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Blatter confirmed his intention to step down on Tuesday after being re-elected for a fifth term on Friday. MORE: John Oliver begs FIFA sponsors to pull support | Bob Ley shreds FIFA release on live TV The organization has been rocked by allegations of corruption in recent weeks, but the OAG confirmed Blatter was not under investigation. “The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has taken note of the announced resignation of Joseph S....

The women’s singles draw has seen a plethora of surprise results, with none of the top 10 seeds reaching the quarter-finals, a turn of events that has seen 23-time grand slam champion Williams become the favourite to win the Venus Rosewater Dish for an eighth time. And she ensured there would not be another shock in Monday’s contest on Centre Court, her seemingly unstoppable march to the final continuing with a 6-2 6-2 triumph....

Young Unhappy Professionals–the new Yuppies. Sick of selling out but too high-powered to drop out, some have found a better solution: selling in. Half of all American workers would choose a different line of work if they had it to do all over again, according to a September Wall Street Journal/ABC News poll. And some Americans are actually doing it. Unlike a generation ago, when hippies chafed under the thumb of ““the man,’’ the new sell-ins are following their bliss without joining an ashram....

Dealt blow after blow across the two-legged CONCACAF Champions League final, the Sounders produced a historic performance in front of a record crowd at Lumen Field, with a 3-0 win seeing Seattle become the first MLS team to win the CONCACAF Champions League, and the first MLS team since 2000 to win a continental title. Much has been made over the years about the Mexican dominance of the continental club tournament, with a Liga MX side winning every single year since 2005, until Pumas came to Lumen Field in front of the largest crowd in CONCACAF Champions League history....

It will run from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. when it will end at CenturyLink Field. The Seahawks destroyed the Denver Broncos, 43-8, in one of the most lop-sided Super Bowl victories in recent history.

According to the report, SEC staff reached out to a number of Wall Street banks in recent weeks to inquire as to whether they had adequately documented their employees’ workplace communications, with a focus on their personal devices. SEC rules require broker-dealers to record all business-related communications. However, with no law providing specific guidance on how employers should monitor devices, financial institutions must carefully balance privacy concerns with compliance of this rule....

Halep, the runner-up at the French Open and a semifinalist at Wimbledon, had seven-double faults and 17 winners in a 7-6 (6), 6-2 loss to Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia. Halep was trying to make the fourth round at Flushing Meadows for the second year in a row. But Lucic-Baroni outplayed her, totaling 31 winners, to get back to the fourth round at a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since she was a Wimbledon semifinalist as a teenager in 1999....

Resuming the day at 317/4, India were bowled out for 455 an hour into the second session of play at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. In reply, England lost five wickets for just 103 runs and are 352 runs short of India’s first innings score. Joe Root (53) offered some resistance but the Indian bowling attack, spearheaded by off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (2/20), had the visitors on the mat. Pacer Mohammed Shami and debutant off-spinner Jayant Yadav returned figures of 1/15 and 1/11, respectively....

Speaking to Sportskeeda, the Dronacharya award-winning coach said, “There is no confirmation yet, but we are in talks with the board members about another division 2 of sorts for the PBL. This will help all younger Indian players outside the top 50 help garner exposure and pull off results on the international stage.” He also revealed how it will help the players to contest for a spot in the PBL franchises and what the future plans for the league are....

Education Minister Tiago Brandao Rodrigues and an aide were walking near the event area when they were assaulted. The assailant was quickly located by police at the lake, a few blocks away from Ipanema beach, and arrested. Rodrigues’ belongings were returned to him. It was the latest incident in a series of robberies that have hit visitors since the Olympics opened on Friday. Rio has dramatically lowered its crime levels in recent years, but there has been a spike in murders and assaults in recent months....

Luckily, no player got injured as the nearest seat to the window pane remained unoccupied but raised a question mark on Assam Cricket Association and state police’s security arrangement for the match at the new constructed stadium in Barsapara. Senior batsman Aaron Finch was the first one to post a photograph of the damaged window pane on his twitter account, admitting that they were scared. “Pretty scary having a rock thrown through the team bus window on the way back to the hotel!...

Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is now on the hunt for the suspect following the thefts at New Port Richey’s Cross Bayou Boulevard. He was caught on the U.S. Water Services Corporation’s cameras. The suspect also left drug paraphernalia at the scene of the crimes, ABC Action News reported. “The video is disturbing. Being a victim of crime is never something anybody wants, but we were certainly surprised by what was on the video,” U....

A rather infamous instance of this phenomenon is Matt Reeves’ current box office hit, The Batman. Starring Robert Pattinson in the title role with Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle/Catwoman and Paul Dano as The Riddler, it shook up the formula people have come to expect from the Caped Crusader. Audiences have largely come to settle on the opinion that the film they got was well worth the price of admission....

The Chained Ogre fight is close to the start of the game, so for those wondering how long is Sekiro, they will have plenty more to find after taking down this boss. The Ogre is located in the Ashina Outskirts, just beyond the Outskirts Wall. Eavesdropping on some guards will clue players in on a hint to beating the Ogre, that it is afraid of fire. Flame Breathing Barrel Shinobi Prosthetic With that in mind, players should unlock the Flame Breathing Barrel to upgrade the Shinobi Prosthetic....

Thirteen players in the squad are almost certain. Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan, Captain Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma and India A team captain Cheteshwar Pujara are the six batsmen who will definitely be in the squad. The seventh batsman is likely to be K L Rahul, who was considered before too but had to back out of the Bangladesh series due to dengue. Wriddhiman Saha is another player who is a certain selection as first-choice wicket-keeper....

It is a free application you can download and install this application from the given link. Once you are done with download and installation you will be on the home screen of this application. Which looks like this. Also Read: How to Clean Similar Selfies Tap on Start icon to start the photo shoot. Your front camera will be started by default and as soon as you will move your head or your phone your pictures will be clicked automatically and you will see some compliments....

Mikkel Boedker had a goal and three assists, Craig Anderson stopped 36 shots and the Senators beat their former captain and San Jose 6-2 on Saturday, sending the Sharks to their fourth straight loss. The Senators have three former Sharks on their roster with Boedker, Chris Tierney and Dylan DeMelo. “It was a lot of fun out there,” Boedker said. “We played really hard as a unit I think. There was three of us in here playing against our old squad and everybody seems to rally behind that so it was a good feeling in the room before and definitely on the ice I thought we played really well....

In a clip shared on January 14 by user Anna (@annaneu_), an elderly dachshund can be seen happily zooming around the house with her new pal—a golden retriever puppy. Captioned “first time seeing her happy since Juice [passed],” the adorable video has received over 170,000 views and more than 27,000 likes. What Are ‘Zoomies’? According to the American Kennel Club, zoomies are when a dog “runs in circles at top speed....

With McCrae killed off at the end of that one, this unequal sequel gets its emotional kick mainly from the conflict between the aging Call, played to a stoic standstill by Jon Voight, and his reluctantly acknowledged son, Newt–Rick Schroder, in one of “Returns” few repeat performances, and probably its best. Lou Gossett Jr., as the script’s obligatory black buddy (Danny Glover filled a similar bill in the original), is along just for the ride....