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In a fiercely competitive promotion race, Liverpool has surged to the top of the EFL Cup standings, thanks to an impressive run of eight wins in their last nine games. During this period, they have maintained a perfect home record, winning all five matches on their turf. In contrast, West Ham has struggled on the road, suffering 11 defeats in …

Bolton have struggled significantly in their recent top-flight away matches, conceding ten goals across their last four games without securing a single point. In contrast, Arsenal have enjoyed success at home, winning 10 of their last 14 matches in this elite competition, while also managing to keep six consecutive clean sheets. During this EFL Cup campaign, Arsenal have hosted 16 …

Bayern Munich coach Vincent Kompany and Bayer Leverkusen’s Xabi Alonso have both voiced concerns over increasing player workloads, joining the growing debate on the issue amid talks of potential strikes. Kompany suggested that a limit should be placed on the number of matches a player can play each year, while Alonso emphasized the need for players to have a greater …

Emma Raducanu was forced to retire from her Korea Open quarter-final match against top seed Daria Kasatkina due to a foot injury, cutting short her pursuit of a second career title. The 2021 US Open champion from Britain sought medical attention five games into the match but withdrew after losing the first set 6-1 in Seoul. This marks another setback …

On Wednesday, a Brazilian association of internet providers claimed that Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, circumvented a court-ordered ban in Brazil through an automatic software update, as reported by Bloomberg. The platform, which had been blocked by a Brazilian Supreme Court ruling, unexpectedly became accessible for many users across the country overnight. This led to widespread speculation on Wednesday …

Scientists have recently uncovered a 120-million-year-old section of Earth’s crust in Borneo that had long been considered lost. The discovery of this ancient tectonic plate, named Pontus, was made by Suzanna van de Lagemaat, a geologist from Utrecht University in the Netherlands, along with her supervisor Douwe van Hinsbergen. The finding emerged during their analysis of geological data from mountain …

British scientists have successfully preserved the entire human genome on a 5D memory crystal, which they believe could one day serve as a blueprint to resurrect humanity after extinction, even thousands of years in the future. The research team from the University of Southampton’s Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC) revealed that this advanced data storage format, which can last millions of …

The sisters of an Israeli woman, Eden Yerushalmi, who was kidnapped and later killed by Hamas, have described the “inhuman” conditions of her captivity, sharing their painful experience with CNN. They have been living through what they call a “nightmare” since her body was found by the Israeli military in a tunnel in Gaza. Eden was abducted from the Nova …