Di Maria racing to be fit to face Barca The second leg of the clash takes place at Camp Nou on Wednesday night and the Blaugrana will need to turn in a performance for the ages to book a place in the quarter-finals. PSG stunned the Spanish champions at Parc des Princes, winning 4-0, and need only to avoid a reverse of similar proportions to seal an impressive result....
Mathieu featured from the start in Tuesday’s encounter, but was withdrawn in the 54th minute after sustaining the problem. The Frenchman underwent a series of tests on Wednesday and Barcelona has now announced he will be unavailable for an estimated three weeks. “Test conducted by the medical services on Wednesday morning have revealed that Jeremy Mathieu has injured the soleus in his right leg, which means he is going to be sidelined for an estimated three weeks,” a statement on the Catalans’ official website reads....
In the video, which was posted to the app by a woman called Erin Lynch, known online as Eurn__, we can see a dog sitting on a sofa next to a person covertly filming them. The animal then barks several times while wagging his tail, only to then produce a final loud bark that makes him stop dead in his tracks as he hears it echoed back to him....
Pep on Brexit: We’ll leave if UK wants! The Championship fixture at Oakwell had only been underway for five minutes when play was disturbed by a supporter throwing a toy Peppa Pig from the crowd. The pig was thrown in the direction of Wednesday striker Sam Winnall, who left Barnsley in January after three years for Carlos Carvalhal’s side. Winnall then invited more fury from the home fans after opening the scoring after 50 minutes, tapping into an empty net after a defensive mistake....
Barca fans should thank Luis Enrique Luis Enrique, under pressure at the Liga giants, cited the need for rest after announcing on Wednesday he would step down at the end of the campaign. Bartomeu promised a huge coaching appointment for Barca when the time arrives in the close-season. “This summer, we’ll get a super coach,” he told Barca TV . “We’ll continue to work with total discretion, calmly and normally, until June 30 and then we will announce who it will be....
Barton was given a one-match ban by the Scottish FA prior to leaving Rangers last month after admitting placing 44 bets between July 1 and September 15 this year. Klopp admits Liverpool miss Allen The 34-year-old trained with former club Burnley after making his Ibrox exit and is set to re-join the Clarets having agreed terms on a contract until the end of the season. However, he could now face a longer ban if the fresh charges against him are proven....
Some 50 years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously wrote in an opinion for the court that he couldn’t necessarily define what constitutes pornography, “but I know it when I see it.” When it comes to voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame in the wake of the so-called Steroid Era, the same frustrating ambiguity seems to apply. Left to their own guiding values by the powers that be in Cooperstown, voters have proved to be maddeningly difficult to pin down when it comes to evaluating the careers of men who may or may not have cheated their way to glory in the 1990s and 2000s....
This isn’t likely to change in 2018. FAGAN: 2017 HOF weekend was a celebration of Tim Raines Hall of Fame voting will commence again this fall, with the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and the Modern Baseball Committee each scheduled to make their considerations. Here are the likely people who’ll be standing on the Cooperstown stage next summer: Chipper Jones, with 92 percent of the vote in his first year of eligibility: Statistically, Jones rates somewhere in the top five third basemen in baseball history....
Jessica Mendoza is in her fourth year as an analyst on ESPN’s “Sunday Night Baseball,” teamed for the second season in a row with fellow analyst Alex Rodriguez, and Matt Vasgersian doing play-by-play. She’s also recently reconnected to her fishing roots and was doing a round of media interviews to encourage other women to help make fishing a family affair. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whiparound show on DAZN...
Speaking at the Aspen Security Conference, U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz said American leaders had serious concerns that they were lagging behind Russia in the world’s newest military frontier. “Russia has a huge Arctic coastline, they have clear Arctic interest, they derive their GDP from there,” Schutlz explained, according to Russian state news agency Tass. “From the security standpoint and the militarizing of the Arctic, that is probably the future place for a contentious situation....
