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We’ve seen a flood of activity on the Smarkets exchange and SBK sportsbook app already—with over $8.5m traded on our platform so far, which is forecast to rise into the hundreds of millions—making it our biggest betting event of the year. Here is a full rundown of the key betting odds and market moves. Outright Winner For much of the build-up, England were rated as favorites and the most likely winners (just) ahead of 2018 World Cup winners France....

The Round of 16 slate was highlighted by two favorites going head-to-head: Premier League side West Ham eliminated six-time Europa League winners Sevilla, who were dreaming of playing the tournament final at home given the venue selected was Sevilla’s Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium. Barcelona edged past Turkish power Galatasaray, Bayer Leverkusen fell to Italian side Atalanta, and Lyon got by Porto in some of the other standout matchups. The eight Europa League group-stage winners got to play the second leg of their Round of 16 series at home....

There were a number of scenarios at play depending on whether West Ham potentially won the Europa League or Leicester City came away with the inaugural Conference League trophy. Since both fell short at the semifinal stage, those permutations have also disappeared. But the Premier League will still have a crack at one European trophy in 2021-22 with Liverpool facing Spanish giants Real Madrid for the UEFA Champions League title on May 28....

Daumier (1808-79) was the first French artist to get to the hall of fame because the people liked his little drawings, instead of the aristocracy liking his big salon paintings. Baudelaire ranked him as one of the top three draftsmen, along with Ingres and Delacroix. Born the son of a struggling poet whose day jobs were glazier and picture framer, Daumier missed out on the traditional academic artist’s education. At 19, he apprenticed for a few months to a portrait lithographer, but boredom drove him out....

For all the lip service once paid to rehabilitation in this country, imprisonment in America is about nothing but punishment, and punishment is the intentional infliction of pain by those in power upon the less powerful. In the United States we equate justice with vengeance; we embrace the theory of “just deserts” for criminals and deviants. Instead of improving the harsh conditions that create crime and violence, which might restore peace and harmony to our society, we inflict more pain, more punishment, thus creating more crime and more violence....

“To see that only World War II had interrupted this prior to this, those are big decisions. I worry how it will impact the public,” Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes said Thursday (via Fox 13 in Salt Lake City), a day after Utah announced it wouldn’t play BYU in their contracted 2016 men’s basketball game in Provo. MORE: Why canceling the Holy War is a bad idea Hughes said constituents had been in touch, seeing if legislative action could be taken to ensure the rivalry would continue....

That not only put Woodard in position to complete a 4-point play, but it was also the last thing Mason would do on the court that day: It was his fifth personal. This sequence turned a Kansas lead into a 3-point deficit, without their leader, on the road against a Final Four-caliber opponent. Instead of disaster, though, it became the moment the world understood the Jayhawks had two elite point guards....

The Chinese company that was once known as the world’s most valuable real estate brand, according to Brand Finance, continued to offload assets in an attempt to avoid succumbing to its $305 billion worth of debt. On Monday, the company asked for a pause on the trading of its shares in Hong Kong because it planned to announce a major transaction. The company’s spinoff management wing Evergrande Property Services Group also requested a pause in trading....

Not a free-flowing game by any means, the Toffees outworked and out-hustled a poor Manchester United team, which once again proved underwhelming as their hopes of finishing in the top four took another blow. A number of Everton players were in fine form, with goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and midfielder Fabian Delph two of the standouts. Gordon also starred and scored the winning goal following a deflected strike from outside of the box that hit Man United defender Harry Maguire leaving goalkeeper David de Gea stranded....

Where the original film featured Baywatch star Pamela Anderson (who, unlike some of the other celebrities that show up, was in on the joke the whole time), and politicians Alan Keyes and Bob Barr, the Borat sequel aims for even more prominent marks. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm makes direct mockeries of some of the people associated with President Donald Trump. The two standouts are his attorney Rudy Giuliani and Vice President Mike Pence....

The second the World Series wraps, teams are looking to the next season to make a run at the whole thing again. It’s a tireless, endless cycle. Time is a flat circle. Eat Arby’s. Sandwiched in between the final out of the World Series and spring training is the “offseason,” and, as we know, there is no such thing as a perfect team. It’s easy to say every team needs starting pitching and good players in general....

On the TV front, Netflix will release the second seasons of its hit shows Outer Banks and Never Have I Ever. HBO Max is releasing its reboot of Gossip Girl this July, while Disney+ has its Monsters, Inc. spinoff series Monsters at Work. All the movies and TV shows coming to streaming this July Everything coming to Netflix in July 2021 July 1 Air Force One (1997) Audible (2021) - Netflix original documentary short Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) Boogie Nights (1997) Born to Play (2020) Charlie’s Angels (2000) Congo (1995) Dennis the Menace (1993) Dynasty Warriors (2021) - Netflix original film Generation 56k Season 1 - Netflix original show Hampstead (2017) Hunter X Hunter Season 6....

Defending champion Germany plays its first match on June 17 against Mexico in Group F action. Germany’s four World Cup championships are tied for second with Italy, which, like the USA, didn’t qualify for this year’s edition. Brazil has the most World Cup titles of all time with five, with its most recent coming in 2002 when Ronaldo scored both goals in a 2-0 victory over Germany in the final....

Army and air force planners argue that other Somali cities could have been occupied much more quickly by army airborne troops, such as the Rangers or the 82nd Airborne Division. Sources say the army offered to send such troops to Somalia, but Gen. Joseph Hoar, the Marine who oversees the operation as head of the U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla., turned them down. “We’re letting service politics play this out,” charges a disgruntled Pentagon official....

A day after uploading her video, it has been viewed over 14 million times and received 2.5 million likes. Beginning her video, she explained: “I’m getting ready for work and I wanted to share something with you guys. You see all these bags under my eyes? “I’m 54, anyways I’m very self-conscious of them.” Holding a tube of the cream up to the camera she continued: “I found this and it works amazing, I’m gonna show you....

The Bad Teacher actress, 47, welcomed her first child with husband Benji Madden of Good Charlotte fame and says the experience has “been heaven.” “Literally every single day, there’s just leaps and bounds … and she’s not the same baby that she was yesterday,” Diaz gushed in an interview on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. “Yesterday is literally gone, and today is a new day, and tomorrow will be a new day that she’s a completely different baby....

“Harry is whipped, do you know the expression? the former president said on Piers Morgan Uncensored.“I won’t use the full expression but Harry is whipped like no person I think I’ve ever seen. I’m not a fan of Meghan, I’m not a fan and I wasn’t from the very beginning. I think poor Harry is being led around by his nose.” When asked if he thought their relationship would end, he said it would end badly while also remarking how good he is at predictions....

There was that one time he held 13 tennis balls in one hand and no one will forget the crazy photo of him palming a regulation basketball and making it look like a NERF ball. MORE: SN’s NBA Draft hub | Who’s going No. 1? | Each team’s biggest draft regret But what if the projected NBA lottery pick held other things? Would they look equally tiny? Yes, yes they would....

Yes, the Lone Star State still rules the roost, no surprise from the annual high school athletics participation survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations released Thursday. MORE: Top 25 QBs in recruiting | Top 25 college teams | Is he the next Johnny Manziel? However, participation in the state’s showcase sport, football, is flagging, The Dallas Morning News noted. Texas still leads the nation by far in high school football players — 163,998 at 1,064 schools in 2014 with California a distant second, 103,740 players at 1,063 schools — but the sport has seen a 2....