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AC Milan remain interested in signing Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere in the summer, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph. The Gunners midfielder is currently on loan at Premier League counterparts Bournemouth as he looks to rejuvenate his stagnating career, and has impressed Arsenal officials enough to be offered a new deal at the Emirates Stadium. However, Wilshere reportedly sees his long-term future away from the club, with Milan’s long-standing interest in the England international well documented....

Tianjin Quanjian will attempt to sign Leeds United star Chris Wood as they prepare to be rejected by Chelsea’s Diego Costa, reports ESPN. Costa has been a public transfer target of the ambitious Chinese Super League outfit but he appears set to rebuff a move to Asia in order to remain in the Premier League. After already being turned down by the likes of Radamel Falcao, Edinson Cavani, Raul Jimenez and Karim Benzema, Tianjin will move for Woods next....

In the Rumsfeld world view, it’s not just the military that needs to be prodded to “lean forward.” It’s the whole country–and its top leadership. When he was named secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld once told a NEWSWEEK reporter, he went to the then President-elect George W. Bush and told him that the “word was out” around the world that the United States had gone soft, that America had become an easy target....

Some of these skills are profitable, granting XP in addition to money, while others offer no in-game wealth whatsoever. Players can sell logs gained from the Woodcutting skill, mining rare ores, and even selling drops gained from Slayer assignments. With the overwhelming amount of activities to do and training hotspots, players may need guidance on how to start building up their in-game bank account without being pay-to-win! 8 Woodcutting The main two money-making options for this gatherer skill are cutting Magic logs and Elder logs, requiring 75 and 90 Woodcutting, respectively....

After the Chiefs released the four-time Pro Bowler in February, Charles is set to visit the Denver Broncos, according to ESPN. MORE: Jamaal Charles’ three best landing spots in NFL free agency Adam Schefter reports that the Broncos “are enthused” about the visit. Charles would be an interesting and good fit in Denver. With C.J. Anderson and Devontae Booker in the mix, Charles, who has torn his ACL multiple times, can stay fresh, while hopefully still providing his patented explosiveness....

One of the rare interactions between Jericho and Rusev: Rusev and Chris Jericho never had a full-fledged program while in WWE Jericho and Rusev didn’t do anything of note together back when both Superstars were affiliated with WWE. The closest the two came together was when Jericho had Rusev and Lana on his Highlight Reel show, back in December 2014. Another instance was when Jericho acted as a special guest referee for a match pitting Rusev and Roman Reigns....

Recently, Rusev took to Twitter to hit back at a fan who wrote that WWE should end the storyline without an explanation, while AEW’s Jake Hager (fka Jack Swagger) tweeted that his former on-screen rival should leave Lana and WWE. The three-time United States Champion has now used social media once again to interact with those who do not like the storyline. Responding to somebody who said he will earn their respect if he joins AEW, Rusev said “This is not about you or me,” and he followed up by telling another fan that he is currently doing a job that he dreamed of since he was five years old....

Martin spent too long in the sauna, causing him to pass out in the shower and injure his left knee on the way down, according to the Blue Jays catcher and manager John Gibbons. Martin was not in the lineup for Friday’s game against the Mariners. MORE: All-time dumbest sports injuries Martin told reporters (via TSN) he felt “woozy” after his sauna stay and “next thing you know I’m on the ground....

A football season is not defined by one game. One game is not defined by one play. Instead, a season is made up of 16-19 games, each game made up of a multitude of plays, each one as important as the next. MORE: Super Bowl XLIX photos | No explanation is good enough | Wilson wants to be Brady Pundits believe the Seahawks’ decision to throw in the fourth quarter on second down at the Patriots’ 1-yard line is the worst decision in football history....

Writing in its daily update on the war in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War think tank referenced an editorial published by the Tasnim news agency in Tehran, which is linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. The ISW said the media outlet discussed how a “Russo-Iranian joint production deal could allow Iran to receive Russian Mi-28 and Ka-52 attack helicopters.” Both Russia and Iran would look to such agreements as a way to relieve the pressure of U....

