Former English international Frank Lampard is taking himself out of the running for Canada’s men’s national soccer team coaching job, according to a story by The Daily Telegraph.
Following initial talks, Lampard decided that the Canada job did not represent the right opportunity for him to return to management, the newspaper reports.
Lampard has been out of work since a spell as interim manager of Chelsea finished at the end of last season. Canada had placed him on a shortlist of coaches to take over and lead the national team into the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
“I’m enjoying being with the family and looking to get back at some point,’ said Lampard when it was reported he was on the list of candidates. “Hopefully something comes up that feels right for me, I’m keen to get working again but as I reiterate, I’m enjoying family life.
“It’s an intense job so when you’re out of it, it’s nice to appreciate being around all my children.
“You love the job. you understand the rigours of it in the modern day. I’ve enjoyed all the clubs I’ve worked with. They’ve all been big challenges for different reasons. I enjoy working with players, improve players and the team, so let’s see what comes.”
Lampard, 45, had an extensive club career in England’s Premier League, making 429 appearances with Chelsea, in addition to stints with West Ham and Manchester City, before a late run in Major League Soccer with NYCFC. The former midfielder also represented his country at the senior level on 106 occasions.
His managerial experience is less extensive. His first job was with Championship side Derby County in 2018, which was quickly followed by a return to Chelsea as the man in charge in 2019. Things did not go as planned, with Lampard lasting just 18 months. A year later, he was brought in to help struggling Everton in January of 2021, where he helped the club avoid relegation, but was sacked within a year. His last job was in a caretaker role back at Chelsea, which was for just 11 games last spring.
Lampard’s W-D-L managerial record is 81-44-71. He has no experience at the international level.
Interim manager Mauro Biello has been running Canada’s men’s program since John Herdman stepped down a year ago in order to take over at Toronto FC. The men’s team recently qualified for this summer’s Copa América, which will see them play Chile, Peru, and World Cup champion Argentina in June. Before that, the CMNT will play a friendly against the Netherlands, with another warmup match against France rumoured to be in the works.
Canada will co-host the 2026 men’s World Cup with the U.S. and Mexico, with games at BMO Field in Toronto and BC Place in Vancouver.
I love that it’s 2024, and there are people in the world who are still dunking on Apple, Google, and Samsung for ripping features off of each other. With smartphones really getting to a place of maturity and upgrades being more iteration at this point than huge jumps, there’s really only one way to set apart your new phone from your old one — steal someone else’s idea.
And that’s fine! I’m cool with that — especially when the features that companies are ripping off each other are health or safety-related, and that’s exactly what it appears Google is preparing to do with the Pixel 9.
As reported by Android Authority, Google is rumored to be working with T-Mobile to launch a satellite-enabled SOS feature with the Google Pixel 9. According to the report, the feature will use T-Mobile’s partnership with SpaceX to enable texting over satellite connectivity as well as offering a new “Satellite Gateway” app that enables the emergency SOS feature.
We’ve already seen earlier indicators about how this could work, but we can now preview it in more detail. First, you will be asked a few basic questions, to narrow down the situation. You will also be given a choice to notify your emergency contacts, after which you will be able to message with emergency services to get the help you need. Many of the questions will also have predefined answers to choose from to make the process quicker.
Pixel 9 will feature three cameras on the back, according to design leak. Image source: 91mobiles and OnLeaks
The report notes that the feature will be featured first in the Pixel 9 but will also be coming to the next-generation Pixel Fold. The Pixel 9 is expected to be unveiled later this year at the company’s usual Made by Google event in October.
Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox.
Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there.
Google isn’t the only company working on an emergency feature like this. Samsung and Qualcomm are also developing technology to enable these kinds of safety features — Apple just got ahead of everyone when it launched Emergency SOS via Satellite on the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro back in 2022. The features also stayed available with the iPhone 15 lineup that launched in 2023.
Apple’s implementation of the feature allows users to contact emergency services when the only connection available is via satellite. Emergency services will receive the emergency questionnaire as well as the person’s medical ID from their iPhone and their location. The feature will also alert the person’s emergency contacts and share their location with those individuals.
