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Brazilian football club Fluminense will take part in a pre-season tournament in the United States in January 2016. Club president Peter Siemsen though did not provide details about which other clubs would participate or where the tournament would be held. The Rio de Janeiro side struck a deal with tournament organiser Disney after signing two-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner Ronaldinho on Tuesday, reports Xinhua. “We are going to the United States to play in a tournament in January as part of a deal with Disney....

“I saw Dele Alli’s goal last year and it looked like a goal I would like to score there is just no explanation for goals like that,” he said. “It’s thrilling to inspire someone to score such a great goal; I can barely put it into words. “It’s very emotional for me to inspire world-class players people like Pogba and Sterling, they are already among the best and it’s great to see them scoring the goals that make people love the sport even more....

Ronaldo joined Juventus after scoring 44 goals for Real Madrid last season, leaving as the club’s leading all-time goal scorer. While the club asserted the transfer was initiated at his request, the Portuguese forward suggests it was prompted by the club’s lack of desire to keep him. “I felt it inside the club, especially from the president, that they no longer considered me the same way they did at the start,” he said in an interview with France Football....

The Real Madrid star opened the scoring in the 51st minute of the last-16 second leg at Parc des Princes. With his towering header from Lucas Vazquez’s cross, Ronaldo scored for the ninth straight game in the Champions League, equalling Ruud van Nistelrooy’s record set between 2002 and 2003. The goal made it 1-0 on the evening and 4-1 on aggregate for Madrid, all but clinching the Blancos a spot in the quarter-finals....

Ronaldo pulled up with an apparent hamstring strain with just under half an hour played in Lisbon, immediately signalling to the bench that he needed to be replaced. Despite his side being 1-0 down at the time, Portugal coach Fernando Santos wasted no time in sending on Pizzi in place of the captain, who headed straight down the tunnel for further treatment. Juventus are 15 points clear at the top of Serie A, which they look set to win for an eighth straight season, and face Ajax in the Champions League quarter-finals in April....

Another Nordland story, “The Next Chernobyl,” won a Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. The judges wrote: “This story about aging nuclear power plants in the West and [the former] Soviet bloc, frankly, scared the hell out of us. As well it should.” Nordland, who is based in London, can cover almost any story. Recent assignments have ranged from Bosnia to Mount Everest to Chechnya. He’s also our man at the Vatican....

WSB-TV news reporter Steve Gehlbach said the video was for rappers 42 Dugg and Roddy Ricch, but neither was hurt during the incident. Authorities responded to shots fired at a scrap yard on Wells Street in the southwest of the city at around 4 p.m. on Sunday. When officers arrived, they found a man who had apparently been grazed by a round of gunfire. Emergency medical services later determined that Peter Cook, 39, had been hurt by debris rather than a gunshot....

The 21-year-old has attracted interest from across the continent with his impressive displays for the Glasgow side, having scored 40 goals in 68 first-team appearances. As well as several Premier League sides, Bayern Munich were said to be tracking the France Under-21 international, but it is Brighton who are said to be on the verge of signing him. Rodgers claimed he knew nothing of the speculation until he was quizzed by family members over Christmas, but he accepts Celtic are always in a vulnerable position when it comes to their prized assets....

England defender Maguire has reportedly attracted interest from some of the division’s biggest clubs this season, with Manchester United heavily linked as a potential suitor ahead of the campaign. Rodgers – who suffered a 2-1 defeat to Watford in his first game in charge of the club on Sunday – will not be fazed should one of the ‘big six’ make an offer for the 26-year-old. “He wins his headers, he’s very powerful and he’s brave,” Rodgers told a media conference....

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named Most Valuable Player of the 2014 NFL season at Saturday’s 4th Annual NFL Honors on the eve of Super Bowl XLIX. He beat out the other top finalists, led by Texans defensive end J.J. Watt. Rodgers garnered 31 of 50 votes, while Watt had 13. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo also was in the running. Rodgers threw for 4,381 yards and 38 touchdowns and only five interceptions....

