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I was asked if I wanted to know the sex of the twins, and I told them to write it down on a piece of paper, but I was adamant that the twins were boys. That night when my husband and I opened up the note and saw we were having girls, I was so excited. I have four brothers so I had always wanted girls. There was nothing particularly unusual about my pregnancy, and when I had my scheduled cesarean section, the girls came out looking just like me....

But as we left the cafe, I really wasn’t feeling well and my legs had started to feel jelly-like. A young lady in her 20s walked past, I don’t know if she was trained in first aid, but she took one look at me and offered to phone for an ambulance for me. The ambulance arrived and the paramedics got me into a wheelchair and into the back of an ambulance....

The 35-year-old Brit appeared down and out against a resilient Kokkinakis, trailing by two sets and 2-5, but somehow clawed out a 4-6, 6-7(4), 7-6(5), 6-3, 7-5 victory after five hours and 45 minutes. This is now the second-longest match at the Australian Open in the Open Era, falling eight minutes short of the battle between Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in 2012. It was also the longest match of Murray’s career, and he now has a win-loss record of 51-14 in the year’s first Grand Slam....

But the economy is very different now. And the ex-CFO, who was 52 when he lost his job, found himself competing with hundreds of highly qualified, middle-aged executives looking for work. He turned down the seven-month severance offer and joined a growing number of job-cut victims–many of them white-collar workers–who have turned to the courts instead. Forgoing the traditional severance package and job search, they are instead focusing their efforts, and often their money, into pursuing wrongful termination lawsuits and negotiating more lucrative severance settlements....

A penalty from man-of-the-match Julian Draxler came amid debut international goals for midfielders Lars Stindl and Leon Goretzka as Joachim Low’s experimental line-up dazzled at the Fisht Stadium. Maradona: I wish Ronaldo was Argentine But they were forced to endure a nervy finish on account of goals from Tom Rogic and Tomi Juric either side of half-time – neither of which Leno was able to reflect upon with any fondness....

The 33-year-old, who now plays for Saurashtra, scored 46 against Railways on Thursday. “I am in a good place right now. Honestly, it has been a learning curve for me – going through the injury, and then the surgery,” Uthappa was quoted as saying by the KKR website. Uthappa had an ankle surgery that kept him out of action for four months. He went under the knife in London last October....

Xavi tips City to make mega Alli move Hazard, 26, has helped put Chelsea on the brink of winning a Premier League and FA Cup double this season, scoring 15 goals across both competitions. The former Lille man was in contention to win the PFA Player of the Year award as a result of his fine efforts, but he was pipped to the individual prize by Blues team-mate N’Golo Kante....

Messi, Ronaldo & the Golden Shoe leaders The Portugal international joined the Red Devils from Sporting in 2003 and spent six years at Old Trafford before going on to join Real Madrid for a then-world record fee of €94 million. His story could have been much different, though, as Juve had the chance to sign him as a 17-year-old, before he ended up in England. However, it was the actions of Marcelo Salas, a bit part player in Turin, that saw the deal fall through, according to Gianni Di Marzio, who helped the club sign players from abroad at the time....

The Bulldogs won handily, beating UCLA by 20, but for fans of the sport, it was enough to simply hear Vitale back on the mic. MORE: Dick Vitale makes emotional return to broadcast booth On Friday, Vitale was thrust into action again to call the matchup between Dayton and No. 4 Kansas. This time, Vitale got an exciting matchup worthy of and matching his trademark passion and exuberance for the sport....

Carrick, who has made 11 Premier League appearances for United this season, is out of contract at the end of the campaign. Mourinho takes swipe at Bayern But, with Carrick turning 36 in July, Mourinho hinted at a potential departure for the midfielder. “Let’s be honest. I have seen many positives in Carrick,” he said, via the Daily Mirror. “But I cannot go to his identity card and delete five years....

