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Real Madrid are confident of snapping Arsenal’s midfield maestro while Manchester City are certain to sign a new left-back in January. However, the biggest news of the day comes from Cap Nou where Barcelona are about to receive a £200million bid for Lionel Messi. £200 million reserved for Lionel Messi Pep Guardiola could pull off the most remarkable signing of all time as he prepares to bring Lionel Messi from Barcelona to Manchester City next summer....

Dimitar Berbatov is wanted by Turkish club Trabzonspor. The 32-year-old is said to be keen to leave Fulham, who are battling relegation in the on-going Premier League season. (Daily Mirror) Eliaquim Mangala is set to receive a pay rise at Porto. The Portuguese club believe this will help them keep the French defender and fight off interest from the big English clubs. (Metro) New Fulham boss Rene Meulensteen wants to bring Hungarian winger Balazs Dzsudzsak to Craven Cottage....

Steve Letarte employed the perfect fuel strategy Sunday and Earnhardt held off Kevin Harvick on a late restart for his second win this season at Pocono Raceway. MORE: Pocono results | Stewart upended in big crash | Danica, Jimmie crash The win was Earnhardt’s third of the season and his first sweep of a track since 2002 at Talladega. It was the fifth straight win at Pocono for Hendrick Motorsports....

He demonstrted his social media acumen Friday by taking an amusing shot at a critic slinging a tired, old refrain at him. The exchange came while Earnhardt was answering questions on Twitter after practice Friday at Richmond International Raceway. MORE: Drivers concerned about horsepower reduction | Bowyer’s wedding crashers | Jeff Gordon hamster video Earnhardt also had some fun and entertaining exchanges with real fans as well.

(I’m sorry.) With Dallas Keuchel on the shelf for another 10 days with more neck issues, the path for Houston should be clear: The Astros need to make a move for another starting pitcher. Houston has rocketed off to a fantastic start with a 42-18 mark. A lot of that has been due to the starting pitching and the return of Keuchel to Cy Young form. MORE: The 10 greatest Astros of all time...

Aderin, a senior executive at the Russian arms contractor KBP Instrument Design Bureau, hotly dismisses the allegations–with a somewhat discomfiting argument. “If our missiles were being used in Iraq, the American losses would be a lot higher,” says Aderin huffily. “But since the American casualties are so light, I assume that our products aren’t there.” The Pentagon begs to differ. U.S. military sources recently revealed that several U.S. armored vehicles–including two Abrams M1A1 tanks–were knocked out by KBP-designed Kornet missiles in fighting around the Iraqi city of Najaf....

Hamlin is in critical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest during a primetime U.S. National Football League game on Monday. The 24-year-old Buffalo Bills player fell to the ground after colliding with an opponent during the first quarter of the match against the Cincinnati Bengals. He received medical attention on-field for more than 30 minutes after the collision with wide receiver Tee Higgins, before being rushed to a local hospital....

It all started when the Portland guard said on “The Joe Budden Podcast” that Shaq was only a popular rapper because of his talent on the basketball court rather than his lyrics. “I think I rap better than Shaq,” Lillard said. “I think he was viewed as Shaq. People [weren’t] looking at him like he was a real rapper. They was like, ‘That’s Shaq rapping,’ so of course, it was a big deal....

Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny appeared on WWE television in the first four months of 2021. He teamed up with Priest to defeat The Miz and John Morrison at WrestleMania 37 in a match that was widely praised by fans. Speaking to Sportskeeda Wrestling’s Liam Power, Priest discussed his reaction when he found out he was working with the celebrity. Bad Bunny’s debut was considered by many to be one of the best WWE in-ring performances by a celebrity....

Marino was announced Sunday as a newly hired special adviser to Dolphins owner Stephen Ross, a move that has been expected for some time. Miami NBC affiliate WTVJ first reported that Marino would return to the team. MORE: Dolphins-Marino made for each other Marino was briefly with the Dolphins in 2004 as their senior vice president of football operations, resigning after less than a month citing family and other reasons....

“I’ve worked in this business 35 years. Skip outworks all of us,” Cowherd said. “The hardest working guy when I got into this business was Jim Rome. … That guy grinds it every day. You don’t know anybody that works like him. This radio business I’m in is full of guys who read the sports page and rip crap off. I’m here three hours a day. So is Romey. Dan Patrick doesn’t work as hard as Rome — not even close....

Because I enjoy and generally have more success in larger slates, I am treating today as a tournament day. I’ll be going big on GPPs and qualifiers as I try to hit on a big score. You’ll notice some of my picks are more aggressive than usual, and that’s the reason. The Rockies-Reds game appears to be the one to get a piece of. These are two poor pitchers starting in one of the most hitter-friendly parks on the slate....

This is a very uncertain Thursday in daily fantasy baseball with just nine games total and only three on the evening slate. I’ve eliminated the Phillies-Reds game altogether because it starts at 12:35 p.m. ET, three hours before the next game. If you absolutely must play that game, I do like Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips, Caesar Hernandez and Maikel Franco. MORE DAILY FANTASY: Pitcher rankings | Hitter starts/sits | Optimal lineup (early) | Play FanDuel MLB!...

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With Ben Roethlisberger (knee) now out for a few weeks, it’s unfortunate how far the Steelers DFS plays have crashed. However, every unfortunate bit of news brings along a potential pivot in strategy, and it’s up to us to take advantage. This week, we can consider loading up on Patriots, who will be visiting Pittsburgh. The Steelers will be forced to come after arguably the NFL’s No. 1 team with Landry Jones as the starting quarterback....

Antonio Conte does not want one of the best players in the world at Chelsea According to Tuttomercatoweb, Chelsea had agreed a £155.5 million deal for Neymar in principle to bring the Brazilian to Stamford Bridge next season. However, it was also reported that Antonio Conte rejected Chelsea’s ploy to sign Neymar as he believes that other targets in Europe can be of more use to his side. Real Madrid eyeing £150 million bid for two Chelsea superstars With the presidential elections set to be held in the summer at the Bernabeu, Florentino Perez is looking to bring in star players in the transfer window....

Carter accomplished that in a win over the 49ers on December 30, 2001. The Georgia product would go on to play just four seasons in the NFL, and compiled only two more rush TDs the rest of his career. The only other Dallas rookie QB to run it in for a score was Hall of Famer Roger Staubach, who did in his first career game on September 21,1969. Staubach didn’t have a second rush TD that season, but did finish his career with 24, along with two rings and six Pro Bowl selections....