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The Liga giants have revealed that the 20-year-old France international is to undergo surgery on Tuesday after picking up a hamstring injury, with the untimely issue set to keep him out of action for up to four months. Blaugrana 10/11 to win La Liga With Dembele the only attacking addition made in the wake of Neymar’s €222m move from Camp Nou to Paris Saint-Germain, Barca now find themselves facing something of a quandary....

The Brazilian was scheduled to face Uriah Hall in a middleweight bout on the preliminary card in Jacksonville, Fla., but he and two of his cornermen tested positive for COVID-19 while asymptomatic. The three have left the host hotel and will be self-isolating, the UFC announced. MORE: Odds, betting advice for UFC 249 The UFC also said there had been no other positive coronavirus tests ahead of UFC 249, which is headlined by a interim lightweight championship bout between Tony Ferguson and Justin Gaethje....

Bale is out with a calf problem and his fellow first-choice forwards will also not make the trip after being rested by head coach Zinedine Zidane. Who Real Madrid should sell this summer The decision comes with Madrid facing crucial matches against Bayern Munich and Barcelona in the week following the Sporting clash. Ronaldo earned his manager’s praise Friday for hitting the century mark in goals scored in European competition, with Zinedine Zidane hailing his attacker’s excellent form....

Football Manager predicts Champions League winner Ronaldo suffered a minor knock to his right leg in the 3-1 La Liga win over Osasuna on Saturday and stayed in the gym as a precautionary measure. “Real Madrid continued to prepare for the first leg of the Champions League round-of-16 tie against Napoli,” a brief statement on the club’s website reads. “Cristiano Ronaldo and [Fabio] Coentrao trained inside the facilities. “Ball work took centre stage in a session that saw [head coach Zinedine] Zidane call up Real Madrid Castilla player Enzo....

WATCH: Ronaldo’s amazing toast trickery Ronaldo also missed the first leg of the round of 16 tie, with Madrid cruising to a 3-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu without their star attacker. He then returned to the starting XI for the 5-0 win over Granada at the weekend, but will be allowed to sit out Thursday’s clash again. Modric, meanwhile, has featured for the full 90 minutes in Madrid’s first two games of 2017, but Zidane does not need the Croatia international at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan....

Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo, who has scored 26 goals in his last 15 appearances in all competitions for Madrid, has been left out of the matchday squad for Leganes’ visit to the Santiago Bernabeu on a weekend that could see Barcelona crowned as LaLiga champions. Club captain Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane have also been granted a break, with Marcelo the only experienced defender selected by Zidane. Nacho Fernandez, Dani Carvajal and Isco all miss out through injury....

The Hall of Famer made his first public appearance since his ordeal Saturday at TwinsFest, speaking to an adoring crowd while wearing a battery-powered device he now wears 24 hours a day to ensure his heart functions properly. “I’m living a bionic life," Carew said, via the Star Tribune. “Wherever I go, this bag has to go with me. This is what runs my heart.” MORE: The best and worst MLB spring training caps...

Madrid paid out a reported €45million to seal a move for Rodrygo in June 2018, but the teenager remained at Santos for another year. The 18-year-old was presented as a Los Blancos player at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday, with club president Florentino Perez branding him “one of the great prodigies”. Asked if a report that Madrid managed to seal the transfer in under half an hour, Rodrygo told a news conference: “I always said I preferred Real Madrid and when they came I didn’t even have to ask questions, so 20 minutes and it was all done....

It is what it is. Your body is creaking at the hinges. There is that hint of a back pain, maybe your knees hurt and while the sun and the wind have never bothered you so far, the indoors are usually preferable these days. Didn’t you wake up at five when you were a teenager, ignoring the freezing winter, for a few sets of tennis? What about the summer when it was burning outside and you were cycling to a cricket match?...

Roger Federer looked sluggish this year and his results have been way underneath his standards. The 32-year-old began this year as World No. 1 and reaching the semifinals in the Melbourne, but the remaining three Grand Slams have been disappointing; with a quarterfinal departure at Roland Garros followed by a shocking second-round defeat at Wimbledon and then his miserable last 16 exit at the Flushing Meadows. After his historical record-setting mark of 33 straight quarterfinal or better appearances at Grand Slams came to a sudden and shocking end at this year’s Wimbledon by the hands of Sergiy Stakhovsky, a player then ranked outside top 100, the naysayers smelled weakness and went on overdrive to thrust it under the spotlight....