In case you didn’t know… In a surprising turn of events, Barcelona signed Boateng on loan from Italian side Sassuolo in January. Since his arrival at the Camp Nou, Boateng has featured in three matches under Ernesto Valverde, which includes two starts in LaLiga. Boateng has always been talented, but has somehow fell short of expectations. After playing in the Premier League for Tottenham and Portsmouth, Boateng left the league in 2010....

The next day, I told my friend I had a surprise for her and then I gave her the bag of clothes in the school bathroom. She started crying, and I realised then that I could do this to help other people. I decided that I wanted to help the whole school and create a Kindness Closet; a free clothes store for kids at my elementary school, Shreve Elementary School, in Ohio....

India’s tryst with reviews has been a major talking point going into the series. Virat Kohli has not judiciously used them so far. The skipper’s gullibility, Rishabh Pant’s lapse in judgment and Mohammad Siraj’s incessant insistence have been on full display so far. Vaughan admitted that India’s antics with the DRS have made him laugh. The former England captain believes the hosts are far superior when it comes to reviews....

Madeira Airport has been renamed Cristiano Ronaldo Airport in a move initially announced last year. GALLERY: Ronaldo airport unveiling A bizarre-looking bust of Ronaldo’s head was unveiled along with a sign as part of the occasion and it will sit at the arrivals terminal. The 32-year-old attended a ceremony at the airport the day after scoring his 71st international goal in Portugal’s 3-2 friendly defeat against Sweden. His partner Georgina Rodriguez and mother Maria Aveiro were also in attendance, along with hundreds of fans....

In an interview with Indian Express, India’s Sania Mirza expressed her helplessness at being stuck in her home country while her husband, Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, remains back in Sialkot (Pakistan). When the coronavirus-induced lockdown was imposed she had just come back from the US to Hyderabad with her son Izhaan. Shoaib meanwhile was playing in the PSL when a similar restriction was put in place in Pakistan. The timing couldn’t have been worse for the couple, who are now stranded in different countries....

The forward had failed to score a Premier League goal in 2018 but struck twice in his side’s 3-2 triumph at the Emirates Stadium, including heading in the winner in the 81st minute. He has been beset by injury problems in the past two seasons and he has rarely figured for England since playing a leading role in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2016. However, in the absence of Harry Kane through injury, national boss Gareth Southgate included the former Manchester United player for the friendlies against Netherlands and Italy in March....

Rose Buchanan of San Diego was delighted when she received five letters from her husband, Marine Capt. Larry Buchanan, one day last week. But as she read the missives, she grew increasingly somber. “Dear Snookums,” one of them read: “I am not speaking negatively, honey, in saying that I don’t know how this thing is going to end. I am hopeful and confident that God will see me through. The last thing in this world that I want is to be separated from you in any fashion, especially death....

Pogba scored a deflected winning goal in France’s opening game of the 2018 World Cup against Australia, as Les Bleus were forced to grind out a 2-1 win. The 25-year-old flattered to deceive at times for United throughout this season, sparkling only intermittently, and reports have suggested that Juve could attempt to buy him back, after selling him for a then world-record fee of £89 million (€101m/$118m) in 2016....

When I woke up, I had little memory of the night before—but I wasn’t concerned. It was a party after all. Sure, I’d blacked out, but nothing horrible had happened apart from my first, giant hangover. In my early teenage years alcohol became a kind of magic elixir. It made me more comfortable in social situations, more secure in my body and less like the awkward teen I felt like inside....

The Men in Blue will face the Black Caps in three ODIs, with the first game to be played in Hyderabad on Wednesday, January 18. With Axar Patel unavailable for the series, Shahbaz and Washington are the two spin-bowling all-rounders in the 16-member Indian squad. During an interaction on the Star Sports show ‘Game Plan’, Manjrekar was asked to choose between Shahbaz Ahmed and Washington Sundar as the likely spin-bowling all-rounder in India’s XI, to which he responded:...