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Max Verstappen has opened up on the bitter feud between his father Jos Verstappen and Christian Horner that nearly tore apart Red Bull from the inside and drove the Dutchman to the brink of an exit. Verstappen, 27, was left in an awkward situation after his dad, Jos, called for Horner to resign in the wake of allegations that were made against the F1 team principal in February. Horner was accused of inappropriate behaviour towards a female employee at Red Bull . He was cleared in March following an internal investigation that lasted three weeks. Former F1 racer Jos felt Horner's position was no longer tenable and even reportedly met with Mercedes to discuss a stunning move for Max to their championship rivals. However, Horner remained in the role he has held since 2005 and convinced his protégé to stay. Now, it appears his relationship with Jos is finally on the mend after years of tension. Verstappen, who often refused to pick sides during the ugly episode, believes the two men now get along much better in the Red Bull garage after clearing the air. "What has always been very important is that I had a good relationship with Christian and my dad," Verstappen told BBC Sport. "My dad of course thinks about me and has the best interests for me - what I want to do and how I am in the team. "He of course had his questions, but at the same time I was always very busy dealing with the performance of the car and trying to make that better. "But at the end of the day, he could see that now everyone is normal, everyone is dealing with it and focusing on the performance side of things. "People do not need to be best friends, they don’t need to go on holiday together. But I feel like you can have a normal working relationship, which I feel is the case absolutely, and especially lately it is going much better." Verstappen sounded a warning to the pair to avoid another public falling out by speaking directly with each other, rather than through the media, and the three-time world champion admitted he had to hold talks with both men to get the message across. "I always said as well, when you have problems with each other, you’re not happy with something, you talk, you communicate, right?" he added. "You speak to each other and that’s always way better than throwing something in the media. "And I have said that to both of them and that’s why it was not for me about picking a side. It was just [about] speaking a bit of common sense, I think, to both of them." Verstappen, who is under contract with the Milton Keynes team until 2028, is on the verge of collecting his fourth consecutive Drivers' Championship. With a 62-point gap, he will clinch the title if he wins the Las Vegas Grand Prix on Sunday, which would be a fine end to a difficult season for the Dutchman.‘It’s the best feeling as a footballer, to play in these games’ – Dylan Watts is enjoying European expectations2 Magnificent Dividend Deals For A Rich Retirement

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Yet instead of smiles and shouts of joy as the Pioneers exuded over their first six home games of the season, pained expressions and an occasional tear prevailed. U High’s magical, transformational season had been foiled by Mount Zion. But more precisely, the Pioneers had been foiled by Brayden Trimble. Mount Zion’s University of Illinois recruit stung the Pioneers in practically every manner possible as the Braves hung on for a 21-14 victory in a Class 4A semifinal classic. “Proud doesn’t even begin what I am for these seniors. They’ve given everything to the program,” said U High coach Brody Walworth. “Yeah, we came up a little bit short. But what a fight. "I love these guys. How could you leave a better footprint than what these seniors have done? It stinks that it’s over, but what a run they’ve been on.” In its first semifinal berth in school history, No. 7-ranked U High bowed out at 10-3. Unranked Mount Zion moves into Friday’s 7 p.m. state championship game against DePaul College Prep with the same record. Trouble with Trimble Trimble hurt U High with his rushing, receiving, passing and punting. Yet he dealt the Pioneers the final blow with an interception of a deflected pass in the end zone with seven seconds remaining. U High had driven to the Braves’ 13-yard line in search of a tying touchdown. Pioneers quarterback Alek Weiland fired into the end zone, but a U High receiver and a Mount Zion defender met at the ball causing a deflection. “Connor Fox broke the ball up on No. 1 (Lyfe Campbell) and it just fell into my hands,” Trimble said. “I was just in the right place at the right time.” Trimble finished with 105 yards on 10 rushes, caught four passes for 21 yards, completed a pass for 8 yards and flipped field position with a fourth quarter punt of 53 yards. “They made the plays and we didn’t right there at the end,” said Walworth. The 6-foot-2, 175-pound Trimble also made a huge impact late in the first half after Mount Zion took possession at its own 17-yard line with 51 seconds left in the second quarter. Trimble erupted for a 73-yard jaunt with only a touchdown-saving