The Swiss overcame a rain break to outlast Dimitrov in four sets, exhibiting some great play in the process. Meeting Dimitrov for the fifth time in his career, Federer had little reason to be concerned going into the match against the 28th- ranked shot-maker, whose game is so reminiscient of the Swiss’ that he is often described as ‘Baby Federer.’ However, Federer lost last year to the lower-ranked Andreas Seppi of Italy at exactly the same stage in the tournament – and that result had also been unexpected, which may have been a possible cause of worry for the player....

“It’s been a long process and a long day,” Goodell said after league owners, on a 30-2 vote, approved the Rams’ shift from St. Louis back to Southern California. MORE: Worst owners in sports | Post-merger franchise moves “Relocation is a painful process,” Goodell continued. “It’s painful for the fans, for communities, for the teams, for the league in general. Stability is something we’ve taken a great deal of pride in....

Foxborough. Home of the Patriots. And Deflategate (and Spygate, but Deflategate is what matters here). MORE: Brady trolls Texans with Facebook post If Goodell does make the trip, he will not be welcomed warmly by at least two former Patriots. First, ex-backup QB Scott Zolak, now a talk radio host in Boston: And then former linebacker Matt Chatham, who also does media work in New England, piled on: Goodell was tight with Patriots owner Robert Kraft, but that’s up for debate after Goodell, after more than a year of ham-handedness, suspended Tom Brady four games for Deflategate (never mind the Pats went 3-1 in that span this season)....

League commissioner Roger Goodell sent out a memo Thursday telling teams the Commissioner’s Executive Committee unanimously decided the draft will be held April 23-25 as originally planned. “Everyone recognizes that public health conditions are highly uncertain and there is no assurance that we can select a different date and be confident that conditions will be significantly more favorable than they are today,” Goodell wrote in the memo (via ESPN’s Adam Schefter)....

To start, calling Loot River’s aesthetic reminiscent of Bloodborne isn’t an exaggeration. It opens with a cinematic show of a sparsely lit city of towers along a climbing cliff, akin to the climb to Dracula’s Castle, with a river running through it. The levels themselves are dilapidated and littered with coffins, skeletons, dripping blood, dark traps, and mysterious sorceries. There’s even a peaceful central hub area. RELATED: The Ascent Gets Impressive New Trailer During ID at Xbox Event...

Several wrestlers from AEW and returning ROH stars will be competing at Death Before Dishonor. Jonathan Gresham defends the Undisputed ROH World Title against former WWE star and ROH alum Claudio Castagnoli. A rematch of one of the biggest matches of 2022 will take place when FTR defends the ROH World Tag Team Titles against The Briscoe Brothers, the former champions. This time, it will be a two-out-of-three falls match....

BCCI, however, has not named any replacement for Rohit for the final Test beginning on January 3. Now that he is not available, the Indian think-tank has some selection headaches ahead of the fourth Test. India have retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy and are leading the series 2-1. Virat Kohli, in the post-match conference, has made it clear that they will definitely look to win the fourth Test and wrap up the series....

Kolasinac undergoes Arsenal medical The Argentina international seemed to hurt his knee in a challenge with Frank Acheampong and was replaced by Daley Blind midway through the first half at Old Trafford. Both Chris Smalling and Phil Jones are currently on the sidelines, with Blind and Eric Bailly now the club’s only fit senior centre-backs. Rojo and Bailly were lining up for their sixth straight game together at the heart of the defence following on from injuries picked up by Smalling and Jones during England duty, but the 27-year-old was forced off inside 23 minutes having been caught on the right knee when attempting to cut off Acheampong’s burst down Anderlecht’s left....

Röki was well-received when it was released in 2020, garnering several awards nominations such as “Best Debut Game” from The Game Awards and British Academy Game Awards (BAFTA). It was also nominated for “Best British Game” by the BAFTA, an impressive feat for a debut title from indie developers. RELATED: Konami Inviting Indie Developers to Make Games Based on Classic Franchises Now, Röki will be expanding from its Switch and PC debut and will be coming to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on October 28th....

Romania last played a four-match T20 series at home last October against Bulgaria. Bulgaria started the series with a 33-run victory against their opponent. However, Romania bounced back with three consecutive wins to clinch the series 3-1. Meanwhile, Greece hasn’t played professional cricket for the last year or so. Both sides will look to start their Sofia T20 campaign with a bang. Squads to choose from Romania Ramesh Satheesan (c), Waqar Abbasi, Pavel Florin, Ijaz Hussain, Aftab Kayani, Gohar Manan, Patras Masih, Satvik Nadigotla, Sivakumar Periyalwar, Vasu Saini, Abdul Shakoor, Taranjeet Singh, Sudeep Thakur, Sami Ullah, Shantanu Vashisht, Cosmin Zavoiu...