Liverpool vs Barcelona 4-0 ● English Highlights ● International Champions Cup 2016
Liverpool showed just how useful their work has been in Jurgen Klopp"s first summer as manager with a ruthless 4-0 victory over European giants Barcelona in the International Champions Cup at Wembley on Saturday.
The Merseyside outfit were absolutely rampant in the capital as all of their goals came from pressing Luis Enrique"s side -- featuring Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez -- into submission of the ball, which allowed for Sadio Mane, Divock Origi and Marko Grujic to get their names on the scoresheet, as well as forcing ex-Red Javier Mascherano to put into his own net.
Daniel Sturridge missed the game as a precaution with a slight issue with his hip, but Klopp -- as he has done regularly throughout the summer -- used Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho as a front three.
The affair started at a frantic pace for a preseason workout. Liverpool came out of the blocks fastest, not giving their Spanish opponents any time on the ball in threatening areas.
Lionel Messi and Barcelona could not find the net against Liverpool.IAN KINGTON/AFP/Getty Images
The Reds" quick start was rewarded 15 minutes in after good work from Adam Lallana. The England international, playing slightly deeper than usual, pinched possession off the Catalans and launched an incisive counterattack before Firmino played in Mane to slot home.
However, all of their good play could have been undone as Messi went agonisingly close a short while later.
But Liverpool made three changes at the break and two of their substitutes had an instant impact. First, pressure from Henderson led to Mascherano"s own goal just seconds after the restart, before Origi brushed off Jeremy Mathieu to clinically finish and make it 3-0.
Fellow sub Grujic added a fourth in the dying seconds with a fine looping header, leaving Wembley -- hosting its second-largest ever crowd of 89,845 and mostly made up of Liverpool supporters -- in full admiration at what they had just witnessed.
The Reds next travel to Germany to face Klopp"s former team, Mainz, on Sunday to conclude their summer schedule and before their Premier League opener away at Arsenal full of confidence on the back of this display.
Barcelona needed to win by at least four goals to win the ICC trophy, which instead goes to PSG, who won all three of their games in the competition the summer.
The Spanish Super Cup is next for Luis Enrique"s side, starting with the first leg at Sevilla on Aug. 14.
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The Olympics have just begun, but its already time for some awesome swimming! Katie Ledecky will be starting her 2016 Rio events with a relay on Aug. 6, and we dont want you to miss any of the excitement. Watch a live stream right here!
The heats that kick off at 12:00 pm ET are as follows:Mens and Womens 400m individual medleys, Womens 100m butterfly, Mens 400m freestyle, Mens 100m breaststroke, and Womens 4x100m freestyle relay. The Womens 100m butterfly andMens 100m breaststroke will only reachthe semifinals tonight. The other three events (Mens and Womens 400m individual medleys, Mens 400m freestyle, andWomens 4x100m freestyle relay)will have their finals at 9:00 pm ET and you know what that means: MEDALS!
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KatieLedecky is one of the familiar faces we can look forward to watching in the Aug. 6 events, as the 19-year-old isgoing to be swimming in theWomens 4x100m freestyle relay preliminaries.Just one day after Katie swims for the US Womens Team in the preliminaries,Michael Phelps will be competing in the mens 4x100m freestyle relay final, which takes place at 9:00 pm ET on Aug. 7.
Neither US team is favored to win the 4X100m free relays, according toUSA TODAYs Christine Brennan, but bothare expected to advance to the finals. And with Katie swimming in the preliminaries for the women, wed be surprised if she didnt lead her team to the final!
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Considering theres plenty of other big names swimming in the 2016 Olympics for Team USA (Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin, or Nathan Adrian ring a bell?), theres plenty more swimming excitement ahead in the rest of the Olympics. Plus, Katie and Michael have several individual events coming up that theyre expected to medal in, so we have only one more thing to say: Let the swimming begin!