tackle by U High’s Lawson Shickel at the 10-yard line keeping Trimble out of the end zone. After an illegal shift penalty, Trimble started up the middle but bounced out right to outrace Pioneers defenders to the goal line. The 15-yard touchdown with 22 seconds showing sent the Braves into halftime with a 21-7 advantage. Weiland keeps fighting The Pioneers appeared on their last gasp with a fourth-and-15 from their own 12. But Weiland scrambled for 32 yards to keep U High alive. Weiland then connected with tight end Bodey Klemmensen twice for 9 yards and Cade Cunningham for 13 and 21 yards to the 13. “I love these boys. Even though it didn’t fall our way this time, we fought hard even when we had a setback early,” said Weiland. “We fought had til the end. Proud of all these boys.” Weiland completed 15 of 37 passes for 165 yards and was U High’s leading rusher with 78 yards. Cunningham reeled in seven passes for 93 yards and Klemmensen four for 39. “They’ve got a really good quarterback. We know he’s a threat on the scramble,” Trimble said. “He’s going to make plays like he did this game.” U High interceptions U High defensive lineman Clay Nord stepped in front of a Mount Zion shovel pass and held on for an interception at the Braves’ 21-yard line in the first quarter. On the next play, Weiland handed to Carson Stevens, who handed to Campbell coming back the other way and Campbell covered 21 yards for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Max Dameron picked off a pass from Mount Zion quarterback Keller Stocks at the Braves’ 23. U High could not convert as Weiland threw incomplete on fourth-and-4 from the 17. The Pioneers also came up empty in the fourth quarter when Weiland was sacked by Kaden Becker on fourth-and-goal at the 4. Pioneers break through U High was held scoreless over the second and third quarters. Weiland found Cunningham in stride over the middle, and Cunningham beat the Mount Zion defense to the left corner for a 26-yard touchdown with 5:56 to play. “We kept fighting,” Walworth said. “Alek did a good job battling through some pressure and was able to find some stuff in the second half. We didn’t win one on one in the first half hardly at all. With a Division I recruit (Trimble) playing man coverage it’s tough for anybody to get open.” Numbers game U High wounded itself with six first-half penalties for 35 yards. “We made a lot of mistakes the first half,” said Walworth, whose team tidied up with just two penalties for 10 yards in the second half. “We had some procedure penalties and stuff that’s pretty uncharacteristic of what this group has been doing the last seven or eight weeks.” U High’s Demir Spaulding had a 45-yard field goal attempt blocked on the first snap of the second quarter, but helped the Pioneers change field position with punts of 51 and 52 yards.

Stock Market Today: Losses For Big Tech Pull US Indexes Lower - BarchartLANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Austin Seibert choked back tears taking responsibility for missing the extra point that would have tied the score in the final minute. Jeremy Reaves choked back tears blaming himself for a missed assignment that led to a kickoff return touchdown. And John Bates choked back tears talking about moving forward from his costly fumble. All of those late mistakes contributed to the Washington Commanders' third consecutive loss , 34-26 to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in a game that was wholly unremarkable until fourth quarter chaos. The teams combined to score 31 points in the final four minutes, the most in an NFL game in more than a decade, and the Commanders (7-5) came out on the wrong end of it in a defeat that further endangers their playoff chances. “Any time you lose a game or you lose a game in that type of fashion, it’s very difficult and it’s tough, but it never comes down to one play,” rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels said. “There’s plays throughout the game where little things add up to big things.” There were a lot of little things. After Bates fumbled, the Cowboys (4-7) took an 11-point lead and the Commanders made a 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to three, Dallas' KaVonte Turpin returned the ensuing kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown. “I didn’t make the play when it was there to make, and it cost us,” said Reaves, one of the league’s top special teams players and the All-Pro pick for that two seasons ago. “No excuse, man. I’ve made that play 100 times, and I didn’t make it today and it cost us the game. It’s unacceptable. It’s solely on me. It’s going to sting for a while. It’s going to hurt.” After Seibert made a 51-yard field goal, Daniels connected with Terry McLaurin on an 86-yard TD that made it 27-26 with 21 seconds left. Coach Dan Quinn said no thought was given to going for 2 in that situation. Seibert, who missed the past two games with a right hip injury, was wide left on the point-after attempt. “I just wasn’t striking it well,” said Seibert, who added he felt fine and did not blame a low snap for his miss. "It didn’t make a difference at all. It was on me.” Juanyeh