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Athletic Bilbao
organizationBarcelona lost 3-2 to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final. Inaki Williams' goal in extra time gave Athletic the lead. Antoine Griezmann and Oscar De Marcos scored for Barca. Asier Villalibre scored for the visitors.
Drew Brees
personTampa Bay Buccaneers beat New Orleans Saints 30-20 in NFC divisional playoff game. Four Saints turnovers, including three interceptions by Drew Brees, were the difference. Buccaneers will face Aaron Rodgers and Packers in NFC championship game on Jan. 24.
Lionel Messi
personBarcelona lose 3-2 to Athletic Bilbao in Spanish Super Cup final. Inaki Williams' goal in extra time gave Athletic the lead. Antoine Griezmann had given Barca the lead before Oscar De Marcos equalized. Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time in his club career.
Barcelona
organizationLionel Messi was sent off in Barcelona's 3-2 defeat to Athletic Bilbao. Referee Jesus Gil Manzano has opened up on his red card decision. Barcelona are reportedly planning to appeal the decision. Lionel Messi is expected to leave Barcelona when his contract expires.
Patrick Mahomes
personKansas City Chiefs beat Cleveland Browns 22-17 to reach AFC Championship. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes knocked out of game with concussion. Chiefs and Buffalo Bills will meet in Super Bowl on Feb. 7.
Kremlin
organizationUK government says it is "deeply concerned" by the arrest. Navalny, 44, was returning to the country five months after he was almost killed. In August, he collapsed on a plane flying from Tomsk in Siberia to Moscow. Russian officials allowed him to be airlifted to Germany in an induced coma. He was treated following a poisoning that he had blamed on the Kremlin.
Alexei Navalny
personKremlin critic Alexei Navalny was detained when returning to Russia for the first time since a suspected poisoning by the FSB last year. Moscow’s prison service has applied to convert a suspended three-and-a-half year embezzlement sentence. Navalny has for years campaigned against alleged corruption in Russia's political elite. He was hauled into the Moscow police station on Monday after allegedly being denied access to his lawyers.
Pfizer
organizationGitHub apologizes for firing Jewish employee who warned of Nazis in U.S. Capitol. Joe Biden may end Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in office. Nick Kyrgios called Novak Djokovic ‘a tool’ on Twitter after the world No 1 reportedly wrote to Australian Open organisers asking them to ease quarantine restrictions for players.
Kremlin
organizationKremlin critic Alexei Navalny detained by Russian police at passport control. Plane carrying Navalny Sunday landed at a different Moscow airport than had been scheduled. Navalny announced his decision to return from Germany this week, saying he missed Moscow.
Liverpool
organizationManchester United and Liverpool draw 0-0 at Anfield on Sunday. United remain top of the Premier League, two points ahead of Leicester. United are now unbeaten in 12 league games for the first time since Alex Ferguson retired.
Alexei Navalny
personRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained at a Moscow airport after returning from Germany. The prison service said he was detained for multiple violations of parole and terms of a suspended prison sentence. Navalny had spent the previous five months in Germany recovering from a nerve agent attack. He says the case that he says was trumped up could see him jailed for 3-1/2 years.
Yoweri Museveni
personLong-time leader Yoweri Museveni heading for resounding win in Uganda's presidential election. Main opposition candidate Bobi Wine had 3.3 million votes (34.6%)
NRA
organizationNRA filed for Chapter 11 protection in federal bankruptcy court in Dallas. Gun rights group said it plans to reincorporate in Texas to escape "a corrupt political and regulatory environment" in New York. Move comes just months after New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit to dissolve the NRA.
Friedrich Merz
personArmin Laschet won 521 votes compared to 466 for Friedrich Merz. A third candidate, Norbert Röttgen, went out in the first round of voting. The Christian Democratic Union had been jettisoning voters to the far right.
Robert Saleh
personRobert Saleh replaces Adam Gase, who was fired on Jan. 3 after going 9-23 in two seasons. The 41-year-old is the second minority coach to be hired by the Jets in the last six years.
Jacob Blake
personFederal prosecutors in a new court filing reportedly point to "strong evidence" that rioters who stormed the Capitol building last week aimed to "capture and assassinate elected officials" Jacob Blake admitted that he not only had a knife in his possession at the time of the shooting, but also “dropped” it before picking it up again.
James Lankford
personGraceland says it will reopen Thursday, May 21, 2020 after it shut down tours and exhibits due to the new coronavirus outbreak. The two-hour guided tours will take virtual visitors into Presley's former Memphis home and through the Meditation Garden, where he is buried. South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a 20-year jail sentence on Thursday for former President Park Geun-hye.
Derby County
organizationWayne Rooney appointed full-time manager of Derby County. 35-year-old Rooney has agreed a deal until 2023. Rooney won five Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a Champions League as a player.
Joe Biden
personBiden names geneticist Lander for new Cabinet-level post, elevating role of science. Biden will extend the nearly year-long pause on federal student loan payments on "day one" Deanne Criswell will head FEMA, the federal government’s lead disaster response agency.
Mark Rutte
personThe Dutch Cabinet was set to meet Friday amid strong speculation that Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government will resign. The center-right, four-party coalition quits just under a month before parliament was due to break up. The Netherlands is the third European country thrown into political uncertainty this week in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.