Maurico Pochettino mentioned it was an honour to handle Thiago Silva, a person he described as one of many best gamers of all time.

Thiago is leaving Chelsea this summer time to return to former membership Fluminense in his native Brazil.

The 39-year-old departs Stamford Bridge as a Chelsea legend, having performed a pivotal position within the membership lifting the Champions League, Membership World Cup and UEFA Tremendous Cup throughout his 4 years in London.

Thiago was in tears as he spoke to the Chelsea followers following Sunday’s 2-1 win over Bournemouth and Pochettino as soon as once more paid tribute to the long-lasting defender throughout a post-match interview.

Pochettino mentioned: ‘For me, it’s a pleasure and an honour to have managed him. He’s a prime participant and one of many best gamers ever.

‘It’s a actual pleasure for me and my workers to have had the likelihood to handle him and to be with him.

‘He’s an incredible skilled and his profession has been superb.

‘It was an actual pleasure [to be here today]. The issue now’s we’re going to miss him however we want him all one of the best for him and his household.’

Cher’s mark on the style trade is undoubtable, because the storied musician has had many memorable type moments since she stepped into the highlight within the Seventies. 

Cher, who’s celebrating her 78th birthday on Monday, grew to become identified for her daring type in the beginning of her music profession, the place the singer often wore extremely embellished seems to be and lavish headpieces.

An indicator of Cher’s type is her shut relationship with clothier Bob Mackie, who dressed Cher in some avant garde seems to be which have stood out in her sartorial evolution. Two of Mackie’s most memorable trend seems to be for Cher got here on the 1986 and 1988 Academy Awards, the latter of which Cher received the award for finest actress for her position in “Moonstruck.” 

For the event, Cher donned a Bob Mackie sheer slipdress embellished with black fringe sequined particulars. She paired the look with a black scarf and matching sequined earrings. 

Two years prior, Cher attended the Oscars in one other memorable Bob Mackie outfit. The musician attended carrying a midriff-baring black sequined cutout look paired with an extravagant feathered headpiece.

Mackie’s relationship with Cher dates again to the early Seventies. The style designer first met Cher when she was a visitor on “The Carol Burnett Present,” which he designed costumes for. In 1971, he began creating Cher’s costumes for “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour.”

Whereas Cher had an affinity for sequins, she additionally sought out Mackie’s easier seems to be. For the 1974 Oscars, for example, Cher opted for a colourful, floral two-piece set full with an identical headpiece. 

Cher and Mackie’s relationship nonetheless reigns to this present day. In March 2023, the duo reunited on the pink carpet for NBC’s “Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter and Love” the place Cher wore a Bob Mackie black sequined jacket paired with plaid trousers. 

The style world additionally hasn’t slowed down on its embrace of the music icon. In 2022, Balmain designer Olivier Rousteing enlisted Cher to shut out his spring 2023 ready-to-wear present. She walked the runway carrying a sculpted silver bodysuit paired with chunky black boots. 

“’Fashion icon’ doesn’t come near describing her achievement of defining greater than a half-century’s value of trend’s traits,” Rousteing mentioned after the runway present. “And, on this difficult age that compels us to battle for long-overdue modifications, her spectacular, long-term dedication to devoted activism is an instance to all.” 

Simply this month, Cher continued her type streak with an look on “The Jennifer Hudson Present,” the place she wore a lingerie-inspired bodysuit paired with a black blazer jacket and plaid trousers. 

Along with her daring type sensibility and experimental spirit, Cher’s type is timeless and continues to be extremely watched.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — There hadn’t been an undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis defeated Evander Holyfield in a rematch of all-time greats in November 1999 in Las Vegas.

Midway all over the world — and almost 25 years later — one other undisputed champion in boxing’s glamour division was topped when Oleksandr Usyk floored Tyson Fury in Spherical 9 en path to a cut up choice victory early Sunday at sold-out Kingdom Enviornment.

The wait was effectively price it as each males delivered a struggle befitting the prize they have been competing for.

One choose scored it 114-113 for Fury however was overruled by scores of 114-113 and 115-112 for Usyk, who handed the Englishman his first skilled loss.

“It is [a] massive alternative for me, for my household, for my nation, for historical past,” mentioned Usyk, who resides in war-torn Ukraine. “It is [a] nice day.”

