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The 57-year-old was dismissed on Saturday after Corinthians’ 0-2 home loss to league leaders Palmeiras, reports Xinhua. “Cristovao is a hard worker and a very dedicated person but in football you need results,” Corinthians president Roberto de Andrade said. Fabio Carille, who worked as an assistant under Cristovao, will assume the head coaching role on an interim basis, Andrade said. Cristovao led Corinthians to seven wins, six defeats and five draws after replacing Tite, who resigned to take charge of Brazil’s national team in June....

Minutes later the convoy barrels down the Airport Expressway in midmorning at 90 miles an hour, weaving through traffic. Kratman drives his Ford Explorer SUV with one hand and keeps his .45 automatic pointed out the window with the other, leveling it at any Iraqi he sees. A Latvian soldier is riding shotgun with an AK-47 poking out. This time the convoy clears the main checkpoint before the airport without incident....

Anatomy In most people, the cornea is somewhat oval in shape, and it is thicker at the edges than it is at the center. The cornea sits above the iris and the lens. Structure Although it is very thin and transparent, the cornea is made up of five separate tissue layers. Epithelium: These cells produce a thin, glistening “skin” layer on the outer cornea. Bowman’s layer: Also called Bowman’s membrane, this thin tissue layer is made up of collagen cells that provide structure to the cornea....

The unseeded Cornet advanced to a third-round meeting with 15th-seeded Ashleigh Barty of Australia, a 7-6 (7) 6-2 winner over Belgium’s Alison Van Uytvanck. Kerber, from Germany wilted in the sticky heat at IGA Stadium in her first match since Wimbledon. “It is one match, I know I have to learn from it,” the fourth-seeded Kerber said. “I took a few weeks off after Wimbledon so I knew I had to come here, play a lot of matches, and also to get used to the hard courts again....

Former Selangor defender Robert Cornthwaite has opened up on the tragedy that befell him and his family during his time with the Red Giants back in 2016. In an incident that was little-known to fans at the time, the Australian centre back’s wife Nel miscarried their second daughter 22 weeks into her pregnancy, on March 15 2016. Cornthwaite told The Weekend Australian that his wife had been infected with a virus, which caused her body to begin a premature delivery of the baby....

The NBA was suspended in dramatic fashion back in March when it emerged Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert had tested positive for coronavirus. At the time, the Mavericks were playing the Denver Nuggets, and Cuban learned of the suspension while sat courtside during the game, with his stunned reaction going viral. However, the NBA is now considering plans to restart the 2019-20 regular season, which was close to a conclusion, with a report on Tuesday suggesting players will be polled for their views....

LeMahieu and Cessa contracted COVID-19 before arriving in New York for preseason camp, with the MLB campaign scheduled to begin on July 23. Boone said LeMahieu was asymptomatic and Cessa was experiencing mild symptoms. Both players gave the team permission to release their results. LeMahieu and Cessa are under quarantine for a two-week period and will have to exhibit no symptoms and test negative twice for the virus before being cleared to play as teams prepare for a 60-game regular season....

There are many ways to cast your vote for the 2020 presidential election. Whether through early in-person voting, absentee ballot, all-mail elections, day-of polls…we have options. Approximately two-thirds of the states, plus D.C., have passed “no excuse” laws that expand absentee voting to make the process more convenient for people without an “accepted excuse,” like a disability or a time conflict, such as work or travel, during polling. Most recently, Virginia and Pennsylvania joined the no excuse movement....

Luxembourg topped the Group A table, winning both their games and claiming four points. They won their opening game against Bulgaria by 62 runs. Batting first, they posted a huge total of 187. In their next game against Malta, they comfortably chased down 129 with four wickets in hand. Timothy Barker has been their leading run-scorer with 114 runs at an average of 57 and a fifty to his name....

The ending of Control doesn’t see the Hiss destroyed by any means, but it is soundly beaten back by Jesse Faden. By the time Control 2 picks up, it’s possible that the Hiss presence in the Bureau has been eradicated completely, forcing the Hiss to stage another invasion. However, this isn’t the only direction available to the sequel. Instead, there’s a case to be made that Control 2 could and should go with a wholly different antagonistic entity....

