The former England captain considers himself fortunate to have spent time with two of world football’s biggest clubs during periods of great success achieved with iconic players. Beckham slips into that category himself, as one of the most recognisable figures in the game and a man who won major honours in England, Spain, America and France over the course of a glittering career. He is, however, prepared to admit that he considers many of his former team-mates to have been bigger stars, with World and PFA Players of the Year making his life easier at Old Trafford and Santiago Bernabeu....

“Big Time Becks” has become one of the biggest stars in pro wrestling in the past few years, and after a break from competition to welcome her daughter, Roux, into the world, she’s back on top heading into 2022. In an interview supplied to Sporting News Australia by WWE, Lynch opened up on her favorite Royal Rumble moments, what fans can expect from her upcoming title match, and a potential dream match with a Hall of Fame superstar....

Female bees are the ones that do the stinging. When you get stung by a bee, a venom sac is left behind with the barbed stinger stuck in your skin. The stinger can keep injecting venom into your body until it’s removed. In most cases, this will cause sudden intense pain, as well as swelling, redness, and itching around the sting. Symptoms will persist and potentially worsen until the stinger is removed....

PLAGENS: Are you aware that you’re considered the second most conservative critic out there, after Hilton Kramer? HUGHES: I am? Well, at least I’m to the left of Louis XIV, and Kramer’s not. PLAGENS: You don’t like many artists under 50. HUGHES: I don’t think the age of the artists one likes is the criterion for conservatism. I’ve never thought of my job as one that seeks and slots young talent into the art world....

When bees land on water, the liquid sticks to their wings and therefore they can’t quickly fly away. To test out how bees are able to escape from such situations, researchers took a pan of water, which they let go still. They placed bees in the water and pointed a light at their tiny bodies so they would cast shadows in the container. The team behind the study, published in the journal PNAS, watched as the bees used their wings to create waves that pushed them forward....

That, in a nutshell, is why support for health-care reform is fragile and shallow. Yes, many people of goodwill support extending coverage to the 47 million Americans who, according to the Census Bureau, had no insurance for all or part of 2006. An awful lot of the insured, though, worry that messing with the system to bring about universal coverage, even if it allows more newborns to survive, might also hurt the quality and availability of care that they themselves get (“If I have trouble getting my doctor to see me now, what will happen when 47 million more people want appointments?...

Podolski’s club Galatasaray have confirmed a bid is being considered for the 31-year-old former Bayern Munich and Arsenal forward. Reports suggest the offer is worth around €7million. “Beijing Guoan have made an important offer for Podolski,” Gala board member Levent Nazifoglu told Anadolu Agency. “We are evaluating the proposal and the prospect of moving is up to the player.” Galatasaray chairman Dursun Ozbek has previously stated that the club would need to sell players if they wanted to fund any potential signings....

Oleksiy Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operative Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said during a Thursday briefing that the airfield is located in the Gomel region. The BBC reported in February that the airbase is 19 miles from the Ukraine border. Gromov said there are currently “activities to equip [a] Russian military base” at the location, reported Eastern European media outlet NEXTA....

Lukashenko’s reelection to a sixth term after Belarus’ August 2020 presidential election, largely viewed as invalid, led to months of protests and a brutal crackdown. The main opposition candidate in the 2020 election, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, said the crackdown is “a terror that our country has not experienced since the time of Stalinism,” referring to Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin. “The only solution to the crisis in Belarus can be free elections,” Tsikhanouskaya said....

Anatoly Isachenko, the presidentially appointed deputy chairman of the upper chamber of the Belarusian parliament, told fellow legislators of the six-nation Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) during the group’s 13th plenary session that allies Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan face “a difficult geopolitical situation,” a challenge exacerbated by external actors. “I want to highlight the increased risks of direct foreign interference in the internal affairs of the CSTO member states,” Isachenko said, as quoted by the official Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BelTA)....

Footage showed Stepan Latypov lying on a wooden bench inside the Minsk courtroom as onlookers screamed and police officers stood over the activist. Another video showed Latypov being carried out to an ambulance with blood on his shirt. Local media and human rights group Viasna-96 reported that Latypov is still alive. “Belarusian activist, political prisoner Stsiapan Latypau cut his throat in the courtroom today,” opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanouskaya tweeted. “He was threatened with the persecution of his family if he didn’t admit himself guilty....

There’s a long tradition of jailhouse conversions; many are temporary, aimed at gaining leniency from judges, while others seem genuine. Malcolm X discovered Islam while in a Massachusetts state prison. Oklahoma-bombing conspirator Terry Nichols claimed to have worn out four Bibles during his trial, and serial killer David Berkowitz—Son of Sam—converted from Judaism after an inmate told him Jesus Christ loved him and wanted to forgive him. Chuck Colson, special counsel to President Richard Nixon, once described as the “evil genius of an evil administration,” was facing arrest over Watergate charges when he read C....

Before establishing herself as one of the most sought after models in the fashion industry, Hadid previously worked at Sunlife Organics as a 15-year-old. Hadid, now 24, took to Instagram to share three pictures of herself working in the Malibu, California juice bar. In the snaps, she’s seen pitting dates, holding an acai bowl, and holding a massive ginger root. She used the throwback post to tease an upcoming announcement, writing in the caption: “15 yr old Me @ my first job would have never expected to have achieved what is about to happen tomorrow....

The Bellator 226 main event ended in anticlimactic fashion Saturday night at the SAP Center, and live on DAZN, after Bader accidentally poked Cheick Kongo in the left eye during the first round, leading toward a no-contest. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year “It sucks for it to end like that,” a disappointed Bader said in the cage following the no-contest. Bader was thoroughly dominating the action prior to the accidental eye poke....

The former titleholder lived up to his word in avenging his February 2014 defeat to “The Dragon.” He used a calculated striking attack to defeat Machida by split decision (30-27 and 29-28 for Mousasi, 29-28 for Machida) at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., and live on DAZN. SN scored the fight 30-27 for Mousasi. “I had to fight this way, I couldn’t take a lot of risks,” Mousasi said in his postfight interview....

A wise horse player once told me that. In fact, he repeats it every time we’re in the situation we’re in this weekend. More: Picks | Horse-by-horse break down | Odds, post positions As it relates to Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, the adage means this: If you didn’t bet American Pharoah in the Kentucky Derby and you didn’t bet him in the Preakness, now is probably not the time to jump on board....

Carson tested positive for the virus on Monday. “He is in good spirits and feels fortunate to have access to effective therapeutics which aid and markedly speed his recovery,” Carson’s deputy chief of staff, Coalter Baker, said in a statement to Newsweek. At 69 years old, Carson is in the category of people at higher risk from COVID-19. Carson’s diagnosis comes days after he attended the election night party at the White House, where he didn’t wear a mask, some reporters also noted on social media....

“Many of the bases were named after Confederate generals as a conciliatory movement after the [Civil] War,” Carson said during an interview with Fox News Sunday. “To now change that would be having exactly the opposite effect. We have to recognize that we have a history and to try to hide that history is probably not a smart move,” the Trump administration official said. Carson then referred to the Bible, which he described as “the greatest book ever written,” saying that it also shares a lot of bad things and not just “roses and flowers....

The son of the LSU coach announced via Twitter on Sunday that he would instead commit to coach Mike Riley and the Nebraska Cornhuskers. MORE: Recruiting week in review For people who have followed his recruitment, the news doesn’t come as a surprise: The three-star fullback has been a heavy lean toward Nebraska for months. 247Sports lists Ben Miles (6-1, 210 pounds) as the No. 3 fullback in the country and the No....