The DR Congo outfit settled for a 0-0 draw against Matsatsantsa in Saturday’s second leg fixture after securing a first leg advantage at the Stade TP Mazembe, in Lubumbashi. The five-time Caf Champions League winners made it two Confederation Cup crowns in a row, following a maiden triumph in 2016. And Bakambu who has been impressive in the Spanish La Liga with 8 goals in 11 games this campaign, reserved special praises for Mirjalol Kasimov’s men....

In his first official visit outside the shores of Liberia, the 1995 Fifa World Player of the Year took a trip to the country where he started his European career and was invited to the home of the French president for lunch alongside prominent football leaders. According to Drogba who played for Le Mans, Guingamp and Marseille before departing for English Premier League side Chelsea in 2004, the meeting centered on the educational, social, and economic development of Africa with sports as a common denominator....

The forward continued his brilliant start to life in the English top-flight with a goal in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw against Everton on Sunday that makes him the topscorer in the league with 13 goals. The Egypt international who has 19 goals in 24 appearances for the Reds this season, expressed his admiration for the Mansoura-born actor who starred as Ibrahim in The Citizen movie. A post shared by Mohamed Salah (@mosalah22) on Dec 11, 2017 at 5:29am PST

Not long ago, women’s colleges like Mary Baldwin seemed destined for extinction. There are fewer than 60 all-female schools today, compared with more than 200 in the 1960s, a period when institutions like Yale (then all male) and Vassar (all female) went coed. In September, another Virginia school, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, announced it will admit men starting next fall. But don’t count out single-sex schools just yet. Even now, a hugely disproportionate number of women’s-college graduates are in Congress and running top compavnies....

Victim: Bill Gates (Feb. 4, 1998) Flavor: cream Assailant: L’Entarteur Why: ‘cuz Gates is rich Victim: S.F. Mayor Willie Brown (Nov. 7, 1998) Flavor: cherry, tofu, pumpkin Assailant: Biotic Baking Brigade Why: Brown’s treatment of the homeless Victim: IMF chief Michel Camdessus (Feb. 13, 2000) Flavor: fruit and cream Assailant: Patissiers Sans Frontieres (Pastrymakers Without Borders) Why: IMF ‘destroyed Mozambique’s cashew- nut industry’ Victim: Dan Glickman (May 30, 2000) Flavor: tofu cream Assailant: PETA Why: for ‘promoting meat’

Ezekiel Elliott has apologized for lashing out about Ohio State’s playcalling Saturday against Michigan State. Elliott received the ball twice in the second half and put the onus on the coaching staff for not putting the team “in the right situations to win the game.” MORE: The kick that upset Ohio State | BENDER: No excuses for not giving Elliott more touches He issued the apology Monday. Elliott also cleared things up with his coach, too....

Elliott, who was considered a top three overall pick in virtually all formats, is appealing the suspension, but when you start with six games, it’s not as if you’re going to wipe the slate clean. Elliott will definitely be missing an extended period of time. All fantasy owners can do is adjust. Here’s our take on the situation. 2017 FANTASY FOOTBALL RANKINGS: Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker | Top 200...

Daily COVID-19 cases are hitting record highs in North America, and organizers of the annual Austin Grand Prix are concerned the surge will eliminate their event this year. Texas has been a hotspot for the coronavirus in recent weeks. Circuit of the Americas, which hosts the Austin Grand Prix, is in “serious jeopardy” of losing its top event, according to an email from track chairman Bobby Epstein to the Austin American-Statesman....

BY ZULHILMI ZAINAL Follow on Twitter From 36 now just eight teams remain, after round three of the FA Cup was played out on Friday and Saturday. In the first match to be played on Friday, PKNP FC faced little trouble brushing aside beleaguered Kuantan FA with a 3-0 scoreline at the Batu Kawan Stadium. Shahrel Fikri Fauzi continued his improvement with a brace scored in the 33rd minute and an injury-time penalty, while the remaining goal was scored by Yeon Gi-Sung in the 70th minute....

Ever since President Jacques Chirac announced his intention to ban the wearing of “all ostensible religious signs” in state schools, firebrand Muslim clerics have taken to Al Jazeera, lambasting the archenemy of Islam, France and its impious laicite, or secularism. At the other end of the political spectrum, libertarians and civil-society advocates at home and abroad have mounted a rear-guard offensive (in the guise of a moral crusade) against the authoritarian, racist and freedom-hating French state....