Usyk, who entered with the WBA, IBF and WBO belts, captured Fury’s WBC title to change into the primary undisputed heavyweight champ within the four-belt period. He additionally turned the lineal heavyweight champion, a title Fury had held since 2015 following an upset victory over Usyk’s countryman, Wladimir Klitschko.

The 2-fight deal for this long-awaited matchup included a deliberate Oct. 12 rematch in Riyadh, the place Fury will look to even the rating and transfer on to a superfight with Anthony Joshua within the first quarter of 2025.

“I consider I gained the struggle, however I am not going to sit down right here and cry and make excuses,” mentioned Fury, who owned a 39-pound and 6-inch benefit over Usyk. “I consider he gained just a few of the rounds, however I gained nearly all of them. What are you able to do? We each placed on struggle, one of the best we might do. … Individuals are siding with the nation at struggle. However make no mistake, I gained that struggle … and I will be again. We have a rematch clause.”

Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) wanted 4 stitches to shut a lower over his proper eye, in line with his promoter, K2 Promotions’ Alexander Krassyuk. There additionally was concern that Usyk suffered a damaged jaw within the struggle, and he was headed to a neighborhood hospital for an MRI. Usyk’s assistant coach and cutman, Russ Anber, informed ESPN that the fighter did not complain about jaw ache till after the struggle.

Nonetheless, Krassyuk informed ESPN there may be “little doubt” Usyk can be prepared for the deliberate Oct. 12 rematch.

Usyk, 37, appeared on the point of ending Fury in Spherical 9 after he landed 14 flush pictures because the Englishman wobbled across the ring. The final of these punches brought on Fury to droop into the ropes, which held him up for the ninth knockdown of his illustrious profession. Earlier than Usyk might pounce on Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) following the rely, the spherical ended. When Spherical 10 started, Fury had recovered following the minute of relaxation.

Though Usyk did not end Fury, he shifted momentum within the struggle for good. He swept Rounds 8-10 on all three scorecards to tug away down the stretch. Fury gained the ultimate spherical unanimously, however by then it was too late.

Even in defeat, Fury rebounded in a giant approach following his lackluster efficiency in October in opposition to Francis Ngannou, the previous UFC heavyweight champion who was boxing professionally for the primary time. Fury, 35, was floored in Spherical 3 of that bout on his approach to a cut up choice victory in a nontitle struggle.

In opposition to Usyk, “The Gypsy King” boxed fantastically for stretches, expertly utilizing feints and his lengthy jab to pepper Usyk from vary. He usually adopted up with a stinging proper uppercut that clipped Usyk on quite a few events.

Fury gained Rounds 5-7 unanimously and even started to taunt, placing his arms behind his again and smirking at Usyk with every thudding physique shot. However Usyk by no means wavered. He continued to press ahead, and slowly however certainly, his stress wore down Fury.

Usyk was capable of again Fury up into the ropes and started to discover a house for his overhand left, the identical punch that helped raise him to a pair of victories over Joshua in 2021 and 2022 to seize the unified heavyweight championship.

Fury entered the ring as ESPN’s No. 10 pound-for-pound boxer and No. 1 heavyweight. Usyk was ranked No. 2 at heavyweight and No. 3 pound-for-pound.

The struggle was initially scheduled for Feb. 17 however was postponed when Fury suffered a lower in sparring that required 11 stitches over his proper eye two weeks out. In opposition to Usyk, Fury suffered one other lower, however this time over his left eye.

Usyk inflicted the harm in a career-best efficiency following a ninth-round KO of Daniel Dubois in August in Poland. And he did it in entrance of Klitschko, who was ringside — as have been Lewis and Holyfield. Klitschko’s brother (and fellow former heavyweight champ) Vitali is the mayor of Kiev.

On the postfight information convention, Usyk was introduced two flags signed by the Ukrainian navy preventing off Russian forces on the border.

“They’re actual heroes,” Krassyuk mentioned. “Usyk is preventing due to them, as a result of they provide him this chance.”

Because the struggle in opposition to Fury got here to a detailed, Usyk remembered his late father, who died simply days after Usyk claimed gold on the 2012 Olympic Video games in London. Usyk wasn’t capable of current him the medal.

On the postfight information convention Sunday, as he broke down in tears on the dais, Usyk mentioned, “I do know he’s right here with me.”