“One should not be afraid [of HIMARS], one should fight it. It is not a panacea, it is one of the weapons that the enemy uses now,” Andrei Kartapolov, head of Russia’s State Duma Defense Committee, told TASS on Thursday. “At the same time I want to emphasize that it is foreign specialists, that is to say, mercenaries, who steer it at a target. I don’t rule out American servicemen working there....

The war, which has been raging in the region for nearly three weeks, has turned out to be extremely costly for Russia in terms of both the number of Russian casualties and the financial repercussions. Some Russians have reportedly accepted their country’s responsibility for the crisis, while others say they believe outside forces are to blame. Kirill Rogov, the analyst, posted a statement to his Telegram account saying the war was an “epic failure” for Russia, the Associated Press reported....

Shtupun said during an updated operational briefing posted on Facebook that a hospital in Ukraine’s Luhansk region was “full of wounded Russian servicemen” on Thursday. Ukrainian forces also destroyed Russian military equipment and targeted troops. “Up to 10 armed occupiers were wounded and destroyed in the Donetsk oblast. In addition, 2 units of military equipment were destroyed, and another 3 were damaged,” the spokesperson said. “Our aircraft made 5 strikes on areas where the occupiers were concentrated....

Mikhail Zvinchuk, creator of the Rybar Telegram channel, and former Kremlin military press agent, was speaking on his state TV show. An excerpt of the program was posted on Twitter by Dmitri, a member of War Translated, an independent project that translates materials about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. “The creator of Rybar channel who now has a live TV program admits that Russian VDV forces lost 50% of personnel by September last year,” Dmitri tweeted, sharing a 27-second clip of the broadcast....

As reported by the Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti, Federal Bailiffs Service (FSSP) officials are once again seeking fines from the social media site for publishing what the country referred to as “fake” information about its invasion of Ukraine and “unauthorized” anti-Kremlin protests. According to the FSSP, Meta—the parent company of Facebook—has been fined nearly 2 billion rubles ($23.8 million), which they have not paid. The fine was imposed for what Russia said was a “systematic failure to remove prohibited information....

At the end of a three-day trip to Turkey, Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that if the Bab al-Hawa crossing is closed by Syria’s closest ally, Russia, “it will cause senseless cruelty” for millions of citizens. A mandate for humanitarian aid deliveries to the country by the U.N. Security Council ends on July 10 and Thomas-Greenfield called on the council to renew it. “We want the U.N. to bring food to starving children and protection to homeless families....

Those projects to be trimmed are mainly accommodations provided for participants, guests of the competitions and media staff in various Russian cities like Volgograd and Kaliningrad. Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga river suffers the most severe cuts, with all its 14 hotels to be removed from the accommodation project list. The decision to cut spending was announced in January by Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko citing economic constrains as the reason....

“NATO members are increasingly and directly involved in this conflict. Their support for Kiev is now much more diversified than it was a few months ago. This is a reflection of Washington’s intentional policy, obediently pursued by the Europeans, of escalating the conflict. They are playing with fire. The risks are soaring,” Ryabkov said on the Rossiya-24 TV channel, according to Russian news agency TASS. The deputy foreign minister continued: “The Westerners are pushing ahead with expanding the range of deliveries of ever heavier, longer-range weapons....

“No doubt, our team will be represented. We hope that our athletes will perform successfully at the Olympics in Rio,” Zhukov said on Wednesday, reports Tass. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is actively working with Russia’s federation and a new committee has been set up that cooperates with the IAAF, he said. “Most likely, the IAAF council will be convened in June and the final decision will be made on restoring our federation....

Russia was banned last July for breaching an International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) ruling that any country with three or more positive tests in re-analysis of samples from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics would be banned. The RWF had taken its case against the IWL to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) which had been due to hold a hearing on Thursday. The RWF and CAS could not immediately be reached for comment....