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In the first meeting between the stars since last year’s controversial US Open final, Williams was in impressive form, recording a 6-3 6-4 victory in Toronto. Williams’ meltdown at Flushing Meadows during the decider in 2018 overshadowed what was Osaka’s first grand slam success. The 23-time grand slam champion has since apologised and, in their first meeting since, Williams delivered an impeccable performance at the WTA Premier tournament. Impacted by slow starts this week, Williams made a better opening to her clash with Japanese star Osaka, who had to dig out of a hole at 2-3....

Williams missed the final grand slam of last year as she gave birth to her daughter, but she is the only player to be seeded above his or her ranking in either the men’s or the women’s draw in 2018. The 36-year-old moves from 26th to 17th, knocking numerous rivals - including 2006 winner Maria Sharapova - down a place, as world number one Simona Halep is the top seed....

The New York Times ran a short puff piece highlighting Williams’ $111 million venture fund, Serena Ventures. But editors made an error in the print edition: they used a photo of her sister Venus. Society no longer offers grace around simple errors. Everything is viewed through a lens of critical race theory, which views you as either an oppressor or the oppressed. Despite worldwide fame and a net worth most people will never see in multiple lifetimes, Williams is oppressed because she is black....

Here is the complete schedule (all times ET): MORE: Printable bracket | Get tickets Tuesday, May 19 (all games single elimination) Game 1: No. 6 Ole Miss seed vs. No. 11 Alabama seed, 9:30 a.m. | SEC Network Game 2: No. 7 Missouri seed vs. No. 10 South Carolina seed, time TBD | SEC Network Game 3: No. 8 Kentucky seed vs. No. 9 seed Auburn, 4:30 p.m. | SEC Network...

On August 20, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke for the first time since talks on a coronavirus relief package stalled on August 7. However, little headway was made, and Pelosi, who is holding firm on the need for a comprehensive bill, said a $900 billion difference remains in the two sides’ desired price tags. The Democrats are willing to come down to $2....

During an appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday, Raskin said he was skeptical about the Secret Service’s story that some data had been lost as part of a “reset” of the agency’s mobile phones. This comes after the Secret Service failed to deliver text messages from January 5 and 6 to the House Select Committee on July 19. Following this, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general accused the Secret Service of deleting the messages and told the committee that the agency had changed its explanation about how the text messages had been deleted....

But Turcotte, the jockey of Secretariat in 1973, said he thinks American Pharoah has what it takes to capture the first Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978. MORE: Belmont field, odds | Belmont date, time, TV info | All signs positive for Pharoah “He seems to be very versatile to me. You can place him whenever you want in a race, then just let him gallop on,” Turcotte told Sporting News in a telephone interview Thursday night....

Perhaps the strangest, most resented merger of the 1980s was the one consummated between Time Inc. and Warner Communications Inc. Time, the nation’s largest magazine publisher and owner of HBO, was a staid, blue-blooded company dedicated to informing the world. Warner, whose entertainment holdings made it home to the country’s biggest stars, was devoted to amassing huge income off pop fads and having a glitzy good time. The stated reason for the merger was gauzy ,‘synergy" and a leg up on global competition....

[HTML1] As a followup to the eerie faux documentary on the origins of BioShock Infinite’s flying city Columbia, Irrational Games has released part 2 of the ‘Columbia: A Modern Day Icarus?’ series. Where the first part of this 16mm documentary looks briefly at the origins of the flying city, part 2 expounds upon the story of the infamous Songbird. Picking up where the last part left off, the city of Columbia had all but vanished from the world, but its stories persisted and stuck in the minds of many....

A video shows a man carrying the young aquatic mammal out of the water, which was said to have been rough, and onto dry land in Belize, a country in Central America known as a haven for scuba divers. The footage was obtained from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA), which is based in Florida and said that the rescue took place on the shores of Belize City, near the Belize Coast Guard Headquarters facing the Caribbean Sea....

Sega already held a games showcase earlier in June, with Sonic Central giving fans updates on the controversial Sonic Frontiers and Sonic Origins, a game that features remasters of the first four platform games of the franchise. Even with a lot of Sonic news going around and with both of the previously listed titles scheduled for release this year, it wouldn’t be entirely out of the question to assume that Sega isn’t done with its major announcements....

Fans have been wildly speculating about what kind of game this will be, and much of the information fans have been searching for have been rumors and leaks. A lot of these point towards the 2022 Sonic title being named Sonic Rangers, which was used in a press release for the Sonic Central event. Sega had said that the title was incorrect and what was shared was an outdated version....

As revealed by Reddit user DeftonesBandPSN, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice features 34 trophies on PlayStation 4 — one platinum, four gold, 11 silver, and 18 bronze. While many of these achievements will come as no surprise to those that have been following the development of the title, or are generally familiar with trophies, several offer some new insight into what fans can expect from the game. Thus, it is important to note that some of these trophies may act as spoilers to those that wish to approach the game without any prior information....

The Red Giants have been defying the pessimistic initial expectations of many observers this season, producing several good results in the Super League and the Malaysia Cup to currently be fifth in the standings, and in the cup quarter-finals. But on Friday, playing at home in the first leg of their quarter-final tie against Kedah, their core weaknesses were simply exposed by the visitors; even without taking into account the Ken Ilso Larsen brace they conceded within fifteen minutes of the kickoff....

The full-back has been dubbed the ’new Dani Alves’ by some after breaking into the Benfica first-team last season and cementing his place this term. Semedo has been an ever-present for Rui Vitoria’s side in the Primeira Liga this term, helping them open up a four-point lead over rivals Porto after 15 matches. His performances have led to talk of a bid from United in January, but Semedo is seemingly happy to stay put at the Estadio da Luz....

“You can’t build a wall between us and radical Islam,” Lindsey said. “We need some of our people over there working with others to keep these bastards at bay.” While saying that Trump is “the first president to understand Iran in 40 years,” Lindsey said, “When they killed our contractor, everything changed. America first means to me now more than anything else, you kill an American, you’re going to be the first we come after....

Sullivan’s return to his home state is due to the funeral of his father-in-law, which is being held in Fairbanks, according to The Hill. “Senator Sullivan intended to vote against final passage of the bill and made his opposition clear in a statement on Thursday, after his vote against the motion to proceed with consideration of the bill,” Sullivan spokesperson Nate Adams told The Hill. Sullivan’s trip back home falls during the “vote-a-rama” session before the final vote on President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Act....

TSN Insider Bob McKenzie reported the Vegas Golden Knights were among a several suitors making a play for Karlsson, but that deal didn’t pan out. Senators GM Pierre Dorion didn’t dispel the notion calls were received on his prized defenseman dating back to last summer. “We’re not going to hide the fact Erik Karlsson is a special player. He’s our franchise player … Multiple teams phoned about Erik. If a player of Erik Karlsson’s caliber was made available on the market, I’d be phoning every day,” said Dorion at his post-deadline media availability....

The contest between the two highest-ranked teams in the group looked to be heading for a drab goalless draw until Gakpo rose highest to glance home Frenkie De Jong’s floated ball into the area ahead of Edouard Mendy. The Chelsea goalkeeper also might have done better in the ninth minute of injury time as he could only parry a weak effort from Memphis Depay into the path of fellow Dutch substitute Davy Klaassen, who swept home the clinching goal....