Gay activists are pounding at the door of their longtime antagonists–big-city cops. With bias crimes against homosexuals on the rise , gay-rights leaders demand that police not only provide more protection, but hire gay cops and offer sensitivity training to the law-enforcement rank and file. In some cities, especially where gays have political clout, activists have made inroads with police. But in others, they risk deepening the divide: the combative tactics of radical groups such as ACT-UP and Queer Nation have alienated many cops....
It doesn’t make for pleasant dinner conversation, but Asia is facing an epidemic of diet-induced diseases. Instances of heart disease and hypertension have spiked as serving sizes get bigger and lifestyles become more sedentary. Today, for example, the region has more than 60 million diabetes sufferers; that number is expected to top 130 million by 2025. Everyone knows Western fast food is partially responsible. But there’s a growing realization that Asia’s battle against the bulge may be as much a domestic problem as an imported one....
Pressure on the Argentina boss increased with a 1-0 defeat at home to Paraguay in 2018 World Cup qualifying Tuesday, leaving the South American giants outside of the top four in the CONMEBOL section and without a win in three. Angel Di Maria endured a disappointing match in Cordoba while Sergio Aguero failed to convert a penalty, with Bauza criticized for not substituting either player. Bauza’s decisions have led to allegations his team selection is based around the whims of talisman and captain Messi, who is reportedly responsible for Mauro Icardi’s ongoing absence from the squad due to his friendship with Maxi Lopez, whose former partner, Wanda Nara, is now married to Icardi....
Ribery: Ancelotti is a great kisser The centre-back suffered an ankle problem in Sunday’s training session and was forced to leave the pitch on a golf cart. Hummels immediately underwent a medical examination to determine the extent of the problem and he has now announced he will miss the game at the Allianz Arena. “I will definitely not be available for Wednesday’s game,” Hummels told Bild. It remains uncertain as of yet how long the 28-year-old will be out of action....
The Germany international has not played since a shaky display in the 3-2 Champions League defeat at Rostov on November 23 and went under the knife in Munich on Tuesday. Robben not concerned over contract talks The operation was deemed a success with Bayern suggesting the centre-half will be sidelined until early February. A club statement read: “Prof. Dr. Andreas Imhoff operated on the right pectoral muscle of Jerome Boateng on Tuesday in Munich....
BRILES: Admits mistakes | Daughter comes to his defense On Monday, we may be seeing why that terminology was used. The university’s Board of Regents reportedly is considering a one-year suspension for Briles. KWTX-TV in Waco reported that a vote would be taken Monday night. Hard to believe, right? That’s according to Horns Digest, which cited multiple sources. And then Chuck Carlton of the Dallas Morning News got Texas Rangers part-owner Bob Simpson (also a big Baylor donor according to Carlton) to go on record....
The broadcaster announced that it had settled with Patrick Jephson 10 months after an independent investigation made damaging allegations about one of its former journalists, Martin Bashir. In 1995, Bashir secured the interview in which Diana publicly discussed Prince Charles’ affair with Camilla for the first time. However, the investigation by Lord Dyson said it was highly likely that Bashir had used fabricated financial records to gain access to Diana, by making her brother Charles Spencer believe her staff were against her....
The Seminoles were in second last week, but seemed likely to get passed by Oregon if the Ducks could have remained unbeaten. Stanford, however, handed Oregon its first loss of the season on Thursday and Florida State benefited. MORE: AP poll | Oregon falls, Baylor rises | McCarron’s mission The Seminoles (.9619) are a solid second in the USA Today coaches' poll and Harris poll, and second in the computer rankings that make up the final third of a BCS average....
According to police, the bear opened an unlocked door on the driver’s side and climbed in. When the door swung shut behind it, the bear clawed at all four doors to get out, but inadvertently “butt-shifted the car into neutral,” according to the Boulder County Police Department. The car then rolled down a hill for about 100 feet, swiping a tree before coming to a stop. With one of the doors now propped open, the ursine invader “fled on foot… er, on paws, in an unknown direction....
