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Kate and William are paying their first official visit to the U.S. in eight years, now as the Prince and Princess of Wales, to attend the second annual Earthshot Prize awards ceremony. The prize, founded by William to provide funding for eco-initiatives, took its inspiration from President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “moonshot” speech and, in recognition of that, the award ceremony is being co-hosted in his hometown by the John F....

Alessandra Rich, the creator behind some of the Duchess of Cambridge’s most notable outfits of the past year—including an array of polka-dot designs worn to the Royal Ascot horse races and Wimbledon—recently called Middleton a “style icon.” She also praised the confidence the duchess shows since entering her 40s, in an interview with Britain’s The Daily Telegraph. Rich’s comments come as Middleton was recently named best dressed woman of the year by society magazine Tatler....

How did Firefly Lane come your way? It was one of those graceful moments where it kind of landed in my lap. It was exactly what I was looking for at that time and exactly the kind of story I wanted to tell. Were you a fan of the novel by Kristin Hannah? When I read the pilot script, I was like, “This is such a familiar story.” I had read it before, but I read a lot, so I kind of lose track....

Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano fought in front of a fired-up crowd. They were the main event, and they made the most of it, delivering a classic in front of more than 19,000 people. With Claressa Shields calling herself the “G.W.O.A.T.” as a two-division champion, Serrano being a seven-division champion and Taylor being the undisputed lightweight champion, the doors are open for a debate of high magnitude....

The Swede, who is currently on loan at Parma, is expected to continue his stay at the Stadiotf Ennio Tardini till the end of the season despite signing for Juventus. Kulusevski has appeared 11 times for the side who sit 7th on the Serie A table, scoring 4 times and providing 7 assists in the process. Atalanta are set to benefit heavily for a player who was never really in the fray for a main-team setup as the Swede had just 3 appearances to his name last season, all of them from the bench....

Juventus beat SPAL 2-0 in this fixture last season but perhaps the visitors will take some hope from their 2-1 victory against the eventual champions when they last met. SPAL just happened to be the team Juventus visited between their two-legged Champions League quarter-final against Ajax. On that day, Massimiliano Allegri decided to rest most of his first-team for the midweek tie and ended up losing 2-1 to SPAL....

The Bianconeri had led Serie A or at least shared the lead for 552 consecutive days until last month, but were momentarily knocked off their perch as Inter Milan racked up six wins in as many games to start the season. Normal service was restored just before the international break, as Juventus won 2-1 in Milan against its arch-rivals, snapping their winning streak and overtaking them at the top of Serie A....

Neither midfielder played any part in Saturday’s 3-0 Serie A win against Chievo and they will not recover in time for Juve’s opening Group D fixture. Juve could also be without Giorgio Chiellini, with the defender struggling to recover from a calf injury in time for the trip to Camp Nou. “Khedira and Marchisio are definitely out,” Allegri told reporters. “Khedira returned from international duty, where he had a knock to the knee, rested for a few days and played 30 minutes....

It didn’t take long for someone to recognize his face and turn him in. The same Twitter account said later that day they were no longer looking for the suspect. MORE: Field of 68 | Rough night for Wisconsin | N.C. State player keeps promise to shooting victim They didn’t release a name, but the fan sent a letter to the editor of the K-State Collegian. He revealed his name as Nathan Power....

He is a part of the Indian squad for the Kabaddi World Cup set to defend the title they last won in 2007, and in an exclusive interview with Sportskeeda, the Telugu Titans skipper exuded shades of confidence prior to the start of the tournament. In a side that features 5 captains from the Pro Kabaddi League including the likes of Manjeet Chhillar, Jasvir Singh, Anup Kumar, Dharmaraj Cheralathan and Rahul himself, there was a concern of an internal clash of ideas and strategy that could mar the Indian teams’ cause....

