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Aubameyang finished last season as the top scorer in the Bundesliga and was heavily linked with moves to AC Milan or the Chinese Super League, having also regularly spoken of a desire to join Real Madrid. Speaking in July, Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc alluded to an unspecified period of time during which a transfer involving the 28-year-old could be sanctioned. But Aubameyang remained in place for the current campaign under new boss Peter Bosz and has 13 goals in all competitions for the league leaders....

Bartra makes emotional Dortmund return The Gabon international scored twice to secure the Bundesliga top goalscorer award as Dortmund closed the season with a 4-3 win over Werder Bremen. Aubameyang has long been linked to Real Madrid, while Chinese club Tianjin Quanjian, where he could reportedly earn around €500,000 per week, have emerged as a possible destination. Paris Saint-Germain have also been credited with an interest. The 27-year-old is contracted to Dortmund until 2020, but he suggested there is a chance he will not be there next season....

Both pictures depict the Danity Kane member wearing a thong bikini while visiting heaven. In one image, she is seen hugging Jesus. In the other, she is posing by the Pearly Gates. O’Day’s post came after a TikTok user recently uploaded a since-deleted video that alleged vacation photos on O’Day’s Instagram account were not real. The TikTok user showed pics from the singer’s account of her in exotic locales like Bali juxtaposed with what the accuser said were the original photos that don’t feature O’Day....

The Tigers are 15-1 and undefeated in the SEC at 3-0 heading into a Saturday meeting with Mississippi State in Starkville. Earlier this week, they were ranked in the AP Top 25 poll for the time since 2003. MORE: What’s going right with Auburn basketball? But they won’t be welcoming 6-11 center Austin Wiley back after the NCAA on Thursday ruled the sophomore center ineligible until next season. Auburn had requested that Wiley be reinstated....

Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. on CBS, and this is the latest chapter in the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, which dates back to 1892. Georgia (5-0) continues to dominate with a defense that ranks first in the FBS in total yards (177.8) and points per game (4.6). Quarterback JT Daniels has missed two games with an oblique injury, and if he can’t go Stetson Bennett will be pressed into action again....

Payne, chairman of Augusta National Golf Club, had what he called “very major” back surgery in November and said he doesn’t expect to get back on the course until June. But after getting a look at Woods at Tuesday’s traditional champions dinner, Payne was optimistic about Woods’ hopes of returning to the PGA Tour in 2016. MORE: Tiger buzz | Tee times, groupings | Worst Masters chokes | Multiple winners...

In a post on the discussion site Mumsnet, the user explained: “I’m autistic and really struggled with my mainstream school, so when I was 6 my parents applied for, and got me a place, at a private school. I received a large bursary as it was not something they could have afforded otherwise. I will always be grateful to them for that decision as it was that which led me to be able to cope in school, go to university, get a well-paying job and be able to support them financially now....

The Huskies routed Notre Dame 79-58 in the first championship game featuring undefeated teams, winning their record ninth national title. Auriemma broke a tie with Pat Summitt and Tennessee for most all-time, doing it in her backyard. Breanna Stewart, who was The Associated Press Player of the Year, scored 21 points to lead the Huskies (40-0) while Stefanie Dolson added 17 points, 16 rebounds and seven assists. Auriemma took out his senior center with a minute left and the game well in hand with the pair embracing in a long hug....

Esther Bejarano, 96, was outspoken against those who see mask-wearing as a “deprivation of liberty,” saying: “They don’t know what they’re talking about.” Germany’s Die Welt newspaper, which originally reported Bejarano’s comments, said: “History has shown that ideologies of conspiracy can easily lead to ideologies of extermination.” The holocaust, in which an estimated six million Jewish people lost their lives, was preceded, and made possible, by the circulation of a number of anti-Jewish conspiracy theories in the German press....

The center has now notched at least two points in every Toronto Maple Leafs game this season. With two assists on Monday night, he became the fifth player in NHL history - and the first Leaf - to accomplish the feat in his team’s first seven games of a season. In just his third year, Matthews joins an elite group. He ties Hall of Famers Mike Bossy (1984-85) and Wayne Gretzky (1983-84) at seven games, sits one game behind two-time Stanley Cup Champion Kevin Stevens (1992-93) and five games behind Stevens’ Hall of Fame teammate Mario Lemieux (1992-93)....

Van Marwijk’s side put in an uninspiring display in Oslo, as Ola Kamara’s hat-trick fired the home side to a convincing victory. The Dutchman has been appointed to guide the Socceroos through to the end of the World Cup, with Graham Arnold set to take the reins upon their return from Russia after Ange Postecoglou walked away from the role in November. But Van Marwijk says the defensive lapses that aided the hosts’ cause were an indication of the amount of work required ahead of the tournament....

France canceled meetings with British and Australian officials, and has recalled its ambassadors to the U.S. and Australia for the first time in a rarely-seen move between allied countries. However, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said that while France’s anger at the situation was understandable, he offered a reminder of Australia’s efforts to support France. “I can understand how the French are upset and we obviously want this to pass and to us to work closely again....

For months, firefighters in Australia have been battling wildfires during some of the harshest drought conditions on record. The magnitude of the tragedy of fires burning through more than 15 million acres meant that firefighters were working primarily to save homes, infrastructure and other critical resources because putting the flames out would require rainfall. On Wednesday local time, rain began to fall in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, two of the states hit hardest by the wildfires....

The result means two-time Australian Open finalist Li, who beat Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-2 in an earlier quarterfinal featuring two women who'll turn 32 next month, will have to face a teenager for the third time in the tournament. MORE: Must-see images from Melbourne | Federer-Murray rematch The 19-year-old Bouchard, the first Canadian to reach the Australian Open semifinals, played with real composure against former No. 1-ranked Ivanovic, who started the season with a title at Auckland, New Zealand, and produced a major upset to eliminate top-ranked Serena Williams in the fourth round here....

Osaka, the defending champion, has the honor of opening the play at the Rod Laver Arena—the tournament’s center court—when she takes on Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic at 11 a.m. local time on Monday (7 p.m. ET on Sunday). Williams and Federer, who begin their quest for an eighth and seventh Australian Open title respectively, are both in action in the next two games at the Rod Laver Arena....

NEWSWEEK: The Neapolitan Camorra say they want to kill you. Are you afraid? Roberto Saviano: No, I am not afraid. This is simply something I have to deal with. I have certain apprehensions, and certainly there are things I have to do differently from before. I have to move in certain ways with the bodyguards. Maybe another person would be afraid, but I understand clearly that this goes with what I am doing....

There are many different types of autoimmune skin conditions, and each is unique in the type of symptoms they cause, their specific causes and risk factors, and how they are diagnosed and treated. Here is what you need to know about autoimmune skin disease types, symptoms, causes, and treatment. Types of Autoimmune Skin Conditions There are many different types of autoimmune skin diseases and they are caused by the immune system attacking healthy skin cells....

In order to understand all of this, it helps to understand the innate and adaptive immune systems and how they act in these diseases. The immune system has two main functions: keep dangerous things out of your body, and attack and kill dangerous things that get in. The Innate Immune System Think of your body as a secure facility, and infectious agents as thieves trying to break in. Your innate immune system is the security that responds to an alarm and either keeps out or captures the intruders....