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Premier League clubs behind Modric Diario Gol has made a stunning claim by reporting that Zinedine Zidane wants to part ways with Luka Modric this summer. Modric has been a crucial part of Zidane’s Champions League winning teams but the Spanish publication has reported that the manager is focused on having his side include more number of young players. Zidane does not want players above the age of 30 with the decision to not extend Pepe’s contract also taken with the same philosophy....

Chelsea submit £55 million bid for Marco Verrati and eye Aubameyang and Monaco’s Bakayoko According to the Metro, Chelsea have submitted a £55 million bid for PSG’s Marco Verrati. The reports suggest that PSG are willing to sell the Italian midfielder and he is considering a move to Stamford Bridge to play under Antonio Conte again like he did for the Italian national side. The Blues are planning on luring Verrati by offering him a significant improvement on his £ 120,000-a-week contract at PSG....

Bayern Munich lead race to sign James Rodriguez German giants Bayern Munich have emerged favourites to sign out of favour Real Madrid superstar James Rodriguez. The Colombian have found game time hard to come by under Zinedine Zidane and was expected to leave the Santiago Bernabeu in the January transfer window, however, that didn’t materialize. Manchester United, Liverpool and several other clubs have been heavily linked with the Colombian midfielder but according to Spanish daily Don Balon, Bayern Munich are the front runners to secure the services of the 25-year-old....

With Dallas trailing 19-3 in the fourth quarter and the offense looking anemic, Prescott exited the game with the injury and went to the locker room shortly afterward. The injury occurred after Prescott made contact with Tampa Bay linebacker Shaquil Barrett twice in one drive. He went to the sideline and after the second instance and was examined by the Cowboys’ training staff before walking off the field. MORE: Cowboys dominated by Buccaneers in opener...

Jones was asked about Prescott’s thumb injury Tuesday during his weekly appearance on 105.3 The Fan’s Shan and RJ show. First, the Cowboys’ owner acknowledged that Prescott was making progress in his recovery from a thumb injury. “I don’t know that you could ask for better news, technically [and] physically [with] how it’s responding, how it’s healing,” Jones said. MORE: How long is Dak Prescott out? Latest updates on condition of Dallas’ QB...

The Pirates of the Caribbean actor’s severed finger has become a key anecdote in the highly publicized $50 million trial against his ex-wife. The 58-year-old alleges that the injury occurred in 2015 when Heard threw a glass vodka bottle at him during a fight, which led him to experience a nervous breakdown. Heard has disputed the claims. Depp starred alongside Johnson in the film Black Mass back in 2015 and one clip from the movie’s press tour is now racking up thousands of views online....

Earnhardt spoke to media members on Friday about his absence from NASCAR and his recovery from concussion-like symptoms. He answered questions at Watkins Glen, the upstate New York road course where Sprint Cup teams race this week. MORE: Junior’s good news | Defining moments | Scary health problems Dale Earnhardt Jr. addresses health issues. (Getty Images) Earnhardt has always been an insightful person, no matter the situation. He studies the history of stock car racing....

In the dream, NASCAR exec Steve O’Donnell was talking to Earnhardt over the radio in the middle of the Sprint All-Star Race, telling the driver the race was boring him. O’Donnell’s complaint: the green-lap runs were just too long. MORE: Starting lineup at Kansas | All-Star Race rules change After the second of the three All-Star Race segments, Dale and fiancée Amy decided to join O’Donnell in a bar inside Charlotte Motor Speedway....

That one, it seems, was a little unexpected. MORE: Starting lineup | Stress to the max | Talladega brings big, scary crashes Not because Jarrett couldn’t win at Talladega. Not because he didn’t know how to race the track, but because in the closing laps he didn’t think he had the car to win. So he planned to push Tony Stewart to victory. But as so often happens in races at Talladega, things didn’t go as planned....

“The fold of this lies squarely on [former Governor] Rick Perry and the current governor, Greg Abbott,” Jenkins told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Thursday. “They and their team passed the regulations to tell people whether or not they need to winterize. They chose not to tell companies to winterize—that need to winterize—which in a regulatory environment for a commodity is telling people not to winterize.” Jenkins added, “They consciously chose to do rock-bottom prices for large commercial enterprises....

The game will also see an intriguing duel between the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and the Dallas Mavericks’ young superstar Luka Doncic. Both players put on a show when the two teams last met, with Curry putting up 57 points, and Doncic registering 42 in a game the Dallas Mavericks won. Ahead of their third clash of the season, both teams have split their two previous meetings this campaign....

New England lost Damien Harris to a hamstring during Sunday’s game against the Lions. It isn’t clear at which point Harris suffered the injury, but he exited the field early in the game and generated just 12 total yards on five touches. And on Tuesday, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported that Harris is expected to miss “multiple weeks” because of his hamstring injury. As such, the Patriots will have to rely on second-year back Rhamondre Stevenson to carry the load....

In a back and forth featherweight war that lasted three rounds, Ige managed to get his hand raised via split decision, with two judges scoring the fight 29-28 in his favor while the third official handed the bout to Barboza 29-28. This was the greatest scalp in Ige’s professional MMA career. In the post-fight interview, Ige had some words of respect and admiration for Barboza. Dan Ige and Edson Barboza went to war against each other at UFC on ESPN 8 The fight kicked off in a frantic pace as Ige flew off the gates, launching a barrage of heavy-handed shots on the Brazilian, who tried to cover up to minimalize damage....

Cote, producer of “The Dan Le Batard Show,” announced last week that he was one of the hundreds laid off by ESPN in a cost-cutting measure, much to the dismay of fans of the long-running program. MORE: NFL picks, predictions for Week 10 On Wednesday, Le Batard announced that he was righting something of an injustice: Le Batard agreed to pay Cote’s salary (and even give him a raise), explaining that the lack of communication from management regarding Cote’s job status was the “greatest disrespect of his professional career....

Brace yourself: These rankings aren’t pretty. That’s somewhat expected on a light, nine-game slate, but come on. After the relative “safety” of Danny Salazar and John Lackey, it gets dicey quickly. Things get even trickier when you factor in that five of these games are on the afternoon slate, including Salazar (6:10 p.m. ET), leaving Lackey (9:40) as the best option at night. MORE DAILY FANTASY: Hitter picks | DFS Playbook | Optimal lineup | Sporting News DFS...

We have seven early games and five evening games today, but unfortunately, the two best pitchers (Chris Archer and Danny Salazar) are going against each other. Either way, both are worth their high prices, as few other pitchers can match their general dominance and strikeout potential in a good matchup. If you’re playing a cash game on a two-SP site like DraftKings, it’s not crazy to get both even though you can only get one win out of them....

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Lionel Messi to sign new deal next month According to Cadena SER, FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi have started talks on a new deal with the player expected to put pen to paper in early May. Speculations have been rife in recent months over the Argentine’s future, with his teammates Neymar and Luis Suarez expressing their desire for him to sign a new deal. Pep Guardiola was recently interested in reuniting with his favourite player but Barcelona’s president Josep Bartomeu had no plans of letting his star player leave....

The Cowboys and the 26-year-old failed to agree a multi-year extension before Wednesday deadline, meaning Prescott will play the upcoming season on a franchise tag worth $31.4 million. When the Cowboys franchise-tagged their quarterback in March, there appeared to be plenty of room for a long-term deal to be agreed upon. However, by the time Prescott signed the franchise tender last month, momentum had significantly stalled and the two parties will find themselves in exactly the same scenario next offseason....