CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Maria Gakdeng tied her season high with 21 points and grabbed a season-best 12 rebounds, Alyssa Ustby added 19 points and 13 boards and the No. 17 North Carolina women beat Miami 69-60 on Sunday for their third consecutive win. North Carolina (13-2, 1-1 ACC) lost its conference opener to No. 13 Georgia Tech on Dec. 15 before nonconference wins against Florida and Norfolk State. Gakdeng made 7 of 11 from the field and 7 of 10 from the free-throw line. Indya Nivar finished with 11 points, five assists and three steals for the Tar Heels. Miami (11-2, 1-1) had its four-game win streak snapped. Gakdeng made a layup with 6:14 left in the first quarter that gave North Carolina the lead for good and Ustby followed with a 3-pointer to spark a 9-0 spurt that made it 16-7 about 2 minutes later. The Tar Heels scored eight of the first 10 second-quarter points to push their lead to 13 with 7:25 left in the second quarter before Miami scored the final seven points to trim its deficit to 39-29 at halftime. Jasmyne Roberts hit a 3-pointer for the Hurricanes that made it a seven-point game with 8:11 left in the third quarter but they got no closer. Nivar made a layup with 5:16 remaining until the fourth that made it 48-38 and UNC led by double figures until a 3-pointer by Roberts capped the scoring in the closing seconds. Hannah Cavinder led Miami with 19 points, 11 rebounds and five assists. Roberts made four 3-pointers and also scored 19 points, 14 in the second half. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP women’s college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-womens-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/womens-college-basketballNone
Japan coach Eddie Jones said he was "abused" by a spectator during his fiery return to Twickenham on Monday (AEDT). Jones was the centre of attention during England's 59-14 win in London after the explosive claims made in Danny Care's biography. Jones coached England between 2015-22 before an ill-fated 2023 stint with Australia and then returning to Japan. Watch the Wallabies take on Ireland on December 1 (AEDT) on Stan Sport. Stream every match of the Autumn Nations Series ad free, live and exclusive Japan coach Eddie Jones in the stands. Getty "It wasn't bad until some clown abused me going down at halftime," Jones said. "But if there is only one clown in 81,634, it's not too bad. So it was good mate. I'm disappointed with the result but it is always good to come to the home of rugby. A fantastic atmosphere. He said something, obviously, but I'm not going to repeat it here because I'll get into trouble." England's Rugby Football Union later released a statement saying: "No coaches, players or match officials should be abused for doing their job." READ MORE: Wallabies Grand Slam dream goes up in smoke in Scotland READ MORE: Indian prodigy puts Aussies on notice with 'audacious' ton READ MORE: 'Drama' haunts Smith on final day as young gun wins title Japan coach Eddie Jones arrives. Getty In Care's book, the former England halfback claimed that "everyone was bloody terrified" of Jones and that the environment was "like living in a dictatorship, under a despot who disappeared people." Jones, who missed his pre-match press conference due to illness, was predictably asked about Care's comments. "I'll tell you mate, I've got a new book deal coming out," Jones said. Andrew Johns talks to Ben Youngs, Danny Care and Eddie Jones at Coogee Oval in 2016. Getty "I signed it today. It's called Caring about Care – there'll be all the details in there. I've got pre-order forms. I'm trying to get a deal with the Daily Mail, but I haven't got an agreement yet. So if you want to read about it, there you go. It'll be a good one. If you want to read about it, it'll be in my book. That's how you get headlines. I'll put a whole chapter about caring about Care, just for you." Jones then offered his congratulations to England coach Steve Borthwick who had been on a five game losing streak. "I'm glad he won't have you blokes (media) hounding him for at least seven days. I'm sure he'll enjoy his orange juice tonight." Eddie Jones stands with his coaching staff. Getty England were previously defeated by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa in November after back-to-back losses to the All Blacks in July. A sixth straight defeat would have been England's worst run since 2006. Captain Jamie George scored two of England's five tries in the first half and there were four more after the break with Luke Cowan-Dickie — the replacement hooker for George - also crossing twice. Japan have still never beaten England, who were sharp and efficient, taking their chances when they arose and showing variety in attack. Yet routing an opponent ranked No.13 in the world papers over the cracks of a season that has seen the team go backward. The three southern hemisphere powers had already stormed Twickenham to place Borthwick under pressure heading into the Six Nations, with his record for 2024 reading five victories in 12 matches. Ireland in Dublin is England's next assignment and this romp has at least lifted the heavy burden of a losing run that registered the nation's worst sequence of results since 2018 - when Jones was in charge. The onslaught began as early as the ninth minute when Marcus Smith and Henry Slade combined to send Ollie Lawrence charging into space. Ben Earl was in support to take the scoring pass. England made ground with every attack and the alarm bells started ringing for Japan when Sam Underhill forced his way over following muscular work from his pack. Underhill was injured while carrying the ball over the line, ending his game, but the one way traffic continued with England repeatedly driving tacklers backward in contact. Over went a driving maul with George the scorer and only a knock on from scrumhalf Jack van Poortvliet prevented Tommy Freeman from extending the lead further. But the next score arrived soon enough with the maul and George delivering once again to extend the lead to 28-0. It was already looking grim for Japan but the visitors showed their flair for attack by racing through a large hole in the home midfield for Naoto Saito to touch down. Lawrence's pinball run and a long floated pass by Will Stuart sent Ollie Sleightholme over, ushering in a long second half for Japan. They emerged from the break showing far greater resolve, however, and for much of the third quarter England's players were forced to roll up their sleeves as white shirts pressured their defence. But when the opportunity arrived to strike, England grabbed it with a lineout turnover kicked to the wing where Freeman produced an outrageous around-the-back pass for George Furbank to finish. Spinning as he carried from short range, Cowan-Dickie was the next to cross but again Japan showed its threat with the ball when Kazuki Himeno rounded off a move full of imagination. England responded with tries from Cowan-Dickie and Tom Roebuck to complete the win.