Thomas returned the onside kick immediately after 43 yards for a touchdown to put Dallas up eight with 14 seconds left. The 31 combined points are the second most in a game since at least 2000, behind only Minnesota and Baltimore's 36 in their game Dec. 8, 2013. Cowboys-Commanders was the first game in the Super Bowl era to have two missed extra points, two kickoff return touchdowns and a blocked punt. “We got down to the end there and it was a game-situational extravaganza,” Dallas coach Mike McCarthy said. “It was like Yahtzee. Everything was in there." Story continues below video While Washington's skid continued, the Cowboys ended their losing streak at five thanks to strong play from QB Cooper Rush, a defense that forced two turnovers and, of course, special teams success. Rush was 24 of 32 for 247 yards and TD passes to Jalen Tolbert and Luke Schoonmaker. “Lot of games left,” Rush said. “We’re sitting at 4-7. This is why you play them.” The Commanders have some soul-searching to do after losing as a 10 1/2-point favorite in the meeting of NFC East rivals and doing so in a way that left players so emotional. “The crazy games, I know they feel a little bit better whenever you win them,” punter and holder Tress Way said. “But that’s a tough pill to swallow.” Cowboys: LG Tyler Smith was inactive with ankle and knee injuries. ... RG Zack Martin (ankle), CB Trevon Diggs (groin/knee) and TE Jake Ferguson (concussion) were ruled out prior to game day and did not travel for the game. Commanders: RB Austin Ekeler was concussed on a kickoff return in the final seconds and taken to a hospital for further evaluation. ... RB Brian Robinson Jr. left with an ankle injury in the first half, returned and then left again. ... RT Andrew Wylie was concussed in the third quarter and did not return. ... C Tyler Biadasz was evaluated for a concussion in the fourth. ... CB Marshon Lattimore (hamstring) missed a third consecutive game since being acquired at the trade deadline from New Orleans. Cowboys: Host the New York Giants on Thursday in the traditional Thanksgiving Day game in Dallas. Commanders: Host the Tennessee Titans next Sunday in Washington’s final game before its late bye week. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflGoogle Gemini Gets Groovy: Spotify Extension with Play and Search Functions Now Rolling Out

Thanksgiving, Black Friday , and football are all happening this week, and I've just spotted the perfect deal that combines them. Samsung's gorgeous QN90C QLED TV is crowned as TechRadar's best TV for watching sports, and the 65-inch model is down to $1,399.99 (originally $2,799.99) for Black Friday. That's a whopping $1,400 discount and the lowest price you can find, making it the perfect new TV to watch football on this Thanksgiving. • Shop Samsung's full sale Our Samsung QN90C review praised the TV for its high brightness and anti-glare screen, making it a perfect display for daytime sports viewing. Samsung's Quantum Mini LEDs deliver impressive contrast and color that rival the picture quality of an OLED display. You're also getting excellent gaming features and a slim design with Ultra Viewing Angle technology, allowing everyone a good view of the game. The best Black Friday TV deal for watching sports Samsung's Black Friday sale has slashed $1,400 off its 65-inch QN90C Neo QLED TV, bringing the price down to $1,399.99. Its mini-LED technology enables impressive contrast and color that rivals OLED counterparts, especially with its bright, anti-glare screen. As a smart TV, the QN90C also supports Alexa as a voice assistant and incorporates popular streaming platforms like Netflix into its UI. If you're wondering if the price might drop even further on Black Friday, today's deal on the QN90C QLED TV is a part of Samsung 's official sale, which means you won't find a better deal on Black Friday proper. I've listed more of TechRadar's best-rated TVs on sale for Black Friday, including record-low prices on 4K and OLED displays from brands like LG , Sony , and Hisense . More of the best Black Friday TV deals The LG B4 is one of the most affordable OLED TVs on the market, and Best Buy has the 48-inch model on sale for $599.99 - an incredible price. Its self-lit OLED pixels and Dolby Vision together enhance color and contrast beyond what the average backlit TV can do. Its built-in gaming features and 120Hz refresh rate make it an unbeatable deal for gamers looking to upgrade. Samsung's The Frame TV is my dream Black Friday purchase, and the 55-inch model just dropped to a jaw-dropping price of $849.99. The 2024 Samsung Frame TV features Pantone art-validated colors that deliver lifelike images. The display now comes with Streams, a complimentary set of artwork streamed from the Samsung Art Store. This new record-low price won't budge on Black Friday proper either. Samsung's Black Friday sale has dropped this 55-inch Q60D QLED TV to an incredible price of just $629.99. The Q60D features 4K and Quantum HDR Smart technology with Motion Xcelerator, resulting in bright colors and realistic images. Its slim design also means it looks great in any living room. LG's all-new 55-inch C4 OLED