Control’s performance issues have gotten numerous reports over the week since the game came out. The game has issues on consoles with things loading slowly and performance taking a dive in regards to frame rates. The game’s map has also loads poorly at times and doesn’t give users all of the information they need to get around. Remedy, in a blog post on Control’s website, promises to fix these issues with future updates....

Palin announced on Friday that she hopes to replace the long-serving Republican Alaska Representative Don Young, who died last month at the age of 88, in a special election for the state’s lone House seat. She has not run for public office since losing the 2008 election alongside that year’s GOP presidential nominee John McCain. “Public service is a calling, and I would be honored to represent the men and women of Alaska in Congress, just as Rep....

Erickson was convicted in June of all 46 charges against him, including first-degree murder, after carrying out an attack inside the suburban Denver high school that he attended in 2019. Eight students were injured in the shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch and one who attempted to stop the attack, Kendrick Castillo, was killed. Erickson, who is now 20 years old, was 18 and an adult at the time of the shooting and consequently will face a mandatory life sentence....

Finn was named in an unchanged side on Wednesday but took only four wickets in the first two matches against a touring side struggling in the English conditions. “Stephen when he is absolutely on song is I believe up there with our three best seamers in the country,” Cook, who became the first English player to reach 10,000 test runs in the second test in Durham, told a news conference on Wednesday....

Brian Hoyer is clearly not the answer. Behind him, Ryan Mallett has never been trustworthy on or off the field. Houston is wasting young offensive weapons, led by DeAndre Hopkins, and an opportunity to capitalize on a lackluster division. MORE: 2016 mock draft | Top 32 seniors | STEELE: Free Leonard Fournette What does the QB future hold for the Texans? The answer may already be dwindled down to two options: Michigan State’s Connor Cook or Penn State’s Christian Hackenberg....

How to Unlock Guilds Before Cookie Run Kingdom players can gain access to Guilds, they will first need to progress through the game’s World Exploration mode, which acts as the main story. Players will go stage by stage with their team of Cookies and defeat enemies and powerful bosses. Eventually, players will get to Episode 3, Pilgrim’s Path. By completing stage 3-6 (Ginkgoblin Grounds), players will unlock the ability to join and create Guilds....

What often gets overlooked, however, is the edge the Cafeteros display, a physical side that counterbalances their flash and skill. Some would call it rough play; some might even go a bit further. MORE: Copa America schedule | Christian Pulisic’s time will come | Match preview “They’re a little dirty,” U.S. national team midfielder Alejandro Bedoya told Goal USA. “We just have to match their intensity and be just as physical and dirty with them too, and not get pushed around....

Lionel Scaloni’s men booked their spot in this round courtesy their second-placed finish in Group B, while Venezuela also finished as runners up to Brazil in group A. In front of a crowd of just over 42,000 spectators, Argentina scaled through, putting in a fine display in a 2-0 victory with goals from Lautaro Martinez and Giovanni Lo Celso setting up a semi-final clash with host Brazil. In this piece, we shall be highlighting three talking points from the match....

According to police, the shooting was reported by neighbors at around 7:30 AM on February 7. Onondaga County Deputy Sheriff Isaac Eames, 48, was pronounced dead at the scene, his son Troy Eames and his wife, Liverpool school district secretary Karen Eames were both seriously injured and were taken to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. According to reports, Troy Eames died from his wounds on Monday afternoon. Karen Eames is listed in critical condition at Upstate University Hospital, according to a report from the Associated Press....

According to a press release from the Portland Police Bureau, the dangerous objects that protesters threw included eggs, water bottles, golf balls, rocks, potatoes, and a ball bearing. “Some individuals in the crowd began shining bright strobe lights in the officers’ and troopers’ eyes, causing them pain. Officers had to move vehicles into position to light up the crowd and make it more difficult to target officers with lights,” the bureau wrote in their press release, adding that eggs and water bottles were thrown at them....