Djokovic had just won his eighth Australian Open championship last month, but he made sure to spend time with his young fans by playing a game of doubles with them in the street. After the video surfaced on Twitter, he spoke about the game he played with the fans at an event for his Novak Djokovic Foundation (NDF) on Tuesday. “It was spontaneous, first time I saw someone playing tennis in the neighborhood,” Djokovic said, according to Sasa Ozmo of Sports Klub....

After flying into Melbourne on Wednesday, Djokovic was stopped by Australian border control due to an error in his medical exemption. Djokovic’s chances to three-peat at this year’s grand slam have been in question for a few months now, after Australia announced that players would be required to be vaccinated to enter the country. The 20-time grand slam winner has notoriously been against the COVID-19 vaccination, although his vaccination status is still not public....

Johnson had already written a biography on the war-time leader by the time historian Andrew Roberts, a Conservative himself, said that the prime minister was inspired by “Churchill’s spirit of 1940” in his handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Whether or not Boris Johnson is Churchillian is argued—loudly and often—from both sides, but the ruling Conservative government does have a Churchillian task on its hands to repair the economy and get things back to a “new normal....

In the Middle East, transfers of power may reap a variety of results—from upending turmoil to honest reforms. But Kuwait’s shift in leadership may offer a genuine opportunity to place the country in a position of security it did not enjoy before. The late Sheikh Sabah famously led Kuwait through the Iraqi invasion in the 1990s and helped mitigate rising tensions with Qatar within the Gulf Cooperation Council. Indeed, when ministers maintain power in Kuwait, it serves as a testament to their effectiveness....

Now public attention turns to the handful of men who lead the anti-Chavez bandwagon, known by the awkward title of Democratic Coordinator, or CD. Political analysts are asking whether the CD’s leaders are capable of overcoming their internal divisions and ousting a weakened but charismatic president. Should they formulate a specific governing platform of their own? Will opposition supporters, many of whom distrust their own leaders as much as they dislike Chavez, show up to vote in sufficient numbers?...

Boykin seemed to have a breakthrough 2013 season, catching 49 balls on 82 targets for 681 yards with three scores. No. 2 receiver Randall Cobb missed 10 games that year after injuring his fibula against the Ravens on Oct. 13, which granted Boykin — an undrafted player the Packers signed after a tryout — an opportunity. Over the next six weeks, Boykin caught five or more passes and accumulated 50 or more yards (which included two 100 plus games), in all but one contest....

In April, an investigation by The New Yorker revealed corruption and financial improprieties from the organization’s top figures, including CEO Wayne LaPierre and former president Oliver North, infamous for his involvement in the Reagan-era Iran-Contra scandal. Reporting since then has documented fraud, waste, conflicts of interest and internal power struggles that have earned the group criticism from even some of its staunchest Second Amendment allies. This week alone, a new report revealed that in the wake of last year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, LaPierre sought to have the NRA purchase a $6 million lakefront estate in Dallas that he could use as his personal residence out of fear for his safety....

In a paper published in the journal Nature Food, scientists considered how the soot ejected into the atmosphere as a result of nuclear bombs exploding may lead to mass food shortages. They estimate that if the amount of soot entering the atmosphere exceeds 5 Tg (around 11 billion pounds), the sun would be blocked out so much that crop growth would be severely impacted in nearly every country. According to the paper, a nuclear war between India and Pakistan could send between 5 and 47Tg of soot into the stratosphere....

The number of active Proud Boy chapters has increased from 43 in 2020 to 72 in 2021. When these chapters were registered in 2021 is unknown, but with events such as the January 6 Capitol riots, their message was arguably spread more in the past year than ever before. This increase of Proud Boys chapters, however, comes as the number of active hate groups in the United States is reported by the Southern Poverty Law Center to have decreased from 838 in 2020 to 733 in 2021....

In 2012, Devin Gardner hit Roy Roundtree with a 53-yard Hail Mary to set up a game-tying field goal, and the Wolverines won 38-31 in overtime. In 2013, Brendan Gibbons’ last-second 44-yard field goal started a triple-overtime affair Michigan won 27-19. MORE: Stick with a ‘Michigan Man?’ | Shanahan interested? | Baylor or TCU? Saturday’s game was anything but exciting until the final minute. Michigan’s 10-9 victory fittingly ended when Northwestern’s Trevor Siemian fell down on the potential game-winning two-point conversion....

That's a bold question considering the tradition, history and sibling hatred between No. 1 Alabama (11-0) and No. 4 Auburn (10-1). The schools have combined to win the last four BCS national championships. MORE: Week 14 action | Top 10 Iron Bowls | SEC icons | Iron Bowl vs. The Game Yet this year so much more is on the line. The Crimson Tide are working toward an unprecedented third straight AP national championship under Nick Saban....

Mikel Arteta’s side netted five goals in successive games but it was debutant Gabriel Jesus who provided the second-half inspiration for the visitors. Despite trailing 2-0 at the break, Arteta’s changes did the trick after the restart, as Jesus powered home inside 90 seconds of his first appearance for the club. Mohamed Elneny’s wonder strike levelled the contest shortly after, before two own goals and a delicious Jesus second in the closing minutes ensured Arsenal head off on their United States tour filled with confidence....

But which players are likely to break through next? Here, Goal picks out five starlets to keep an eye on in the coming months… KELECHI NWAKALI Arsene Wenger has high hopes for Nigerian starlet Nwakali, a player who was scouted and signed after his magnificent performances at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. The forward is able to play across the front line and possesses an abundance of dribbling and skilful technical qualities which allow him to beat opposition defenders with ease....

His time at Coors Field reads like this: 15 years, four winning seasons, two postseason appearances. O’Dowd wasn’t the only team executive to resign Wednesday. Senior vice president Bill Geivett followed him out the front office door after Colorado’s fourth consecutive losing season. The Rockies are starting fresh from within, appointing Jeff Bridich to run the show. Bridich has served as the team’s senior director of player development since 2011....

Simpson, 74, was convicted by a jury in October 2008 and served nine years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping. The former football great was accused of leading a group of men into a room at the Palace Station hotel-casino in Las Vegas and robbing sports collectors at gunpoint. Simpson later claimed he was trying to take back memorabilia from his career that had been stolen from him....

The 16 years since the Clintons grabbed control of the Democratic Party is the same amount of time that elapsed between the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945 and John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration in 1961. It’s a longer period than many of us would care to admit. Kennedy operated “in the shadow of FDR,” as the historian William E. Leuchtenberg put it, and he updated the New Deal to the New Frontier....

We have arrived, to use Obama’s phrase, at what may be a “defining moment in history.” Many Americans are fed up with what they see as a cynical, even corrupt, Washington establishment. There is a hunger for a new direction, and for a knight with a shiny new lance. This is a moment similar to where the country was in 1976, when another largely untested idealist won Iowa’s Democratic caucus....

Stupid me. As it turns out, there is, in fact, another “Nike” logo on the books–and it bears a striking resemblance to Obama’s. Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes on this 1972 poster for presidential candidate George McGovern (hat tip to Jerome Armstrong): Just wait ’til Hillary Clinton gets her mitts on this. Of course, Obama is a “new day” type of candidate–much like McGovern was–so the rising sun imagery is probably more coincidental than referential....

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were declared the winners in the presidential contest on November 7, after the Associated Press, Fox News and other television networks called Nevada and Pennsylvania for the Democratic ticket. However, Trump has refused to concede, pushing baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud without providing evidence. During an interview with Obama on CBS News that aired Sunday morning, anchor Gayle King pointed out that most Republicans have not challenged or overtly supported Trump’s false claims....