The West Ham United attacker’s effort is among eight goals in contention for the accolade following an announcement on Friday. At Selhurst Park, the Ghanaian intercepted a pass halfway, and on a solo run, turned Scott Dann inside out before hitting a rocket into the top left corner of the net from outside the box to put the Irons 2-0 up. However, it eventually ended in disappointment for West Ham as Wilfried Zaha netted an equalizer in the last minute of injury time after Luka Milivojevic halved the deficit on 50 minutes....

BA.2 has accounted for an increasing proportion of COVID cases in many countries compared to the BA.1 Omicron sub-type, which has been largely dominant so far. Data has suggested for weeks that BA.2 appears to have a significant growth advantage over BA.1. The extent of any other changes, however, remain less clear. Outbreak.info, which collects variant data from the virus genome database GISAID, shows that as of Wednesday BA.2 had been found in 74 countries and 47 U....

“Different things … " If I’d told the truth, I would have said, “I’m doing nothing.” For the first time since college, I have no work. I’ve always been overscheduled—writing TV scripts in the bleachers at Little League games—but at 57, I’m at home with no kids and no work. After 24 years and several award nominations, I can’t get hired to write for television. In Hollywood jargon, I can’t get arrested....

Danielle Wade was discovered in her St. Dennis apartment in Louisville, Kentucky, on Wednesday, August 18. Police determined the 29-year-old mother had died of an overdose several days earlier. Her mother, Adriane Wade, said she was called by Louisville Metro Police Department investigators to the apartment to identify the body. She said she was told her daughter had been dead several days while her grandson, Dreseaun, lied on top of his mother....

In a clip shared to social media by the child’s parents, posting under the handle adaywithcarter, an adorable tot by the name of Carter is reunited with his grandmother after some eight weeks apart. Thankfully, as the footage shows, he instantly recognizes her, with Carter’s sweet reaction to seeing her again helping the video go viral. At the time of writing, it had been viewed over 750,000 times. It can be watched here....

The Nerazzurri had been unbeaten in the league in 2017-18 before losing 3-1 at home to Udinese last week. Rather than shrug off that result, they were undone by Diego Falcinelli’s goal to go down 1-0 at Sassuolo this weekend, allowing Napoli to extend their advantage at the top of the table to five points. Spalletti, though, is adamant his team has no cause for concern as they approach the second half of the campaign....

Busch, who had finishes of 42nd and 40th in his last two races, slammed into the wall on Lap 3 at Michigan International Speedway Sunday and was forced to take his car to the garage. He was running 19th when he crashed. MORE: Fans at Michigan support Stewart | Sprint-car drivers call Stewart ‘a regular guy’ | Another young driver killed Busch finished 42nd at Pocono with a blown engine, and wound up 40th at Watkins Glen after a pit-road mistake followed by an early wreck....

Why the rush into Florida? Medicare, most likely: about half the state’s hospital users are on it, billing procedures are loose and Florida’s elderly were a rich trove waiting to be exploited. But last week Florida struck back: federal prosecutors in Ft. Myers charged three Columbia execs with defrauding the U.S.-government insurance plan for senior citizens. The move came only days after Columbia’s ambitious cofounder, Richard Scott, resigned under pressure from a nationwide federal investigation into Medicare abuses....

At least, that’s the way bettors are expected to back them in the 141st Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs. American Pharoah will be the favorite. Dortmund is the clear-cut second choice. They are trained by Bob Baffert, who seems likely to become the first trainer since Bobby Frankel in 2003 to send out the first two choices in a Derby and who is seeking to become the first trainer since Ben Jones in 1948 to run one-two....

In its daily assessment of the Ukraine war, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) gave an overview of the embattled area of Bakhmut, which has, for months, been one of the most intense arenas of fighting in the war. Russian forces in the region are being led by members of a notorious paramilitary unit, the Wagner Group, which was founded by Yevgeny Prigozhin, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin....

The Wales international impressed during a Champions League victory over APOEL Nicosia in midweek, but has been jeered from the stands as title holders Real have stumbled to back-to-back draws in La Liga. Bale 50/1 to be CL top scorer Bale has received the backing of team-mates and his manager Zinedine Zidane during a testing run, and the 28-year-old remains confident that things will improve if supporters remain patient....

Lahm, along with Xabi Alonso and Tom Starke, played his final game before retirement in Saturday’s 4-1 Bundesliga win over Freiburg as fans and former players paid tribute at the Allianz Arena. Conte set to buy house in Italy Praise of the 33-year-old’s glittering career and professional attitude has continued over social media and Bayern have already confirmed that he will be inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame....

NEWSWEEK: Until this year, you were a Colorado Supreme Court Justice, so perhaps you’re well placed to explain why there is so much anger at judges. Rebecca Love Kourlis: My sense is it falls into two general categories. One of them is dissatisfaction with the court system itself, based on personal experience or the stories of neighbors and friends. People believe the system is inefficient, extraordinarily costly, unpredictable and slow....

The 26-year-old has so far gone some way to silencing his many doubters this season by contributing six goals in as many league games, helping his Nice teammates to the top of the table, three points clear of champion Paris Saint-Germain. And while the Parisians remain favorites to lift the trophy come May, Balotelli revealed he already has plans in place should his club pull off a Leicester City-style title win....

Cal Harris, a spokesperson for Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, voiced disappointment over the court’s ruling. He said that city officials “remain concerned about the potential public safety threat to Baltimore City property posed by the rally,” which is scheduled to take place November 16. “Protecting Baltimore residents and their property is our top priority, however, we will abide by the direction of the courts,” Harris said in a statement....

All sides expect a hit. Noting that kids make up 67 percent of the market, Kendall-Futuro CEO Joe Guarnieri points out that “after all these years, no one has ever sized a bandage just for them.” John Kelley, J&J Band-Aid product director, says that size isn’t everything: their research shows that moms care most about the thickness of the bandage pad. The move to add extensions to injury is the latest stage of an escalating battle over this $260 million market....

This follows Banyana’s impressive triumph at the Cosafa Women’s Championship in Zimbabwe where Kgatlana was at the heart of that campaign and also walked away with the Player of the Tournament gong. Desiree Ellis’ charges are facing competition, within the Women’s National Team of Year category, from Ghana U-20, Kenya, Nigeria U-20 and Zimbabwe. Under Ellis, Banyana notched five wins, one draw and only lost once in the seven matches they played in 2017....

Former Banyana coach Vera Pauw recently signed Motlhalo for the National Women’s Soccer League side, making her the second South African at the club after she signed Janine Van Wyk in 2016. The 19-year-old attacking midfielder has spoken of her ground-breaking move. “Words cannot describe how I feel about this. It still feels like someone is going to wake me up and tell me it’s just a dream.,” she told Safa....

An online petition urging school administrators at Samford University to cancel a scheduled speech by the author had received more than 1,000 signatures as of Saturday afternoon. Meacham, who has penned biographies on Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, was initially set to talk next week about civic discourse at the inauguration of the school’s new president, Beck Taylor, AL.com reported. But in a letter sent Wednesday, Taylor wrote that the university would reschedule the address due to student concerns that Meacham has previously supported Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides a variety of women’s health-care, including abortion, services, AL....