HollywoodLifers, what swimming event are you most excited to watch? Do you think Team USA will be able to medal in any of todays events? Tell us below!
Pushing the Limits: Swimmer Katie Ledecky makes history
By Callum Ng, CBC Sports
At every Olympic Games an athlete delivers the most dominant performance, and during the first half of Rio 2016 there"s a good chance it"ll be American swimmer Katie Ledecky.
She could win 5medals in 7days
The 19-year-old won silver with theAmerican4x100 Free relay on Saturday. She alsohas the 400-metre free final on Sunday, the 200 final Tuesday, the 4x200 freestyle relay final on Wednesday,and the 800 final on Friday.
No peers
Ledecky is undefeated (12-0) at major international meets since winning Olympic gold in the 800 free inLondon.We"re counting Pan Pacifics, world championships, andthe Olympic Games.
11 career world records
Ledecky currently holds three world records: the 400, 800, 1,500(not an Olympic event). She cameclose in the 400 and 800at U.S. Olympic trials earlier this summer, not fully tapered, which means she could very well break them both in Rio.
No rookie
Ledeckywon in 2012as a 15-year-old.Four years later, her 800world record of 8:06.68 is nearly eight-seconds faster than the time she won with in London.
Gold medals galore
She has won 14 international gold medals since the 2012 Olympics, if you count relays.Ledecky usually swims a leg ofthe 4x200 freestyle relay, aka the 800 freestyle relay.
Not a pro
Instead, she"ll swim and study at Stanford this fall.
Youngest swimmer
She is the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic swim team again.Ledecky"s birthday is St. Patrick"s Day, 1997.
A Michael Phelps in the making
She began swimming at age six.That was 2003, three years after Michael Phelps went to his first Olympic Games.
Many more Olympics
Like Phelps, Ledecky"s birth year is perfectly timed for the quadrennial.She could swim two, maybe three more Olympics.
Simone Biles - Vaults 1 & 2 - 2016 P&G Gymnastics Championships - Sr. Women Day 2
USA! USA! Kim Kardashian wished Olympian Simone Biles good luck at the Olympics in a sweet video message posted by NBC Olympics on Friday, August 5, and revealed that her own little one might have athletic aspirations.
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Hey, Simone! the 35-year-old reality star says in the clip. Its Kim Kardashian West, and I just wanted to wish you the best of luck in the Olympics. Were all rooting for you back at home.
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Biles, 19, excitedly tweeted back her thanks. @KimKardashian Thank You So Much!!! By the way Im obsessed with North! So adorable, the athlete wrote.
She just started gymnastics! Maybe she can show you some moves? the proud mom of two replied. In addition to North, 3, Kardashian and her husband, Kanye West, are also parents to son Saint, 8 months.
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Biles will join an all-star team of athletes at this years Rio Olympics, including Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian.
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Little North has shown off her dance skills in numerous Snapchat and Instagram videos that mom Kim has posted over the years. In May, North and her cousin Penelope showed off their salsa dance moves while the family vacationed in Cuba, and in March, Kardashians little girl dressed up as a hula dancer.
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Last year, Kardashian excitedly shared a number of photos of North with her hair up in a tiny bun, calling her daughter my tiny dancer. North has also been taking piano and art lessons.
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LIVE: RIO 2016 Olympics opening ceremony! Live Stream (Minecraft edition)
A representation of the Olympic rings are displayed in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro.(Photo: Leo Correa/AP)
Service members, retirees, family members and others authorized to shop in military exchanges will be able to watch NBCOlympicslive streaming coverage of all competition for the 2016 Rio Gamesfor free Aug. 3-21.
A partnership among Comcast NBCUniversal, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, and U.S. cable, satellite and telecommunications companiesis offering access to 4,500 hours of coverage from NBC. This year 10,500 athletes from 206 countries will compete in 35 sports.
The free live streaming is available on computers or personal electronic devices to any authorized shopper, regardless of their branch of service.