On a flight to Portland, Ore., on Sept. 25, Bush stood up and put his face only inches from a reporter’s face as he described how lucky he was to have Laura back by his side on the campaign trail, freed from her home-maker chores. “She got a little bit bridled there,” Bush said, as if he were referring to a prize horse. Laura thought her furlough had given her a fresh perspective on the race....

NEWSWEEK’S special postdebate poll confirmed what all but the most committed Republican voters saw. Asked which of the three contestants had done best, 43 percent chose Ross Perot. With his salty talk and epigrammatic humor, he evidently was able to remind voters of why they once were in awe of him. Bill Clinton was deemed the best performer by 31 percent-evidence that he had succeeded in staging the kind of unruffled, workmanlike performance he needed....

This would not be surprising if Karasic were a college student. Facebook is as much a part of campus as finals, iPods and beer—the contemporary equivalent of jamming several people into a phone booth is squeezing one’s entire social life onto a series of photo shows, news feeds, invitations, friend requests and status updates on the spare blue-and-white grid of a Facebook page. Nor would it be remarkable if she were in high school, where millions of Facebook users, feeling very much like their big brothers and sisters in college, log on as soon as they toss their books on the bed, forming outrageously named groups and moving their lunchroom cliques and locker-room gossip online....

Several large brands have left the project since it was first announced last June, mostly citing concerns about financial regulation, piling pressure on the Facebook subsidiary’s hopes of creating a crypto coin that could be implemented into Messenger and WhatsApp. “We can confirm Vodafone is no longer a member of the Libra Association,” Dante Disparte, Libra’s head of communications, told Newsweek. “Although the makeup of the Association members may change over time, the design of Libra’s governance and technology ensures the Libra payment system will remain resilient,” the executive added in a statement today, sent via email....

A facelift procedure may include surgery on the face, neck, and/or around the ears. This type of surgery does not reduce fine lines and wrinkles or reverse sun damage. A facelift is considered an elective procedure that is done for cosmetic reasons. There are other types of facial plastic surgery that can be done to correct issues such as traumatic injuries and congenital deformities, but these do not involve a facelift....

Moving away from the image of a powerful, all-knowing leader can be difficult, especially when the weight of the organization is on your shoulders. To help leaders boldly face and address business mishaps, 16 members of Newsweek Expert Forum shared steps that business leaders should take to rebuild trust with their team after a setback. 1. Be Upfront and Own It Credibility is everything to a leader. When facing a setback, you need to own it and come clean to the group....

But the issues may not provide safe haven for long. Now he must turn his attention to the thorniest issue of all, the economy, where he faces seemingly contradictory goals. He has promised to cut the budget deficit in half in four years, but he has also promised to spur the economy and create jobs, which will add to the deficit, at least in the short term. The spending part will be easy....

The committee is tasked with investigating the causes of—and key actors behind—the deadly riot, when hundreds of Trump’s supporters invaded the Capitol and forced Congress members to flee the chambers. The panel has subpoenaed a number of former Trump administration officials and U.S. lawmakers as part of the investigation. The trove of around 9,000 pieces of communication from Meadows, which he provided to the committee before abruptly ceasing to cooperate, is continuing to fuel controversy....

Some critics of President Joe Biden are pointing to a section in one of his January executive orders that address a President Donald Trump-era bulk-power system security policy. The Claim The Institute for Energy Research (IER) wrote a piece on February 4 claiming that Biden rescinded Trump’s order banning Chinese involvement in the U.S. power grid. “For Biden to revoke President Trump’s order means that he is not concerned about potential threats to the U....

The Republican congresswoman, who is campaigning to defend her Senate seat against Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock in Georgia’s upcoming runoff elections, pledged to divide her quarterly earnings among organizations of her choice when she was appointed last year. With an estimated net worth totaling roughly $800 million between herself and husband Jeffrey Sprecher, Loeffler is the wealthiest person in Congress. The Claim Criticism of Loeffler’s donation preferences began to circulate on Thursday, after initial reporting from Buzzfeed News indicated that the senator had divided last quarter’s congressional salary among several anti-abortion organizations and one anti-LGBTQ adoption agency....