This game-changing service allows Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) — or emergency services call centers — to connect to even more users in emergency situations, and requires no additional software or protocols to enable communications. Users will be connected directly to emergency services that are equipped to receive text messages, or to relay centers with Apple-trained emergency specialists who are ready to contact PSAPs that cannot receive text messages on the user’s behalf.
iPhone 14’s Emergency SOS via satellite feature. Image source: Apple
Apple says that it will eventually charge for the service, but it keeps extending the trial period and offering at least a year of service on new iPhones, so we don’t quite know how much we’ll end up paying for this feature in the long run just yet. It’s also unclear how much other companies like Google and Samsung will charge for it — if at all.
As someone who camps and goes backpacking, I currently pay at least $15 per month for my Garmin inReach mini, a satellite communicator that theoretically could be replaced by my iPhone 15 Pro at this point. Due to being in the backcountry enough, I already see the value in having access to these kinds of services — even if I have to pay for them. They are worth the peace of mind.
Regardless of the cost, this is a fantastic safety feature that everyone should have, and I don’t care one bit if Google or Samsung wholly rip off Apple with their own versions. While we can argue about companies ripping certain features off each other, health and safety features should spread to every possible device, regardless of who implemented it first.
Hopefully, all of these companies rip even more health and safety features off of each other. We all stand to benefit from features like this, so go ahead, Google, Apple, and Samsung.
SUNRISE, Fla. — Bill Zito has been promoted by the Florida Panthers, with the team announcing Monday that its general manager will now also serve as the team’s president of hockey operations.
The promotion came with a multi-year contract extension, the terms of which were not revealed by the reigning Eastern Conference champions.
Zito’s arrival four years ago sparked a massive turnaround by the Panthers, who have made the playoffs in all four of his seasons leading the front office — a streak unlike any other in club history — and have won more than half their games in all four of those seasons. In the 26 seasons before Zito, Florida had a total of three seasons where it won more than 50% of its games.
“Obviously on a personal level, I’m thrilled and honored,” Zito said. “And I’m grateful to be able to continue to try to keep building and keep pursuing the goal of making this a destination franchise.”
It’s another example of the Panthers locking up talent for years to come, with one of owner Vincent Viola’s mandates being to assure the fan base that what’s being built in Florida is being built to last for many years.
Among those in Florida with long-term deals: Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov, Gustav Forsling, coach Paul Maurice, and now, the guy who got all those contracts done with the Panthers.
“From his first day as a Panther, Bill has demonstrated his complete commitment to success both on and off the ice. He has worked steadfastly and tirelessly to establish a new standard of excellence for our franchise,” Viola said. “The future has never looked brighter in South Florida and we are thrilled that Bill will continue to lead the way.”
Florida has the fifth-best record in the NHL during Zito’s tenure, plus leads the league in comeback wins, overtime wins and shots on goal. The Panthers are tied with Edmonton for No. 2 in the NHL in goals over Zito’s four seasons entering Monday; they have 1,073, three less than Colorado had.
Also under Zito, a two-time GM of the year finalist: The Panthers won the Presidents’ Trophy in 2022 and went to the Stanley Cup Final last season.
“Under Bill’s leadership we have seen renewed fan excitement, consistent playoff appearances and a sustained culture of success,” Panthers alternate governor Michael Viola said. “Through this extension, we are recommitting to stability and strength at the heart of our organization, and the continued growth of our sport throughout Broward County and South Florida.”
On April 10, the US Federal Communications Commission launched an initiative to simplify internet shopping. Internet providers are now required to display labels with the key ingredients of their plans — borrowing the nutrition label format from food products.
“People have been pushing for this for years because companies were making it so hard to tell what exactly you’re getting. You sign up for something at $50 a month, and then after taxes and fees, it’s $100, and then that balloons to $200,” Justin Brookman, director of technology policy for Consumer Reports, told CNET. “That was a huge problem. And that’s why the cable companies largely resisted this for 10 years.”
Internet providers are notorious for their complicated pricing structures. Between autopay discounts, introductory pricing and hidden fees, you often don’t know what your bill will actually look like until it’s too late. I write about the internet for a living, and even I have to call providers directly to find out basic information like upload speeds and price increases. That’s the kind of obfuscation the FCC is looking to clear up.
“The fundamental idea is that competitive markets work better when consumers have appropriate information,” Blair Levin, a former FCC chief of staff and a telecom industry analyst at New Street Research, told CNET. “Requiring ISPs to provide this kind of minimum level of information to consumers really is kind of a no-brainer.”