• Ross Barkley loved a wonderful season with Luton, returning 5 league objectives 
• The Luton midfielder is eager to proceed his profession within the Premier League 
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Ross Barkley is in talks over a transfer to Aston Villa after his excellent season with Luton City.

The 30-year outdated loved a mortgage spell with Villa in 2020-21 and is eager to proceed his profession within the Premier League following Luton’s relegation.

Villa want depth for his or her squad after qualifying for the Champions League and need to add a full-back, versatile centre-back, reminiscent of Atletico Madrid’s quickly to be free agent Mario Hermoso, two midfielders and a ahead. Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher can be of curiosity.

Nevertheless, they will even have to sacrifice a few of their squad to satisfy revenue and sustainability pointers.

Philippe Coutinho is needed again in Brazil by Vasco da Gama whereas defender Diego Carlos is a possible goal for AC Milan.

Luton’s Ross Barkley is in talks over a transfer to affix Aston Villa, following his wonderful season 

Unai Emery desires so as to add better depth to his squad after securing Champions League soccer

Barkley loved a mortgage spell with Aston Villa in the course of the 2020-21 marketing campaign, scoring 3 times within the Premier League

Barkley joined Luton on a free switch from Good final summer time and is obtainable for a nominal charge.

The Englishman made 37 appearances for the Hatters this season throughout all competitions, scoring 5 instances within the Premier Leauge, whereas returning 4 assists. 

Different Premier League sides have additionally posted curiosity in Barkley as talks develop. 

Aston Villa are closing on a deal to re-sign Ross Barkley on a everlasting foundation, 4 years after the midfielder joined on mortgage from Chelsea. Villa need to strengthen their squad for his or her first season within the Champions League or European Cup since 1982-83.

The 30-year-old, capped by England 33 instances, excelled for Luton when becoming a member of on a free final summer season, after a spell in Ligue 1 with Good. Luton, who’ve been relegated, by no means disclosed the size of Barkley’s contract however it’s thought to run into subsequent season. Final month, Barkley mentioned: “I need to play within the Premier League. I need to play in Europe once more … I really feel like for the following three years perhaps I’ll nonetheless be in my prime years.”

The arrival of Barkley for a modest price would signify shrewd enterprise and an analogous low-risk deal to when Villa signed Youri Tielemans on the finish of his Leicester contract. Barkley has additionally been linked with Manchester United. Villa need two midfielders, a full-back and a ahead. They’re among the many golf equipment eager about signing Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher.

Villa should be cautious of profitability and sustainability guidelines regardless of the windfall from qualifying for the Champions League. For his or her newest accounts, protecting 2022-23, Villa posted a £119.6m loss. Offloading Philippe Coutinho, who spent final season on mortgage in Qatar with Al-Duhail, shall be amongst their principal duties. They could even have to think about severe provides for Jacob Ramsey, their homegrown midfielder.

Villa confirmed a multi-year equipment cope with Adidas on Monday. In September, Villa complained to their provider Castore in regards to the high quality of their shirts after gamers reported their considerations. Villa’s president of enterprise, Chris Heck, mentioned the partnership with Adidas was a part of a drive to “place ourselves persistently among the many prime soccer golf equipment globally”.

NEW YORK — Greater than every week after actor Steve Buscemi was punched in an obvious random assault in New York Metropolis, police arrested a suspect Friday in reference to the case. 

Police sources inform CBS New York 50-year-old Clifton Williams, who police have been in search of since at the very least Monday, walked into the tenth Precinct in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood to make a report for stolen property Friday afternoon.

Officers who took Williams’ ID acknowledged him and made the arrest.

Clifton Williams arrested in 2 assaults, together with assault on Steve Buscemi

Williams is dealing with two counts of assault. One is a misdemeanor, however the assault on Buscemi was upgraded to a felony as a result of the actor is 66 years previous, a senior citizen within the eyes of the regulation.

Police say Williams randomly punched a 22-year-old man on Third Avenue close to sixteenth Road at round 11:30 a.m. on Might 8. He allegedly punched Buscemi, who was strolling on Third Avenue close to twenty seventh Road, lower than 10 minutes later. 

Unique video obtained by CBS New York confirmed the actor, identified for his roles in “Boardwalk Empire” and “Fargo,” strolling south on Third Avenue and searching as much as greet somebody earlier than crossing the road. Williams punched Buscemi moments later, police mentioned.

