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ITALY: JUVENTUS MARCHED POSTPONED, DATE WILL BE CONFIRMED LATER.
Victor Wanyama joins MLS side Montreal.
Tottenham Hotspur have reached an agreement to send midfielder Victor Wanyama to MLS side Montreal Impact via a free transfer, the clubs announced on Tuesday.
Kenya international Wanyama made 97 appearances for Spurs in all competitions following his move from Southampton in June 2016, scoring seven times for the North London side. He was part of last year’s UEFA Champions League runner-up side, plus won two Scottish Premier League titles at Celtic.
Saudi-led coalition says attack foiled against oil tankers off Yemen coast.
The tanker was sailing 90 nautical miles south of Yemen’s Nishtun port towards the Gulf of Aden when it was targeted by four boats, with one of the remotely controlled vessels “trying to explode it”
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen said it had foiled an attack on an oil tanker off Yemen’s coast on the Arabian Sea, the Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday.
The tanker was sailing 90 nautical miles south of Yemen‘s Nishtun port towards the Gulf of Aden when it was targeted by four boats, with one of the remotely controlled vessels “trying to explode it,” coalition spokesman Turki al-Malki said in a statement carried on SPA.
The statement did not say who was behind the attack or give details about the oil tanker.
Chief Rabbi: Afraid of coronavirus? Don’t kiss the mezuzah
The mezuzah is a container placed near the door of a home Jewish people reside in, and contains a scroll with a few verses from the scriptures.
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau issued a ruling on Wednesday that people should stop kissing the mezuzah when they enter or depart Jewish homes.
A mezuzah is a scroll that contains the Jewish prayer declaring God as one, known as the Shema. It is enclosed in a small case and hung on one’s doorpost.
“In these days, where sadly we see the spread of a terrible disease, there can be no doubt one should not kiss mezuzot or even touch them,” Rabbi Lau wrote. “It is enough for a person to reflect on the verses written in the scroll when he enters or departs from a place and these thoughts will accompany him on his way.”
Under Jewish law, there is a distinction between what is a custom [minhag] and what is a binding law all observing Jews should follow. Kissing the mezuzah is a Jewish custom.
Michael Bloomberg ends 2020 presidential campaign and endorses Joe Biden.
(CNN)Michael Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday and endorsed Joe Biden, closing out a costly run that saw the former New York mayor spend hundreds of millions of his own money to fund his late entry bid.
Bloomberg exits the race the day after a disappointing showing on Super Tuesday that left him with only a single victory: American Samoa.
The coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy has badly affected sport in the area and shows no sign of letting up.
Wednesday’s Coppa Italia semi-final return leg between Juventus and AC Milan has been postponed.
“During the meeting, the Regional Assessor for Health has referred the results and the evaluations of the Crisis Unit of the Piemonte Region around the situation determined by the “coronavirus” and the precautional measures, as well as the need to avoid mass gatherings,” a statement said.
“In the scope of the meeting, having contacted the relevant Ministers, it was agreed that the Prefect’s adoption of the extraordinary emergency order with which it arranges the postponement of the Coppa Italia game Juventus-AC Milan scheduled for the evening of March 4.”