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LONDON (Reuters) - The Premier League has always had worldwide appeal but instead of Wayne Rooney and Sergio Aguero taking top billing, Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez now star in Leicester City’s title challenge as it nears its conclusion over the next few weeks. From seven points adrift at the bottom of the table and seemingly relegation certainties a year ago to seven points clear at the top and in sight of their first English League title, Leicester’s turnaround has become one of the most talked-about stories in world sport....

Sweden announced itself as perhaps the best team in the tournament Thursday with conviction, scoring a 4-2 victory over the defending goal medalists and host American on their home soil. And while Team USA settles for a shot at bronze, the heavily stacked Swedes take aim at their first world juniors gold since 2012. THE OLYMPIAN: Greenway shatters 98-year-old USA Hockey color barrier In front of a sparse semifinal crowd at KeyBank Center, the United State’s glory run came to a halt thanks to poor special teams play and a stellar Filip Gustavsson, who stopped 29 of 31 shots in net for Sweden....

Split into two groups, the 10 national teams will begin competition on Thursday, Dec. 26, with the final set for Sunday, Jan. 5. All teams will play a round-robin within their division before elimination games begin on Jan. 2. Group A consists of Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Slovakia and Kazakhstan. Group B is made up of the USA, Russia, Canada, Germany and the Czech Republic. The 2010s: Crosby named NHL Athlete of the Decade | NHL All-Decade Team...

The 2022 World Junior Championship, which is sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), is underway in Edmonton, and while the rules are mostly the same as those in the NHL, some differ. One of them involves overtime. The World Juniors employ use a slight variation of NHL regulations, and depending on the round in the tournament, it’s possible the rules will change again. MORE: Schedule, scores, results for all 2022 World Juniors games...

The World of Warcraft community recently noticed the increased value of WoW Tokens on the Auction House and many players are currently arguing and debating the true cause behind the change. In the EU, the price of one Token recently passed the 300,000 gold mark. Players in the U.S. haven’t seen a jump quite that high, but the price is generally always a bit higher outside of that region....

In Shadowlands, especially at the beginning, not every class could finish all the Mythic raids from Legion, and there are certain bosses who still represent a formidable challenge even to fully-geared groups (such as Kil’jaeden). The common expectation when it comes to legacy content in World of Warcraft is that players can expect to solo raids three expansions behind with ease – and that’s where the likes of Antorus, Tomb of Sargeras, and the Nighthold will be in a month from now....

Customization isn’t totally new to World of Warcraft, but there’s no denying that Dragonflight takes things to another level. The customization that players can enjoy with the new class/race combo (and their new mount) offers the chance to add a ton of personality to their character and some players are already wondering if some older race/classes could potentially enjoy this level of customization in the near future… Including Balance Druids!...

World of Warcraft: Dragonflight will be removing the classic reputation system and will replace it with a new version of the Renown system. Each faction on the Dragon Isles will have their own Renown tab filled with rewards for players to collect. They will most likely spend a lot of time grinding out these new Renown levels as they adventure across the new zones, and it seems like it will be worth the time....

At the start of the expansion, when players first graced the tranquil halls of Oribos, they were presented with a mystery. What caused the Arbiter, the judge of all the souls who make their way to the Shadowlands, to shut down in eternal slumber? It was a mystery that was treated with importance and severity at first – before the focus shifted elsewhere to other, more pressing plot threads. Now, with the final Shadowlands patch of “Eternity’s End”, the story reveals that it was the death of Argus, the mangled world-soul of the Draenei homeworld and the final boss of Legion, which broke the Arbiter....

Mike Shinoda is one of the two founding members of the popular alternative rock band Linkin Park. Though the band has been on hiatus since shortly after the death of co-founder Chester Bennington in 2017, Shinoda himself has put out video game collaborations and solo music projects while also involving himself in the controversial NFT scene. RELATED: World of Warcraft Shares Official Puppet Version of the Fall of Arthas Menethil...

When the level squish arrives, level 120 characters will hit the new temporary max level of 50 for a few weeks until Shadowlands arrives and raises the cap back up to 60. During that time, World of Warcraft players may also want to check in with their alts to see how the new scaled leveling system works. In order to do that, they’ll first need to activate Chromie Time....

As my wife and I were driving around looking for something to eat, my mind turned to bigger questions of our culture - which also brings in gaming. While she is not a gamer, she understands from reading what I write, why I and so many others play World of Warcraft and other games. But, what struck me most as we sat at an intersection and looked across at the handful of chain restaurants and clothing outlets is this: We — that is all of us — have both a desire and ease of moving about, yet when we do, we either “stay” home, or “take” home with us....

This morning, after a very long couple of days, I logged on - just to escape things for a bit. I noticed a player sign in, one whom I had not seen in quite some time. I sent her a message to pry for memory. Asked her if she remembered a character named Abbysomeone. She did. And we spent about 30 minutes just rehashing old days. It had been two years since we played or really spoke....

Kalaupapa, Hawaii Decades ago, this community—surrounded by sea cliffs towering 3,600 to 3,900-feet—was used as a leper colony. Now a national park whose waters humpback whales, green sea turtles and monk seals call home, the island is still pretty untouched. 2. Supai, Arizona Home to the Havasupai tribe—known as the “People of the Blue-Green Water” for the picturesque waterfalls and pools of turquoise water here—since A.D. 1300, this village in the Grand Canyon is only accessible by foot, helicopter or pack animal, by which the U....

The 59-foot tall, 1,000-ton Central Solenoid magnet will form a crucial part of the fusion generator because it will use its intense magnetic field to control a band of superheated plasma at temperatures of tens of millions of degrees. The fusion generator is known as ITER—the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. It is essentially a Sun simulator. Scientists will use it to attempt nuclear fusion, the same process that powers our nearest star....

Mentally, he’d already taken this at-bat over and over. MORE: The 5 most important Royals offensive plays in the World Series | A year later, Hosmer gets the extra 90 feet “In the cage, I was telling (Jarrod) Dyson — and this is no joke — I have a feeling that I’m going to hit with you on third, just because of the scenario,” Colon said, while mostly drenched with the only kind of champagne that doesn’t sting the eyes — the champagne that’s sprayed after a World Series championship....

Croatia will be playing on Sunday in their first World Cup final and will face France, after their stunning 2-1 win over England in extra time, which was sealed by a Mario Mandžukić left-footed strike. Zlatko Dalić’s side have played heroically so far, playing three games with extra time. The group stage was immaculate, with three wins in three games, including an astonishing 3-0 victory over a poor Argentina side....

Their descend started with the injury of Jason Roy. Roy was in scintillating form in the lead-up to the World Cup, his replacement James Vince has looked incongruous. The fact that all the three defeats synchronized with none of the openers scoring more than 50 ascertains the significance of the injury. The poor form of captain Morgan and Jos Buttler too didn’t help the cause. They were the mainstays for the England middle-order over the last four years....

As per forecasts, this year, the month is set to be the wettest June ever in England, even posing dangers for floods in the country. Rain has also played spoilsport in the biggest cricketing tournament, with 3 matches already being abandoned, and one ending in a no-result, at the expense of the fans and players. This is a record for the most number of matches with no-result in a single edition of the World Cup, with the tournament still being half-way....

For the 2022 tournament in Qatar, there’s a new wrinkle to consider. Teams will have to adjust to the November and December timing, forced by the vicious heat in the Middle Eastern nation. Many players will also carry the risk of injuries due to the tournament taking place during a gruelling European club season. Yet this tournament will still surely have the unmistakable cut of a typical World Cup. Favorites will roll, underdogs will shine, players will seize the gargantuan moment, and others will shrink....