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Everton
organizationEverton beat Liverpool 2-0 in the Merseyside derby at Anfield. Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson scored the goals for the Blues. Victory consigned Liverpool to their worst home league run in almost a century.
Naomi Osaka
personNaomi Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. The 23-year-old beat Jennifer Brady 6-4 6-3 in the final in Melbourne. Osaka is the first woman to win her first four major finals since Monica Seles in 1990-91.
Jennifer Brady
personNaomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in Australian Open final. Third seed Osaka wins her fourth major title at the age of 23. Osaka will rise to number two in the world when rankings are released next week.
Alexei Navalny
personRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal against his prison sentence was rejected by a Moscow court on Saturday. Navalny will likely be forced to serve over 2 1/2 years in prison despite a top European rights court's calling for Navalny to be freed. The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Russian government to release Navalny.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
personDaniil Medvedev beats Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 in Australian Open semi-final. World No.4 will take on Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final. Russian has now won 20 consecutive matches starting in November. The 22-year-old has never lost a final at Melbourne Park.
Prince Harry
personHarry will now lose all his military titles, including his beloved honour of being Captain General of the Royal Marines. Meghan Markle has also lost her roles as vice-president of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust and patron of Royal National Theatre. Sources close to the pair acknowledged they reluctantly accepted they would losing their links with organisations passed down through the royal family.
Buckingham Palace
organizationDuke and Duchess of Sussex will not return as working members of the Royal Family. Couple's honorary military appointments and royal patronages will be redistributed. Royal Marines, RAF Honington, Royal Navy Small Ships and Diving will also be taken back.
Uber
organizationSupreme Court's seven judges unanimously rejected Uber's appeal against a lower court ruling. The dispute will now return to a specialty tribunal, which will decide how much to award the 25 drivers.
Ted Cruz
personCruz flew into a storm of criticism after leaving his home state of Texas in the grips of a deadly deep freeze, for a family holiday jaunt to the Mexican resort city of Cancun. Texas senator had told his constituents to stay at home due to coronavirus. Republican claimed he was trying to be a 'good dad' when his daughters asked to go'somewhere warm' to escape the winter crisis. More than 3million Texans still had no power after a historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures.
Daniil Medvedev
personDaniil Medvedev beats Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 to reach Australian Open final. Fourth seed will face Novak Djokovic in Sunday's decider at Melbourne Park. Russian is on a 20-match winning streak which comprises an absurd 12 top-10 wins. Only six players -Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras, Thomas Muster and Ivan Lendl have strung such a run together.
Meghan Markle
personDuke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed they won't return as full-time working royals at the end of the 12-month review period. Meghan has lost the two patronages inherited from the Queen in January 2019. Harry will now lose all his military titles, including his beloved honour of being Captain General of the Royal Marines.
Joe Biden
personGerman Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer welcomes Biden's announcement to keep U.S. troops in Germany. Joe Biden praised the alliance between the EU and the US, as he failed to mention Boris Johnson or the UK. Biden administration says it's ready to join talks with Iran and world powers.
the Europa League
organizationTottenham beat Wolfsberger 4-1 in the Europa League on Thursday night. Gareth Bale scored one and set up another in the win in Budapest. Manchester United beat Real Sociedad 4-0 in their Europa League last-32 first leg. Bruno Fernandes scored twice for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side.
Facebook shares dip by one per cent today as the company suffers the fallout of its move to block all news content in Australia. 'Delete Facebook', 'Boycott Zuckerberg' and 'Facebook We Need To Talk' trending on rival site Twitter. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison blasted Facebook’s decision, accusing the social media giant of ‘unfriending’ his country.
Carson Wentz
personPhiladelphia Eagles have traded quarterback Carson Wentz to the Indianapolis Colts. Wentz is coming off the worst statistical season of his NFL career. He will account for a $33.8 million dead cap hit in 2021.
Greg Abbott
personTexas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed the state's renewable solar energy, which froze up in the cold weather. Abbott and former Gov. Perry misleadingly argued the Green New Deal would cause future energy crises. The retort came as three million Texans were still without power supplies on Wednesday.
NASA
organizationThe landing occurred at exactly 12:56 p.m. PT on Earth, but in real time, Perseverance was safely on the ground 11 minutes and 22 seconds earlier. The mission is scheduled to last for one Mars year, equivalent to about 687 Earth days. Scientists hope to find signs of fossilized microbial life.
Jennifer Brady
personJennifer Brady beat Karolina Muchová 6-4, 3-6,6-4 in the semi-finals. The 22nd-seeded Brady will meet Naomi Osaka in Saturday night's final. It will be Brady's first Grand Slam final after reaching the U.S. Open semi-final.
Naomi Osaka
personNaomi Osaka beat Serena Williams 6-3 6-4 in the semi-final of the Australian Open. The Japanese third seed overcame a nervous start to wrap up a hugely impressive win. Osaka will play the winner of the second semifinal between Jennifer Brady and Karolina Muchova.
Rush Limbaugh
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