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The pace car caught fire prior to the final segment of the 75-lap event. The two NASCSAR officials in the car were able to exit the car unharmed, including pace car driver and former Cup driver Brett Bodine. MORE: Drivers chuckle at pace car fire | Danica, boyfriend wreck | Earnhardt-Ambrose wreck | Petty: I’m not a sexist A battery back in the trunk is a possible cause. “The pace car experienced a fire in the trunk area, which contains a purpose-built auxiliary electrical kit to operate the numerous caution lights during the race,” Chevrolet said in a statement....

After scoring in the seventh minute of Mexico’s 2-0 win over Costa Rica on Friday to tie Mexico’s all-times scoring record, Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez left the contest in the 66th minute with a knock. He’s questionable for Tuesday’s game, and isn’t the only name added to El Tri’s considerable injury list after the victory. Mexico tops Hex for first time in 12 years Tigres winger Jurgen Damm, who came on at halftime and was inserted to keep Costa Rica’s left wingback Ronald Matarrita occupied by attacks going forward, is out for Tuesday’s contest....

Chicharito has place among Mexico greats Chicharito’s 47th international goal came in the 86th minute of El Tri’s match in Los Angeles as they prepare for June’s World Cup qualification matches and the Confederations Cup. He had tied the previous record of 46 held by Jared Borgetti in the opening minutes in a March victory over Costa Rica in Mexico City. The goal was Chicharito’s 25th in friendly matches. The Bayer Leverkusen star has added seven in World Cup qualification, seven in Gold Cups, three at the World Cup, three at the Confederations Cup, and one each in the CONCACAF Cup and the 2016 Copa America Centenario....

The former Raiders quarterback was released by the Chiefs on Tuesday , less than four months after signing with the team. The move could signal the end of Pryor’s career. MORE: Biggest draft busts | Raiders’ worst first-round picks | Warner: QB success is mind over matter Pryor started 10 games in two seasons for Oakland after being selected by the team in the 2011 supplemental draft. He threw seven touchdowns and 11 interceptions for the Raiders in 2013, though he did rush for 576 yards....

The Chiefs had this situation in Week 4 when hosting the Patriots, while the Bills just experienced an unexpected Tuesday game. COVID-19 has thrown off both teams’ schedules, but both Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are throwing the ball at a high level. Mahomes experienced a rare loss in his young career as an elite starter in Kansas City and will be looking to make amends in Buffalo. Allen had two costly interceptions in a blowout loss with a short week to try to forget about it....

What’s the difference between 10,000 people being killed in air strikes and a bunch of missiles taking out an oil processing facility for a few days? The answer is no laughing matter. The difference is that only the one which threatens the markets will “not be tolerated” by the Trump administration. For more than four years, the people of Yemen have been relentlessly bombed back to the Dark Ages by a Saudi Arabia-led coalition, reckless, to put it charitably, about where its aircraft drop their payloads....

Graphika, a social media analyst firm, dubbed the effort “Spamouflage” and has found that after two years, the social media posts are beginning to reach real users, including viral influencers. Accounts have been reportedly amplified by Chinese diplomats and with an increased focus on the United States, Graphika predicted Spamouflage could “continue the drumbeat of confrontation” between China and the U.S. In the last year, more than 1,400 unique videos were produced, according to Graphika, and were typically reacting to world events within 36 hours, including the Capitol riots....

The Taiwanese military used aircraft to warn away the Chinese planes, and deployed missile systems to monitor them, Reuters reported on Saturday. “China has been wantonly engaged in military aggression, damaging regional peace,” Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters, according to the news organization. In a tweet on Friday, Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu wrote: “Oct. 1 wasn’t a good day. The #PLAAF flew 38 warplanes into #Taiwan’s ADIZ, making it the largest number of daily sorties on record....

Beijing claims Taiwan as one of its provinces, while Taipei says the island is already a de facto nation. Another layer to the cross-strait differences emerged during the weekend after a Bloomberg report said China was privately challenging the legal status of the waters in meetings with the United States, with a view of stopping the now routine transits of American warships. These otherwise closed-door objections were all but confirmed by Beijing on Monday, when Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin declared China’s “sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Strait....

