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Tory Lanez
personCanadian rapper Tory Lanez found guilty of shooting fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion. Lanez faces over 20 years in prison. Adele led messages of support for Megan on stage at her Las Vegas residency.
Miles Austin
personMiles Austin was suspended for using an app created by a sports book that sponsors the NFL. There was no indication that Austin was betting on NFL games, but coaches and NFL staff members are not allowed to bet on any sports. Austin was wagering roughly $50 here and there on basketball games.
Alex Ovechkin
personAlex Ovechkin scored his 801st and 802nd career goals against the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. The goal brings him to second on the NHL career goals list behind Gordie Howe. The next goal will put him 92 away from tying Wayne Gretzky's record of 894.
Sitiveni Rabuka
personFormer military commander Sitiveni Rabuka confirmed as Fiji's next prime minister. The 74-year-old won the nomination by one vote over incumbent Frank Bainimarama. He was elevated to the position after forming a majority coalition with two other parties.
Jets
organizationZach Wilson completed nine of 18 passes for 92 yards with no touchdowns and one interception in the Jets' 19-3 loss to the Jaguars. It was his second consecutive start in place of Mike White, who is still recovering from fractured ribs. New York now has just an 8% chance to make the playoffs.
Zach Wilson
personWilson completed nine of 18 passes for 92 yards with no touchdowns and one interception in the Jets' 19-3 loss to the Jaguars on Thursday night. It was a second straight start in place of Mike White (ribs), but as his numbers indicate, that didn't come to fruition. Wilson hasn't won a game as a starter this season since Week 9 against the Buffalo Bills.
the New York Jets
organizationTrevor Lawrence threw for 229 yards on 20 of 31 through the air, while scoring a one-yard touchdown and rushing for 51 yards for the Jaguars. Zach Wilson went 9 of 18 for 82 yards with an interception and a dismal 41.9 rating for the Jets. Wilson was benched again, this time in the third quarter in favor of unknown third-stringer Chris Streveler.
Border Force
organizationMilitary and civil servants called in to help at Heathrow, Birmingham, Cardiff, Gatwick, Glasgow and Manchester airports. Thousands of National Highways, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and Royal Mail employees are also due to take industrial action.
Manchester City
organizationManchester City beat Liverpool 3-2 in the last-16 of the Carabao Cup. Erling Haaland, Mohamed Salah and Riyad Mahrez scored for City. Kevin de Bruyne provided two assists as City progressed. City return to Premier League action against Leeds United on December 28.
Chris Streveler
personJacksonville Jaguars defeated New York Jets 19-3 on Thursday night. Quarterback Zach Wilson was pulled for Chris Streveler, who was called up from the practice squad earlier in the day. Jets head coach Robert Saleh said "we haven't seen the last" of Wilson.
Trevor Bauer
personTrevor Bauer was reinstated to MLB by an arbitrator on Thursday, effectively slashing the pitcher’s 324-game suspension to 194 games. The Dodgers have 24 days to decide if they want to reinstate Bauer to their 40-man roster. Bauer received a two-season ban from the league after he was accused of punching and choking a woman into unconsciousness.
Sam Curran
personSam Curran becomes the most expensive player in the history of the T20 league’s auction after fetching a whopping Rs 18.5 crore bid from Punjab Kings. Fellow World Cup winning teammate, Ben Stokes, was sold for £ 1.6m. Mumbai Indians signed Australian Cameron Green for Rs 17.5 crores and Chennai Super Kings got Ben Stoke for Rs 16.25 crore. Yorkshire's Harry Brook has been sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Lawsuit accused social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users' personal information. Lawyers for the plaintiffs called the proposed settlement the largest to ever be achieved in a US data privacy class action.
Indian Premier League
organizationEngland all-rounder Sam Curran becomes most expensive player in IPL history. Curran was bought by Punjab Kings for a record-breaking Rs 18.5 crore. Mumbai Indians signed Australian Cameron Green for Rs 17.5crore. Chennai Super Kings got Ben Stokes for Rs 16.25 crore.
New York Jets
organizationJets wide receiver coach Miles Austin has been suspended by the NFL for a minimum of one year. Austin's attorney Bill Deni said in a statement the Jets assistant coach was suspended for "wagering from a legal mobile account on table games and non-NFL professional sports"
Charles Sobhraj
personCharles Sobhraj, otherwise known as The Serpent, was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu in a heavily guarded police convoy to the Department of Immigration. He has been in prison in the Himalayan republic since 2003 for murdering two North American tourists. He was released on the grounds of being in poor health and good behavior.
Charles Sobhraj
personNihita Biswas, wife of serial killer Charles Sobhraj, said on his release from jail that it has been long awaited and that they are elated. He is suspected of killing more than 20 Western backpackers on the "hippie trail" through Asia. He has been held in a high-security prison in Nepal since 2003, when he was arrested.
Sunrisers Hyderabad
organizationHarry Brook becomes the first millionaire of the day at the IPL 2023 auction. England all-rounder Sam Curran becomes the most expensive player in the history of IPL auctions as he fetched a whopping Rs 18.5 crore. Ben Stokes went to Chennai Super Kings for Rs 16.25 crore. Joe Root went unsold at his base price of one crore.
Liverpool
organizationLiverpool lost 3-2 to Manchester City in the last-16 of the Carabao Cup. Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez scored for the Premier League champions. Fabio Carvalho and Mohamed Salah equalised for Jurgen Klopp's side.
Punjab Kings
organizationPunjab Kings outbid everyone else to snap up the Player-of-the-series from the recently-concluded T20 World Cup. The splurge extended to two more buys – West Indian wicket-keeper bat Nicholas Pooran and emerging England hard-hitting bat Harry Brook. Joshua Little became the first Irishman to be picked in the IPL auction.