Active-duty members and other authorized shoppers can visit NBCOlympics.com or the NBC Sports app, and choose the Exchange as their service provider. (AAFES refers to itself as the Exchange.) Viewers must have an active shopmyexchange.com account to verify eligibility to watch the streaming, because of content rights restrictions. Those restrictions also will apply to some overseas locations. Outside of the AAFES option, prices would vary depending on the telecommunications provider.
Additional information is available at shopmyexchange.com.
After Comcast NBCUniversal offered the service, a technicalteam figured out how to make it happen.
In addition to Comcast NBCUniversal, the team included Defense Media Activity, Defense Information Systems Agency, AAFES and DHI Telecom.
The opening ceremony will air Friday on NBCbut competition begins two days earlier. The Games end Aug. 21.
Few events unify the world like the Olympic Games, and it is only fitting that we make them accessible for those who chose to serve our country, said Carol Eggert, a retired Army brigadier general who is vice president of military and veteran affairs at Comcast, in a statement.
In addition to this live streaming, the American Forces Network will offer NBC Olympics broadcast and cable coverage on its television services for overseas American military communities around the world.
Karen Jowers covers military families, quality of life and consumer issues for Military Times. She can be reached at kjowers@militarytimes.com.
Forever Marilynthat 26-feet tall, stainless steel statue of Marilyn Monroe from The Seven Year Itchmay be returning to Palm Springs in September, reports The Desert Sun.
The statue had graced Palm Springs in the past. Thanks to a loan from the Sculpture Foundation, which owns the statue, Forever Marilyn stood in downtown Palm Springs from 2012 to 2014. Now, the city wants to bring Marilyn back as it ramps up its plans to revitalize its downtown.
PS Resortsa local non-profit that aims to boost tourism to the cityis largely behind the initiative to secure the statue. The organization says that it will foot the bill to make it happen; half of the money will come from an agreement with a liquer company, and the other half will come through private fundraising. The current proposal is for the statue to be installed outside the Spa Resort Casino. Aftab Dada, chair of PS Resorts, told the Palm Springs City Council on Wednesday night that the plan is to have the statue at the end of September.
"I think that will be a great publicity and bring a lot of people from other cities into our downtown, and will tremendously help all our merchants, because she is a magnet, and great traffic driver," said Dada.
Forever Marilyn was constructed in 2011 by sculptor Seward Johnson, who has a knack for turning American iconography into giant-sized replications. The statue is often mocked by art critics and casual onlookers; VirtualTourist named it as one of the worst pieces of public art in America. But a lot of people also like taking pictures with it. As such, the statue has been shipped around to different cities to catch the gaze of curious onlookers. It had spent a year on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, and it was last spotted in the Australian city of Bendigo. Forever Marilyn is now heading back to its hometown of Jersey, and, if all things go according to plan, it"ll be coming to Palm Springs in the fall.
Anyway, here are some images of the statue at its last stop in Australia:
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games are finally ready to commence. Yes, some events have already begun, but until the Opening Ceremony, the Olympics never feel like they"ve truly started.
But with Friday"s ceremony behind us, it"s now time to truly kick off the Games in style. Below you"ll find information of the events, streaming options and a few predictions for Saturday"s action.
