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Usyk overcame a disciplined start from Joshua and a thrilling rally by the former two-time champion in round nine to retain the IBF, WBA, and WBO titles by margins of 116-112 and 115-113, with judge Glenn Feldman inexplicably plumping for Joshua by the latter margin. A former undisputed cruiserweight champion who turned over with an amateur record of 335-15, another victory in Jeddah has further burnished Usyk’s place within the pantheon....

Olfactory disorders can range from a mild decrease in the ability to smell to a complete loss of smell. A loss of smell can indicate a mild illness or injury or something more serious. A decrease in the ability to smell can be an early indicator of Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease. Olfactory dysfunction is also associated with some psychiatric conditions, such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders, as well as some illnesses, including COVID-19....

Based on Cooke’s description of the Queen to Collider (which wasn’t too in-depth since she did not want to give too much away), it seems that her character has the potential to be the fans’ new problematic fave. According to Cooke, she is an incredibly complex figure with a couple of unfavorable qualities, and that will make her interesting to watch. Cooke also thinks that people will actually want to see the worst in her come out, as it would bring that characteristic brand of shock-and-awe drama that fans of Game of Thrones expect to see in the story....

Before coming to England, Giroud was considered one of the best target men in France. His stints at Ligue 1 clubs Tours and Montpellier saw him net a total of 77 goals in 4 seasons. Therefore, big things were expected of him when he made the move to the Emirates and he didn’t quite manage to live up to the expectations surrounding him. This season has been a different story though....

Olsen missed nine games with a foot injury in 2017 and was in a walking boot and crutches after hurting it again in the Panthers’ 16-8 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, and Carolina now appear to be facing another extended period without him. The three-time Pro Bowler appeared to step on the foot of a defender as he was running a pass route in the first quarter on Sunday....

Yerevan (Armenia) - Olympic boxing gold medallist Vladimir Yengibaryan has died in Los Angeles at the age of 80, the Armenian national Olympic committee said Friday. Yengibaryan won gold for the Soviet Union in the welterweight class at the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne and was also a three-time European champion at light welterweight and welterweight between 1953 and 1959. He moved to the US in the 1990s after spending 36 years as head of Armenia’s national boxing academy....

Van der Burgh, who is from South Africa, sent out a series of tweets Sunday that follow his health in the 14th day of his battle with the virus that has been labeled a global pandemic. He gave his thoughts on how it affects not only a finely-tuned athlete, but how it could affect fellow athletes’ training for the 2020 Summer Olympics, which are scheduled to begin July 24 in Tokyo....

So, picking an all-snub roster for the hockey tournament flies in the face of what the Games, truly, are about. These guys should hate each other. Instead, they're united by spite and ready to take on all who doubt them. This is is a gold-medal team. Book it. OLYMPIC ROSTERS: Canada | Russia | Sweden | United States Forwards James Neal-Joe Thornton-Tyler Seguin Taylor Hall-Claude Giroux-Bobby Ryan Logan Couture-Eric Staal-Martin St....

Trinidadian Richard Thompson won the men’s 100 metres at the ISTAF athletics meet as the Caribbean swept both sprints. Thompson, a double silver medallist at the Beijing Olympics six years ago, clocked a pedestrian 10.15 seconds to cross the line ahead of American Dentarious Locke who was timed at 10.16 seconds, and fellow Trinidadian Keston Bledman who was third in 10.23, reports CMC. Thompson’s time was well off his 9....

The Nigerians were supposed to leave last week, but a mix-up in communications with their charter flight company had left the bill unpaid, and when a new plane was eventually found, the team deemed it too small to handle its medical needs on what is a 10-hour flight. MORE: Greatest American Olympians | How to watch the Rio games “We may be tired and frustrated, but we’re all still together and ready to win gold in Rio,” midfielder Mikel John Obi told Delta....

Bolvari, who won gold at both the 1952 and 1956 Olympics, died Tuesday in the hospital after a long, undisclosed illness, his family said. The Olympic semifinal match against the Soviet Union, just weeks after the Soviets crushed the 1956 Hungarian uprising, turned violent and became known as the “Blood in the Water” match after Hungarian player Ervin Zador bled profusely from cuts around his right eye after being punched by an opponent....

The Omicron variant that first emerged in Botswana, has now been detected in South Africa, Hong Kong and Israel. In total, 84 confirmed cases have been identified so far, according to an online tracker. On Friday, the World Health Organization renamed the B.1.1.529 strain the Omicron COVID variant using the Greek alphabet naming system and classified it as a “variant of concern.” Nations have swiftly moved to roll out travel restrictions as part of measures to curb its spread from the region, amid concerns that the strain could evade immunity....

Omicron has been detected in almost half of all states in America, and experts are concerned about its mutations, which indicate it could be highly transmissible and potentially reduce the effectiveness of treatments and vaccines. It’s likely still going to be weeks before the true nature of the variant is determined, but Fauci doesn’t believe it will be “worst-case scenario.” Fauci, who serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, told the Agence France-Presse that Omicron is “clearly highly transmissible....

Omori has multiple endings and a few points of no return, which might frustrate some players, especially if they’ve already sunk dozens of hours into exploring Omori’s world. That’s easily remedied, however, by using multiple save files, something the game easily allows. RELATED: Play OMORI While You Wait for Deltarune Chapter 3 It’s not all convenient, however. While the player is not limited by their number of saves, they are limited by where they can save....

On Tuesday, President Trump tweeted, “Democrat ’leadership,’ despite their denials, are putting tremendous pressure on their members to vote yes on this ridiculous Impeachment. If they vote yes, it will be much easier for Republicans to win in 2020!” Meanwhile, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in a “Dear Colleague” letter circulating among caucus members urged House Democrats to “join her on the floor” Wednesday for the upcoming vote on impeachment articles....

Fifty years ago, British novelist and scientist C.P. Snow lamented the existence of “two cultures,” the humanities and the sciences. In his 1956 essay and again in a series of lectures and a book by the same name, he noted that a gathering of intellectuals would be aghast if one of their number did not know who Shakespeare was. But there would be no such reaction if someone did not know the second law of thermodynamics....

Since his death, the aura of the King and the Colonial revival mansion he bought in 1957 has never stopped growing. During an official U.S. visit last summer, the then Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi insisted on touring Graceland. There, before a chuckling President Bush and Elvis’s once wife, Priscilla, and daughter, Lisa Marie, Koizumi mugged like the King and crooned “The Impossible Dream.” Elvis was casual about money, and that is the only reason that the Graceland house—which would be dwarfed by a modern rock star’s pool house—is open to visitors....

A funny thing happened after Pan Am Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection last week: nothing. Passengers and travel agents couldn’t care less. Bookings didn’t drop, the phones didn’t ring off the hook, travel agents didn’t cancel or advise against flying the carrier. What a change from the old days, when filing for bankruptcy protection meant something, like searing the heck out of people. Who would fly troubled airline, the thinking went, when maintenance might be jeopardized?...

Brooks has said he is ready to compete with the best in the strawweight division. He even compared Pacio and Adiwang in an attempt to find the better fighter between the two Filipinos. Both strawweights are stablemates in Team Lakay and have been mentored by Coach Mark Sangiao. Brooks’ words reached Sangiao and he responded in an online press conference. The Team Lakay head coach also acknowledged that Brooks was just trying to get into the heads of his fighters prior to their bouts....