The team said on Friday that he'll wear a splint on the thumb for two weeks before being re-evaluated. The Pistons announced Thursday that Stuckey broke a bone in his thumb after catching it in a car door. He averaged 11.5 points in 76 games last season.

But in Rodrigo Bentancur, a player who has already drawn comparisons with the likes of Paul Pogba, the trend of Diego Perez’s and Egidio Arévalo Rios’s - both fine destroyers - has been well and truly bucked. Bentancur started his career with Argentinian giants Boca Juniors, making his debut for Guillermo Barros Schelotto’s side in April 2015. It didn’t take the gifted starlet long to impress at La Bombonera, quickly establishing himself as a regular under Schelotto as Boca ended a barren run of three years without a trophy by winning both the Primera Division title and the Copa Argentina....

They clapped and yelled when Federer’s drop volley capped a 16-minute tour de force of a first set in which he won 21 of the first 23 points. They eventually sent him back to the locker room with a standing ovation, acknowledging the talent displayed by Federer during a 6-0, 7-5, 6-4 victory over 22nd-seeded Adrian Mannarino of France in the fourth round Monday, yes, but also his superiority over the course of a career that has produced eight Wimbledon championships and 20 Grand Slam titles, both records for a man....

Federer, chasing his record eighth Wimbledon championship, swept past Canada’s Milos Raonic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to reach his 25th Grand Slam final. PHOTOS: Wimbledon 2014 Federer, who owns 17 major titles, broke once in each set and won 61 of 80 points on serve to make it back to a Slam final for the first time since winning Wimbledon in 2012. The top-seeded Djokovic ran off six of the final seven points in the tiebreaker to beat Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (7) to advance to his third Wimbledon final in four years....

The 20-time Grand Slam champion was also accompanied by one of his sons in the stands on Sunday. However, it is unclear whether that was Leo or Lenny. Roger Federer shared pictures of his visit to the game on his social media handles. FC Basel went down 0-1 to St. Gallen in the Swiss Super League match, with Elie Youan scoring in the 87th minute for St. Gallen. The 40-year-old also got the opportunity to meet Argentine footballer Matías Delgado and Swiss footballer Marco Streller, who have played for FC Basel in the past....

The Federer we were used to seeing is not mortal – his serves, backhands, forehands, returns, movement, volleys, drop shots and everything else remotely related to tennis was always at an immortal, inconceivable level. The Swiss maestro was never mediocre and his dreamlike game created a milieu of magic every time he stepped on the court. Today, the vintage Federer was back. He decimated Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in mere 90 minutes to reach the Round of 16 at the Australian Open for the 15th consecutive time, which is a record on its own....

The tennis champion sent a statement to Reuters addressing the criticism he has received from environmental activists, including Greta Thunberg⁠. He said he takes climate change “very seriously” and has “a great deal of respect and admiration” for young climate activists. “I take the impacts and threat of climate change very seriously, particularly as my family and I arrive in Australia amidst devastation from the bushfires,” he said. However, he refused to address his relationship with the bank directly....

In a letter sent to leadership of all 32 teams, posted by ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Goodell assures owners the league looks forward to “a productive and ongoing partnership with the NIH and others to advance our shared priorities, and to committing additional funding to medical research and engineering advances to enhance the safety of athletes at all levels.” MORE: The NFL’s 40 most hated players Goodell’s “commitment” doesn’t specifically address a recent congressional report criticizing the NFL for improperly trying to influence NIH’s research....

According to Mike Johnson at PWInsider, Ring of Honor has announced when and where one of their major pay-per-views will occur in 2017. Best in the World will take place at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts on June 24th. In case you didn’t know… This will be the eighth instalment of the Best in the World pay-per-view for Ring of Honor. Many consider this pay-per-view series to be one of the top two pay-per-views in the company, if not THE big one of the year....

Pune, Apr 28 (PTI) Rohit Sharma played a captain’s knock with an unbeaten 56 as defending champions Mumbai Indians notched up a last-over eight-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) to bring their campaign back on track in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here today. Languishing at the bottom with only one win from six matches, Mumbai Indians restricted Chennai Super Kings to 169-5, mainly built around Suresh Raina’s unbeaten 75-run innings....