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LIVERPOOL, England -- Simon Mignolet saved a late penalty on his Liverpool debut to secure a 1-0 win over Stoke in the Premier League on Saturday, with Daniel Sturridge grabbing the winner to prove theres life to the teams strike-force after Luis Suarez. Sturridge smashed home from 25 yards in the 37th minute to score the first goal of the season in the English top flight, but Stoke was given a golden opportunity to snatch an undeserved point when Daniel Agger handled the ball in the area in the 88th minute. Jon Walters penalty was saved by Mignolet low down to the goalkeepers right, however, and Liverpool could celebrate its first opening-day win at Anfield since 2001. "You always pick the corner to go to and today I picked the right one," said Mignolet, who had some nervous moments between the posts in his first competitive start for Liverpool since joining from Sunderland in June. "I kept a clean sheet, which is the important thing. "We didnt manage to get a second goal but we deserved to win." The unsettled Suarez watched the game from an executive box high in the stands as he served the fifth match of a 10-game ban for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during a league fixture last season. He may not have played even if he had been available after going public recently with his desire to leave Liverpool, in the wake of an offer of more than 40 million pounds ($62.5 million) from Arsenal. Suarezs attitude has upset Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers but the strikers return to first-team training Friday suggested their relationship has been patched up. The Uruguay international attended this match, taking to the field an hour before kickoff in his Liverpool strip and carrying daughter Delfina in his arms to a ripple of applause. He then took his place in the stands with his family and looked on as Sturridge collected a short pass from Iago Aspas -- another debutant, alongside Mignolet and Kolo Toure -- and fired a shot through the legs of defender Robert Huth and into the corner of the net. Stoke was showing no discernible change in style or approach under new manager Mark Hughes than there was under old boss Tony Pulis, who left early in the off-season, and Liverpool should have been many more goals ahead by halftime. As was often the case last season, Liverpool created a string of chances but a mixture of poor finishing and inspired goalkeeping by Asmir Begovic kept Stoke in the game. In the first half, Toure headed against the crossbar, and Jordan Henderson and Jose Enrique were also denied, while Philippe Coutinho curled just wide and Henderson struck a shot against the post after the break. At the other end, Huth volleyed against the bar in the eighth minute but the visitors were chasing shadows for much of a one-sided game. Despite all of Liverpools dominance, though, it needed Mignolets penalty save -- and then a block from the rebound off Kenwyne Jones -- to preserve all three points. "Its always a concern as a manager when you dominate the game so much and create so many chances but today we only scored one," Rodgers said. "I was so, so pleased for the players because they have worked tirelessly and starts our actual season on three points. "The fluidity and flow of our game was good, our passing and combination play was excellent. I thought our intensity from the off was outstanding." Cardinals Jerseys China . Terms of the deal were not immediately available. The 26-year-old finished last season with Clevelands Triple-A affiliate in Columbus after signing with the Indians in August. Custom Kyler Murray Jersey . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. 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DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke has an opening on its mens basketball schedule because of the North Carolina law that impacts lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.The Blue Devils were supposed to host Albany on Nov. 12 as part of the Hall of Fame Tip-Off tournament, but there is no opponent listed on that day in Dukes schedule that was released Wednesday.Holly Liapis, spokeswoman for the State University of New York system that includes Albany, said that game wont be played because of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomos executive order banning publicly funded, nonessential travel to North Carolina.Cuomos order is in response to a North Carolina law that opponents say can allow discrimination against LGBT people.Liapis said SUNY and its campuses continue to support Gov. Cuomo on taking this stand.Its most unfortunate. As an institution, if not personally, we have gone on the record indicating that our state position on this [HB2] is very troubling, if not embarrassing, Duke athletic director Kevin White told ESPN on Thursday.Albany mens basketball coach Will Brown told ESPN on Thursday, At this point in time I cannot comment on the matter other than we are looking forward to playing our new opening night opponent, Penn State.In a statement, North Carolina Gov.?Pat McCrory called Cuomos executive order ridiculous and wants the game to be played.While Governor Cuomo has initiated a ridiculous boycott of our state, thousands of his citizens continue to move out of New York and now call North Carolina home, he said. Millions of dollars of misleading, taxpayer-subsidized commercials nor an executive order will not stop this exodus. Governor Cuomo, our North Carolina borders are open and our citizens are hospitable. Play ball!?With Albany out, Duke released a schedule that had the school playing Marist on Nov. 12. An amended version issued roughly an hour later had a vacancy for that day and indicated that the Basketball Hall of Fame had notified Duke that its opponent has not yet been confirmed.Marist is still Dukes likely opponent for the Nov. 12 game. It is a private institution and wouldnt be affected by Gov. Cuomos deecision.dddddddddddd Neither would Syracuse, a private school in New York that competes against Duke in the ACC.Duke begins the season with two on-campus games in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off: the opener against Grand Canyon on Nov. 11 and the still-undetermined game the next day.Duke spokesman Cory Walton said tournament organizers are responsible for filling that opening. In addition to Duke, Marist, Grand Canyon and Albany, the remaining four schools in the tournament field are Cincinnati, Penn State, Rhode Island and Brown.Greg Procino, vice president of basketball operations for the Hall of Fame, said in a statement that his group is working with the other schools to reschedule the on-campus games and expects to have that completed in the next week.Duke, Cincinnati, Penn State and Rhode Island are the host schools for the on-campus rounds and are each contracted to have two home games, Procino said.The tournament schedule had been in place for about a year, so this was an unexpected turn of events, Procino said.The North Carolina law signed earlier this year by Gov. Pat McCrory -- known as House Bill 2 or HB2?-- requires transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. It also excludes gender identity and sexual orientation from statewide anti-discrimination protections.It came in response to Charlotte leaders approval of a measure that allowed transgender people to use the restroom aligned with their gender identity. Supporters have defended the law as a commonsense measure that keeps men from using womens restrooms.It has led to a public and business backlash, with the NBA still weighing whether to move its All-Star Game?from Charlotte. The NCAA this spring announced a policy to require sites hosting or bidding on both its predetermined and merit-based events to show how they will provide an environment that is safe, healthy and free from discrimination.Information from ESPNs Andy Katz and The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '