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In a statement, the Civil Guard police force said the organisation bribed tennis players to fix matches in ITF Futures and Challenger tournaments, the lower levels of professional tennis where young players start out before getting to the ATP level. The Civil Guard added the operation kicked off after the Tennis Integrity Unit, an anti-corruption tennis body, made an official complaint. It did not identify those detained or being probed but said one of them played in the last US Open....

Fighting following the Heisman Trophy Ceremony, Martin replaces Jose Pedraza, who tested positive for COVID-19. “We wish Jose Pedraza a speedy recovery, but we look forward to facing Sandor Martin. He was the opponent we originally wanted for Heisman Night at Madison Square Garden,” Lopez said. “I will continue to silence the doubters as I take over the 140-pound division. I look forward to giving my hometown fans a special night of boxing....

Ter Stegen made the switch to Camp Nou in 2014, but largely played second fiddle to Claudio Bravo in LaLiga during his first two seasons at the club – although he was first choice in the Champions League. Bravo’s departure for Manchester City has seen Ter Stegen become the regular number one, though, and he has faced criticism for a series of high-profile errors during a season in which Barca have struggled to hit top form....

Terraria is often touted as a 2D Minecraft due to its procedurally generated environments and mining, crafting, and exploration gameplay elements, although there is a lot that sets Terraria apart from Mojang’s blocky sandbox game. Terraria features numerous challenging boss fights that can be tackled with an enormous arsenal of weaponry, and Terraria’s focus is on creating a memorable adventure for players as they explore the world and progress through the game’s increasingly difficult combat....

When Owens sat down with Sports Illustrated recently, he was was asked if he could play right now. Owens told the interviewer he hasn’t retired yet and is still holding out hope that an NFL franchise will call him. “I’ve maintined a level of endurance, kept myself in shape in case someone needed a receiver. I know I could add some value there at the receiver position,” Owens said. “I guarantee you I could be an eleven-hundred-, twelve-hundred-yard type of receiver....

The video was posted to Facebook on Thursday by local, family-run fishing store Rod & Rifle TackleWorld Katherine. The fisherman in the video is Trent de With, who is one of the family members who helps run the store. He told Daily Mail Australia that the incident occurred during a trip with friends on October 12. “We were on the Victoria River, about three hours to the west of Katherine—a very well known fishing spot for people in Katherine,” he told the newspaper....

According to documents obtained by NEWSWEEK, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the country’s national-security agency, last month quietly withdrew statements by alleged Al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah from public papers outlining the case against two alleged terror “sleeper” operatives in Ottawa and Montreal. The move, which so far has received no public attention, is the latest sign of potential international fallout from the CIA’s recent confirmation that it waterboarded a handful of high-profile Al Qaeda suspects in 2002 and 2003....

CIA officials insisted today that Tenet had been planning to step down for some time and deliberately chose his departure date–July 11–to coincide with the seventh anniversary of his inauguration as CIA chief. The CIA director was resigning “for personal reasons” and to spend more time with his family, officials said. But even Tenet’s friends and colleagues were caught off guard by the move. One said today that, until recently, Tenet had given consistent signals that he was planning to wait until after the November election before stepping down....

The former Mets manager was livid when pitcher Noah Syndergaard got ejected, after throwing a 99-mph fastball behind Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley. WARNING: Video contains profanity and is NSFW. MORE: Bryce Harper hate is for losers Collins was thrown out of the game. Check out the original footage from the FOX broadcast:

Unlike transfeminine people who need to use a testosterone blocker in order for gender-affirming hormone therapy to be effective, there is no need to block the production of estrogen when taking testosterone. Testosterone is a more biologically effective hormone, and it will induce changes when taken on its own. Effects of Testosterone When people take testosterone to affirm their gender, it can lead to a number of permanent, irreversible changes in the body....

Liverpool were playing their first game since City’s loss to Chelsea ended their 30-year wait for the top-flight title but were second best throughout in a 4-0 defeat to the team they have deposed as champions. Kevin De Bruyne’s penalty set the tone and Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden made it 3-0 before half-time, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s own goal rounding off a miserable evening after a week to celebrate....

O’Brien will take over play-calling duties from offensive coordinator George Godsey for Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans, the Houston Chronicle reported Friday. O’Brien had called plays in 2014, his first season at the helm in Houston, before handing those duties off to Godsey last year. O’Brien previously spent four years calling plays for the Patriots during his time on Bill Belichick’s staff before becoming head coach at Penn State....

The Texans linebacker told ESPN.com he played with a fractured right wrist “for a while” last fall and recently had surgery to repair it. MORE: Bills warn Incognito it’s his last chance | Top pass rushers in free agency “It was kind of one of those things, after a game I woke up and it was sore,” he said. “I’ve bumped my wrist before … didn’t think it was a big deal, got a little better, got a little worse....

“I’m not concerned about that so much,” Hoyer said (via the Houston Chronicle). “I’m just concerned about winning the game. Having gone through what we’ve gone through, at the quarterback situation. I’m going to take it one day at a time. Come Sunday, do whatever I can to help this team win and not worry about anything past that.” MORE: NFL Week 5 photos | Texans’ two-step at QB is lose-lose situation...

The incident took place on Tuesday morning inside a bathroom at Lakewood Elementary School in Tomball, Harris County. According to relatives of the victim, three students followed the third grader from the school bus, before attacking him to the point of unconsciousness. Administrators from the Tomball Independent School District, which oversees the Texas school, said that officials will “take appropriate disciplinary measures for all those involved.” The victim’s older sister, Kailee Boynton, shared images of the boy on social media after he was admitted to hospital for treatment on Tuesday...

Temtem was crowdfunded on Kickstarter back in 2018 with a goal of €61,000 and entered Steam’s Early Access program in 2020, selling over 500,000 copies in its first month. Temtem is an MMO twist on Pokemon monster collecting. Players explore the floating islands of the Airborne Archipelago capturing Temtem creatures to battle both player and NPC Temtem trainers, with Metroidvania-style exploration that encourages returning to previous locations once new abilities have been acquired....

Remarkably, there were only 79 minutes between the fall of the first and 10th wickets in the tourists’ dismal innings. We take a look at how the misery unfolded for Joe Root’s side, who were spectacularly undone by Trent Boult (6-32) and Tim Southee (4-25) before New Zealand reached 175-3 in reply. 2:14pm local time: Cook c Latham b Boult - 5 (21 balls) - Eng 6-1 - Fourteen minutes after the start of play, New Zealand strike as a stunning delivery from Boult induces an edge to second slip from Alastair Cook....

Everyone has a horror story from leaky taps to appliances that don’t work, and now disgruntled tenants have taken to Twitter to share their frustrations, after a post on the site struck a chord with renters. A man, named Dr. Mac Arthur, shared a photo of a light switch and plug socket covered in so many layers of paint they were unusable. “Just putting the final touches on my rental unit,” he joked in the tweet, shared on Friday, which has since amassed more than 220,000 likes....

They heard about how they were outplayed by the smaller, scrappy Mountaineers, a small-school team they should have handled easily. They heard about how their lousy play led to a near-upset, and how they needed a fluke touchdown in overtime to pull out a 20-13 win. And they saw the repercussions — a drop from No. 9 in the country to No. 17 in the latest AP poll. They saw it and they heard it — and they ignored it....