The former Manchester United and Juventus left-back has been banned from all UEFA competition until June 30, 2018 after he kicked a supporter in the head prior to his Marseille side’s 1-0 defeat against Vitoria in the Europa League on November 2. OM also took action against the veteran, releasing him from his contract at Stade Velodrome. While it may spell the end of the 36-year-old’s distinguished career, Arsenal forward Giroud hopes that does not prove to be the case for a figure who was popular among the France dressing room since he debuted in 2004....

Arsenal fans hammer Wilshere The French striker joined the Gunners from Montpellier in 2012 and has scored 92 goals during his time in north London, eleven of which have come this season. Giroud has also scored in each of his last nine starts for Arsenal in all competitions. His fine form in front of goal comes off the back of finding game time hard to come by earlier in the campaign due to Alexis Sanchez starring in a central role upfront....

The France international striker found himself back on the bench as the Gunners traveled to Old Trafford, but still made a telling contribution to an eagerly-anticipated Premier League encounter. Fourth the real goal for United With Arsenal trailing 1-0 with 17 minutes remaining, Arsene Wenger turned to his most direct attacking option. Giroud was introduced to offer a physical presence to the Gunners’ front line, while also providing a threat in the air....

Giroud was named among the substitutes and his arrival on the pitch late unsurprisingly posed problems for United’s vulnerable defensive pairing of Phil Jones and Marcus Rojo. He popped up with the 89th-minute leveler and Giroud has now scored more Premier League goals as a substitute than any other Arsenal player (10) to justify the suggestions that he should have been on the pitch from the start. It was the Gunners’ first shot on target and, while it is a decade since Arsenal’s last victory at Old Trafford, there is no doubt that Wenger’s men got out of jail in the end....

Various people tied to Giuliani Partners, a firm created by Giuliani in 2002, have been subpoenaed by the FBI and the Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s Office as witnesses or as people with material information about Parnas, Fruman and Giuliani’s dealings. They may be investigating possible federal charges of money laundering, obstruction of justice and campaign finance violations, an unnamed source familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal. Giuliani Partners had multiple foreign clients, including a Ukrainian city....

No, the Marshall Plan wasn’t the sort of thing America did. Until then. It was a brand-new solution to a brand-new problem. And it took a powerful brew of American imagination, willpower and geopolitical necessity. Historians and economists have debated the true economic efficacy of the Marshall Plan, but no one doubts that its payoff in good will was priceless. It created an enduring sense of gratitude and community that, even in these rocky times for the Euro-American relationship, helps to sustain it....

Greene’s work is a grim record of a conflict deeply rooted in Soviet history. Chechen resistance to Russian domination dates back to 1800, when the Russian Empire moved to conquer the Caucasus. The latest flare-up occurred after the fall of communism; in 1994 Russian President Boris Yeltsin sent troops to Chechnya to suppress a burgeoning independence movement. “Now we will have 100 years of war,” Greene recalls a rebel’s telling him then....

Christensen, 20, has impressed during a two-year loan stint with the German club and was named their player of the year for 2015-16 ahead of Granit Xhaka. WATCH: Terry nets trick shot Gladbach had hoped to sign him permanently at the end of the current campaign but appear to have conceded defeat on that front on the same day it was announced that star midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud would join Borussia Dortmund....

Emily Cossey, 24, will swap playing the queen for being a beauty queen when she treads the catwalk at this year’s final. The chemical engineering graduate only took up pageantry 12 months ago and was left stunned when she was announced as a Miss England 2022 finalist earlier this month. Cossey won the title of Charity Queen after raising more than $3,600 while taking part in Miss London, automatically landing herself a place in the top 40....

Many times over the last 15 years these words have been seen scrawled on a banner or posted on social media. The Glazer family famously owns world soccer powerhouse Manchester United and the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Its leadership of both organizations isn’t really associated with success, with the Red Devils and Bucs both going through extensive periods without much glory. MORE: Man Utd loss to Sheffield United had been coming | Brady leads Bucs to NFC title...

