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North Texas and Ohio pulled off upsets against No. 4 seeds in last year’s tournament, and the 2022 NCAA men’s basketball tournament has a few possible lucky No. 13’s this year. The track record 13 seeds in the NCAA tournaments isn’t great. The No. 4 seed is 113-31 – a winning percentage of .784 – in the first round. A total of six No. 13 seeds have advanced to the Sweet 16 – and none made it to the Elite Eight....

Juventus midfielder Marchisio was injured in a Serie A game against Palermo in April, only returning to full fitness in recent weeks. And, although the 30-year-old has started just two games this season, he has done enough to convince head coach Giampiero Ventura ahead of the national team’s next two fixtures, the first of which is a World Cup qualifier. Zaza, who joined West Ham United on loan from Juve in August, had not been called up since missing a vital penalty in Italy’s quarterfinal shootout defeat to Germany in the European Championship, but he and Napoli’s Insigne have both earned call-ups....

The attacking midfielder has been attracting interest from a number of major clubs across Europe’s major leagues with Premier League rivals Arsenal and Liverpool, Serie A champions Juventus and Spanish club Real Madrid reportedly keen on securing his services. Reus’ representatives have however chosen to come out and pour cold water on the speculations by stating that their client is happy with his present club. “We read the rumours that are circulating about an alleged transfer for Marco....

According to The Mirror, Arsenal and Barcelona are tracking Martial’s lack of playing time this season and could make a January move for the French international star. However, Martial is once again enjoying his time at Old Trafford and is keen to prove his £50million price tag following his move to AS Monaco. The Frenchman has already been involved in 6 Premier League goals (3 goals and 3 assists) this season and has been a key player for Mourinho from the bench....

In case you didn’t know… Darmian joined Torino when the club was playing in Serie B in 2011. He was instrumental in Torino’s promotion to Serie A in Italy. He then joined Manchester United in 2015 on a 4 year deal with the option to extend his contract for a year. They triggered the clause in January this year to ensure that the player won’t leave Old Trafford for free....

The Red Devils have started the new season well, and are eager to finally taste success under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Norwegian has invested heavily this summer, bringing in Cristiano Ronaldo, Raphael Varane, Jadon Sancho and Tom Heaton. Meanwhile, Ronaldo has revealed that Sir Alex Ferguson played a key role in his return to Manchester United. The Red Devils also blocked a loan deal for a star midfielder late on deadline day....

The Italian was reportedly invited by the Football Association to watch the game as England made it two wins out of two in World Cup qualifying. Gareth Southgate has agreed to take charge of the Three Lions on an interim basis and got off to the perfect start as goals from Daniel Sturridge and Dele Alli secured all three points. Mancini is one of several names, along with Arsene Wenger and Eddie Howe, that have been linked with replacing Sam Allardyce, who departed the job under a cloud of controversy after just 67 days and one game in charge....

The Senegal international stayed on Merseyside to continue his recovery from knee surgery as the rest of the squad journeyed to Hong Kong for the Premier League Asia Trophy. dabblebet: Liverpool 11/1 for PL title Klopp says the forward is on track in his recovery and expects him to be available for the trip for a friendly against Hertha Berlin and the Audi Cup, which starts on August 1....

Here are some more: until last week, Joni Evans, 48, was publisher of Random House, a division of Random House Inc., which is privately owned by billionaire Si Newhouse, who also owns all Conde Nast magazines, including Conde Nast Traveler, which was run until last week by Harry Evans, 62, whose wife, Tina Brown, is editor of Vanity Fair, also owned by Newhouse, who competes with Simon and Schuster, which is headed by Richard Snyder, who was once married to his subordinate, Joni Evans, who defected to Random House not long after Robert Gottlieb left the Newhouse-owned Knopf to edit the Newhouse-owned New Yorker, which has been known to run sentences even longer than this one....

