something that we all go through in life and it’s easy to be a fake tough guy. It’s easy to go through life acting like everything doesn’t affect you, but deep down we all know we’re going through something.” Some criticized Stroud for crying. But he believes a display of emotion such as that was important to remind people of the human aspect of this game and the toll it can take on players. “It’s good for young men and women out there, kids who are brought up — and I was taught this too as a kid, not from my parents but just from the world, don’t let anybody see you emotional,” he said. “Don’t let anybody see you down and yeah there’s some truth to that in in certain aspects, but there’s also life and I think it was good for people to see me in that light and knowing that there is still a human factor to me and I’m a normal person.” Rodgers acknowledges Jets' run may end Aaron Rodgers is still contemplating his playing future. The star quarterback knows if he returns to the field, it might be out of hands whether it's with the New York Jets. The 41-year-old Rodgers said last week that he'll take some time after this season, his 20th in the NFL, to determine what he wants to do next. On Monday, he suggested a decision on whether he'll return with the Jets could be made for him the day after the team's regular-season finale. “I think there’s a world where they just say, ‘Hey, thank you, we’re going to go in another direction’ on Jan. 6,” Rodgers said during his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “That’s a possibility,” he added. "I think there’s also a possibility we’re going to wait and see who the new staff is.”
The Los Angeles Lakers reportedly may not be finished making moves. According to Jovan Buha of The Athletic, the Lakers plan to "scour the trade market ahead of the Feb. 6 trade deadline" in search of "potential upgrades" after acquiring forward Dorian Finney-Smith in a deal with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Los Angeles traded point guard D'Angelo Russell, second-year forward Maxwell Lewis and three future second-round picks to Brooklyn in exchange for Finney-Smith and guard Shake Milton. This article will be updated soon to provide more information and analysis. For more from Bleacher Report on this topic and from around the sports world, check out our B/R app , homepage and social feeds—including Twitter , Instagram , Facebook and TikTok .
Choctaw County head football coach Dillon Mitchell ponders his next move during a game earlier this season. The Choctaw County coach is just three years being a head football coach and is in his second season with the Chargers and he has the team playing for a Class 3A State championship. It’s the first time the consolidated school has ever made it to this point, but it’s been a long time coming for those that grew up in Ackerman and Weir. A county steeped in tradition, Choctaw County has finally had the stars align and will have a chance to hoist the gold ball. The challenge ahead of the Chargers is a team that’s been in this moment before. Noxubee County has been to the state title now five of the last six years and has yet to get over the hump under new coach Teddy Young. Mitchell has coached in the big game before as an assistant and he knows the challenges that face them inside that kind of moment. It’s up to his players to overcome it. For more on this story, read our news edition from Thursday, December 5 or click here to subscribe to our e-edition.Players must be assigned female at birth or have transitioned to female before going through male puberty to compete in LPGA tournaments or the eight USGA championships for females under new gender policies published Wednesday. The policies, which begin in 2025, follow more than a year of study involving medicine, science, sport physiology and gender policy law. The updated policies would rule out eligibility for Hailey Davidson, who missed qualifying for the U.S. Women's Open this year by one shot and came up short in LPGA Q-school. Davidson, who turned 32 on Tuesday, began hormone treatments when she was in her early 20s in 2015 and in 2021 underwent gender-affirming surgery, which was required under the LPGA's previous gender policy. She had won this year on a Florida mini-tour called NXXT Golf until the circuit announced in March that players had to be assigned female at birth. People are also reading... “Can't say I didn't see this coming,” Davidson wrote Wednesday on an Instagram story. “Banned from the Epson and the LPGA. All the silence and people wanting to stay ‘neutral’ thanks for absolutely nothing. This happened because of all your silence.” LPGA commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, who is resigning in January, said the new gender policy "is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach." By making it to the second stage of Q-school, Davidson would have had very limited status on the Epson Tour, the pathway to the LPGA. The LPGA and USGA say their policies were geared toward being inclusive of gender identities and expression while striving for equity in competition. The LPGA said its working group of experts advised that the effects of male puberty allowed for competitive advantages in golf compared with players who had not gone through puberty. “Our policy is reflective of an extensive, science-based and inclusive approach,” said LPGA Commissioner Mollie Marcoux Samaan, who announced Monday that she is resigning in January. "The policy represents our continued commitment to ensuring that all feel welcome within our organization, while preserving the fairness and competitive equity of our elite competitions.” Mike Whan, the former LPGA commissioner and now CEO of the USGA, said it developed the updated policy independently and later discovered it was similar to those used by swimming, track and field, and other sports. United States Golf Association CEO Mike Whan said the new policy will prevent anyone from having "a competitive advantage based on their gender." “It starts with competitive fairness as the North star,” Whan said in a telephone interview. “We tried not to get into politics, or state by state or any of that stuff. We just simply said, ‘Where would somebody — at least medically today — where do we believe somebody would have a competitive advantage in the field?’ And we needed to draw a line. “We needed to be able to walk into any women's event and say with confidence that nobody here has a competitive advantage based on their gender. And this policy delivers that.” The “Competitive Fairness Gender Policy” for the USGA takes effect for the 2025 championship season that starts with the U.S. Women's Amateur Four-Ball on May 10-14. Qualifying began late this year, though there were no transgender players who took part. “Will that change in the years to come as medicine changes? Probably,” Whan said. “But I think today this stacks up.” The LPGA “Gender Policy for Competition Eligibility” would apply to the LPGA Tour, Epson Tour, Ladies European Tour and qualifying for the tours. Players assigned male at birth must prove they have not experienced any part of puberty beyond the first stage or after age 12, whichever comes first, and then meet limitation standards for testosterone levels. The LPGA begins its 75th season on Jan. 30 with the Tournament of Champions in Orlando, Florida. Sports Week in Photos: NBA Cup, NFL snow game and more Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, foreground right, dives toward the end zone to score past San Francisco 49ers defensive end Robert Beal Jr. (51) and linebacker Dee Winters during the second half of an NFL football game in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus) Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green goes up for a dunk during the second half of an Emirates NBA cup basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) South Carolina guard Maddy McDaniel (1) drives to the basket against UCLA forward Janiah Barker (0) and center Lauren Betts (51) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer) Mari Fukada of Japan falls as she competes in the women's Snowboard Big Air qualifying round during the FIS Snowboard & Freeski World Cup 2024 at the Shougang Park in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) South Africa's captain Temba Bavuma misses a catch during the fourth day of the first Test cricket match between South Africa and Sri Lanka, at Kingsmead stadium in Durban, South Africa, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley, left, is hit by Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey, center, as Eagles wide receiver Parris Campbell (80) looks on during a touchdown run by Barkley in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele, left, trips San Jose Sharks center Macklin Celebrini, center, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in San Jose, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) Olympiacos' Francisco Ortega, right, challenges for the ball with FCSB's David Miculescu during the Europa League league phase soccer match between FCSB and Olympiacos at the National Arena stadium, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. 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Indian man wakes up on his funeral pyre moments before it is due to be lit after doctor skipped the post mortemDonald Trump has threatened to seize the Panama Canal, revived calls to buy Greenland and joked about annexing Canada -- leaving the world guessing once again whether he is serious or not. By challenging the sovereignty of some of Washington's closest allies four weeks before he even returns to the Oval Office, the US-president elect has underscored his credentials as global disruptor-in-chief. His comments have renewed fears from his first term that Trump will end up being harsher on US friends than he is on adversaries like Russia and China. But there are also suspicions that billionaire tycoon Trump is looking for leverage as part of the "art of the deal" -- and that the former reality television star is grabbing headlines to look strong at home and abroad. "It's hard to tell how much of this he really wants, and how much is the latest soundbite that will be heard around the world," said Frank Sesno, a professor at George Washington University and former White House correspondent. "He puts other leaders in position of having to figure out what is literal and what is not," he told AFP. The idea of buying Greenland is not a new one for Trump. He also raised the prospect of purchasing the vast strategic island, a Danish territory, during his first term in office. He revived his push over the weekend when naming his ambassador to Copenhagen, saying the "ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity" for US national security. But he received the same answer this time as he did then, with Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede saying on Monday that the resource-rich island was "not for sale." Yet his most headline-grabbing remarks have been on Panama, as he slammed what he called unfair fees for US ships passing through and threatened to demand control of the Panama Canal be returned to Washington. Trump said on Sunday that if Panama did not agree "then we will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to the United States of America -- in full, quickly and without question." He also hinted at China's growing influence around the canal, which was built by the United States in 1914 to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It was returned to Panama under a 1977 deal. Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino dismissed Trump's threats, saying that "every square meter" of the canal would remain in Panamanian hands. Trump responded on TruthSocial: "We'll see about that!" Trump also teased neighboring Canada last week that it would be a "great idea" to become the 51st US state -- but against a dark backdrop of threatened tariffs. Sesno said it was hard for other countries to know how to deal with Trump's comments. "Well, it's clearly a joke. Or is it? said Sesno. "Imagine if you're the President of Panama, how do you react to something like that? You can't ignore it and your country will not let you. So the ripple effect of these comments is extraordinary." Trump's harsh treatment of US allies also stands in stark contrast to his repeated praise for the leaders of US foes -- including Russia's Vladimir Putin, who invaded Ukraine in 2022 in a bid for a land-grab. But there is still likely to be method behind Trump's rhetoric. "Maybe the message is for China" when Trump talks about buying Greenland, said Stephanie Pezard, senior political scientist with the Rand Corporation. Just as Trump expressed concern about Beijing's influence in Panama, China's growing presence in the Arctic and its ties with Russia were "something that the US is really worried about," Pezard told AFP. But there could also be a signal to Denmark that 'If you're too friendly with China, you'll find us in your way" -- even though Denmark and Greenland had been "very good NATO allies." And perhaps Trump knows the reality. Any US plan to "buy" Greenland would be unfeasible "not just in international law but more broadly in the global order that the US has been trying to uphold," she said. dk/bgs
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Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Yahaya, has signed the state’s 2025 budget of N369.9 billion into law following its approval by the state House of Assembly. Speaking during the signing ceremony held at the Government House in Gombe on Monday, Yahaya described the 2025 budget as a blueprint for economic growth and social development, stating that the appropriation law has reflected his administration’s resolve to deepen its development agenda as it focuses on sectors that directly impact the lives of our citizens. He commended the state House of Assembly for the swift passage of the appropriation bill, emphasising that since 2019, the harmonious relationship between the legislature and the executive has been instrumental in achieving the remarkable milestones recorded by his administration. He said, “I want to sincerely thank the honourable members of the House of Assembly for the speedy passage of the bill. Your cooperation and support since we came on board have been truly commendable. Over the years, we have worked harmoniously, and this partnership has significantly benefited the good people of Gombe State. “The awards we recently earned in security, health, and other sectors, are a result of our the synergy between the two arms of government. These achievements are not the result of individual efforts but of our collective commitment to the progress of our state. “The increase in sectoral allocation by the House of Assembly is to further improve healthcare delivery and enhance social services for our people. We are committed to ensuring that these resources are effectively utilised for the greater good of our people.” Related News Two arrested for buying beans with fake naira in Gombe Gombe offers N5m, relief materials to victims of herders' attack FG supports Gombe farmers with subsidised inputs The governor also informed the lawmakers that by January the government would release the performance report for the 2024 budget with the optimism that the performance will be incredible while being confident of achieving an ‘A’ rating. Speaking earlier, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Abubakar Luggerewo, said the house has increased the budget from the earlier N320.1bn submitted by the governor to N369.9bn to meet the aspirations of the people of Gombe State. Luggerewo added, “We made these adjustments because we strongly believe that the areas we have prioritized will significantly enhance the quality of life for our citizens. “We commend His Excellency, the Governor, for placing a strong emphasis on capital expenditure, which accounts for 69% of the total budget. This focus is a deliberate effort to drive infrastructure development and long-term growth. “Our budget in Gombe State stands out as one of the best in the country. Its content reflects resilience, vision and a deep commitment to progress. Initially proposed at N320.1 billion, we increased it to N369.9 billion in the best interest of the masses to address critical needs and improve the standard of living of our people.”Heidi Klum blocks comments as fans slam new 'inappropriate' lingerie ad with daughterTyler Huntley started the 2024 season on the Cleveland Browns. By late August, however, the Browns had released the quarterback. The Broward County