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Those were important, pleasant developments for the USMNT. But by the end of a warm Florida night at Jacksonville’s EverBank Field, it was Christian Pulisic who had dominated the American attack, led the United States to a 4-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago, and assured advancement to the final round of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. And it will be Pulisic who’ll have U.S. fans giddy about his future with the national team....

Christian on WWE’s ’no-contact’ list As a result of multiple concussions and injuries, Christian was forced to retire from WWE as an active competitor in late 2014, though it was never officially announced by either party. Since then, Christian has only made a few sporadic appearances. In 2016, Edge and Christian started hosting their own show on the WWE Network called The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness until it was canceled in 2016....

The Christian community in Luoyang, in central China, is a house divided. The fight centers around Zhang, who, his critics charge, used his position to allegedly embezzle church funds and dabble in questionable real-estate deals. Most of the 30,000 Christians in Luoyang want Zhang out of his church. But Zhang, the former head of the city’s officially sanctioned church organization, is still preaching. Officials continue to protect him, even though the church organization was sued four times during his tenure....

The 3rd race of the 2013 Formula One season showed once again that the tyre strategy plays a very important role in the sport. The tyre game started already on the qualifying at Saturday, when teams tried to save tyres and didn’t run many laps on the qualifying. Risks were taken too: Sebastian Vettel, Jenson Button and Nico Hülkenberg went through Q3 with the prime compound, trying to gain an advantage on the race by starting with the longer lasting tyre....

The world top-ranked player Liu overcame Singapore’s Yu Mengyu with hardship. After losing the first three sets in succession, Liu pulled back four sets continuously. “I was inconsiderate at the beginning of the match, while she (Yu) performed well, which made me feel a little irritable,” Liu told Xinhua. “After trailed by three sets, I tried to calm my emotion and gradually found the appropriate rhythm.” While Wu Yang, the 21-year-old player, defeated Hirano Sayaka from the host country 11-5, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6....

So much for autonomy. Under the British, the Hong Kong papers grew as irreverent as any London tabloid. No view was forbidden, and at the handover, China promised to leave the Chinese of Hong Kong free to practice their Anglicized ways for the next 50 years. Now, following recent Beijing jabs at the freedom of the judges, legislators and clergy of Hong Kong, Qian’s threat comes as the first overt sign that the press will not be quite free, either....

The beta can be downloaded off each platform’s digital storefront and will last until June 1 at 11:00 a.m. ET, allowing players to spend a full weekend getting to grips with Chivalry 2. The entire stint will also feature cross-play, so those wanting to take down or team up with friends on other platforms are in luck. RELATED: Destiny 2’s First Official Crossplay Beta Launched on Tuesday As for what’s included in the early look at the game, the open beta will allow for up to 64-player servers, with developer Tripwire specifically noting that it creates conflicts on the scale of Game of Thrones’ Battle of the Bastards....

Kim became the youngest woman snowboarder to earn a gold medal when she won the halfpipe at 17 years old. Now, at 21, Kim will attempt to take home another medal. Here’s what you need to know about watching Kim in the 2022 Winter Olympics, along with a TV schedule for her events. MORE: Watch Olympic snowboarding live with fuboTV (free trial) Which events is Chloe Kim snowboarding? Similar to 2018, Kim will solely be competing in the women’s halfpipe snowboarding competition....

Chocobo GP had announced prior to release that the game would release as both a premium version and as “Lite” version for free. Lite versions of games have been common in recent years, especially with mobile titles, as these versions let players experience the game with ads or limited features. However, Chocobo GP being released this way ended up hurting Final Fantasy loyalists more in the long run. RELATED: Granblue and Final Fantasy 11 Are Getting a Crossover...

On June 14th the pair released their first podcast show where they were able to embrace their off-camera close friendship while talking on issues. The duo’s latest podcast was released November 22, days before Thanksgiving, and discussed the difficulties of family rows over politics at holiday celebrations. However, it remains uncertain whether there will be another episode as CNN announced on Tuesday they had taken the decision to suspend Cuomo and his show, Cuomo’s Prime Time....

On Tuesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that an investigation had found that Andrew Cuomo violated several federal and state laws and created a hostile work environment by sexually harassing several employees. “The independent investigation found Governor Andrew Cuomo harassed multiple women,” James said at a press conference on Tuesday, before adding that the investigation “has revealed conduct that corrodes the very fabric and character of our state government and shines light on injustice that can be present at the highest levels of government....

Evans recently gushed over de Armas, saying that she is “just so good” at what she does. He recalled a time on Netflix’s The Gray Man set when he felt unsure about the dialogue in a particular scene. The moment de Armas delivered her lines, his doubts were immediately cleared, and he became convinced that the scene could actually work. According to Evans, such is a testament to de Armas’ “incredible watchability factor” and her uncanny ability to make people care about what they are watching....

If there’s a franchise league taking place in some part of the world, Chris Gayle is an automatic choice. But there’s more to Gayle than just being a 391-T20 game veteran. His 103 Test matches at an average of above 42 didn’t earn him get the title of ‘Universe Boss’, but made the opposition take him seriously, a batsman who put a price on his wicket. Some of Gayle’s best performances in Test cricket came against an Australia Cricket Team (Australia Cricket) bowling line-up that boasted the likes Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Brett Lee....

The left-hander struggled throughout the recent Indian Premier League, managing just 196 runs at an average of 21 and a highest score of 46, and says he needs to get the injury issue resolved, reports CMC. “It was tough. It (injury) happened just before IPL at the end of the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh. It became even worse later. I thought it was a simple thing when I went back, and then when I started training in the UAE it became difficult bending and sprinting between wickets....

Johnson’s representatives at EAG Sports Management released a statement saying he was out of the hospital and on his way to a full recovery. “Chris Johnson was released from the hospital yesterday and is doing well. He thanks everyone for their support surrounding this unfortunate incident as well as their condolences regarding the passing of his good friend. He is expected to make a quick and full recovery and is looking forward to being back out on the field training as soon as possible....

The attorney, Tim Jansen, announced Wednesday he’s been retained by Leak, who earlier this month resigned as head football coach at Edgewater High School in Orlando, Fla., after being accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student at the school. “I have been retained by Chris Leak,” Jansen said in a statement. “He adamantly denies the allegations recently released in a police report. Mr. Leak has cooperated with the investigators and we will continue to investigate what we believe are false allegations....

Speaking about the small changes that he has made in his technique and mindset, Morris said: “I had a little bit missing in my action just before the World T20. I was sliding a lot of balls down the leg side so I did a little bit of technical work on that. “And then, just watching the way Zaheer thought, how his brain patterns were when he was bowling. It was about keeping a lot calmer and focusing on what I needed to do with the ball and my action at the time....

Harris, who Republican critics for months mockingly called “border czar,” toured a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility Friday before she met with staff and five migrant girls aged nine to sixteen. Harris described the migrants she met at the border as hopeful and optimistic. GOP lawmakers have blasted President Joe Biden and Harris since they entered the White House for seemingly avoiding the surge in migrants at the border....