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Buffon bid a tearful farewell to the Azzurri on November 13, just minutes after Italy fell to Sweden in a two-leg playoff and failed to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958. Juve 6/4 to win Serie A Though that appeared to be the end of a legendary international career, the 39-year-old has now admitted he could return for Italy at some point. “I took a break from the national team,” Buffon said at the Gran Gala del Calcio in Milan on Monday....

Zverev was suspended from the tournament for “unsportsmanlike conduct” after he repeatedly smashed his racquet against the umpire’s chair upon losing his doubles match. Zverev disagreed with a line call at a critical juncture of the match, following which he verbally abused the umpire and attacked his chair. The 24-year-old later apologized on social media for his behavior, saying that he was “disappointed” in himself and would ensure that such an incident doesn’t happen again in the future....

The video was posted to TikTok last week by Jillaine (@itsjillaine), who wrote: “I think we’re all a bit cranky from the #travelchaos aren’t we?” It has garnered over 781,000 views and hundreds of comments from viewers, many of whom said the clip illustrated why they refuse to travel by plane this summer. Of course, avoiding air travel this summer may be the right choice, as staffing shortages and bad weather events have already caused hundreds of thousands of flights to be canceled or delayed—a problem that isn’t expected to change anytime soon....

You’re stuck in the woods with little more than a collection of records, some leather bound books and a few of your close friends. A blood curdling scream rings out and the only thing to drown it out is the revving of a chainsaw. The forest begins coming to life and the trees spread their roots. The next thing you notice is your girlfriend dead on the ground, but she begins to rise from where she was killed....

Hodges, who served as commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe, made the remarks in an interview with Insider published Thursday. His relatively upbeat assessment comes amid signs of wavering U.S. support for Ukraine, just as the beleaguered country has indicated that Western-provided weapons are making a difference. “The Russians are exhausted,” Hodges told the news outlet. “They don’t have much else they can do right now.” Since launching its invasion of Ukraine in February, Russia has faced early setbacks, failing to take the capital city of Kyiv and deliver the swift war promised by the Kremlin....

The 2012 U.S. Open champion started his final round with a commanding seven-shot advantage, but it was not all plain sailing for the runaway leader at TPC Sawgrass. Simpson suffered the jitters in Florida, but was able to seal his first victory for five years by a four-stroke margin following a one-over closing 73 to finish 18 under. The 32-year-old, who had to change his putting stroke following a ban on anchor putters, spoke of his relief after finally adding to his list of honours in his homeland....

The run and jump side-scrolling shoot-em up game builds anticipation for the movie - best of all, it’s free to play on The Expendables Facebook page. Well, not entirely free, you still have to Like the film’s Facebook page in order to gain access. The Expendables game allows players to take control of Yin Yang (Jet Li), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), and Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) - and let’s you utilize an array of attacks including gunfire, throwing stars, knives, slide kicks, and other tough-guy action moves against the minions of the evil dictator, General Garza (David Zayas)....

The 22-year-old made history as the first trans woman to compete on the UK version of the drag reality competition and impressed fans with her flawless fashion. But she became the seventh queen sent home during Drag Race UK’s fourth season, in a decision that is proving to be controversial among fans. “I really didn’t expect to be lip syncing or being the bottom two for that episode,” she told Newsweek in an exclusive chat....

According to a resume from an EA Shanghai level designer, Dragon Age 3 is now targeting the next generation of platforms, and has been delayed into 2014. It was initially thought to be a late 2013 release. The EA employee, Tao Gu, was only with the publisher’s Shanghai office between March 2012 and September 2012, so take some of this information with a grain of salt. However, until EA or BioWare say otherwise it’s entirely probable that Dragon Age 3 has become a next-gen title....

If you have ever played any Dragon Quest game, the gameplay will be no doubt familiar to you. It’s the same turn based system we are all familiar with and that’s quite alright. The system works well and while it does show its age against other modern games, it’s a perfect fit for the DS, where stop and go gaming is king. Six base classes, along with six more classes that become unlocked through side quests are included in the game....