TV is on sale for $1,199.99 - a new record-low price. Ranked in our best TV guide, the C4 features exceptional brightness, LG's latest Alpha 9 AI chip for improved performance, and impressive gaming features, including four HDMI 2.1 ports with 4K 120Hz, VRR, and ALLM support, and 144Hz certification from Nvidia. The Sony Bravia 8 is back at its lowest price yet ahead of Black Friday. As one of the best TVs for sound, it's an ideal choice if you want stellar sound without paying extra for a soundbar. Its OLED screen might not be the brightest of them all, but it still manages to rival the picture quality of its competitors using its brightness-boosting Bravia XP Processor. Thanks to the two HDMI ports (out of four total) that support 4K/120 Hz gaming, you can even use it with your gaming console of choice. Amazon's all-new Fire TV Omni QLED Series is a big step up in the otherwise cheap range of smart TVs. This set boasts premium features, including a QLED display, full-array local dimming, Dolby Vision IQ, and HDR10+ Adaptive support to deliver a high-quality picture for all-around viewing and gaming. It's a good overall buy for the budget-conscious who don't want to compromise on performance, especially now that it's down to a record-low price of $599.99. Our Samsung S95D review awarded this OLED display five stars and said it was 'the very pinnacle of OLED TV.' The Samsung TV delivers stunning picture quality, top-notch gaming performance, and a beautiful design, combining to offer one of the best OLED TVs money can buy right now. Today's Black Friday deal from Samsung brings the price of the 65-inch model down to $2,299.99, which is a $1,100 discount and a record-low price. The Samsung S90D is the newest version of the five-star-rated Samsung S90C, so it carries many of the same qualities and features that made the original one of the best TVs you can buy. These include terrific overall picture quality, impressive levels of brightness, rich contrast and colors, and industry-leading performance for watching movies, enjoying shows, and smooth gaming. This offer brings the 65-inch version of the display down to a new record-low price. The Hisense U7N is an affordable mini-LED TV that provides serious bang for your buck, packing great features and performance into a budget package. It supports all HDR formats, including Dolby Vision, comes packed with gaming features, including 4K, 144Hz, and Dolby Vision gaming, and uses Google TV as its smart TV platform. This Black Friday deal takes the 75-inch model to under $1,000 – this is a superb deal for a TV with this much to offer at this much size.

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New Pacific Metals: Could Become A Major Silver Producer, And Shares Look AttractiveCanoeist grateful for life paddling 6,000-mile loopThe Gunners delivered the statement Champions League victory their manager had demanded to bounce back from a narrow defeat at Inter Milan last time out. Goals from Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Magalhaes, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard got their continental campaign back on track, lifting them to seventh place with 10 points in the new-look 36-team table. It was Arsenal’s biggest away win in the Champions League since beating Inter by the same scoreline in 2003. “For sure, especially against opposition we played at their home who have not lost a game in 18 months – they have been in top form here – so to play with the level, the determination, the purpose and the fluidity we showed today, I am very pleased,” said Arteta. “The team played with so much courage, because they are so good. When I’m watching them live they are so good! They were all exceptional today. It was a big performance, a big win and we are really happy. “The performance was there a few times when we have played big teams. That’s the level that we have to be able to cope and you have to make it happen, and that creates belief.” A memorable victory also ended Sporting’s unbeaten start to the season, a streak of 17 wins and one draw, the vast majority of which prompted Manchester United to prise away head coach Ruben Amorim. The Gunners took the lead after only seven minutes when Martinelli tucked in Jurrien Timber’s cross, and Saka teed up Havertz for a tap-in to double the advantage. Arsenal added a third on the stroke of half-time, Gabriel charging in to head Declan Rice’s corner into the back of the net. To rub salt in the wound, the Brazilian defender mimicked Viktor Gyokeres’ hands-over-his-face goal celebration. That may have wound Sporting up as they came out after the interval meaning business, and they pulled one back after David Raya tipped Hidemasa Morita’s shot behind, with Goncalo Inacio netting at the near post from the corner. But when Martin Odegaard’s darting run into the area was halted by Ousmane Diomande’s foul, Saka tucked away the penalty. Substitute Trossard added the fifth with eight minutes remaining, heading in the rebound after Mikel Merino’s shot was saved. A miserable night for prolific Sporting striker Gyokeres was summed up when his late shot crashed back off the post.