The 24-year-old has competed for the national title a number of times and reached the final in 2012 and 2013 but lost to Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Mohit Mayur Prakash, respectively. The Pune player returned to the Pro circuit only last year after completing a degree course from Oklahoma University and has gradually left behind players who competed with him at the 2017 Fenesta Open. Kadhe had lost in the quarterfinals last year when Dalwinder Singh grabbed the men’s singles crown....

Japan are unbeaten in their last five qualifiers to sit second in Asian Group B, level on 13 points with leaders Saudi Arabia with four games remaining, while Thailand are bottom of the standings on just a single point. The top two teams will qualify automatically for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the home side are fully expected to pick up three points against an outclassed Thai side in Saitama....

A GoFundMe page has raised $205,865 and 2.8k people have donated till now. Kaitlyn’s family said on the page: The family added that they were not able to communicate properly with hospital staff due to the language barrier. They said that Kaitlyn purchased travel insurance, but the company refused to pay the amount of $250,000 needed to evacuate her to California. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, the Indonesian government has rejected the requests of Kaitlyn McCaffery’s relatives to visit her....

Harris, who President Joe Biden tapped to lead the U.S. border response on March 24, is expected to hear the Mexican president’s proposal to expand a tree-planting program aimed at curbing poverty and migration among Central American migrants. López Obrador pitched his “Planting Life” expansion plan to create 1.2 million jobs and plant 3 billion trees to Biden at Thursday’s climate change summit. Mexican officials said he will urge Harris to create six-month work visas and eventual paths to citizenship through the environmental program, which he wants to see extended into Honduras and Guatemela....

The Jayhawks are closing in on UCLA's record of 13 straight conference titles from 1966-1979. Let's go inside the numbers on Kansas' remarkable run. DECOURCY: This is no streak – it’s a dynasty BIG 12 RECORD: 137-25 Kansas has not lost more than four conference games in a single season in any of the last 10 years.BIG 12 RECORD AT HOME: 77-5 Good luck winning at Allen Fieldhouse. The Jayhawks have lost just one conference home game there the last two seasons—an 85-80 loss to Oklahoma State on Feb....

Freshman power forward Cliff Alexander is turning pro, Kansas coach Bill Self announced Tuesday. The team will also be without Kelly Oubre, who announced on April 1 he’d turn pro. MORE: Is Okafor still No. 1? | Looney to enter draft | Scouts weigh in on NCAA Tournament The 6-8 Alexander had an abbreviated season; he had to sit out the team’s last eight games due to eligibility issues. Self said he wasn’t surprised about Alexander’s decision....

Both teams faced each other in December, as Kansas came out on top with a 79-65 win over West Virginia. The Kansas Jayhawks look slightly different this time around. In previous years, they have always remained in the top 3 for Big 12 standings. Sitting under the Oklahoma Sooners, the program currently ranks 5th with a 6-4 conference record. Meanwhile, the West Virginia Mountaineers overcame their slow start in Tuesday night’s game against Iowa State to secure a 76-72 win....

Two-time Premier League winner Kante helped Chelsea to the title in 2016-17, having starred in Leciester City’s unlikely march to glory in the previous campaign. The major honours continued to roll in for the holding midfielder as he anchored France on their way to World Cup glory this year, with those performances heightening speculation Paris Saint-Germain were keen to sign the 27-year-old. But Kante was offered assurances over his importance under new Blues boss Maurizio Sarri, who has deployed him in a roving central role this season to fine effect....

Lake, accompanied with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, sat down with Steve Bannon on his War Room podcast on Friday to express disappointment in Ronna McDaniel’s reelection as RNC chair, and repeated demands for election integrity. “I heard that they [RNC] raised a couple hundred million for election integrity. We are asking the RNC to help us pay for some of our legal bills. We haven’t had them do that yet....

It’s not just that he’s living the dream of a 20-year old NBA player for the Timberwolves. It’s not just that he’s already shown signs that he one day he could be among the game’s elite players. Every day, he gets to be around Kevin Garnett, Tayshaun Prince and Andre Miller. That’s 39 of NBA experience to draw from, along with glowing resumes that boast two titles, four trips to the Finals and 346 playoff games....