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Mauricio Pochettino defends Chelsea's disciplinary record

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Mauricio Pochettino has defended Chelsea's disciplinary record after Cole Palmer and Raheem Sterling received one- Game suspensions. The Blues will be without two of their star players Palmer and Sterling a must-win London derby clash with Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, with the pair both receiving a one- Game ban after accumulating five yellow cards each. Sterling and Palmer's yellow cards tallies account for 10 of the Premier League -high 56 bookings shown to Chelsea players thus far during the 2023/24 season. Along with said 56 bookings, the Blues have also seen three players be sent off this campaign, with Reece James, Conor Gallagher and Malo Gusto all receiving their marching orders. Palmer is suspended / Marc Atkins/GettyImages Speaking to the press ahead of his side's clash with Crystal Palace, manager Pochettino has defended his team's ill-discipline, insisting that it is due to the "pressure" felt by the players currently: "...

Max Verstappen wins F1 United States GP: what is the record for most wins in a season?

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen won the 2023 United States Grand Prix despite starting in sixth place on the grid at Circuit of the Americas. It was another dominant display in what has been a dominant season for the Dutchman, who had already clinched the Formula One Drivers’ Championship before the race in Austin, Texas. How many races has Verstappen won in 2023? Verstappen’s sealed the championship by winning at the Qatar Grand Prix on 8 October, his 14th triumph in 17 races from the start of the year, and he made it 15 out of 18 stateside with a hard-fought victory. The three-time champion overtook Mercedes’ George Russell on the very first corner and then methodically picked off those in front of him , eventually taking the lead from McLaren’s Lando Norris on lap 28. REVISED DRIVER STANDINGS (following Hamilton and Leclerc disqualifications) #F1 #USGP pic.twitter.com/zGIcCaHRYz — Formula 1 (@F1) October 23, 2023 Why was Hamilton disqualified from the United States GP? Me...

Earth records the hottest 3 months ever on record, World Meteorological Organization says

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The hottest three months on record have just been recorded on Earth, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). LONDON -- The hottest three months on record have just been recorded on Earth, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). The European-Union funded agency said that “Global sea surface temperatures are at unprecedented highs for the third consecutive month and Antarctic sea ice extent remains at a record low for the time of year,” in a press release published on Wednesday. MORE: Man stranded on uninhabited island in middle of ocean for 3 days rescued by US Coast Guard “It was the hottest August on record – by a large margin – and the second hottest ever month after July 2023, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service ERA 5 dataset,” C3S said on Wednesday. “August as a whole is estimated to have been around 1.5°C warmer than the preindustrial average for 1850-1900, according to C3S.” From January to August of 2023, the agency said it has ...

Florida's 'Dr. Deep' resurfaces after a record 100 days living underwater

A Florida professor known as “Dr. Deep” has resurfaced after spending a record 100 days living underwater KEY LARGO, Fla. -- A university professor who spent 100 days living underwater at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers resurfaced Friday and raised his face to the sun for the first time since March 1. Dr. Joseph Dituri set a new record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization during his stay at Jules' Undersea Lodge, submerged beneath 30 feet (9.14 meters) of water in a Key Largo lagoon. The diving explorer and medical researcher shattered the previous mark of 73 days, two hours and 34 minutes set by two Tennessee professors at the same lodge in 2014. “It was never about the record,” Dituri said. “It was about extending human tolerance for the underwater world and for an isolated, confined, extreme environment.” Dituri, who also goes by the moniker “ Dr. Deep Sea,” is a University of South Florida educator who holds a doctorate in biomedical engineering...