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Unrest following the Honduran presidential election has led to regular demonstrations after Juan Orlando Hernandez was declared the winner of a closely contested election between the incumbent and Salvador Nasralla. The election took place Nov. 26 but a winner was not declared until Dec. 16. Protests and demonstrations have continued through the new year, with Hernandez sworn in during an early-morning ceremony Saturday. Hernandez is the first Honduran president to serve consecutive terms after the country’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal decided in late 2016 that Hernandez could seek re-election....

Goalkeeper Petr Cech becomes the club’s new No.1, having previously worn 33 at the Emirates. Midfielder Mohamed Elneny moves from No.35 to the No.4 shirt, while Granit Xhaka swaps from 29 to 34, a number he has tattooed on his body. Right-back Hector Bellerin, meanwhile, will wear the No.2 shirt next season, following an upgrade from the No.24 shirt. The Gunners’ new kit will be the first worn in the post-Arsene Wenger era in north London, and is again manufactured by Puma....

Another talented former child actress hasn’t yet been as fortunate. Lindsay Lohan, the 21-year-old star of last summer’s “Georgia Rule” (which co-starred Jane Fonda), has spent much of the last year in and out of rehab facilities. In a statement released after Lohan was caught driving drunk without a license in August, the troubled beauty said, “It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs....

Friday marked Jordan’s 54th birthday, and what better way to celebrate than to watch Jordan light up the Knicks for 54 points in Game 4 of the 1993 Eastern Conference finals. (Sorry, MJ. We don’t have any cake.) PHOTOS: A look back at MJ’s incredible career The Knicks held a 2-1 series lead over Jordan’s Bulls heading into Game 4. Jordan had struggled from the field up to that point, shooting less than 50 percent in each of the first three games, including a 3-of-18 performance in Chicago’s Game 3 victory....

The host of The Late Late Show enlisted the help of Michelle Obama, Kate Hudson, Mila Kunis, Melissa McCarthy, Lena Waithe and Allison Janney, to take on himself, Reggie Watts, Harry Styles, Benedict Cumberbatch and John Bradley. MORE: ESPN calls LaVar Ball’s comment to Molly Qerim ‘completely inappropriate’ “When they go low, we go low,” said Obama to Team USA. “Because that’s dodgeball!” Some of the best lines from the game’s commentator:...

The events that triggered more chitchat about all this were the annual White House Correspondents’ dinner in Washington and the gathering of the famous in Philadelphia for a conference on volunteerism. The White House Correspondents’ dinner is one of those formal-dress occasions in the capital where news organizations, including this one, have taken to vying to land the most celebrated guests, never mind if their celebrity was acquired because of some unspeakable crime or world-class personal squalor....

Shortly after his passing, the NBA announced that every team will wear a No. 6 jersey patch, every court will have a No. 6 with a shamrock on the floor and the No. 6 will be retired league-wide (aside from players who are grandfathered in for already wearing the number). Boston, in particular, has a few other tributes for its most iconic player in franchise history, including a silhouette of the No....

Shortly after the Nets and Nash released separate statements regarding the mutual decision, multiple reports indicated that the team was expected to hire Ime Udoka, who was suspended by the Celtics for the entire 2022-23 season after he reportedly engaged in an improper relationship with a female staffer. MORE: Why did the Nets fire Steve Nash? The news came as a shock to Boston guard Marcus Smart, who won the 2021-22 Defensive Player of the Year award for a Celtics team that reached the NBA Finals in Udoka’s first season as a head coach....

SQUADS Central Coast Mariners squad: 1.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 2.Storm ROUX (c), 3.Scott GALLOWAY, 5.Harry ASCROFT, 7.Fabio FERREIRA, 8.Nick MONTGOMERY (c), 9.Roy O’DONOVAN, 11.Connor PAIN, 12.Trent BUHAGIAR, 13.Kwabena APPIAH, 14.Adam BERRY, 16.Liam ROSE, 17.Josh BINGHAM, 20.Paul IZZO (gk), 21.Michael NEILL, 22.Jake McGING, 26.Steve WHYTE, 27.Lachlan WALES two to be omitted Ins: 8.Nick MONTGOMERY (return from suspension), 27.Lachlan WALES (promoted) Outs: Nil Unavailable: 4.Jacob POSCOLIERO (quad – 1 week), 6.Blake POWELL (knee – 3 weeks), 10....