Developed by Evolution Studios (MotorStorm), DriveClub is an arcade racer that sticks to the road rather than the off-road setting the developer previously dabbled in exclusively for PlayStation platforms. It features 55 tracks scattered across five locations with 50 cars and plays smooth as silk even though it’s framerate is locked at 30FPS. The mechanics control well and the game looks and sounds like a high octane racer, especially when moving up to faster, exotic cars....

[HTML1] Dungeon Defenders is one of the best tower defense games ever, and one of the first to successfully find the right balance between the tower building aspects and RPG action, while also including amazingly rewarding co-op play and user-generated content. It’s immensely replayable and charming, so much so, that it made EA’s Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare look woefully unimpressive and disappointingly limited in comparison, despite the latter’s big branding and powerful game engine....

In the statement, Techland representatives discussed the departure of Selinger and named the person who will be filling in for him. “Paweł Selinger, who has been the narration designer for the last two years, decided at the end of 2020 to end his cooperation with Techland and to pursue his further career elsewhere,” the statement reads. “Paweł spent most of his professional life at Techland and he, among others, takes credit for the success of the series Call of Juarez....

[HTML1] Nintendo decided to kick E3 week off a little early this morning with the announcement of Ryu and Roy being added as DLC characters in Super Smash Bros. Joining Ryu and Roy is the previously announced Lucas of EarthBound fame, a fan favorite character that was cut in the jump from Brawl to the Wii U and 3DS versions of Smash. Considering Nintendo’s general disinterest towards EarthBound over the years, no one could be blamed if they thought that Lucas in Smash was all that Nintendo had to offer fans of the cult classic series this year....

“Educators beware,” said the association on Facebook. “One of the latest trends on social media is a ‘challenge’ that encourages students to physically attack (‘slap’) educators and video record it.” “It is from the same ‘devious lick’ challenge that last month saw students vandalize public school restrooms and destroy school property across the country,” the association continued. According to The Hill, the “slap a teacher” challenge prompts students to “calmly” approach their teachers and slap them....

Laviscount, from Burnley, England, joined the cast of Emily in Paris in Season 2, as Emily’s new love interest Alfie, which has made things super complicated for Emily (played by Lily Collins) and Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) ever since. In Emily in Paris Season 3, Alfie is still in Paris and, despite his reluctance to embrace the city of love, he is crazier than ever about Emily. With all 10 episodes of the new series streaming now on Netflix, if you want to see more of Laviscount on your screens, Newsweek has everything you need to know below....

Over the past few years, some parents have come to believe there may be a connection between childhood vaccinations and autism. Though studies have yet to prove a correlation, a small number of parents have stopped giving their kids immunizations, especially the common MMR (measles/mumps/rubella) shot. The episode angered some in the autism community. But what further infuriated them was a commercial for Prevnar, American Home Products’s new vaccine for preventing bacterial meningitis, which ran directly after the scene in which the mother learns her kid has measles....

Episode 7 cleverly, if a little dizzyingly, flashes between the play, real-life moments that happened off stage in the present and in the past, and the audience’s reaction to what they are watching. In one of those present-day moments, Fez (Angus Cloud) is preparing to head out to Lexi’s play (wearing a suit with roses in hand) but doesn’t quite make it. Well, as far as we know… Newsweek has a full recap of Euphoria Season 2, Episode 7 (AKA Lexi’s Episode) below....

CCP Games and EVE Online have recently hit turbulence in their connection with the community. Despite the fact that the long-awaited Incarna expansion recently saw its release and players are excited about the announcement of DUST 514, there has been a state of unrest among EVE’s community ever since an alleged internal document from within CCP Games was leaked to the public just under two weeks ago. Detailed within this document were CCP’s plans for the future of EVE, revealing their intention to further profit from the popular title....

Although Aguero stole the headlines by scoring four times as the Premier League leaders thrashed Claude Puel’s men at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, De Bruyne played a pivotal role with three assists to take his tally to 14 in the English top flight this season. The 26-year-old has received immense praise for his performances this term, earning comparisons to five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo from team-mate David Silva for having “moved up to another level”....