Both Manchester clubs were kept apart in the draw for the FA Cup quarter-finals. Manchester City will travel to Swansea for another trip to south Wales after beating Newport in the fifth round. Manchester United, who beat the holders Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the final fifth-round tie on Monday, will travel to Wolves. Brighton face a daunting trip to Millwall, while there is an all-Premier League tie at Vicarage Road when Watford host Crystal Palace. In the women’s FA Cup, holders Chelsea will travel to Durham in the quarter-final. Emma Hayes’ side, who knocked out 14-time winners Arsenal in the fifth round on Sunday, will play at New Ferens Park on 17 March. Durham are fourth in the FA Women’s Championship with Chelsea third in the WSL. The WSL leaders Manchester City, who won the competition in 2017, will host Liverpool. Reading welcome Manchester United while FA WC side Aston Villa host West Ham aiming to cause an upset Men’s FA Cup quarter-final draw … [Read more...] about FA Cup quarter-final draw: Manchester sides kept apart
Kindergarten teacher makes heartfelt gesture to support little girl who was teased for looking ‘like a boy’
When Texas kindergarten teacher Shannon Grimm noticed that one of her students, 5-year-old Prisilla Perez, was being teased by classmates for "looking like a boy," she decided to take action. Now, Grimm and Prisilla have matching haircuts and wear matching bows at school to show everyone it's OK for girls to have short hair, too. What are the details? Prisilla became embarrassed over her pixie-cut hairstyle after classmates told her it made her look "like a boy." The teasing caused the little girl to cry and withdraw at school, wearing a hat or hoodie to cover her head at all times. "I would cry because I would think school was not fun," Prisilla told KRTK-TV. Eventually, Prisilla approached Grimm and told her she wanted her hair to be long (like Grimm's). In order to make a point to her students and to stand in solidarity with Prisilla, Grimm cut her waist-long hair into a bob just like Prisilla's over winter break. Grimm explained she wants to teach her students not just in … [Read more...] about Kindergarten teacher makes heartfelt gesture to support little girl who was teased for looking ‘like a boy’
Kamala Harris Tells New Hampshire: ‘I Am Not a Democratic Socialist’
CONCORD, N.H. — Senator Kamala Harris, visiting New Hampshire for the first time in her life, distanced herself on Monday from the last candidate to win this state’s Democratic presidential primary, saying she was “not a democratic socialist” like Senator Bernie Sanders. Ms. Harris made the remark during conversations with voters in Concord, N.H., as she began her debut as a presidential candidate in the state, which holds the nation’s first primary in 2020 shortly after the Iowa caucuses. The California senator planned to hold a town-hall-style event in Portsmouth later Monday afternoon. [Make sense of the people, issues and ideas shaping American politics with our newsletter.] The exchange involving Mr. Sanders, the independent senator from neighboring Vermont who won the 2016 primary here with 60 percent of the vote, came after a question about whether Ms. Harris would have to tack left like Mr. Sanders to do well in the New Hampshire primary next year. … [Read more...] about Kamala Harris Tells New Hampshire: ‘I Am Not a Democratic Socialist’
Lindsey Vonn wins Spirit of Sport award at the ‘Oscars of Sport’
Story highlights Lindsey Vonn awarded Spirit of Sport Award Novak Djokovic named World Sportsman of the Year Simone Biles announced as World Sportswoman of the Year (CNN)US ski star Lindsey Vonn picked up the Spirit of Sport award at the "Oscars of Sport" Monday -- on a night where Novak Djokovic and Simone Biles were also recognized for their achievements. Vonn, who retired as the greatest female skier in history earlier this month, was awarded the accolade at the 2019 Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco for her success and dedication to her sport. Visit CNN.com/Sport for more news, features and video Injuries had blighted the latter stages of her career but Vonn managed to bow out in impressive fashion earlier this month at the World Championships in Are. By winning downhill bronze in her final race, she became the oldest woman to secure a medal at a world championships and the first female racer to medal at six world championships. Read More She finished her … [Read more...] about Lindsey Vonn wins Spirit of Sport award at the ‘Oscars of Sport’
Journalists Fall for ‘Completely Fake’ Stats About Sexism in Tech
Journalists from the New York Times, Washington Post, and Bloomberg promoted a “completely fake” statistic “that doesn’t seem to exist” about sexism in technology this week. Last week, the New York Times published an article claiming, “In a 2016 experiment conducted by the tech recruiting firm Speak With a Geek, 5,000 résumés with identical information were submitted to firms. When identifying details were removed from the résumés, 54 percent of the women received interview offers; when gendered names and other biographical information were given, only 5 percent of them did.”The validity of these statistics which subsequently went viral on social media, however, were called into question by Vox staff writer Kelsey Piper. “This statistic was so far off their experiences and mine that I was instantly suspicious. So I dug into it,” posted Piper on Twitter. “The ‘study’ was conducted by tech … [Read more...] about Journalists Fall for ‘Completely Fake’ Stats About Sexism in Tech