A sample of the FCC’s broadband consumer labels for home internet and mobile broadband plans.
FCC
What you’ll see on the broadband labels
The FCC is requiring that internet providers with more than 100,000 subscribers begin displaying the labels on April 10. Smaller providers have until Oct. 10 to roll them out.
“The broadband labels are required to appear at the point of sale,” Alejandro Roark, bureau chief of the FCC Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, told CNET. “And it can’t be buried. It can’t be one of those things where the price is available, but you have to click multiple links, or click on this tiny icon that may be hard to miss. We’re very explicit in our rules that they have to be present.”
Monthly price
At the top of the label is the monthly price, along with any increases you can expect. This is one of the most frustrating aspects of being an internet customer: Your bill might double after a year or two, and you won’t know until it happens. You can sometimes find out what your price increase will be by combing through the fine print, but many ISPs simply say it will return to the “then-prevailing rate” after the promotional pricing expires.
The broadband label looks to take the surprise out of that process by requiring that providers clearly state how long the introductory pricing lasts and what it will jump to when it ends.
That said, it’s better in theory than practice at this point. I checked a handful of major internet providers, and almost none of them were complying with the FCC’s vision.
Spectrum (left) and Frontier (right) both advertised prices that didn’t appear on their broadband labels.
Spectrum and Frontier
Spectrum, for example, lists the price for its Internet 100 plan as $30 per month for 24 months. But when you open the broadband label, it shows the monthly price as $60, with no introductory rate. Frontier had the same issue: It advertised a price of $30 per month for its Fiber 200 plan but showed $40 on the broadband label.
Additional charges
This is where you’ll see all the fees associated with the internet plan. The bulk of that will be equipment fees, which can be broken down into different prices for renting a modem and a router. If applicable, you may also see things like installation and early termination fees here, too.
But these can be misleading, as well. Spectrum, for example, shows a $30 to $65 installation fee on all its labels, but when you go to check out, installation is listed as free.
Discounts and bundles
This section was almost exactly the same for every ISP I looked at. You’ll be directed to a link that has more information on the discounts you can get if you add things like cellphone or TV service to your internet plan.
Speeds
There are three factors listed here: typical download speed, typical upload speed, and latency. Roark told me that the internet providers are responsible for reporting this information themselves, and the FCC isn’t reviewing it for accuracy.
The speed information I saw varies from provider to provider and, in some cases, raises more questions than answers. Spectrum lists its Internet 100 plan as “up to 100Mbps,” for example, but its label says typical download speeds are “100Mbps or higher.”
AT&T Fiber, on the other hand, lists typical download speeds of 398Mbps and upload speeds of 381.7Mbps for its 300Mbps plan. AT&T told CNET that these numbers are gleaned from an internal tool.
Data included
Data caps are a thing of the past with most internet plans, but the providers that do still have them are required to list exactly what they are, along with any fees you’ll get hit with for going over. You’ll get charged based on how much extra data you use — typically $10 or $15 for each 50GB of data that you go over.
Legal information and customer support
The remaining sections are primarily reserved for legal disclaimers. You can click links to learn more about the ISP’s network management and privacy policies (if that’s your idea of a good time).
There’s also a spot for customer support, which included a phone number on every label I saw. This is more important than you might think — ISPs often make their contact information surprisingly difficult to track down.
How will the broadband labels be enforced?
Internet providers aren’t required to send the labels to the FCC for approval before displaying them on their sites. The agency is largely relying on third-party advocacy groups and consumers themselves to ensure that the information displayed on the broadband labels is accurate.
“Similarly to a lot of the agency’s enforcement actions, we really rely on the consumer complaint process,” Roark said. “Now that the rules are officially in effect, we will be monitoring and ensuring that there is a broad nationwide consumer awareness campaign so the consumers know about this requirement and what to expect in the labels.”
If you notice that a provider isn’t displaying labels or has inaccurate information about its plans, you can file a complaint with the FCC Consumer Complaint Center.
The bottom line
The broadband consumer labels are a much-needed step toward taking some of the confusion out of internet shopping. But while ISPs might technically have them on their sites — and many still don’t — the information on the labels often directly conflicts with what’s advertised on the same page. There’s still a long way to go to make comparing plans easy for consumers, but that’s to be expected on Day 1.
