As fourth seed, few outside of Cyprus are expecting much of the domestic champions ahead of their opening game against the current Champions League holders at the Santiago Bernabeu. APOEL 50/1 to beat Madrid But that the capital club are such an unknown quantity could help them spring a surprise, according to winger Tommy Oar. “A lot of people are writing us off from the group, but I think that situation helps APOEL play without fear,” the Australia international told Goal....

While Nixon’s televised phone call to the men on the moon inspired the masses—particularly when the president’s line, “because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man’s world”—the commander in chief was prepared to deliver a different kind of speech to the American people if the astronaut’s mission resulted in failure. After all, the risks of the mission were incredibly high. Armstrong and Aldrin not only needed to safely land the Lunar Module on the moon, but they also had to successfully pilot the aircraft back into the Earth’s orbit and return to the Command Module, where astronaut Michael Collins awaited them....

After signing with WWE and joining the NXT brand in 2015, Crews was expected to become a major player for the company. But after he was called up to the main roster just a year later, things didn’t quite pan out the way people expected. He would appear every now and then to lose and the hype that surrounded him quickly began to fizzle. As the company continued adding talent, Crews looked to be an afterthought and it was possible that he’d end up being future endeavored by the WWE....

Playing just behind the main striker, the Bologna man struggled to make an impact on the final matchday fixture of the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, leading to his substitution in the 50th minute. The 21-year-old was the first to admit his ‘bad day’ after the game, revealing his hope for another chance to make amends. “Donsah, we all know him as a really good player but sometimes it happens that you might have a bad day," Appiah told Ghana Web....

The proposal was primarily filed by a trio of large investment groups that together own at least 23 million shares of Apple. An exclusive report from MarketWatch detailed the shareholders’ gripes with the company amid reports of slow-moving diversification and issues with misogyny and racism in the workplace. Additional reports detailed how Apple halted internal surveys on pay equity. The company also reportedly bans surveys related to company diversity. Multiple labor lawyers have said that these combined actions could be violating workers’ protections....

At first, in the immediate months following her death, I thought I could escape the trauma of it all by introducing some exercise into my schedule. I assumed a casual walk around the block at lunchtime would be enough. And if I was exercising my body, I naively thought my mind would also be taken care of, too. I had used an Apple Watch since the product was first released in 2015, but that catalyst moment in early 2019 was when I first started really putting it to work as a fitness device....

Regional social media accounts of the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed on Wednesday that snowy spells on this scale had not been seen for years, with records being smashed at locations spanning Ohio, Kentucky, Kansas and Missouri. The NWS branch in Wilmington, Ohio, said that 2.3 inches of snow that had fallen at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport on Wednesday surpassed the previous record, which had been set in 1901 at 1....

With Iraq’s demonstration death toll mounting, the decades-long Lebanese financial woes reaching a critical point, and a growing number of Egyptians calling for a third revolution in less than a decade, a number of observers have made comparisons to the so-called Arab Spring protests that swept through the region in 2011. These had a similar catalyst: widespread frustration among a very young, highly-unemployed population with dwindling faith in long-serving leaders....

Pope Francis said homosexual people “have the right to be in a family,” but stopped short of supporting same-sex marriage, which is legal in the U.S. The comments came in a documentary, Francesco, which premiered at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday. “Homosexual people have the right to be in a family,” the pontiff said, according to The Associated Press. “They are children of God. You can’t kick someone out of a family, nor make their life miserable for this....

Messi and Arda hammer Gladbach Turan’s career at Barca has been a curious one. After signing in the summer of 2015, he had to sit out for six months due to Barca’s ban from registering new players. That meant it was a slow start and his debut campaign never really got going. This second season has been much better and the Turkey midfielder was particularly useful early on, with Neymar away at the Olympic Games....

In a Monday press conference, Governor Andrew Cuomo did not merely single out New Rochelle, in Westchester County, as the first outbreak hotspot—he emphasized, for good measure, the “Orthodox Jewish” identity of the culprit. “We know religious gatherings have been a problem…for weeks,” he continued, belying any semblance of neutrality as to which particular community he had in mind when TV producers flashed images of black hat-clad Haredi Jews across the screen....

According to For the Win, during Sunday’s home game, Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina appeared to talk with home-plate umpire Sean Barber during Padre Brett Wallace’s ninth-inning at-bat in which he represented the potential tying run with two on and two out in an 8-5 game. After Wallace just missed squaring up a Trevor Rosenthal fastball, fouling it off, Molina pointed to the center-field camera position, where fans aren’t allowed....

Well, not according to Iowa, a Nike school who played Maryland (an Under Armour school) on Thursday night. MORE: Five fast facts you need to know about the Hawkeyes The Hawkeyes shot 20.8 percent from three-point range — the team’s worst shooting mark from deep this season. Some of Iowa’s players told reporters after the game that the Terps’ basketballs felt slightly different than their own Nike-issued brand. Because Maryland is the only team in the Big Ten to play with the Under Armour balls, Iowa began to incorporate them into the team’s practice routine earlier this week, hoping to be able to get a feel for them before tipoff....

Vote on by 5 P.M., Mar. 31 Last Week’s Question Will the major religions ever reconcile? (5,498 responses) 49% No, the fundamental divisions can’t be papered over. 23% No, organized religion thrives on difference. 8% No, the sins committed in the name of Christianity have created too much distrust. 20% Yes, people are prepared to accept others’ beliefs.

Although wireless technologies encompass everything from cell phones to remote controls, “Wi-Fi” refers to a specific industry standard. Known as 802.11 in geek talk, it operates at unprecedented speeds by beaming data from a Wi-Fi radio hooked up to the Internet. The radio waves travel over a finite area, ranging from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand feet. Inside that range, a properly equipped computer or PDA can pick up the signals....

The town’s website updated to include a play-by-play of the tourist event’s progression. It said there is no organized event apparent at the site. “So far we see a couple of hundred people in Rachel for the botched Alienstock event,” the town’s website read. “Law enforcement clearly outnumbers visitors. There are no vendors and not much of an infrastructure. A makeshift stage was set up on a dusty dirt lot and a few campers are parked around the area....

Arena said Thursday he expects Dempsey to be back on the field for Seattle when the MLS season kicks off in two months, making him a realistic option for World Cup qualifiers against Honduras and Panama in late March. Arena names U.S. squad for January camp Dempsey, who turns 34 in March, has not played since Aug. 21 because of an irregular heartbeat. While he sat out Seattle’s run to the MLS Cup crown, he was seen doing light exercises on the side ahead of last month’s title game in Toronto....

Clearly, Arianna Huffington, who specializes in such grand gestures, is luxuriating in Gingrich’s Washington. The 44-year-old Greek-born socialite and author desperately wants to be the new capital queen bee. A jet-setter who used to date Democrat Jerry Brown, she’s now the life of the Grand Old Party, raising money and preaching the virtues of voluntarism. Outside Newt’s New Age wing, however, it’s not at all clear that many Republicans really want Arianna as their Pamela Harriman....

She picked it up, chugged it and continued with her set. Social media defended her and the comedy community have voiced their support for Elias for with the likes of Patton Oswalt, Jim Gaffigan, George Takei, Whitney Cummings and Jimmy Kimmel calling her a “hero” and “total class.” SUBSCRIBE TO THE PARTING SHOT WITH H. ALAN SCOTT ON APPLE PODCASTS OR SPOTIFY The incident happened at Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey....