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Watch Now: UEFA Champions League Pregame: Machester City vs. Lyon (13:30) <p>After a layoff of 148 days, the UEFA Champions League picked up where it left off earlier this month. The quarterfinals -- which are all one-leg affairs and are being played at a neutral site in Lisbon, Portugal -- began Wednesday, and the round will wrap up Saturday. Just five teams remain in the battle for the Champions League crown. Every match the rest of the way kicks off at 3 p.m. ET and can be directly streamed on CBS All Access. Matchday coverage begins as early as 8 a.m. ET on CBS Sports HQ. The scene has shifted to Lisbon, Portugal, for the quarterfinals. Paris Saint-Germain squeaked past Atalanta with two late goals in the dying moments. On Thursday...

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Christina Aguilera Has a New ‘Mulan’ Music Video and Disney Fans Have Mixed Feelings

Decades ago, musician Christina Aguilera recorded a pop version of the song "Reflection" for Disney's 1998 animated movie Mulan. Now, the singer is back with a new ballad for the upcoming live-action remake of the movie titled "Loyal, brave, true". Aguilera took to Twitter to share her excitement over the release of the single. "Excited about announcing that the live-action movie @DisneysMulan is almost here! Now we can reveal this beautiful movie & unveil both the songs I recorded in English & Spanish. A very nostalgic moment. This movie started it all for me. #LoyalBraveTrue. video out tomorrow!" RELATED: New Mulan Trailer Brings the Remake to Disney+ with Premier Access The video for the song was directed by Niki Caro, who is also the director of the live-action Mulan. The s...

Nats put Strasburg on IL day after 16-pitch start

The Washington Nationals have placed right-hander Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list with carpal tunnel neuritis in his throwing hand, the team announced Saturday. Strasburg left Friday night's game after throwing just 16 pitches. Nationals manager Dave Martinez said after the 15-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles that Strasburg was pulled because of the lingering nerve issue in his right hand. "I didn't like what I saw," Martinez said. "I told him then and there, 'Hey, I don't want you to continue right now.' I talked to him after he came out, and I appreciated him trying to gut it out. But I don't want this to become a bigger issue if something else goes wrong." Strasburg was shaking his hand on the mound before walking to the dugout. "I don't want to see him out there, sha...

Manchester City vs. Lyon: How to stream UEFA Champions League on CBS All Access, watch on TV, odds, news

Watch Now: CBS Sports HQ (24:00:00) Manchester City and Lyon will meet Saturday in the last Champions League quarterfinal in Lisbon. The winner will face a red-hot Bayern Munich squad in the semifinals after the German side embarrassed Barcelona on Friday. City are the favorites, but Lyon is flying high after stunning Cristiano Ronaldo and Juve in the last round. You can stream every match on CBS All Access. Sign...

Number of people in Canada who became ill from salmonella linked to onions rises: health agency | CBC News

The Public Health Agency of Canada says 100 more people have become ill from salmonella contamination linked to a recall of U.S.-grown onions, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 339. The agency said no deaths have been reported, but 48 people have been hospitalized.Those who became ill range in age from three to 100, and they ate red onions at home, at restaurants and in residential-care settings, the agency said. As of Friday, the breakdown of confirmed cases includes 78 people in B.C., 208 in Alberta, 19 in Saskatchewan, 19 in Manitoba, eight in Ontario, six in Quebec and one on Prince Edward Island. The agency said people should not eat, use, sell or serve any red, white, yellow and sweet yellow onions from Thomson International Inc. of Bakersfield, Calif., or any pr...

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Facebook takes down posts of BJP politicians T. Raja Singh and Anand Hegde

BENGALURU: Facebook took down some posts by Bharatiya Janata Party politicians T. Raja Singh and Anand Hegde after a Wall Street Journal story reported on an alleged bias favouring the ruling party in taking down hateful content by the social media giant. The Wall Street Journal reported that Facebook is going slow on taking down posts by BJP politicians, and the inaction is allegedly part of a broader pattern of favouritism by the company toward Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP and Hindu hard-liners. "We prohibit hate speech and content that incites violence and we enforce these policies globally without regard to anyone’s political position or party affiliation. While we know there is more to do, we're making progress on enforcement and conduct regular audits of our process to en...

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A Bengaluru venture wants to replicate UPI’s success in mobility, ecomm

The initial hypothesis of the foundation was around fixing urban mobility. At its core, it felt interoperability across mobility platforms would help customers access mobility services from public and private transport organisations in a seamless, integrated manner to search, book and pay for a door-to-door ride. Source link ...

Sources: Pelicans dismiss head coach Gentry

The New Orleans Pelicans dismissed coach Alvin Gentry, sources told ESPN on Saturday morning. After a disappointing performance in the NBA's Orlando restart, the franchise moved quickly on Gentry's removal. Gentry had one year left on his contract. The Pelicans move into the coaching marketplace with the Brooklyn Nets and Chicago Bulls.This will be an opportunity for Executive VP David Griffin to use the Pelicans talented young roster -- including No. 1 overall pick Zion Williamson and All-Star Brandon Ingram -- as cornerstones to be aggressive in the coaching marketplace. Among those coaches expected to be part of the Pelicans search: Lakers assistant Jason Kidd, Clippers assistant Ty Lue and former Nets coach Kenny Atkinson, sources said. The Pelicans are also expected to have an in...

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‘Batman’ Favorite Kevin Conroy Had Fun Playing Evil Bruce Wayne Despite Fan Backlash

For multiple generations, the most perfect Batman actor of all time is Kevin Conroy, who voiced the Dark Knight in the legendary Batman: The Animated Series, and reprised the part in many subsequent cartoons and games. Unfortunately, Conroy's live-action debut in the role of an evil Bruce Wayne from another dimension in the CW's Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover special did not go over well with some fans, as the actor explained during an episode of the Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum podcast. "The fans were not happy about that. They didn't like seeing that version of Bruce Wayne. But for me it was fun, it was a lot of fun to sort of stretch my acting chops a little bit. They didn't tell me anything about the Batman. They just said he was the Batman in the future, an old Bruce W...

Manchester City vs. Lyon: How to stream UEFA Champions League on CBS All Access, watch on TV, odds, news