native subsequently returned to the practice squad of the Baltimore Ravens — the team on which he got his NFL start. Then the Miami Dolphins lost franchise quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to a concussion in Week 2, leading the team to sign Huntley to its active roster. Huntley would start three games in Tagovailoa’s absence, going 1-2, before he wound up on injured reserved with a shoulder injury. But when the news that Tagovailoa’s hip injury could force him to miss Sunday’s game against the Browns, there was no doubt Huntley would step in. What was unknown at the time, however, was just how well Huntley would play. “I feel good,” Huntley said after the game. “I actually feel more comfortable with these plays. A couple weeks in the office definitely makes a difference.” Huntley helped lead the Dolphins to 20-3 victory against the Browns , completing nearly 85% of his passes for 225 yards and a touchdown. The Hallandale High graduate only threw four incompletions in addition to his 52 yards on the ground and a rushing touchdown. “I think what was evident was the positives of time for Snoop and how far he’s come since we last played with him,” coach Mike McDaniel said. “I thought that was a tremendous outing for him. I thought he made some plays and was very good with the ball, and those are always cool things for a player when they’re playing a team that they were on in that same calendar year.” With the win, the Dolphins reached .500 for the first time since the start of the season and remained alive in the playoff race. They will need the Kansas City Chiefs to beat the Denver Broncos to ultimately secure a spot in the postseason but Sunday’s victory was a good start. Here are four additional takeaways from Sunday’s victory over the Browns. Defense steps up The Dolphins defense had a very clear motto: bend don’t break. Despite allowing a little more than 275 yards on the day, the defense didn’t let up a touchdown, limiting the Browns to just three points on their two trips to the red zone. More evidence of their ‘bend don’t break’ mentality: the defense held the Browns to seven conversions on third down (41%) as well as zero fourth down conversions. Defensive tackle Zach Sieler praised the unit’s “communication” after the victory. “Staying on the same page and no one trying to take a shot and working within the bounds of the defense,” Sieler said. Added McDaniel: “They rose to the occasion. Having a couple turnovers and not letting them into the end zone. Guys made some plays just across the board.” Forcing turnovers The Dolphins came into the game ranked in the bottom five in terms of forced turnovers. Against the Browns, however, they were able to create two turnovers. With just more than four and half minutes before halftime, inside linebacker Tyrel Dodson picked off Browns quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson. Then, with roughly five and a half minutes left in the third quarter, edge rusher Emmanuel Ogbah sacked Thompson-Robinson, leading the quarterback to cough up the ball which defensive tackle D’Shawn Hand recovered. While none of these turnovers led to Dolphins scores, it’s a good sign that the defense could wreak havoc on a Browns offense down to its third quarterback. Poor rushing numbers: This has been written time and time again. The Dolphins offense truly struggles to run the ball. As a team, they finished with 74 yards on 27 carries and a touchdown. That’s roughly 2.74 yards per carry, which would rank dead last in the NFL. Remove Huntley’s touchdown as well as his 52-yards on the ground and the rushing numbers look awful to say the least: 20 attempts for 22 yards. Yes, you read that right. 20 attempts for 22 yards. That’s barely 1 yard per attempt. While offensive tackle Austin Jackson’s injury related absence has somewhat driven their poor rushing numbers, the Dolphins hung 166-yards on the San Francisco 49ers. Hopefully, they can recapture some of that form ahead of next week’s season finale versus the New York Jets. Dolphins need to clean up penalties: 11. That’s how many penalties the Dolphins had on the day. Six just so happened to be on the offense while the defense had three. Two penalties occurred on special teams. The plethora of penalties lost the Dolphins 94 yards. Obviously, the infractions didn’t ultimately hurt them; Miami just so happened to face a team that drew nearly as many penalties (nine for 84 yards). Against better teams, however, that won’t fly. “We got to get better to clean up our fundamentals,” Huntley said. “The flags were the stoppers of our drives. We could’ve put up way more points.” ©2024 Miami Herald. Visit at miamiherald.com . 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Bashar al-Assad, 59, is the third of five children of Hafez al-Assad, a member of Syria’s minority Alawite sect who become the nation’s leader in 1971 after ruthlessly rising up the ranks of the Baath Party. Bashar initially held no political ambitions and studied medicine at Damascus University before moving to the UK in the early 1990s to specialise in ophthalmology at the Western Eye Hospital in London. Contemporaries described him as the “geeky IT guy”. When his older brother, Bassel, died in a car accident in 1994, Bashar was summoned back to Syria to replace him as heir apparent to the presidency. Assad came to power in July 2000 after the death of his father. Within months he married his British-born wife, Asma Akhras, now 49, whose parents were family friends.
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