Extra video confirmed Williams showing to be speaking to himself whereas strolling north on Third Avenue, moments earlier than the unprovoked assault. 

Buscemi, a Brooklyn native and former FDNY firefighter, was taken to Bellevue Hospital for bruising, swelling and bleeding to his left eye. He was launched, however declined an on-camera interview days later.

NYPD investigating extra assaults in 2024

Monday, the NYPD mentioned felony assaults in New York Metropolis have been up 15% year-to-date, and misdemeanor assaults had elevated by about 7%.

“We’re seeing an uptick, and naturally that is scary to all of us, but it surely doesn’t suggest it is a pattern that is going to proceed,” former NYPD Commissioner Wealthy Esposito advised CBS New York.  

In March, actor Michael Stuhlbarg, Buscemi’s co-star on “Boardwalk Empire,” was attacked at random whereas working on the Higher East Facet.

Actor Rick Moranis was randomly attacked on the Higher West Facet in 2020. 

Julian Assange has been granted go away to mount a recent attraction in opposition to his extradition to the US on fees of leaking navy secrets and techniques and can have the ability to problem assurances from American officers on how a trial there could be performed.

Two judges had deferred a choice in March on whether or not Assange, who’s attempting to keep away from being prosecuted within the US on espionage fees referring to the publication of hundreds of categorized and diplomatic paperwork, might take his case to a different attraction listening to.

On that event, Dame Victoria Sharp and Mr Justice Johnson dominated he would have the ability to deliver an attraction in opposition to extradition on three grounds, until “passable” assurances got by the US.

The assurances requested have been that he could be permitted to depend on the primary modification of the US structure, which protects freedom of speech; that he wouldn’t be “prejudiced at trial” as a result of his nationality; and that the demise penalty wouldn’t be imposed.

There have been gasps of reduction from his spouse and supporters on the excessive courtroom in London on Monday as judges granted Assange go away to problem his extradition on the grounds of whether or not removing could be appropriate with the precise to freedom of expression beneath the European conference on human rights, considered having the purposeful equal of the US first modification, and on the grounds that he is likely to be prejudiced at his trial or punished by cause of his nationality.

The judges accepted there was an controversial case that he may very well be discriminated in opposition to, after being informed {that a} US prosecutor had stated the primary modification could not apply to foreigners when it got here to nationwide safety points.

Assange’s crew didn’t contest an assurance by the US that the demise penalty wouldn’t be sought, accepting it was an “unambiguous govt promise”. However they argued that the scenario was totally different in relation to any assurance that the Australian-born writer might search the identical first modification protections on free speech as a US citizen.

Edward Fitzgerald KC, representing Assange, stated issues surrounding the assurances by the US have been “multifold” and they didn’t rule out the opportunity of a US courtroom ruling that the WikiLeaks founder, as a foreigner, was not entitled to first modification rights.

The peace of mind was not that Assange might “rely” on first modification rights however “merely that he can search to lift” them, Fitzgerald stated.

Assange’s barrister additionally pointed to what he described because the “deafening silence” from US prosecutors together with Gordon Kromberg, an assistant US lawyer within the japanese district of Virginia, the place Assange would stand trial.

“Particular guarantees from prosecutors are fairly frequent,” stated Fitzgerald. “We won’t object to bail. We won’t search the demise penalty as on this case. No such particular assurance has been given right here.”

James Lewis KC, representing the US, stated the judges ought to “not be beguiled by the enticing and simplistic strategy” taken by Assange’s authorized crew.

Assange’s nationality wouldn’t prejudice a good listening to within the US, he stated, however the conduct of which he was accused was not protected beneath the primary modification.

“The place of the US prosecutor is that nobody, neither US residents nor overseas residents, are entitled to depend on the primary modification in relation to publication of illegally obtained nationwide defence data giving the names of harmless sources to their grave and imminent threat of hurt,” he added in written submissions.

“This precept applies equally to US residents and non-US residents no matter their nationality, or fatherland, and no matter the place the conduct occurred, although it’s in the end a query of legislation for the US courts. The conduct in query is just unprotected by the primary modification.”

Assange was not in courtroom for well being causes, his authorized crew stated, however these current included his spouse, Stella, and his father, John Shipton.