Well, here we go again. They are a bunch of whiners, so there. Polls may indicate that as a whole, the members of Generation X are not particularly disaffected with their lot, not particularly pessimistic. But it’s also true that most of the books and articles that have defined the generation in the public imagination are one long streak of misery. This, its writers would have us believe, is the generation that feels a ““distinct and undeniable alienation from the culture’’ (Ian Williams); whose members wonder ““why they were even born’’ (Neil Howe and Bill Strauss); and which then has the nerve, the sheer gall, to say (in Rushkoff’s words), ““We are not complaining, get it?...

The 31-year-old kept his calm on two separate occasions to convert two spot-kicks, and help Dikwena overturn a 1-0 first leg defeat suffered in Uganda last weekend. Mzimela has now scored three goals in his last two matches for the Rustenburg-based club, having scored against his former club AmaZulu in the Nedbank Cup on Wednesday. Stars were facing Caf Confederation Cup elimination on the away-goal rule when they won a penalty deep into stoppage time....

The GoFundMe page was organized by the aunt of the 20-year-old, who died after being shot by officer Kimberly A. Potter, 48, during a traffic stop on the 6300 block of Orchard Avenue just before 2 p.m. on Sunday. Brooklyn Center Police said officers were attempting to take Wright into custody over an outstanding warrant when he tried to re-enter his vehicle. Potter then shot Wright, who managed to drive away for a few blocks before crashing into another vehicle....

The fundraiser, set up by the San Luis Obispo Police Department Police Officers’ Association and the San Luis Obispo Regional SWAT team, is collecting funds to provide financial assistance to officer Luca Benedetti’s family in the wake of his death. “On May 10, 2021, doing nothing more than his job, the life of Detective Luca Benedetti of the San Luis Obispo Police Department was taken tragically and senselessly while in the line of duty,” the GoFundMe page reads....

Joyce and Mun Sung, the owners of Plaza Sundries convenience store in the Charlotte Transit Center, were attacked on Tuesday afternoon when a man came into the store with a metal bar and began damaging merchandise. Video footage of the attack has since circulated on social media, showing the man aggressively hurling food onto the floor, whacking the sliding glass door of a refrigerator, and punching a plastic divider stationed at the register....

The campaign has raised $500,040 since it was created on April 23, one day before Luther reopened her business in spite of restrictions set by Governor Greg Abbott’s statewide reopening plan. The plan called for industries to return to work in stages, originally allowing personal care service facilities like salons to resume operations on May 18. Abbott amended the guidelines to allow salons and barbershops to reopen with added safety measures in place starting May 8....

But here’s the hidden catch: going solo can wreck you. Not because your business could fail–though it might. What most corporate evacuees cruising the aisles of Staples don’t realize is that some of the biggest-and most ruinous-pitfalls involve their personal finances. You lose a bundle when you kiss your W-2 goodbye. Don’t scoff. All those benefits you never think twice about as an employee are worth 40 percent of your salary, according to a study by Hewitt Associates, a benefits consultant in Lincolnshire, Ill....

Could fitness be this simple? For three decades we’ve heard endlessly about the virtues of aerobic exercise. Medical authorities have touted running and jumping as the key to good health, and millions of Americans have taken to the treadmill (however sporadically) to reap the rewards. But the story is changing. Everyone from the American Heart Association to the surgeon general’s office has recently embraced strength training as a complement to aerobics....

Tips Obtain certification of your ASD from a medical professional. In order to obtain accommodations on a college campus (such as disability support services), you will probably be required to have documentation of your ASD from a physician, neurologist, or psychiatrist. When applying for college or a program, it is a good idea to indicate your disability. Of course, you are not required to do so. However, state institutions are not permitted to discriminate against someone due to a disability....

Vegas does not have a pick on Day 1 of the NHL Draft as draft day approaches, after trading their 2022 pick to the Sabres as a part of the deal for Jack Eichel. MOCK DRAFT: Canadiens select Wright No. 1, Savoie drops out of top 5 Eichel was highly sought after by a number of teams, but he eventually landed in Vegas, who pulled out the big guns and gave Buffalo quite the package for the star center....