Not only is the Champions League schedule for the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds condensed into a straight knockout tournament featuring single-leg fixtures, but Champions League games are being shown on a different TV channel then they were in the spring — assuming the match you want to watch is even on TV. MORE: Watch select Champions League games on fuboTV (7-day trial) CBS took over Champions League broadcasts in the United States a year ahead of schedule after Turner Sports backed out of its deal to show the rest of the 2019-20 season....

The five-time European champions have not featured in the competition since the 2014-15 campaign under Brendan Rodgers, when they finished third in their group and dropped into the Europa League. Liverpool 10/1 to beat Hoffenheim 3-1 Klopp led the club to a fourth-place Premier League finish last season - his first full term in charge - and they are favourites to qualify for the group stages after a 2-1 win at Hoffenheim in the first leg of their play-off last week....

Four drivers will compete for the Sprint Cup championship Sunday in the final round of the Chase at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season finale will cap a four-round, 10-race Chase that has prodocued six different race winners and teams from four different organizations competing for the championship. MORE: Most surprising champions | Homestead picks | Elliott’s Cup future | Harvick’s mind games | Title odds Here’s a look at the Ford 400 championship race by the numbers:...

The draw ceremony took place Friday evening in at Sofitel Rabat, Morocco. Hosts Morocco got zoned in Group A against Guinea, Sudan and Mauritania. Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions were landed in a genuine ‘Group of Death’ where they will be facing Angola, Congo and the Stallions of Burkina Faso in Group C. Debutants Namibia were handed a tricky pool in the draw, having been bracketed with Uganda, Zambia and Cote d’Ivoire in Group B....

At its core, the problem facing college basketball is a math problem. It’s a simple bit of arithmetic, but still the foundation of so much consternation. You can try this yourself, choosing whatever figure you wish from the payrolls of NBA teams. MORE: FBI sends warning to college basketball One-year deal for veteran wing: $2,328,652 X .03 = $69,859 Five-year deal for mediocre center: $82,000,00 X .03 = $2,460,000 Supermax deal for star guard: $228,000,000 X ....

I’m not playing Pollyanna here. Some of us are indeed in debt hell, especially the working poor and people 65 and up (a new story I’ll get to in a minute). Unemployment devastates workers who can’t find new jobs at their previous pay. We’ve seen record bankruptcies over the past two years, and rising mortgage defaults. But these have also been golden years for restructuring costly consumer loans. That “debt burden” you read about isn’t as serious as it looks....

As Bosa left the field following the Jaguars’ score, he slammed his helmet into the ground in frustration. He hadn’t yet left the playing surface, so officials flagged him for unsportsmanlike conduct. That penalty led Jaguars coach Doug Pederson to go for a 2-point conversion instead of the normal extra point. Jacksonville was successful, which made the score 30-28 and set the Jaguars up to win the game 31-30 with a field goal, which they notched on their final drive....

The Line: Cardinals -3 (-120), Total: 46 Line movement: We’ve seen action on Arizona, which opened as a field-goal fave and has been bet up to 3.5 (Even) at some books. The total has risen 1.5 points at several books – and even 2 points in some cases – from the 44.5 opener. For updated spreads around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page. Trends that matter: The Chargers are 4-0 ATS in their last four road games....

An announcement from Buckingham Palace on Tuesday confirmed that the king’s coronation ceremony will take place on May 6, 2023. The date will not come without controversy as it also marks the monarch’s grandson, Archie Mountbatten-Windsor’s, fourth birthday. Relations between Archie’s parents, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, and King Charles are strained following the couple’s decision to step down from their working roles within the royal family and move to the U....

The appointment marked the first of the new king’s reign, with former leader Liz Truss also making a trip to the palace to formally resign from the position she took up less than three months ago. Truss was the last prime minister to be appointed by Queen Elizabeth II who, too ill to travel south to London, performed the official “kissing hands” ceremony from Balmoral Castle in Scotland where she would die just two days later at the age of 96....