Tom Brady and the New England Patriots dealt a heavy blow to Philadelphia's NFL playoff hopes on Sunday with a 38-20 rout of the ailing Eagles.
In a re-match of the 2005 Super Bowl, Brady threw for 361 yards and three touchdowns, while the Eagles' Vince Young, standing in for injured signal-caller Michael Vick, had a career-best 400 passing yards in defeat.
In a season that began with Super Bowl expectations, the Eagles retain just a slim mathematical chance of reaching the post-season.
By the second half, Eagles fans had turned their anger on coach Andy Reid, chanting "Fire Andy!"
"The way we played, I can understand," said Reid, whose reigning NFC East division champions fell to 1-5 at home.
Vick broke two ribs in a loss to Arizona on November 13. He hasn't trained in a fortnight and it wasn't clear if he would be able to play when the Eagles visit Seattle on short rest on Thursday.
Young, who led the Eagles to a victory against the New York Giants as he filled in for Vick last week, delivered a creditable performance, and the Eagles took an early 10-0 lead.
But the Eagles defence couldn't stop Brady and the AFC East division-leading Pats, who improved to 8-3.
Brady completed 24 of 34 passes. Deion Branch had 125 yards receiving and Wes Welker caught eight passes for 115 yards and two touchdowns.
Brady's favorite targets, tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez, also delivered, Gronkowski catching his 11th touchdown pass and Hernandez with six catches. BenJarvus Green-Ellis rushed for two touchdowns.
"It was more balanced today," Brady said. "That's how it needs to be. You have to run it. You have to throw it to everybody. We did a good job maximizing all the guys."
The Oakland Raiders took advantage of three interceptions from another fill-in quarterback - Chicago's Caleb Hanie - in a 25-20 victory over the Bears.
Hanie struggled in his first career start in place of Jay Cutler, who broke his right thumb in a victory last week.
Houston inched closer to the AFC South division title with a 20-13 victory over Jacksonville. But the Texans suffered a blow when quarterback Matt Leinart left the game shortly before halftime with a shoulder injury that he said he thought could be a broken collar bone.
Leinart was already filling in for injured starter Matt Schaub, leaving the Texans with no experienced options at quarterback if Leinart's injury is serious.
The Jets' Mark Sanchez threw four touchdown passes, including the game-winner to Santonio Holmes with little more than a minute to play as the Jets beat Buffalo 28-24.
The Jets improved to 6-5 to keep their hopes of a late playoff push alive.
Surprising Cincinnati engineered a second-half comeback capped by a field goal in the final minute for a 23-20 victory over Cleveland.
The Bengals improved to 7-4 to stay in touch with Baltimore and Pittsburgh in the AFC North.
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, playing with a broken thumb, threw for one touchdown and Pittsburgh's defence came up big in a 13-9 victory at Kansas City.
Chiefs quarterback Tyler Palko - another backup standing in for injured Matt Cassel - had four turnovers, including Keenan Lewis's interception of a Palko pass with 29 seconds left that sealed the victory.
Pittsburgh improved to 8-3, as Baltimore did with a win over San Francisco on Thursday.
Denver's Matt Prater kicked a 37-yard field goal with 29 seconds left in overtime to lift the Broncos to a 16-13 victory over reeling San Diego.
In other games, Washington scored 16 points in the fourth quarter to rally for a 23-17 victory over Seattle, Atlanta beat Minnesota 24-14, Tennessee forced five turnovers and overcame five turnovers in a 23-17 victory over Tampa Bay, and Arizona defeated St. Louis 23-20.
The misery continued for Indianapolis, with Carolina defeating the Colts 27-19.
The Panthers ended a 12-game road losing streak that stretched back to December 2009, while the Colts, who have been without superstar quarterback Peyton Manning all season as he recovers from neck surgery, fell to 0-11 for the first time since 1986.
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Desert Warrior
Starring: Anthony Mackie, Aiysha Hart, Ben Kingsley
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Rating: 3/5
What is Folia?
Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal's new plant-based menu will launch at Four Seasons hotels in Dubai this November. A desire to cater to people looking for clean, healthy meals beyond green salad is what inspired Prince Khaled and American celebrity chef Matthew Kenney to create Folia. The word means "from the leaves" in Latin, and the exclusive menu offers fine plant-based cuisine across Four Seasons properties in Los Angeles, Bahrain and, soon, Dubai.
Kenney specialises in vegan cuisine and is the founder of Plant Food Wine and 20 other restaurants worldwide. "I’ve always appreciated Matthew’s work," says the Saudi royal. "He has a singular culinary talent and his approach to plant-based dining is prescient and unrivalled. I was a fan of his long before we established our professional relationship."
Folia first launched at The Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills in July 2018. It is available at the poolside Cabana Restaurant and for in-room dining across the property, as well as in its private event space. The food is vibrant and colourful, full of fresh dishes such as the hearts of palm ceviche with California fruit, vegetables and edible flowers; green hearb tacos filled with roasted squash and king oyster barbacoa; and a savoury coconut cream pie with macadamia crust.
In March 2019, the Folia menu reached Gulf shores, as it was introduced at the Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay, where it is served at the Bay View Lounge. Next, on Tuesday, November 1 – also known as World Vegan Day – it will come to the UAE, to the Four Seasons Resort Dubai at Jumeirah Beach and the Four Seasons DIFC, both properties Prince Khaled has spent "considerable time at and love".
There are also plans to take Folia to several more locations throughout the Middle East and Europe.
While health-conscious diners will be attracted to the concept, Prince Khaled is careful to stress Folia is "not meant for a specific subset of customers. It is meant for everyone who wants a culinary experience without the negative impact that eating out so often comes with."
Fire and Fury
By Michael Wolff,
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UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Warlight,
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Date of launch: 2014
Founder: Jon Richards, founder and chief executive; Samer Chebab, co-founder and chief operating officer, and Jonathan Rawlings, co-founder and chief financial officer
Based: Media City, Dubai
Sector: Financial services
Size: 120 employees
Investors: 2014: $500,000 in a seed round led by Mulverhill Associates; 2015: $3m in Series A funding led by STC Ventures (managed by Iris Capital), Wamda and Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority; 2019: $8m in Series B funding with the same investors as Series A along with Precinct Partners, Saned and Argo Ventures (the VC arm of multinational insurer Argo Group)
MATCH INFO
Real Madrid 2
Vinicius Junior (71') Mariano (90 2')
Barcelona 0
The five pillars of Islam
1. Fasting
2. Prayer
3. Hajj
4. Shahada
5. Zakat
Soldier F
“I was in complete disgust at the fact that only one person was to be charged for Bloody Sunday.
“Somebody later said to me, 'you just watch - they'll drop the charge against him'. And sure enough, the charges against Soldier F would go on to be dropped.
“It's pretty hard to think that 50 years on, the State is still covering up for what happened on Bloody Sunday.”
Jimmy Duddy, nephew of John Johnson
MATCH INFO
Manchester United v Manchester City, Wednesday, 11pm (UAE)
Match is on BeIN Sports
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