PARIS (AP) — Riot police played their part as Le Havre won 2-0 at Nantes on Sunday in a French league match interrupted and then restarted during stoppage time after disgruntled home fans tried to get onto the field. The police formed a line in front of one of the stands, which houses the main ultras group, called Brigade Loire. Referee Jérôme Brisard then led the players off, with only about three minutes remaining in stoppage time.Ola Electric teases its first scooter with swappable batteryLast year, tech giant Huawei catapulted to the top of the smartphone market in China when it released the Mate 60 Pro, a phone that contained a tiny computer chip more advanced than any previously made by a Chinese company. The chips used by Huawei’s smartphones have become a symbol in the struggle between China and the United States for control over advanced technology . Huawei’s new Mate 70 phone. Policymakers in Washington have spent years trying to prevent Chinese companies from being able to make the kind of chip Huawei uses in its Mate phone. But Huawei has pressed ahead, and the phone has burnished its image as a national leader, triumphant in the face of US restrictions. Shoppers in China were excited to buy a phone with state-of-the-art components that had been made entirely at home. Huawei was able to appeal to Chinese customers who previously would have been more likely to buy iPhones, eating into Apple’s most important market outside the United States. On Tuesday, Huawei unveiled the next generation of that phone, the Mate 70 series, from its offices in Shenzhen in southeastern China. Richard Yu, Huawei’s consumer group chair, called the flagship device the “smartest” Mate phone. Loading Powered by its homegrown operating system, HarmonyOS Next, which was officially launched last month, the Mate 70 series has artificial intelligence-enabled functions, including improved photography, live transcription and translation of phone calls. Apple has yet to release its AI features in China. Starting at 5499 yuan ($1172) the price of the Mate 70 is meant to compete with the iPhone in China. HarmonyOS Next allows phones to connect with Huawei’s other products: electric cars, smart speakers and watches. But widespread commercial success for the Mate 70 could depend on Huawei’s ability to secure a steady supply of chips.
NEW YORK (AP) — No ex-president had a more prolific and diverse publishing career than Jimmy Carter . His more than two dozen books included nonfiction, poetry, fiction, religious meditations and a children’s story. His memoir “An Hour Before Daylight” was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002, while his 2006 best-seller “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” stirred a fierce debate by likening Israel’s policies in the West Bank to the brutal South African system of racial segregation. And just before his 100th birthday, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation honored him with a lifetime achievement award for how he wielded “the power of the written word to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.” In one recent work, “A Full Life,” Carter observed that he “enjoyed writing” and that his books “provided a much-needed source of income.” But some projects were easier than others. “Everything to Gain,” a 1987 collaboration with his wife, Rosalynn, turned into the “worst threat we ever experienced in our marriage,” an intractable standoff for the facilitator of the Camp David accords and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. According to Carter, Rosalynn was a meticulous author who considered “the resulting sentences as though they have come down from Mount Sinai, carved into stone.” Their memories differed on various events and they fell into “constant arguments.” They were ready to abandon the book and return the advance, until their editor persuaded them to simply divide any disputed passages between them. “In the book, each of these paragraphs is identified by a ‘J’ or an ‘R,’ and our marriage survived,” he wrote. Here is a partial list of books by Carter: “Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President” “The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East” (With Rosalynn Carter) “Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life” “An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections” “Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age” “Always a Reckoning, and Other Poems” (With daughter Amy Carter) “The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer” “Living Faith” “The Virtues of Aging” “An Hour Before Daylight: Memories of a Rural Boyhood” “Christmas in Plains: Memories” “The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War” “Our Endangered Values: America’s Moral Crisis” “Faith & Freedom: The Christian Challenge for the World” “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” “A Remarkable Mother” “Beyond the White House” “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work” “White House Diary” “NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter” “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power” “A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety”