Bannon told CNBC’s Squawk Box that China as a country and Xi are in the United States’ “gun sights.” Along with backing off support for the Chinese Communist Party, the U.S. should target Xi and those associated with them on a personal level, he said. Bannon also advocated sanctioning Xi and his “henchmen” and seizing all of their assets. On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized China for its response to the coronavirus pandemic and cracking down on Hong Kong....

Pro-democracy leaders Joshua Wong, 24; Agnes Chow, 23; and Ivan Lam, 26, were jailed Wednesday for between 7 and 13.5 months for their roles in anti-government rallies over the past year. These are the most significant sentences for pro-democracy leaders since protests erupted last summer against China’s political and legal encroachment into Hong Kong. All three pleaded guilty to charges. Around 100 supporters gathered outside the court ahead of the sentencing, as did a smaller number of pro-Beijing demonstrators calling for harsh sentences....

The idea for “The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army” (through April 6) arose two years ago when the then Prime Minister Tony Blair went to China in part to improve cultural ties between the two nations. British Museum curator Jane Portal, who accompanied Blair, had studied in Xian when she was an archeology student in the 1970s, and used many of her connections there to help the museum get permission for the 120 objects on loan....

Lyle Goldstein, the director of Asia Engagement at the Defense Priorities think tank, shared pictures from the Chinese television channel CCTV-7 on Twitter Friday that he said showed the MLRS being fired in the Taiwan Strait on August 4. “They might not look as impressive as the missiles shot over Taiwan, but these systems could be the game changer,” he wrote, referencing China’s ongoing military drills around Taiwan in response to U....

In his first media appearance for 10 days since causing a fresh diplomatic row with Australia with a controversial viral tweet, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian urged the incoming Biden administration to return bilateral relations to “the right track.” Zhao said “some people in the United States adhere to old Cold War thinking and ideological prejudice.” He accused the U.S. government of treating international relations like a “zero-sum game”—a phrase Chinese officials often used to describe President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s tough stance on China....

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin told reporters at a daily briefing Wednesday that the order constituted an “unprecedented escalation” in tensions, following months of deteriorating relations between Washington, D.C. and Beijing. “If the U.S. continues to go down the wrong path, we will resolutely respond,” Wang said, according to Bloomberg. The U.S. has consulates in the Chinese cities of Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang and Wuhan. All could become targets of Chinese retaliation....

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The school released a statement Tuesday saying a player was taken to an urgent care facility on campus before being transferred to the hospital. A spokeswoman for Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Berkeley said Hale was released on Saturday morning after receiving treatment for unspecified injuries. The identity of the second player has not been made public. Messages left with the university's police department seeking additional information were not immediately returned Tuesday....

Calabria, who agreed a deal to 2019 in May 2016, has agreed a three-year extension to extend his stay at San Siro until June 2022. The 21-year-old has been given a chance to impress this season due to a serious injury suffered by Andrea Conti, who suffered an anterior cruciate ligament rupture to the left knee shortly after joining from Atalanta. The defender’s new deal was announced on Thursday by Milan chief executive Marco Fassone and sporting director Massimiliano Mirabelli at the Rossoneri youth team Christmas party....

While all of the talk in the build-up was about whether Manchester City could overturn a three-goal deficit against Liverpool, few gave Roma much hope of a turnaround at home to Barcelona. But the Serie A side pulled off a rousing remontada to dash the Catalans’ Champions League dreams and also their hopes of winning the treble. Barca had not lost in Europe or in La Liga all season prior to this match, but some warning signs were there....

Calcaneus fractures are almost always the result of severe, high-energy injuries. They typically occur as a result of a fall from a height, such as from a ladder. Other causes of a calcaneus fracture include automobile crashes and sports injuries. The calcaneus can also sustain a stress fracture, which is a more chronic injury sometimes seen in athletes, such as long-distance runners. Signs of a Calcaneus Fracture Calcaneus fractures cause swelling and pain in the back of the foot....