“I would hope that the FCC revisits this every two, every four years, has industry comment, has consumers comment — and gradually improves this,” Levin told CNET. “That should be an achievable thing. That should be one of the principal jobs at the FCC.”
NEW YORK — Attendance was up 1.4 per cent in the NBA this season, with the league setting a slew of records for ticket sales and sellouts.
The total attendance in the regular season that ended Sunday was 22,536,341, the league said — the second consecutive season in which the NBA set that record. Other records set this season included 872 sellouts, 71 per cent of games selling out and an average attendance of 18,322.
The previous marks in those categories: 22,234,502 for total attendance, 791 sellouts, 63 per cent of games selling out and average attendance of 18,077. All were set in the 2022-23 season.
In all, the league said arenas were filled to 98% capacity, another record.
Part of the reason for the attendance boost was the success of the In-Season Tournament, which was held this season for the first time in November and December. The NBA’s average attendance for those November games around the league was 18,208, another record.
There were 10 teams — Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Golden State, Miami, Minnesota, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Sacramento — that sold out every game. Fans from more than 150 countries and territories purchased tickets to games, the league said.
Dr. David Egilman, a physician and expert witness who, over a 35-year span, gave testimony in some 600 trials involving corporate malfeasance, resulting in billions of dollars in awards for victims and their survivors, died on April 2 at his home in Foxborough, Mass. He was 71.
The cause was cardiac arrest, his son Alex said.
Many medical experts make a side business in court, offering their informed opinions on the witness stand and helping to validate or undermine plaintiffs’ claims. But few make it a career-long passion in the way Dr. Egilman did. He taught at Brown University and ran a private practice but spent most of his time consulting and testifying in as many as 15 cases a year.
He did more than just opine from the stand. A dogged researcher, he dug up incriminating emails and memos showing that, in many cases, drug companies knew the risks involved with putting a new medication on the market but went ahead anyway.
He provided critical testimony in a class-action lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, claiming that it had failed to reveal the health risks involved presented by Johnson’s baby powder and other products containing talc. After years of litigation, the company settled for $8.9 billion in 2023.
Dr. Egilman’s work as an expert witness rubbed some people the wrong way, especially defense lawyers and pharmaceutical company executives, who argued that he was too dogmatic to provide objective analysis. But Dr. Egilman saw things differently.
“As a doctor, I can treat one cancer patient at a time,” he said during a 2018 trial. “But by being here, I have the potential to save millions.”
His work extended beyond the courtroom: He helped legal teams strategize their cases, and he coached them on how to present complicated medical data to juries.
“David was a game changer on so many levels,” said Mark Lanier, a lawyer who worked with Dr. Egilman for 25 years. “David helped me in cases where he was testifying, but also where he was simply giving advice and insight.”
He also pushed back against what he saw as pharmaceutical marketing intruding on the realm of scientific research. Writing in peer-reviewed medical journals, he showed how drug companies used tactics like ghostwriting — drawing up their own studies, then paying a doctor to add their name — and “seeding,” in which companies run their own questionable studies to build support for their drugs.
Dr. Egilman was instrumental in publicizing a declassified memo from 1950 that warned of the risks involved in government radiation tests on humans. The tests were nevertheless carried out.
“If this is to be done in humans, I feel that those concerned in the Atomic Energy Commission would be subject to considerable criticism, as admittedly, this would have a little of the Buchenwald touch,” Dr. Joseph G. Hamilton, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley, wrote in the memo, referring to the Buchenwald concentration camp where Nazi doctors carried out horrific medical experiments on prisoners.
At times, Dr. Egilman’s zeal got the better of him. In 2007, he agreed to pay the drug maker Eli Lilly $100,000 after leaking confidential documents to a lawyer, who then gave them to The New York Times. He was involved in a case against the company over allegations that it had pushed its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for unapproved uses.
Eli Lilly donated the money from the settlement to charity. But the company’s victory was short lived: In 2009, it pleaded guilty to the allegations and agreed to pay $1.4 billion — including a $515 million criminal fine, the largest ever in a health care case.
Dr. Egilman was unbowed by the ups and downs of the case.
“A physician’s oath,” he told Science magazine in 2019, “never says to keep your mouth shut.”
David Steven Egilman was born on Sept. 9, 1952, in Boston. His father, Felix, was a Polish Jew who had survived the Holocaust, including a period spent in Buchenwald, because, he said, his skill as a shoemaker was prized by German officers. His wife and two children were killed in another concentration camp.
