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“I feel like the only people who are going out on a limb and calling Bernie Sanders the frontrunner, they have other reasons to call him frontrunner,” said Todd during an MSNBC panel discussion. “One person leads delegates, one person has a lock on a chunk of the party, but we don’t know where this goes.” Sanders won a narrow but clear victory over former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg in Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, while Buttigieg managed an even closer win over Sanders in the Iowa caucuses....

According to Outbreak.Info, which uses data from the GISAID virus reporting network, 5,659 Mu variant sequences have been detected worldwide, as of September 4. Of those, 2,436 were detected in the U.S. The variant, which first emerged in Colombia in January, remains relatively rare in the U.S. despite the presence of at least one case in each state and the District of Columbia. The strain is most common in Alaska, where it accounts for between 3 and 4 percent of COVID-19 cases, according to Outbreak....

To find that, you must turn to Joyce Wadler’s riveting real-life story Liaison (321 pages. Bantam. $22.95). In Hwang’s fiction, the beguiling seductress appears dressed as a woman. The truth is stranger still. In Wadler’s reportage, we learn that when 20-year-old Bernard Boursicot first encountered the 26-year-old playwright and former opera performer Shi Pei Pu in Beijing in 1964, Pei Pu was dressed as a man, and no one presumed he was anything but....

There will be no repeat of Muguruza’s 2017 triumph at the All England Club after the Spaniard was beaten 6-4 6-4 by 121-ranked Brazilian outsider Beatriz Haddad Maia on Tuesday. Sharapova, the 2004 champion, was trailing Pauline Parmentier 5-0 in the final set when the five-time grand slam winner retired due to a left forearm injury. Williams made hard work of beating outsider Giulia Gatto-Monticone 6-2 7-5 on Centre Court before it was confirmed she will partner Andy Murray in the mixed doubles at SW19....

The previous two World Cup winners largely underwhelmed in Munich but it was the hosts – aiming to bounce back from their Russia 2018 humiliation – who came on strong in the closing stages. Germany found France debutant Alphonse Areola in inspired form between the posts, though, as Muller erred in key positions and Matthias Ginter was stunningly denied at close quarters. “I would have liked to win because we had such good scoring chances,” the Bayern Munich forward told ZDF....

Prop Hunt’s cat-and-mouse, hide-and-seek mechanics allow players to hide as imitable props while other players hunt them throughout the environment, with the props winning if they are able to last long enough for the time to run out. Dead by Daylight, on the other hand, is a 4v1 horror-themed game where survivor players repair generators and evade one of many killer characters in foot chases to escape. Today, Propnight has portrayed what this combination of gameplay will look like in an official reveal trailer....

This article will review how different types of MRI scans can help support an MS diagnosis. It also will explore what it’s like to undergo an MRI and provides some basic information on the cause, types, diagnosis, and treatment of MS. What Is Multiple Sclerosis? MS is an unpredictable disease in which a person’s immune system damages the protective myelin coating of nerves within the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and the optic nerves of your eyes....

The qualifiers will be held at Khar Gymkhana. The tournament aims to give wings to the next generation of Women’s Doubles badminton players while encouraging them to take up the sport professionally. More than 32 teams have already registered for the Mumbai qualifiers which will be played in a knock-out format. Last year, Ritika Thaker and Simran Singh emerged as winners of the Mumbai qualifier and then ended up winning the national championship and earned the opportunity to play against Ashwini Ponnappa & Sikki Reddy...

The tournament, organised by the Singapore Chess Federation, saw around 500 players from 14 countries competing for the top honours. Rajveer, a student of city-based Vibgyor High School, with clever tactical play, remained unbeaten to finish with a total of 7.5 points out of a possible 8, stated a media release issued by South Mumbai Chess Academy. Rajveer, ranked third in his age group in the country, scored some creditable wins against higher rated opponents and also forced a draw against Singapore’s Goh Zi Han, the highest ranked player in the competition....

