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La Albiceleste 5/6 to beat Russia Mascherano has started just eight of Barca’s 18 matches in all competitions this season with Gerard Pique and Samuel Umtiti forming Ernesto Valverde’s favoured centre-back pairing. The 33-year-old is frustrated by his lack of playing time at Camp Nou and has previously suggested he would consider his options at the end of the season. While he will not rule out a return to his native Argentina, where he took his first steps in professional football at River Plate, it is not in his short-term plans....

The 30-year-old forward picked up the issue in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup, which was won 2-0 by Real Madrid. Barca 7/5 to win La Liga with dabblebet Barca have noted that the player’s recovery continues to move in a “favourable” fashion, although they have not indicated that they expect him back in action before mid-September. A statement from last season’s Primera Division’s runners-up said: “Luis Suárez is recovering well from the injury to his right knee sustained in the second leg of the Spanish Super Cup....

The Catalans’ form before the international break would have been considered underwhelming for a team with top-four aspirations, let alone for a club that has made winning the league a habit over the last decade. Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde can justifiably blame the lackluster start to the campaign to a run of injuries that has so far deprived him of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Ousmane Dembele. The latter pair picked up injuries on the opening weekend of the season and are yet to return, while Messi hasn’t kicked a ball this season after picking up a calf injury during his first summer training session back in August....

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has made a script commitment to a single camera, half-hour comedy loosely based on Davis’ life. The idea was brought to them by “New Girl” star Jake Johnson. MORE: Another potential arena breaking ground in Las Vegas | Jeanie Buss comes to Kobe’s defense | Hawks hire firm to help sell team The show is going to be about a kid from South Central who gets a scholarship to attend a suburban school and attempts to balance his life between the two worlds....

Coming forward as a survivor of sexual assault is grueling. Survivors face disbelief and minimization, as well as flat-out attacks against their truthfulness and perception of reality. On top of all that, organizations and systems ostensibly built to protect and serve all people, like the Justice Department, often not only fail to protect alleged survivors but attack them outright. That’s institutional betrayal. And that’s what Carroll is facing now....

Attorney General Bill Barr, testifying in a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, repeatedly told lawmakers that efforts are underway without detailing how long the process could take. “We’re setting up a system of certification of police departments and part of our charter is to come up with criteria that would be used for certification—the limitations on use of force, specifically the use of chokeholds,” he said. Trump held a formal ceremony in the White House Rose Garden June 16 announcing an order to create grants for local police departments that meet yet-to-be defined standards for Justice Department “certification....

Benedito, a former Barcelona presidential candidate, is currently campaigning for signatures to lodge a vote of no confidence against Bartomeu and the club’s board after accusing them of starting a “serious institutional crisis”. Barca 6/10 for La Liga title And after previously branding Bartomeu as “out of control”, he has now challenged the president’s previous insistence that Messi – whose current deal expires in less than a year – has already agreed to an extension....

Sain won 20 games four times for the Boston Braves between 1946 and 1950, helping lead the team to the 1948 World Series. Later, Sain embarked on a successful second career as a pitching coach. So many of the best pitchers of the 1960s crossed paths with Sain, from Whitey Ford to Jim Kaat to Denny McLain. By the time Mazzone met him, though, Sain was living out of an RV in West Palm Beach, Fla....

Roy Halladay is set to enter Cooperstown on Sunday. A huge impact during his tenure with the Toronto Blue Jays, “Doc’s” baseball travels may not have led to not Upstate New York without a chat with a fellow 2019 inductee. Halladay took his career to a whole new echelon while in Toronto thanks to one man: Mariano Rivera. The year was 2008: Halladay already had two Cy Young Awards under his belt and was making his sixth appearance at the MLB All-Star Game as one of the most dominant starters in baseball....

Here’s all you need to know about the induction cermony: HALL OF FAME: 75 classic SN covers | Least-deserving Hall of Famers When is the 2015 Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony? Sunday, July 26, ion Cooperstown, N.Y. What time is the 2015 Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony? Activities begin 1:30 p.m. ET. What channel will carry the 2015 Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony? The entire ceremony will be broadcast on MLB Network....

In the spirit of the annual tradition of capitalist excess, Sporting News presents baseball’s All-Black Friday Team. C: Buster Posey (Giants, 2009-present), 23.2 WAR Everyone loves a good door-Buster on Black Friday. Or on a team that’s won three World Series in five years. 1B: Norm Cash (White Sox, 1958-59; Tigers, 1960-74), 52.0 WAR Cash used illegal tender when he was suspended for corking his bat. 2B: Dave Cash (Pirates, 1969-73; Phillies, 1974-76; Expos, 1977-79; Padres, 1980), 25....

If professional baseball had a commissioner, she’d be smiling with Thomas. The Phillies is just one of 54 teams competing in St. Louis this summer, courtesy of RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities). Backed by Major League Baseball, RBI reaches more than 10,000 players across the nation. Next month, St. Louis will host the first RBI World Series. Teams from 11 cities will play on a field of dreams, the 56,000-seat Busch Stadium, home of the Cardinals....

FIBA announced on Monday that Australia was being investigated following its 91-83 Group D defeat to Angola last Thursday, for which Joe Ingles and Aron Baynes were rested. That result ensured Australia would not be able to face the United States, reigning world champions and tournament favorites, until at least the semifinals. Australia subsequently exited the tournament at the hands of Turkey in the round of 16, but FIBA nonetheless launched an investigation....

According the News &Record of Greensboro, N.C., college basketball heavy hitters Roy Williams, Mike Krzyzewski, former Georgetown coach John Thompson, and former Tar Heels players Michael Jordan, Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace, James Worthy, Sam Perkins, Eric Montross, Hubert Davis, Jeff McInnis, Brad Daugherty, Donald Williams and Warren Martin were in attendance. MORE: Smith’s career in photos | DeCOURCY — Smith’s legacy will never pass | Fans’ memorial Roy Williams, current North Carolina basketball coach, and Rev....

Diego Costa is has been told he has no future at the club by Antonio Conte and is expected to be sold by Chelsea in favour of bringing back their former player Romelu Lukaku. Bertrand Traore linked with Lyon move However, Everton are playing hard ball and they are asking for an £100 million fee for their star player, with Batshuayi still in the picture as an option for the Blues....

Americans planning to toast the New Year with the best fizz they can afford are already stampeding the wine shops. Sales are up more than 90 percent over last year, and although popular labels are going fast, no champagne shortage is at hand. But a glance at the price tags makes it clear where the quality is supposed to be. The best vintage bottles from France can easily sail over $100; the best from California rarely get past $50....

Lewandowski netted twice in Bayern’s 4-1 Bundesliga win over Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, but was forced off with 18 minutes left on the clock after a foul from Roman Burki. The striker was seen holding his shoulder as he went off to spark fears he could miss the first leg of the quarter-final tie with Madrid, but he does not appear to be a doubt for Wednesday’s match. Alonso: Age not key in Klassiker...

A former manager for the school’s acrobatics and tumbling team, Lozano said she reported the first alleged assault, which she says occurred on March 6, 2014, to running backs coach Jeff Lebby. She later informed her supervisor LaPrise Harris-Williams, who passed the information on to senior women’s administrator Nancy Post. The lawsuit claims Post “completely disregarded” Lozano’s complaint and that nothing else was ever done. MORE: Most heinous crimes connected to athletes...

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