Batra also met Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia with her coach Sandeep and Delhi Table Tennis Association’s president Manjinder Singh Sirsa. After the meeting, Kejriwal tweeted, “Delhi govt is always wid u (Batra) and will support u in all ur endeavours (sic).” “Met our Chief Minister @ArvindKejriwal sir at his residence today with my coach Sandeep Sir. CM sir promised me full support for future competitions (sic),” Batra also tweeted....

Hailing from Faridabad in Haryana, he swears by the thought that a man’s thinking and not a physical deformity makes him paralyzed. The thought made the 19-year-old ponder more and motivated him to eventually become one of the best in the business. Sports have always been on Manish Narwal’s radar. An aspiring footballer, his dreams were cut short by a congenital ailment in his right hand. He knew he was different but never understood the reason behind it....

The future Hall of Fame quarterback was seen not wearing pads and was kept from throwing. There was speculation that Manning suffered an arm injury in the Broncos' first loss of the season, Sunday night in Indianapolis. After Manning was beat up by former teammate Robert Mathis and the Colts' fast and physical defense, there wasn't quite the same zip on his passes as he tried to lead Denver on a big second-half comeback....

“Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” has become known for the guests they are able to get on the show. Each quarter, a new personality visits. So far, we’ve seen every type of visitor from seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady to comedian Jon Stewart. So far, the best performance on “Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli” came from Marshawn Lynch. He appeared on the show in Week 7 and admitted he had been drinking Hennessy (and dropped plenty of profanity during the broadcast)....

‘PacMan’ received his Master’s Degree from the Philippine Christian University (PCU) in Manila on Saturday. Pacquiao, boxing’s only eight-division world champion, is now a post-graduate. Manny Pacquiao Foundation posted on Instagram a photo of the boxing legend receiving his Master’s Degree together with his wife Jinky during the graduation ceremony over the weekend. The Foundation wrote: The Filipino fighting icon’s latest feat earned the adoration of his fans who congratulated him in the comment section of the post....

Taking exception to Manjrekar’s post that Bengal had taken over four hours to bowl the quota of 50 overs, Tiwary listed out reasons for the delay and said it would have been better if he had called up the management of the two teams to find out. Jharkhand were declared winner via the VJD method after the match was stopped due to bad light with team at 264 for nine in 49 pursuit of 268 for victory against Bengal (267 for 8)....

The drill was being conducted off the coast of California, but Chinese media said the use of the patch and the nature of the island drill indicated that troops were training for possible combat amid the archipelagos of the South China Sea. Air Force magazine reported that the Air Force drill—named Exercise Agile Reaper—involved three MQ-9 Reaper drones attached to the U.S. Navy’s Third Fleet, which is responsible for overseeing the eastern and northern Pacific Ocean....

Well, before free agency had even been open for an hour, he added gritty veteran forward Wayne Simmonds for one year, $1.5 million. “Talent-level on the Leafs, it’s unbelievable. I think it’s second to none in the league,” Simmonds said. “I think what I bring as a player complements that very well. Obviously what I’m trying to look to do here is just come in and play my game, play my style, don’t change much and just hope to complement what the Leafs already have in place....

The 56-year-old former Argentina star has been tasked with guiding Al-Fujairah, fourth in the second tier, into the UAE Arabian Gulf League. The role is Maradona’s second job in UAE, where he previously coached Dubai-based club Al Wasl during the 2011-12 season but was sacked after 14 months in charge with a record of seven wins from 22 games. Maradona has previously coached the Argentina national team as well as Racing Club and Mandiyu de Corrientes in his home country....

A ball hit by the Mets’ Wilmer Flores traveled to the left-field fence in Marlins Park on Sunday. It looked like it was heading for the seats. Ozuna climbed the fence in preperation to rob a home run. Instead, he just made the play much more difficult for himself. Not to take away from Ozuna’s athleticism since he made a nice catch, but it certainly looks like he misjudged the ball off the bat and definitely took his eye off it when the ball was coming down....