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The San Francisco high school football team’s effort began before Mission’s game last Saturday, and the players plan to continue to kneel during the Star-Spangled Banner the entire season, including Friday night’s game at San Mateo High. Greg Hill, head football coach at Mission High, remained standing while his players knelt last Saturday and plans to continue to stand during the anthem throughout the season. “I decided I’d stand for them,” Hill said, per the Chronicle....

Aigbogun has been without a job since he left the People’s Elephants - a team he failed to take beyond the Caf Champions League group stage in 2016. His return marks his third stint with the Aba-based outfit, where he previously worked as assistant coach to Salisu Yusuf in 2013 and came back three-year later before he was replaced by erstwhile coach Gbenga Ogunbote. “Enyimba Football Club has reappointed Paul Aigbogun as Technical Adviser of the club,” said the club in a statement....

Battle royale games have seen quite a boom in recent years, and that’s at least partially due to the competition between Fall Guys and Fortnite. Now, the games are on the same “side.” Epic and Tonic Join Forces On Tuesday, Fortnite maker Epic Games announced that it had acquired Tonic Games Group, a game developer and publisher based in London. Tonic Games Group is the parent company of Irregular Corporation, Fortitude Games, and most notably, Fall Guys developer Mediatonic....

Even if players don’t intend to check it out right away, navigating to the Epic Games Store page and downloading the games to play later is a great way to build up an evergrowing backlog. Luckily, these games rotate at the same time every day, meaning fans know to check out each new release at 10 am CT. And fitting that pattern, the fourth free Epic Games Store mystery game has been revealed....

While Tharsis might be a more cerebral, atmospheric sci-fi strategy title with themes delving into human interaction and psychology, Speed Brawl has less lofty thematic ambitions. The game involves a brawl taking place in a reimagined London of 1888. Both games deal with classic science-fiction elements. For Tharsis, it’s the aforementioned slow-paced space adventure, whereas Speed Brawl deals with a close encounter. In keeping with the game’s tongue-in-cheek tone, these aliens facilitate the annual Speed Brawl, whereas Londoners compete to best both the creatures and each other....

Epic Games Store users can currently claim Star Wars: Squadrons through December 1 at 10 am CT, when Fort Triumph and RPG in a Box will become available through December 8. Based on its typical cadence, the company is expected to announce another game, or set of games, that will be available from December 8 through December 15 when the rotation changes up again. This lines up perfectly with Billbil-kun’s comment as to when this Mystery Game Promotion could start....

Now, realistic World War 1 title Tannenberg and shopkeeper simulation Shop Titans are available on Epic Games Store until July 28. What fans should know is these two games are polar opposites, in terms of Tannenberg and Shop Titan’s content and reviews. The latter was not well-received at launch due to its microtransactions, even if the concept is nice, and the former was better received. Either way, like always, Epic Games Store has revealed what fans can look forward to next week....

The result aside, Paul Pogba was phenomenal for Manchester United in his outing against the Hammers as he assisted Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s equaliser after West Ham’s Diafra Sakho scored the first goal of the game within two minutes of the start of the match, stunning the home crowd. Jose Mourinho’s Red Devils have failed to secure all three points on four occasions at home this season with draws coming against Burnley, Stoke City, Arsenal, and West Ham on Sunday....

Reds second to only Watford The Reds have 9 points more than they did at the same stage last season i.e the same number of fixtures and are second only to Watford who are 10 points better off than last year. Under Jurgen Klopp, this season, the Anfield outfit have lost only 1 game all season and are unbeaten in 13 games in all competitions, in a run that began in mid-August....

The first boss to go in 2016/17 was Swansea’s Francesco Guidolin, and he was later joined by Alan Pardew of Crystal Palace, Bob Bradley also of Swansea, Mike Phelan of Hull City, Claudio Ranieri of Leicester City, Aitor Karanka of Middlesbrough, and Walter Mazzarri of Watford. Even the close season saw a sacking as Claude Puel was dispatched by Southampton. Also read: Every Premier League club’s record signing With the 2017/18 campaign just five weeks away, the speculation has to start now – who will be the first Premier League manager to lose his job?...

Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford is also selected, while it appears Gareth Southgate will deploy a back three comprising of Kyle Walker, Gary Cahill and John Stones. Sterling has found himself the subject of various back-page headlines after his gun tattoo, that he explained was a tribute to his late father, was spotted in England training. The winger also attracted negative attention for arriving late to join England’s training camp due to a mix-up with his flights, although Southgate explained he had already received an apology....

New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) There is “every possibility” of top English Premier League clubs touring India for pre-season games in the near future, says EPL’s managing director Richard Masters, adding to the frenzy around the revival of football in the country. “The popularity of the Premier League and its clubs continues to grow globally and clubs are always considering new countries to visit. There is every possibility that they could come to India in the future,” Masters said....

Derbyshire generated a public statement saying that Thakor was not on duty when he committed the ‘act’. “The club has been advised that one of our players, Shiv Thakor, has been arrested by police investing allegations concerning the player when he was not on duty at the club,” clarified the English County. The club refrained from commenting further on the issue until the judgement is passed. Clarifying their stance, Derbyshire said, “In consultation with the player’s representatives, the player continues to be suspended on full pay pending the outcome of the investigations....

I don’t speak German, but could converse in the language thanks to a new translating gadget that fits in your ear. The Ambassador ($179) detects and automatically translates any spoken word it hears within 8 feet in 20 languages and 42 individual dialects. In practice, the Ambassador listens to the words, and then transcribes them to text in its associated iOS or Android smartphone app. The gadget ships with two earpieces so you can each wear an Ambassador and carry on a near real-time conversation....

Gamers will represent the competition’s 20 teams in playoffs, feeding into the televised ePL final in London in March 2019. They will be playing the EA Sports FIFA game. Unlike the annual FIFA eWorld Cup, which awarded the winner $250,000 in August, the ePL will initially offer no cash prizes, just a trophy. The ePL kicks off in January with British residents aged 16 and over eligible to enter the online qualification on either PlayStation or Xbox One....

Announced by Coalition tech director Mike Raynor in an interview with Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry, it appears the company has set about optimizing the latest entry in the Gears of War franchise for a big debut on the Xbox Series X, with the industry figure claiming the game will have a number of major technological advancements. These include upping the game’s visuals to that of the PC’s ultra presets, adding software-based ray tracing, implementing, improved contact shadows, and ensuring all the game’s cutscenes run at 60 fps....

According to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), the asteroid—496860 (1999 XL136)—will pass our planet at a distance of around 8.3 million miles. Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor, Venus, is three times as far away from our planet as the distance at which this asteroid will pass. Mars is located at an average of about 17 times this distance, around 140 million miles from Earth. It will be traveling at a speed of around 37,500 miles per hour....

Enrique Tarrio, chairman of the far-right organisation, was released from custody on Tuesday but ordered to leave Washington, D.C. by a judge as thousands of extremists gather in the capital to protest the election results on Wednesday. Tarrio, who was arrested on January 4 while entering the District of Columbia, was held on suspicion of destruction of property in connection to the flag burning. The flag had been torn from the Asbury United Methodist Church on December 12 following a previous pro-Trump protest in D....

This spray, which has been available to the public for months, can kill SARS-CoV-2 in 60 seconds or less, according to Procter and Gamble, the company behind Microban’s spray. Microban 24 also has unique bragging rights: The spray can continue to kill certain germs and bacteria on surfaces for up to 24 hours after use. “The power behind Microban 24 is a multi-layer protective bacteria shield on the surface,” Kevin Wenzel, brand vice president of the North America surface care unit at Procter and Gamble, tells Verywell....