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KULR Technology ( KULR -2.92% ) , a provider of energy storage solutions, saw its stock rally about 1,610% over the past two months. It had been languishing as a penny stock since early 2023, but it abruptly skyrocketed and transformed into a hypergrowth stock after it secured new contracts, regained compliance with the NYSE American's listing standards, and made a big Bitcoin purchase to launch its own Bitcoin treasury. But should you buy, sell, or hold KULR's stock after that breathtaking rally? Let's review its business model, growth rates, valuations, and potential catalysts to decide. What does KULR Technology do? KULR develops energy storage solutions for the aerospace and defense industries. Its integrated products dissipate the heat of lithium-ion batteries with thermal interface materials, lightweight heat exchangers, and other safeguards against runaway heating. Its solutions can be customized across a wide range of power and electronic configurations, which makes them ideal for tiny spaces with size and weight limitations. KULR was founded in 2013, and it initially developed fiber-based thermal management technologies for NASA and other aerospace applications. Those heat-dissipating technologies became the foundation of its current business, and it went public as an over-the-counter (OTC) stock in 2018 before being uplisted to the New York Stock Exchange in 2021. How fast has KULR been growing? KULR's revenue rose 285% to $2.4 million in 2021, 66% to $4 million in 2022, and 146% to $9.8 million in 2023. That expansion was driven by its growing list of partners and customers, which includes SpaceX, Tesla , Meta Platforms , Boeing , and General Motors . Over the past three months, KULR expanded its existing U.S. Army battery contract, signed a new high-temperature battery-testing contract with the U.S. Navy, won a defense contract for a major missile program, and announced a plan to launch its KULR ONE Space (K1S) battery to a satellite via SpaceX's rideshare program in 2026. Analysts expect KULR's revenue to only grow 4% to $10.2 million in 2024, but they expect that figure to grow at a two-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 123% to $50.8 million in 2026 as it recognizes more revenue from its contracts. They also expect it to narrow its net losses and squeeze out a net profit of $2.9 million in 2026. As KULR scales up its business, it plans to spend 90% of its surplus cash on Bitcoin purchases to build up a Bitcoin treasury. It recently made its first purchase of 217.18 Bitcoins for $21 million at an average price of $96,556.53. That strategy seems similar to MicroStrategy 's Bitcoin buying frenzy over the past four years, but MicroStrategy holds a lot more Bitcoin ($11.9 billion) as of Nov. 10 with a much lower average purchase price of $42,692. Can KULR justify its meme stock valuations? The bulls claim that KULR has carved out a defensible niche and can continue to scale up its energy solutions business as it accumulates more Bitcoin. The bears will point out that with an enterprise value of $1.15 billion, KULR is overvalued at 115 times this year's sales and 23 times its projected sales for 2026. They'll also point out KULR has increased its number of shares by 164% over the past five years, yet its insiders sold more than 50% as many shares as they sold over the past 12 months. They also didn't buy a single share over the past three months. So for now, KULR looks more like a meme stock than a sustainable growth stock. It's generating quite a buzz with its thermal technology, expanding customer base, and Bitcoin purchases, but it simply isn't bringing in enough revenue to support its sky-high valuations. Therefore, it's smarter to sell KULR's stock than to buy a new position or hold it in anticipation of bigger gains.