The capital of Bavaria still needs to pass a referendum vote on November 10 by residents in the proposed host venues of Munich, four days before Nov 14 for submitting the bids to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), reports Xinhua. As the host city of 1972 Olympics, Munich bid twice in vain to host the Winter Olympics, the latest failure being in 2011 when Munich lost out to South Korea’s Pyeongchang in the bid to host the 2018 Winter Games....

Munro, with a rollicking 104 off 53 deliveries, became the first player to hit three centuries in international Twenty20 cricket as New Zealand posted an imposing 243 for five, their highest Twenty20 total. The West Indies reply began disastrously with openers Chadwick Walton and Chris Gayle out without scoring in Tim Southee’s opening over. Their innings folded at 124 for nine in 16.3 overs with Shai Hope unable to bat after being injured while fielding....

United produced a performance typical of a Mourinho-led team on the road, stifling its in-form opponents to earn a share of the spoils Monday. Liverpool, which had won four successive Premier League fixtures heading into the contest, was frustrated by United from the opening whistle, though the host was twice denied by the brilliance of goalkeeper David de Gea in the second half. United ended the match with just 35 percent possession - its lowest since Opta began recording data in 2003-04 - but Mourinho disputed the stat post-game as he shifted the focus on Liverpool....

United were second best for large periods against Chelsea, whose dominance was rewarded by Alvaro Morata’s superb header in the 55th minute. Mourinho’s side had just two shots on target, with record signing Romelu Lukaku a desperately isolated figure in attack. Defeat leaves them well adrift of their fierce rivals, who cruised to a 3-1 win over Arsenal earlier in the day, but Mourinho is adamant that their position could be worse....

Ashley Young opened the scoring in the 13th minute and Juan Mata’s 50th Premier League goal before the half hour left the division’s bottom club with a mountain to climb. Recalled striker Romelu Lukaku ended a near 1,000-minute drought in front of goal at Old Trafford and, after substitute Aboubakar Kamara reduced the arrears from the penalty spot, Marcus Rashford completed the scoring. “I think we were intense, without the ball and with the ball,” Mourinho said....

Mourinho comes face-to-face with his former employers in Skopje on Tuesday, where Manchester United will take on Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup. Madrid 2/5 to lift the trophy He led Madrid from 2010 to 2013, winning La Liga in 2011-12 but leaving at the end of the following season amid widespread reports of acrimonious relations with key players Iker Casillas, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ramos. The Portuguese was up to familiar tricks at his pre-match news conference, stating United would be keen on signing Gareth Bale if the Wales star is deemed surplus to requirements in the Spanish capital....

Make that JaMarcus Russell, the former Oakland Raiders quarterback, who after being drafted No. 1 overall out of LSU is 2007, has gone down as one of the biggest draft busts in NFL history. Russell has a new paying gig, however. He stars with fellow legendary pro football flameouts Brian Bosworth, Heath Shuler and Matt Leinart for Dish Network’s latest television spot promoting their college sports coverage. Wearing a Bayou Bengal color-friendly polo that’s as purple as drank, Russell gets excited about the prospects of “going back to college....

RELATED: Best Haunted House Horror Movies Werewolf by Night is much more than a werewolf movie though. It is shown in black and white, offering up another artistic style to choose from. Finally, it’s also a bit of a Battle Royale mixed with a who-done-it mystery. These eight films should keep any fan of this latest Marvel project entertained until Elsa Bloodstone returns to the MCU. 8 Werewolves Within Werewolves Within is a hidden classic that snuck out of 2021....

A 4-1 thrashing at the hands of Liverpool seems to have been the final straw for the club and Bilic, with the Hammers sitting just above the relegation zone heading into the international break. Watford 5/2 to beat Everton Goal understands the club have made their decision to move on and are lining up former Everton and Manchester United boss Moyes as his replacement. Moyes will be offered a six-month contract by the club, with Phil Neville set to join up as part of the back-room team and possibly as the assistant manager....

ODI and T20 specialists MS Dhoni and Jasprit Bumrah are expected to fly together and will form an integral part of the Indian team in this historic series. The BCCI, under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, is expected to send a small squad for the short tour. India is currently playing a four-match Test series in the Caribbean and out of the 17-member squad, it is expected that Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Wridhiman Saha, Stuart Binny, Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur will come back home....