One thing nearly all former presidents have in common is a love of sports. For Donald Trump, the game was golf. For Barack Obama, the sport was basketball. President George W. Bush owned Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers. For Jimmy Carter, the sport was tennis. At the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park is a clay tennis court. The tennis court was installed during Carter’s childhood on the family farm. The farm and his childhood home later became the location for the park in Plains, Georgia. In his 1975 book “Why Not the Best?” Carter described how he would play against his father as a teenager. “My father ... was an excellent tennis player,” Carter wrote. “I could never beat my father. He had a wicked sliced ball which barely bounded at all on the relatively soft dirt court.” RELATED STORY | Former President Jimmy Carter dies at age 100 Carter was able to upgrade his court when he entered the White House in 1977. The complex had a court installed during President Theodore Roosevelt’s tenure. But during his time in the White House, the use of the tennis courts became political fodder. Staffer James Fallows wrote in The Atlantic that Carter would personally sign off on when the White House tennis court could be used, and by which staffers. “The in-house tennis enthusiasts, of whom I was perhaps the most shameless, dispatched brief notes through his secretary asking to use the court on Tuesday afternoons while he was at a congressional briefing, or a Saturday morning, while he was away,” Fallows wrote. “I always provided spaces where he could check Yes or No; Carter would make his decision and send the note back, initialed J.” Carter was asked by Bill Moyers about whether he personally signed off on the tennis court’s use. Carter told Moyers he delegated the task to a secretary. Carter’s love of tennis came home to Plains in 1977 during his first year in the White House. World Team Tennis staged a match in the small Georgia town, which was attended by Carter’s mother Lillian. The competition was between a team of Soviet Union stars against top Americans playing on the Phoenix Racquets.Malik Nabers has extremely harsh criticism of GiantsNone
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EAGLE-EYED fans spotted Ruben Amorim's ice cold reaction to Marcus Rashford's goal against Ipswich Town. The Manchester United forward netted 81 seconds into Amorim's reign as manager . 2 Ruben Amorim had a muted reaction to Manchester United's first goal 2 Marcus Rashford scored after just 81 seconds Credit: Rex Rashford , 27, tapped home after he was found by Amad Diallo 's cross to give the Red Devils a dream start under their new manager. While the players were overjoyed in celebrations of the goal, Amorim had a different reaction. The manager was caught on camera having a very muted reaction to taking the early lead. And fans have hailed the former Sporting boss' ice-cold demeanour on social media. READ MORE ON MAN UTD VAR YOU KIDDING? Man Utd forced to play without VAR in Ipswich clash after fire alarm One posted: "No celebration from Amorim, so cold." A second commented: "Amorim’s reaction to the goal omg he’s so cold." A third wrote: "Ice cold Amorim." A fourth said: "No reaction from Amorim. My manager is cold as ice." Most read in Football COOPER TROOPER Steve Cooper SACKED by Leicester as club release 104-word statement BIG BLUNDER Hearts launch investigation after image of notorious UDA member beamed to fans PYRO PARTY Hearts fans carry 'rocket launchers' before Celtic clash amid pyro march DEVENS ABOVE Premier League starlet bags first goal - and Scotland missed out on him CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS A fifth declared: "Amorim doesn’t celebrate goals - man is too cold!" Another added: "Amorim is so cold, man didn’t even celebrate." Man Utd hardman Roy Keane and Sky Sports presenter blind rank BISCUITS before Ruben Amorim's first match_1 Despite the early positivity from Man United the match was not a total dream start. Ipswich town grew into the game and looked the better side after the first 45 minutes. Liam Delap was denied an equaliser by a brilliant save from Andre Onana in the 40th minute. Omari Hutchinson then fired the Tractor Boys level with a curling effort into the top corner after a deflection. The officials were also disrupted during the game as VAR went down due to a fire alarm at Stockley Park . Three Sporting stars Amorim could swoop for after joining Man Utd RUBEN AMORIM has ruled out poaching any of his Sporting Lisbon players in the January transfer window. But the Portuguese side's chiefs expect Amorim will come calling in the summer - with his cheque book wide open. Here's are three Sporting starts United could swoop for... but they won't come cheap: VIKTOR GYOKERES Age: 26 Position: Striker Cost: £84million Swede has shone since joining Sporting last summer from Coventry — catching the eye of all Europe’s top clubs. Hit 43 goals in 50 games last season and boasts 18 strikes already this term. GONCALO INACIO Age: 23 Position: Defender Cost: £50million Ball-playing centre-back was handed his debut by Amorim and has since become a key figure in Sporting’s recent title successes. Can also slot in at left-back if required and has 12 caps for Portugal. MORTEN HJULMAND Age: 25 Position: Midfield Cost: £40million Dane is one of the top holding midfielders in Portugal — and made skipper by Amorim. He could be the man to replace Casemiro.
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