The legendary Spanish club would like to join the 10-team league starting in 2018, according to a release on the club’s official website. ‘Dani Alves is like an alien’ Barcelona would become the first European club to have a team in the American professional women’s league, with the hopes of expanding the club’s global reach after opening an office in New York in September. U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati acknowledged Barcelona’s interest in joining the NWSL in December, after Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said in September that the club was exploring the idea of fielding a team in the league....

Hundreds of people are said to have been injured following clashes between police and people attempting to vote on whether the region should secede from Spain, with the country’s central government having declared the referendum illegal. Catalonia’s Democracy Board, a regional body created to defend the rights of citizens, issued a call for businesses to stop their operations at 12:00 local time on Monday in a show of protest against the violence....

Goal revealed last week that the Camp Nou club were close to reaching an agreement for the 26-year-old centre-half, as they prepared to part with some of the money generated by the sale of Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain. Barcelona 19/20 to win La Liga Barca were seemingly prepared to meet the €32 million release clause in Martinez’s contract and get a deal done, with Sociedad director Loren Juarros admitting to talks....

Coutinho was absent from the Catalan side’s midweek defeat to Roma in the Champions League as he is ineligible, while Paulinho watched from the bench as his side went crashing out of the competition. Ivan Rakitic and Nelson Semedo are the two players dropped from the side that lined up on Tuesday. Valencia, meanwhile, have made just one change to the team that beat Espanyol 1-0 last week, with Ruben Vezo coming in to replace former Barcelona defender Martin Montoya at right-back....

They have beaten Betis, Alaves and Espanyol so far in La Liga, topping the table with a maximum nine points from their three games. Under 2.5 goals - 3/1 with dabblebet The last of those wins was a 5-0 success in the Catalan derby, meaning Barca have scored nine goals in the Primera Division so far, with none conceded for Ernesto Valverde’s side in the league up until now....

Ernesto Valverde’s men are on a high after breezing past Chelsea into the Champions League quarter-finals during the week and they can - temporarily - go further clear at the top with a win. The Catalan outfit are unbeaten in 28 league games and currently boast an eight-point lead over second-place Atletico Madrid ahead of the international break. They’ve already defeated their visitors in the corresponding fixture in Bilbao back in October, so they will be confident in their ability to repeat that feat on Sunday....

After consecutive 2-0 wins over Betis and Alaves, Ernesto Valverde’s side have started the season well after the sale of Neymar, while Real Madrid and Atletico have already slipped up. With the capital clubs also playing earlier in the day, the Blaugrana will be hoping for a third straight win to maintain the pace at the top. TV CHANNEL & LIVE STREAM In the UK, the match will be available to watch live on television on Sky Sports Football and via online stream using the Sky Go app....

The Red Devils have already faced Manchester City and Real Madrid during their tour of the United States and now take on Barca at FedEx Field in Maryland. Your complete guide to the ICC This is the last of United’s fixtures in America before they head back to Europe for two final friendlies, while Ernesto Valverde still has his first Clasico in the Catalans’ dugout to come in Miami on Saturday....

The hosts capitulated in the second half, despite two late goals from Robert Lewandowski, as they were unable to find a crucial winner in Catalonia. Ousmane Dembele’s first-half goal appeared to set Xavi’s side on the road to victory, but Inter rallied superbly after the restart, with goals from Nicolo Barella, and former Barcelona transfer target Lautaro Martinez. Lewandowski’s two equalisers - either side of a calm finish from Robin Gosens - saved Barcelona from defeat on the night, but they will be eliminated, if Inter win either of their final two group games....

The Catalans and the Andalusians both sit on 13 points after seven games, two adrift of league leaders Real Madrid and a point behind Granada and Atletico Madrid, who currently occupy second spot. After a stuttering start that saw it lose twice in the first two games, Barcelona has won back-to-back games for the first time in La Liga this season, beating Villarreal at home 2-1 and winning 2-0 away at Getafe in the space of 10 days....

Lobov defeated Jason Knight by unanimous decision (48-47, 48-47, 48-46) in a bloody Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 5 pay-per-view main event Saturday at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss. MORE: Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year Lobov dropped Knight three times — in the first, second and third rounds — and the third knockdown came from a devastating overhand right in the waning seconds of the third....

Nothing changed in 2019 after the Patriots won their sixth Super Bowl in February. The Patriots were 7-to-1 preseason favorites to win this year’s Super Bowl, and it was probably a pretty safe bet as the Patriots this weekend won their 11th-consecutive AFC East title—and 17th in the last 18 years—and they could wrap up the No. 2 seed in the AFC with a win over the Miami Dolphins this Sunday....

But it's unlikely that anyone views Manziel, the person, and Manziel, the football player in such different lights than Barry Switzer. MORE: Ron Jaworski says Manziel is Day 3 pick | PHOTOS: Best and worst moments of Jones era Here's Switzer, in a Grantland interview, picking the one player with which he'd start a team today: High praise! Jordan. Robertson. Now, Switzer did also say he didn't love Manziel's antics....

But those would-be Target shoppers might want to look elsewhere if they’re worried about paying too much for cards. According to a report from Fox 13 News in Tampa Bay, the collection is valued at more than $20 million with the leading card, a 1933 Babe Ruth Goudey card in good shape, expected to sell at more than $5.2 million. The collection was owned by Dr. Thomas Newman, a neurologist in Tampa, who died in January at 73 from COVID-19....

The Baseball Hall of Fame just released digitized footage filmed by slugger Jimmie Foxx and his wife, Helen, from MLB’s 1934 goodwill tour of Japan. This wasn’t MLB’s first trip to the country, but this 12-city, 22-game trip included superstar Babe Ruth, along with future Hall of Famers Lefty Gomez, Charlie Gehringer, Lou Gehrig and Earl Averill. Seems Jimmie and Helen Foxx were quite talented with the camera, eh? For more on this trip, the Baseball Hall of Fame’s page is worth your time....

Taveras’ teammates on the Cardinals and other players in the game took to Twitter to express their feelings. MORE: Updated report | Reflection | Notable deaths

Fibromyalgia’s defining characteristic is widespread pain that can be in any part of the body and can move around. Researchers have come to believe that fibromyalgia is largely neurologically based, and that much of the pain is the result of the brain amplifying signals from the nerves. What does fibromyalgia feel like? The pain of fibromyalgia can be dull, stabbing, throbbing or burning. It can be constant or can come and go, and the intensity can vary as well....

Imagine that. Kravis, whose overweening lust for fees astounds even Wall Street, duking it out with Buffett, a man famous for pinching pennies so tightly that Abe Lincoln screams. What made the spectacle especially intriguing was that Buffett and Kravis were fighting over (to them) a mere pittance: $12 million. The results of this battle of financial titans: Normal Greed (Buffett) was KO’d by Kravis, a.k.a. Mega Greed. Here’s the blow-by-blow:...