Saturday Schedule Rio Olympics: Saturday Television Schedule NBC 8 a.m. Rowing Qualifying Heats Live NBC 8 a.m. Mens Cycling Road Race Live NBC 8 a.m. Mens Water Polo United States vs. Croatia Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Mens Archery Team Round of 16 Live NBCSN 9 a.m. Womens Shooting 10m Air Rifle Final Live Bravo 9:30 a.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBC 10: 30 a.m. Mens Cycling Road Race Live NBC 10: 30 a.m. Swimming Qualifying Heats Live OBC 11 a.m. Womens Basketball Turkey vs. France Live Telemundo 11 a.m. Boxing Elimination Matches TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Volleyball TBD TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Swimming Qualifying Heats TBD Telemundo 11 a.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round TBD NBCSN Noon Womens Rugby United States vs. Fiji Live NBCSN Noon Womens Rugby Preliminary Round Live MSNBC Noon Beach Volleyball Preliminary Rounds Tape MSNBC Noon Womens Handball Norway vs. Brazil Tape (live stream at 8:30 a.m.) Bravo 12:30 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBCSN 1 p.m. Mens Basketball Australia vs. France Live OSC 2 p.m. Womens Soccer Canada vs. Zimbabwe Live Telemundo 2 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches Tape Telemundo 2 p.m. Volleyball TBD Tape (live stream at 8:30 a.m.) MSNBC 2:15 p.m. Table Tennis Singles, First Round Live MSNBC 2:15 p.m. Mens Archery Team Final Live NBC 2:30 p.m. Rowing Qualifying Heats Tape (live stream at 7:30 a.m.) NBC 2:30 p.m. Mens Beach Volleyball USA (Gibb/Patterson) v. Qatar (Jefferson/Cherif) Live NBCSN 3 p.m. Mens Water Polo TBD Tape NBCSN 3 p.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Rounds Tape USA 3 p.m. Equestrian Eventing, Dressage Tape (live stream at 9 a.m., 12:30 p.m.) OBC 3 p.m. Womens Basketball China vs. Canada Tape (live stream at 1:15 p.m.) Bravo 3:30 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live USA 4 p.m. Womens Field Hockey United States vs. Argentina Live NBCSN, NBC Universo, OSC 4 p.m. Womens Soccer United States vs. France Live NBC 4:15 p.m. Womens Volleyball United States vs. Puerto Rico Live CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Rugby United States vs. Colombia Live CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Rugby Preliminary Round Tape (live stream at 10 a.m., 3 p.m.) CNBC 5 p.m. Womens Soccer Germany vs. Australia Live USA 5:30 p.m. Beach Volleyball Preliminary Round Live Bravo 5:45 p.m. Tennis Opening Round Matches Live NBCSN, OBC 6 p.m. Men"s Basketball United States vs. China Live OSC 6 p.m. Womens Soccer Russia vs. China Live NBC Universo 6 p.m. Basketball TBD TBD NBC Universo 6 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches TBD USA 6:30 p.m. Women"s Fencing Individual Epee Final Tape (live stream at 3 p.m.) OBC 7:45 p.m. Womens Basketball Brazil vs. Australia Tape (live stream at 4:45 p.m.) NBC 8 p.m. Womens Beach Volleyball USA (Walsh Jennings/Ross) vs. Australia (Del Solar/Laird) Live NBC 8 p.m. Swimming Finals: Mens 400m Individual Medley, Mens 400m Freestyle, Womens 400m Individual Medley, Womens 4x100m Freestyle Relay; Semis: Womens 100m Butterfuly, Mens 100m Breaststroke Live NBC 8 p.m. Mens Gymnastics Team Competition Tape (live streams at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.) NBCSN 8 p.m. Judo Final Tape (live stream at 2:30 p.m.) NBCSN 8 p.m. Womens Weightlifting 48kg Final Tape (live stream at 6 p.m.) OSC 8 p.m. Womens Soccer Germany vs. Australia Tape (live stream at 5 p.m.) NBCSN, OSC 9 p.m. Women"s Soccer Brazil vs. Sweden Live OBC 9:30 p.m. Men"s Basketball Venezuela vs. Serbia Live NBCSN 11 p.m. Table Tennis Singles, First and Second Rounds Tape (live stream at 8 a.m., 6 p.m.) NBCSN 11 p.m. Boxing Elimination Matches Tape (live stream at 10 a.m., 4 p.m.) OSC 11 p.m. Womens Soccer Colombia vs. New Zealand Tape (live stream at 7 p.m.) OBC 11:15 p.m. Womens Basketball Belarus vs. Japan Tape (live stream at 6:45 p.m.)
Source: Sports Media Watch
Sports Media Watch compiled the full schedule of events and television information.
Streaming
You can watch the Olympics online via NBC Sports and the NBC Sports app.
Saturday Predictions
One of the marquee events on Saturday will be the United States women"s soccer team taking on France. The match will be the defending World Cup champion"s second contest after opening the tournament on Wednesday, Aug. 3 (before the Opening Ceremony that Friday) against New Zealand.
The United States is the prohibitive favorite to win the tournament and become the first country to follow up a World Cup win on the women"s side with a gold medal, especially after Japan failed to even qualify for the tournament, but France is a real contender.
The three-time defending Olympic champions will beat the French, but it won"t be easy. Louisa Necib, Camille Abily, Elodie Thomis, Marie-Laure Delie, Eugenie Le Sommer and Amandine Henryform an elite core of players for the French, and perhaps only the Germans are strong contenders outside of the United States.
Of course, the United States counter withCarli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Hope Solo,Becky Sauerbrunn andJulie Johnston, among others. It"s hard to find too many weaknesses on this team.
Look for the United States to sneak away with a tough 2-1 win.
Marta and Brazil will take on a solid Swedish side that same day. The Brazilians will escape with a 1-0 win.
In gymnastics, the men will open the qualification round. A few things are guaranteed:
Japan"s Kohei Uchimura will put himself in the running to win the all-around competition once again.
Cuban Manrique Larduet will be hot on his heels.
Great Britain"s Louis Smith will be the favorite on pommel horse.
The United States will have a solid team, but the medals once the competition continues won"t come easy.
That"s true for the team"s top performer,Sam Mikulak, who has yet to medal in the Olympics.
"It"s time for me to show what I can do on the international stage," he told the Associated Press (h/t NBCOlympics.com). "I think if I can go out there with my mind clear, I"ll be OK."
Meanwhile, the tennis tournament will begin. While no medals will be won on the day, Serbia"s Novak Djokovic and the United States" Serena Williams are theprohibitivefavorites for the men and women, respectively, and certainly won"t lose in theopening round.
The United States will open its play in men"s basketball, meanwhile, with a contest against China. Seeing as the former annihilated the latter twice in exhibition games before the Olympics, it"s hard to imagine the Chinese coming close against them.
Never mind that China lack an answer for players like Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson or Kyrie Irving, among others, they simply can"t deal with the United States" defensive intensity or the team"s dominance in the post, with centers DeMarcus Cousins and DeAndre Jordan.
The United States will beat China, and they"ll beat them big, 111-62.
Kerri Walsh-Jennings, looking for her fourth Olympic gold, will open her beach volleyball tournament with April Ross for the U.S. againstArtacho Del Solar and Nicole Laird of Australia.Walsh-Jennings and Ross are among the best team in the world, so they won"t be losing so early in this tournament.
The team"s chemistry will play an important role in their quest for the gold, as Walsh-Jennings toldVytas Mazeika of the San Jose Mercury News:
April and I had chemistry from the beginning and we built upon it. It"s been really amazing. As you go, you start with a level of trust, but you have to develop the trust and develop the energy and the partnership and the synergy. And we"ve been building upon it since the first day through crucial matches. Training is one thing, competing is another. And every single match we"re using it to get better.
That trust will make them tough to top for the gold.
In the men"s 400-metre individual medley swimming,Japan"s Kosuke Hagino and Daiya Seto will be the favorites and should each get on the medal stand, but the United State"sChase Kalisz will join them in what should be a fantastic race. Look for Hagino to take gold, Seto silver andKalisz the bronze.
"Those guys are awesome, and I"ve got to improve what I just did there to be competitive with those guys," Kalisz said of the Japanese pair, per Childs Walker of the Baltimore Sun. "Those guys are certainly the two best in the world, and they"re the favorites, so I"ve got to be sharp going into Rio."
