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Italy’s top player came out wearing a black shirt with a red lightning bolt design down his chest and he was energized from the start, grazing the flower beds lining the court to return Thiem’s high-bouncing topspin serves and frustrating the Austrian with well-placed lobs and touch volleys. “I played very well today,” said Thiem, who beat Rafael Nadal in the Madrid Open semifinals last week. “It was just him, he was very pumped playing at home....

Fognini will be eyeing the scalp of the out-of-sorts world number one in Rome following a straightforward 6-1 6-3 over wildcard Berrettini in his homeland on Sunday. Guido Pella consigned Fognini to a first-round exit at the BMW Open last time out, but the world number 29 won 15 points in a row to open up a 4-0 lead in a flash at Foro Italico. Fognini did not face a solitary break point in the match and broke for a third time to wrap up the first set before grasping the chance to serve for the match after Berrettini went 5-3 down having failed to hold....

Although more research is needed, studies have raised concerns over cancer-causing foods and beverages that contain lots of sugar, salt, and saturated fat, as well as the role of consuming alcohol. Given that obesity is a risk factor for several cancer types, a healthy diet to maintain weight may also limit your risk. This article presents five types of foods that may cause cancer. It discusses research findings about these foods and offers a few food alternatives that may help to limit your cancer risk....

Studies indicate that diet plays an important role in the risk of RA and disease progression. And just as many different types of foods offer anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, others—like trans fats, red meat, and sodium—can worsen RA symptoms and increase disease activity. Sources of trans fats include margarine, shortening, non-dairy creamer that’s made with partially hydrogenated oils, anything that is fried in partially hydrogenated oils, and many shelf-stable pastries, donuts, and pies....

Geoffroy Serey Die, FC Basel‘s Ivory Coast international midfielder, has been banned for four months by football’s governing body FIFA for breach of contract. Serey Die, 28, left Algerian club king ES Setif for FC Sion in Switzerland in 2008, having already signed a binding agreement with Zamalek of Egypt. After a long investigation, FIFA have ruled he was guilty of “breach of contract without a valid reason” and suspended him for four months, FC Basel have announced....

RELATED: Best Sports Games Of All Time (According To Metacritic) Wonderkids are often defined as players that are under 21-years-old that have the potential to become world-class in their position. Signing the next big talent and turning them into a world-class superstar has always been a major part of Football Manager and this year is no different. Here are the best wonderkids with the highest potential in every position in the game....

FSU made no public announcements about the investigations or their outcomes. All three investigations concluded that the faculty members violated the university’s sex discrimination and sexual misconduct policies. According to Fresh Take Florida, a news service in the University of Florida’s journalism school, Ross May, 38, was fired as associate director of FSU’s Family Institute. It is alleged that in 2019 he pressured a female student to get drunk, was hugging her “in a forceful way” in a photograph, and bet another student $50 that he could have sex with her by the end of the semester....

Baker County Sheriff’s Office said in a release that it detained on Monday a 15-year-old student at Baker County High School, which is around 30 miles west of Jacksonville, for making written threats to kill and conduct a mass shooting. The sheriff’s office said its investigation started when a teacher intervened to remove a notebook from a sophomore after they allegedly showed other students pages that “outlined various strategies for carrying out a mass shooting at the high school....

The 55-year-old resident of central Florida’s Volusia County, near Orlando, allegedly punched his neighbor in the face amid a confrontation that arose over the pair’s opposing yard displays. A Volusia Sheriff’s Office report filed on Friday said that police took the suspected offender, Anthony Vullo, into custody after determining sufficient probable cause for simple assault and battery charges. Vullo was transferred to Volusia County Jail upon his arrest at the scene, according to the incident report....

Despite repeated warnings to close from a county medical examiner, officials in St. Johns County—home to the city of St. Augustine Beach—kept beaches open for most of March as other states were strictly enforcing their stay-at-home orders. The county later became the last Northeast Florida county to close its beaches on March 29 after officials said large crowds failed to adhere to social distancing guidelines. According to emails obtained by Columbia University’s Brown Institute for Media Innovation and seen by the Washington Post, a county medical examiner, another official and various residents raised concerns in March of large crowds congregating at beaches....

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30-1 as a pro boxer, Thurman held the WBA welterweight world title at one point, which he lost to Manny Pacquiao in his only career defeat in July 2019. While he has bounced back with a win over Mario Barrios this year, several boxers are expecting to have a crack at ‘One Time’. Meanwhile, Keith Thurman connected with Boxing Scene.com and shed views on the whole scene. He said:...

Researchers studied data from 2014 on 7,056,314 hospital patients in the U.S. who were at high risk of having complications from the flu, and looked at how many were vaccinated against the disease during their stay. The at-risk participants included adults aged 50 years old and over, people with chronic health conditions, AIDS patients, those living in nursing facilities, obese people, as well as American Indians and Alaskan natives....

But at a Level 3 ranking, Belarus is not the most dangerous nation in the world, according to the Safe Airspace’s Conflict Zone & Risk Database, a project of OpsGroup, “a group of 7,000 pilots, dispatchers, controllers, and ops people working together to share information.” The database gathers reports from international agencies and follows world events in real-time to determine its country ratings. The Level 3 ranking denotes “Caution,” which entails “A single caution warning from another state,” “Current political, public order, or traveller safety situation may present risk” or “Airspace is adjacent to a risk zone....

Indulge in Parisian Macarons, milk-based snacks containing nuts and almonds, and available in 13 different flavors, including apricot, almond, coffee and raspberry. Perfect for corporate events or special celebrations ($72 for 48 cookies; lepicerie.com). Put a magical twist in your wedding favors by writing personalized fortunes on the inside of dark- or white-chocolate coated Giant Wedding Fortune Cookies. They come with white, gold or silver sprinkles ($100; fortunate biscuits.com)....

The best substitute for a given allergenic food generally depends on how you’re using it. The best way to replace an ingredient for baking might be completely different than the way you’d replace it for eating raw, or for cooking briefly in a savory recipe. Here is a list of basic pantry staples and some useful substitutes for each. Even where brand names have been indicated, always read labels carefully, as ingredients may have changed....

Uzbekistan have a chance to become the first Central Asian team to reach the World Cup when they take on South Korea on Tuesday, while Australia are up against it as Asian qualifying heads for a tight finish. Three-time Asian champions Iran also have work to do to make progress to next year’s tournament in Brazil, with three automatic spots and two play-off positions still up for grabs in the last two rounds of games....

Yet there are a few brave souls who have come out to defend Carroll’s decision, saying that despite conventional wisdom, Carroll’s call made statistical sense. The ultimate result, Malcolm Butler’s spectacular interception of Russell Wilson at the goal line with 26 seconds left, sealed the Patriots’ 28-24 victory. MORE: Must-see Super Bowl photos | WATCH: Every 1-yard goal-line run from Lynch in 2015 | Russell Wilson: ‘We thought we had ’em’ | Brian Burke, founder of Advanced NFL Stats, defended the decision in a column Monday on Slate....