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Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev said in a Sunday Telegram post that the plane had crashed into a two-story house in the city, which is home to more than 600,000 people. Russia’s emergencies ministry said the two pilots in the SU-30 fighter jet had died, but there was no other mention of any other potential casualties. According to the Kyiv Independent, a Ukraine-based English language outlet, Irkutsk Oblast Governor Igor Kobzev said he currently had no information about any other casualties....

Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine more than nine months earlier in February, hoping for a quick victory against his Eastern European neighbor. However, Ukraine responded with a stronger-than-anticipated defense effort, bolstered by Western military aid, that has prevented Moscow from making substantial military gains. Andrei Gurulyov, a member of the state Duma and ex-general of the Russian military, acknowledged Moscow’s struggles while speaking on Russian state TV. Video of the exchange was translated and posted to Twitter by BBC reporter Francis Scarr on Sunday....

Memphis Depay has told Jose Mourinho that he wants to leave Manchester United in January, and the club are set to grant his wish, according to The Sun. Memphis has played a total of 20 minutes in the Premier League this season, and has subsequently informed Mourinho of his desire to depart the club. The Netherlands international, who joined United for £25 million in June 2015, has been heavily linked with Everton in recent months....

It was a heartfelt performance. And a complete lie. Last week White, 27, revealed that modafinil was the least of her doping offenses. She admitted that for several years now she has been taking a regimen of banned drugs–including steroids designed to be undetectable in tests and the endurance enhancer EPO–that elevated her from an also-ran to the 2003 U.S. and world champion. As part of her agreement with the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), White accepted a two-year suspension from competition, and all her performances since Dec....

The Heroes, led by Jerome Vinith were on top of their game in the opening encounter as they smothered a hapless Chennai Spartans side 4-1 but will have to be wary against the U Mumba Volley, who lost their first game to the Kochi Blue Spikers but would have taken in confidence from their last set win. Match Overview The Heroes got off to a perfect start to their campaign when they won the first two sets over the Spartans, 15-8, 15-8 before a minor stumble saw them lose the third set....

Veteran striker Sunil’s participation in the mega event was always in doubt ever since he picked up a knee injury during the national camp in the lead up to the Asian Champions Trophy held in Muscat last month. Rupinder Pal has been ignored again after being dropped from the continental event last month. Sunil too did not play in the tournament in which India were declared joint winners with Pakistan after rain played spoilsport on the final day....

Diminutive Missouri running back Russell Hansbrough danced, around a handful of South Dakota State defenders en route to a 14-yard touchdown that had the feel of a 35-yard touchdown. MORE: “Stone Cold” visits GameDay crew | Week 1 live blog | Braylon Heard’s big day The junior is just 5-9 and 190 pounds, but what he lacks in size and strength, he makes up for with speed and elusiveness....

He, alone, is reason enough; it seems counterintuitive, but the Westbrook-centric Thunder are more compelling than their previous iteration. Kevin Durant is gone, and OKC will be worse for it, but if nothing else, we knew what he and Westbrook looked like together. We knew how they worked. MORE: How will the Warriors win the title? Russ by himself, though, for a full season — we don’t know what that looks like....

Wilson spoke Friday about his “Why Not You Foundation” and his “Pass The Peace” initiative with the goal of helping raise funds to support victims of domestic violence. When asked why he chose to address a topic at the forefront of conversation currently, Wilson said, “You know what’s right, you know what’s wrong and I don’t think you need to shy away from it.” Wilson went more than 10 minutes into his weekly availability talking about his foundation and the response to his first column for Jeter’s new site, “The Players’ Tribune,” before he was asked a football-related question....

But that’s mid-August for you. The rigors of the endless summer, devoid of all things football, starts to take a toll on your mental well-being. So much so, in fact, that you watch clips of Russell Wilson hanging out with his girlfriend Ciara on stage at a Taylor Swift concert in the hopes that you can somehow deduce if his mobility or agility has improved this offseason. MORE: Fantasy QB rankings | Top 25 QBs for 2015...