After the war, Felix Egilman immigrated to the United States, where he married Veta Albert, David’s mother, who died in a car accident when David was 10. His father withdrew emotionally in the face of the mounting trauma, leaving David largely to take care of himself.
He won a scholarship to Brown University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology in 1974 and a medical degree in 1978. He earned a master’s degree in public health from Harvard in 1982.
Dr. Egilman married Helene Blomquist in 1988. Along with their son Alex, she survives him, as does another son, Samson.
After medical school and training at the National Institutes of Health, he moved to Cincinnati, where he set up a clinic as part of the U.S. Public Health Service. Many of his patients were industrial and mining workers who had developed medical conditions after years of working in unsafe environments.
The experience steeled Dr. Egilman’s determination to stand up against medical injustice. He returned to Massachusetts in 1985, where he opened a private practice and began teaching at Brown.
To handle his growing list of legal clients, he set up a separate company, Never Again Consulting, a nod both to his father’s experience during the Holocaust as well as the importance of not allowing the horrors of Nazi medical experimentation to be replicated.
Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley saw his love repaid in full during his time in Toronto and said he’s “absolutely” open to staying in the city.
During the Raptors’ end-of-season media day on Monday, Quickley was asked about the potential of him re-signing in Toronto, and though he didn’t clear up questions about progress towards a potential extension, he made it clear that he’s loved being in Canada in the few months since being acquired in a trade mid-season.
“Absolutely love Toronto. Since the day I got here they’ve done nothing but show me love,” Quickley said when asked about the possibility of extending in the city. “Love is an action word, it’s not just something you throw around. They’ve done that from the day I got here to today.”
Quickley, 24, joined the Raptors as part of the deal that sent OG Anunoby to the New York Knicks earlier this season. He’s in the final year of his rookie contract and is set to become a restricted free agent this summer.
Since joining the Raptors, the guard has upped his averages to 18.6 points, 4.8. rebounds and 6.8 assists while maintaining his impressive 39.5 per cent rate from deep. He has also started all 38 games he’s appeared in after not making any starts with the Knicks earlier this season.
“Obviously the team and my agent have to handle everything, but I love being here in Toronto,” Quickley said. “Absolutely.”
var adServerUrl = “”;
var $el = $( “#video_container-419459” );
var permalink = $el.closest(‘.snet-single-article’).data(‘permalink’);
/*
if ( “1” == true && ‘undefined’ !== typeof window.getIndexAds ) {
var so = {preroll:{1:{1:{siteID:191888},2:{siteID:191889}}}};
adServerUrl = window.getIndexAds( ‘http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640×360&cust_params=domain%3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326%2Fen.sportsnet.web%2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6350972900112&cmsid=384’, so, permalink);
} else {
adServerUrl = “http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640×360&cust_params=domain%3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326%2Fen.sportsnet.web%2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6350972900112&cmsid=384”;
}
*/
adServerUrl = “http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640×360&cust_params=domain%3Dsportsnet.ca&iu=%2F7326%2Fen.sportsnet.web%2FVideo&ciu_szs=300×250&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&ad_rule=1&vid=6350972900112&cmsid=384”;
var adServerUrl_result = adServerUrl.includes(“cust_params”);
var queryString=”;
if(adServerUrl_result){
var gettheDUFI = localStorage.getItem(“theRED_loc”)
The Raptors will have the ability to match any deal Quickley might get from another team.
Scottie Barnes spoke about what Quickley brings to the team and why having him and RJ Barrett, who was also part of the deal with Knicks, have had such a positive influence on the club as they enter a period of transition.
“Those are two strong dudes and they come in every single day positive,” Barnes said. “Super happy, super caring. They come in with the biggest smiles on their face.
The Blue Jays reinstated catcher Danny Jansen from the 10-day injured list and he will be active for Monday’s game against the New York Yankees.
Jansen has been recovering from a fractured right wrist suffered during spring training. He was hit by a pitch from Pittsburgh Pirates righty Carmen Mlodzinski on March 13.
Jansen just completed a rehab assignment with triple-A Buffalo where he hit .308/.357/.615 with a home run and six RBI in four games.
To make room for Jansen, backup catcher Brian Serven was optioned to Triple-A. The 28-year-old did not record a hit in seven games.