Talking to supporters exterior the excessive courtroom after the listening to, Stella Assange stated the US president, Joe Biden, was “working out of time to do the precise factor” and drop the authorized pursuit of her husband.

“We’re relieved as a household that the courts took the precise determination at this time however how lengthy can this go on for? Our eldest son simply turned seven,” she stated.

“All their reminiscences of their father are within the visiting corridor of Belmarsh jail, and because the case goes alongside, it turns into clearer and clearer to everybody that Julian is in jail for doing good journalism, for exposing corruption, for exposing the violations on harmless individuals in abusive wars for which there’s impunity.”

Kristinn Hrafnsson, the editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks, stated after the ruling that there was “lastly a glimmer of hope” for Assange, and it will be for his legal professionals to determine if in addition they needed to press for him to be launched on bail.

Assange has been indicted on 17 espionage fees and one cost of laptop misuse, exposing him to a most of 175 years in jail, over his web site’s publication of a trove of categorized US paperwork virtually 15 years in the past.

US prosecutors allege that Assange, 52, inspired and helped the military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal diplomatic cables and navy recordsdata that WikiLeaks printed, placing lives in danger.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can deliver a brand new attraction towards extradition to the US, the Excessive Courtroom has dominated.

He was granted permission to attraction towards the order that he be despatched to the US to face trial for leaking army secrets and techniques.

The choice means Mr Assange will be capable of problem US assurances over how his potential trial can be carried out and whether or not his proper to free speech can be infringed.

The 52-year-old’s attorneys hugged one another in courtroom after the newest ruling within the authorized saga.

They’ve argued that the case towards him – regarding the discharge of extremely categorised paperwork virtually 15 years in the past about alleged US struggle crimes – is politically motivated.

The US argues that the Wikileaks information – which disclosed details about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars – endangered lives.

In a brief ruling on Monday morning, two senior judges granted him permission to attraction towards an earlier order permitting his extradition to the US. They dominated that he must be given a full attraction within the UK.

Mr Assange has resisted extradition from the UK for greater than a decade, after his Wikileaks web site revealed the confidential US paperwork in 2010 and 2011.

It wasn’t the return to the large stage that 2012 Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas hoped for.

In her first main aggressive gymnastics meet for the reason that 2016 Olympics on the U.S. Basic, Douglas struggled on her opening equipment, the uneven bars, scoring a ten.100.

Douglas left the sector’s area of play after bars, and minutes later USA Gymnastics confirmed that Douglas did, certainly, scratch, from the rest of the competitors after bars.

The withdrawal means Douglas will fail to qualify for the all-around at U.S. Championships later this month. She isn’t eligible to petition to compete on all 4 equipment as a result of she beforehand earned an all-around rating at April’s American Basic.

However Douglas, 28, has already certified in three apparatuses for nationals, that are set to start out on 30 Might in Fort Price. The U.S. Olympic Crew Trials are set to happen on the finish of June in Minneapolis.

Extra to come back.

Ian Wright shed tears as he signed off from Match of the Day on his closing look on the enduring BBC soccer highlights present.

Wright, who first appeared on the present 27 years in the past, introduced in December that this might be his final season on Match of the Day, saying: “Finally, it’s time to do a couple of extra various things with my Saturdays.”

The previous Crystal Palace, Arsenal and England striker has change into one of the crucial common pundits on tv for his uncooked emotion and good humour, mixed with a deep data of the sport and of goalscoring.

“I’m going to overlook you guys, I actually am,” he informed host Gary Lineker and lead pundit Alan Shearer, following the ultimate day of the season on Sunday. “Match of the Day means the entire world to me.”

Shearer held Wright’s hand and Lineker added: “It’s been an absolute delight and a pleasure to work with you for therefore lengthy and you’re a breath of contemporary air. You all the time have been.”

Wright stated earlier this season: “After my debut present while nonetheless a participant in 1997 and plenty of extra memorable years, I’ll be stepping again from BBC MOTD on the finish of this season. I really feel very privileged to have had such an unimaginable run on essentially the most iconic soccer present on the earth.

“Anybody that is aware of my story is aware of how a lot the present has meant to me since I used to be a younger boy. MOTD is my Holy Grail. On my first ever present, I informed [presenter] Des Lynam, ‘That is my Graceland’. It’s going to all the time be my Graceland and I’ll all the time be watching.”