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Garcia, one of the most promising youngsters at La Masia, informed Barca on Thursday of his decision not to sign a new contract at the club. Deulofeu signing would push Messi into midfield City are unable to sign academy players from other English clubs due to a transfer ban imposed by the Football Association, and Barca believe Garcia is one of the overseas players the Blues have targeted as a result....

The Catalan side have stormed to the top of La Liga and their Champions League group, with the likes of Lionel Messi in sparkling form in attack, but France international Digne believes that the defence also deserve credit for what has been achieved in the early weeks of the season at Camp Nou. Barca 5/4 to keep clean sheet vs. Bilbao Indeed, Barca have conceded only three goals in their first nine league matches, while they have also kept six clean sheets – the best tally in La Liga to date....

Having seen their Brazilian star spend much of the summer being linked with a switch to Camp Nou, rumours have resurfaced ahead of the January window. Liverpool fought hard to keep Coutinho out of Barca’s clutches amid a flurry of bids from Catalunya, with the Reds reluctant to part with a key men tied to a long-term contract. That has, however, done little to curb the speculation and claims that the Premier League side have put an asking price on the 25-year-old’s head as they wait on renewed interest....

The Argentine maestro missed both of his country’s friendlies in the most recent international break due to a hamstring injury. Messi could only make the bench for the weekend’s La Liga encounter with Sevilla, and came on as a second-half substitute to help Barcelona to a comeback 2-2 draw. Elsewhere, Sergio Busquets is also fit for the Blaugrana after missing three weeks due to suffering a broken bone in his foot against Chelsea on March 14....

The American-born executive, Jes Staley, 64, has been with Barclays since 2015. He is currently under investigation from the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) for his ties to Epstein, who died in a Manhattan prison cell last year while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges. “Obviously I thought I knew [Epstein] well and I didn’t,” Staley told journalists on Thursday, according to the Associated Press....

This article will address the use of bariatric surgery as a treatment for diabetes. What Is Bariatric Surgery for Diabetes? Bariatric surgery is a type of surgery that is done on the stomach. It can be used to treat obesity and help with weight loss. The most common forms of weight loss surgery are gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy. Gastric Bypass In a gastric bypass, the stomach is separated into two parts....

Burton recalled the strike today as he and some 200 other Americans waited to board a Swedish-chartered ship called the Hual Transporter at the port in the Lebanese capital this afternoon. The American group, stranded at the university since the Israel-Hizbullah conflict began last week, had mostly crammed their belongings into a single bag each for the journey to Cyprus. One young man carried a souvenir bottle of Lebanese olive oil as he waited to board the ship....

One such scenario played out in New Zealand on Saturday on the fifth day of protests in the capital city of Wellington. Demonstrators had been gathered outside of the country’s parliament building in opposition to strict COVID restrictions and vaccination mandates. Initially, Parliament Speaker Trevor Mallard ordered that sprinklers be turned on, hoping to drive away protestors wary of getting damp. In response, the crowds reportedly dug trenches and worked up drainpipes to siphon the water away, according to Australia’s ABC News....

Results of the 2015 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame voting will be announced 2 p.m. ET today. Online: The results will be revealed at MLB.com and BBWAA.com. TV: The results will be announced live on MLB Network, which will begin its Hall of Fame coverage at 11 a.m. ET.

Yes, “The Simpsons” is headed to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Associated Press reports that baseball’s ultimate shrine will pay homage to the long-running Fox animated series May 27 when it celebrates the 25th anniversary of the classic episode “Homer at the Bat,” in which a number of MLB stars of the day, including future Hall of Famers Wade Boggs, Ozzie Smith and Ken Griffey Jr., served as ringers for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team....

Here are SN's picks for the most likely impact rookies on each team: Arizona Diamondbacks: Archie Bradley A strong case could be made that Bradley, the Diamondbacks' first round pick (seventh overall) in the 2011 draft, is the top pitching prospect in all of baseball and one of the best to come along in the last decade. And while the team’s projected starting rotation in 2014 is both young and talented, Bradley’s type of potential impact talent will force itself into the mix early....

The museum, not quite finished, is shaping up to be a masterpiece, the finest building yet by the man who is arguably America’s greatest architect. Ironically, it’s in this fairly remote European city, while construction on Gehry’s biggest U.S. commission, the Disney Concert Hall in his hometown of Los Angeles, has been stalled for years. Though the Guggenheim Bilbao–a joint venture of the New York-based museum and the Basque government–won’t open to the public until next summer, the building has already drawn a slew of visitors, from artists such as Julian Schnabel to the King of Spain....

The match in Corsica was brought to a halt at half-time with the teams level at 0-0, the game having already been delayed by 55 minutes after shocking scenes saw some Bastia supporters enter the pitch and confront Lyon players during the warm-up. Lopes laments Lyon ‘disaster’ Bottom-of-the-table Bastia must play their next three home matches behind closed doors at a neutral venue, while the club’s fans will not be permitted to attend their next four away games....

People take bath salts because they provide a brief and intense high, but they have potentially life-threatening effects. The short-term effects of bath salts include paranoia, dizziness, and dehydration. They can lead to serious medical consequences including heart and brain complications, as well as psychosis, violent behavior, and death. What Are Bath Salts? Bath salts are man-made stimulants chemically related to cathinone, a naturally occuring substance found in the khat plant....

Batshuayi is likely to miss the remainder of the campaign but retains hope of recovering in time to represent his country at the World Cup. The on-loan Chelsea frontman scored seven goals in 10 Bundesliga appearances for Dortmund and his absence deals a blow to the club’s chances of hanging on to a Champions League berth, with Stoger’s side currently four points clear of fifth-placed RB Leipzig. Isak, 18, has made just one league start for Dortmund since arriving from AIK in 2017, but he could be thrown into first-team action when Dortmund host third-placed Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday....

The problem has been to come up with feasible earthly solutions. Biologists scoff at mass sterilization, arguing that it would traumatize the beavers and cost $200 for each procedure. Other ideas are no less impractical: David Prather, head of the Truckee Meadows Earth Club. suggested shipping the animals, to his mother’s property in, Pennsylvania–a plan vetoed by the Eastern state’s wildlife officials. As a stopgap, the Nevada Humane Society is organizing tree-wrapping days during which volunteers cover 1,700 potentially endangered trees with a protective layer of chicken wire, at a cost of $10 each....