And there may be more children in their future. MORE: Sports’ true power couples “Ciara is pregnant and is so excited to be a mom,” a source said, per eonline.com. “Russell would like to have two to three children. They both would like a big family.” When Ciara showed up for an event for Revlon – a brand she endorses – at a New York City hotel Tuesday night wearing an “all-white Houghton suit with a loose fitting tuxedo jacket,” fans began speculating on social media that she may be pregnant, the report notes....

Wilson couldn’t hold back the tears as he spoke with Erin Andrews. MORE: NFC Championship photos | Wilson’s game-winning throw | Seahawks recover on-side kick Wilson struggled for the majority of the game and threw a career-high four interceptions. His tears are understandable considering the magnitude of the comeback he helped navigate.

On Tuesday, the signal-caller, both congratulated and criticized for his extensive charity work, and his pop-star girlfriend, Ciara, met with 5-year-old patient Ailynn Arredondo while on a visit to Seattle Children’s Hospital. Ailynn asked Wilson if he’d be her godfather. He gladly accepted. On Wednesday, the girl’s condition worsened and she succumbed to lymphoblastic leukemia, Seattlepi.com reported. Wilson had been visiting Ailynn since February. MORE: Classic Russell Wilson photos | Kam Chancellor ends holdout...

Petraeus’ comments come after Moscow withdrew troops from a key city in Ukraine’s Donetsk region—Lyman—on Saturday, just days after the Russian leader announced he was illegally annexing four areas of the Eastern European country, including Donetsk. Earlier in the week, Kremlin-backed referendum votes to join Russia were held in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, which Ukrainian officials blasted as a “propaganda show.” In an interview on ABC’s This Week, host Jonathan Karl asked Petraeus: “How significant, how big was Putin’s move here?...

Colonel-General Sergei Rudskoi, chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the Russian military’s general staff, told reporters Monday that the U.S. has mobilized about 2,700 “militants” in a 34-mile, self-styled deconfliction zone near the southeastern border crossing of Al-Tanf. He said these insurgents, including those from Maghawir al-Thawra and the Army of Free Tribes, were being transferred from Al-Tanf via U.S. Air Force helicopters in order to conduct “sabotage, the destruction of oil and gas infrastructure and commit terrorist attacks against government forces” in areas such as Al-Sweida, Palmyra and Al-Bukamal....

Russia’s Foreign Ministry took a jab at their American “colleagues” and accused them of “disinformation” because of the apparent snub in a social media post that left out the name or nationality of Gagarin, who became the first human to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961. His 108-minute solo orbit of the Earth was a massive achievement in the building space race between the Soviet Union and the United States and turned Gagarin into an international celebrity....

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield countered, saying Russia’s growing military force of more than 100,000 troops was “the largest mobilization” in Europe in decades. “And they are attempting, without any factual basis, to paint Ukraine and Western countries as the aggressors to fabricate a pretext for attack,” she said. The exchanges followed the meeting of the 15-nation council, with 10 in favor and three abstaining before the council voted to proceed with the meeting....

Dmytro Kuleba, head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, released a video briefing on the ministry’s official YouTube channel. He discussed Russia’s potential plans, suggesting the invading nation could be prepping for a redoubled offensive within the first few months of 2023. “I think the Russian ability to launch a major offensive will probably be restored sometime in late January or February,” Kuleba said. “But that’s what they’re trying to do and what we’re trying to prevent....

Alexey Polishchuk, from the Russian Foreign Ministry’s second CIS department told state news agency Tass the war would end when Moscow achieved the “protection of the peaceful population of Donbas, demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.” Thousands of Ukrainians have been killed since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February and millions have been driven from their homes. Russia’s army has also faced major losses in the face of Ukrainian resistance while Western countries have imposed wide-ranging sanctions on Russia over the war....

Reports said on Tuesday hammer throw Beloborodova was suspended for anti-doping violations, reports Tass. “We have no documents on a positive sample result of Beloborodova during the 2005 World Championships,” Shlyakhtin said on Tuesday. Beloborodova is the 2012 Olympic champion and the winner of the 2013 World Championship in Moscow. In mid-February 2015, she delivered a child and in three months resumed training. Earlier, media reports said that doping samples of 18 Russians at the 2005 Athletics World Championships turned out to be positive....