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Salah is just one of a host of Roma stars to have left the Eternal City so far in the summer transfer window, after agreeing a move to Liverpool. Strootman wants no more Roma sales Leandro Paredes and Antonio Rudiger have also been released, as the Serie A club battles to reduce its budget in order to avoid UEFA Financial Fair Play sanctions. Nainggolan, however, remains at the club, and Di Francesco was bemused to see Salah affirm on Instagram that the “time was now” to make an exit....

Eusebio Di Francesco’s side were at risk of slipping out of the top four over the final two fixtures, but the Nerazzurri’s home failure eased all pressure ahead of Juventus’ visit to Stadio Olimpico on Sunday. Roma can now look forward to building on the remarkable run that saw them unexpectedly reach the semi-finals of the Champions League this season. They captured the imagination with an incredible quarter-final comeback against Barcelona - overcoming a 4-1 first-leg defeat to prevail on away goals - before Liverpool proved too strong in the final four....

Now, though it seems the problems run deep with most of the playing personnel not being up to the mark. As a result, the owner has decided to loosen his purse strings. The familiar failings were evident against Liverpool and Arsenal which ailed them last season. Despite the arrivals of players such as Marcos Alonso and Batshuayi, Chelsea has lacked the players to match their rivals. Chelsea finished 10th last term, the worst finish since the Russian took over and now there are reports in the British press, that players such as Atletico Madrid forward Antoine Griezmann and Roma defender Antonio Rüdiger could be pursued in order to freshen up the squad....

Emerging from four candidate cities for the World Race Walking Team Championships, which were to be held in Cheboksary, Rome beat Ecuador’s Guayaquil (4 votes), Kiev (4) and Monterrey in Mexico (2 votes) to win the bid by nine votes on Thursday, reports Xinhua. The World Under-20 Championships, which were due to be in Kazan, went unanimously to the sole bidder Bydgoszcz after Australia and India expressed interest but did not submit bids....

The Cowboys kept Romo on the AT&T Stadium field against the Ravens just long enough for him to get a feel for playing a real game, two series and 14 snaps, not including penalties. They had nursed him back slowly from December back surgery, and he showed both how far he had come (a touchdown pass to Dez Bryant on their second possession) and how rusty he still was (a botched handoff that was returned for a Ravens touchdown on their first)....

Miami news station WPLG first reported that Ben Frazier, president of the Jacksonville Northside Coalition, arrived ahead of DeSantis at his scheduled media appearance at the Florida Department of Health in Duval. “Your governor, by the way, throughout this pandemic has been asleep at the wheel,” Frazier said to an apparent staffer for the governor. “And in recent weeks, during the upsurge of the variant, this governor has been mysteriously missing in action....

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Friday that will dissolve Disney’s district, known as the Reedy Creek Improvement District, on June 1, 2023. The special rights granted under the state law in 1967 allowed Disney to self-govern the district by collecting taxes and operating its own services such as fire protection and utilities and planning, Newsweek previously reported. The law became the newest development in a public feud between DeSantis and Disney, who have clashed for weeks ever since the entertainment giant spoke out against a controversial piece of DeSantis-backed legislation commonly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law by critics....

Rio de Janeiro - A Luis Fabiano strike was enough for Sao Paulo to end the unbeaten run of Ronaldinho‘s Atletico Mineiro in Brazil’s Serie A championship while Vasco da Gama maintained their top spot with a 1-1 draw against Palmeiras. Playing in just his second match for his new club, Ronaldinho was barely seen as Sao Paulo recorded a 1-0 victory at the Morumbi stadium Sunday, reported Xinhua....

Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes claimed this week that Real Madrid received an extraordinary offer of €300million for the forward from an unnamed Chinese Super League club. Had a sale been agreed, the Portugal captain would, according to his representative, been offered an eye-watering annual salary of €100m. If the claims are to be believed, Madrid rejected the bid and Ronaldo had no interest in leaving LaLiga, with the 2016 Ballon d’Or winner considering himself fortunate to still be commanding big wages and endorsements after penning a new deal at the Santiago Bernabeu in November....

Ronaldo was named the best Portuguese player of 2017 on Monday, beating Sporting CP goalkeeper Rui Patricio and Manchester City star Bernardo Silva. The 33-year-old claimed a record-equalling fifth Ballon d’Or last year, having helped Madrid win LaLiga and the Champions League. Ronaldo is finding form again late this campaign and the superstar forward dismissed his critics. “I am grateful for this award to all those who are here, it is also an award for all my colleagues, 2017 was an excellent year, unforgettable both collectively and individually,” he said....

“For CR7, check ups have been scheduled for today (Wednesday) and tomorrow following a knock to his left ankle during the game against Bologna,” Juventus said on their website. Champions Juve travel to second-placed Napoli 13 points clear at the top of the league, and coach Massimiliano Allegri could leave the Portuguese out of the match knowing that even a defeat would likely not cause serious harm their bid for an eighth straight title....

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has dismissed talk that their Spanish rivals have reason to complain because they have two days less to recover before their Euro 2012 semi-final clash on Wednesday. “Three days rest is more than sufficient. The Spanish have commented that having two fewer days rest is a disadvantage, but as a professional I don’t think it’s important,” the Real Madrid striker was quoted as saying on UEFA’s website....

Ronaldo is the runaway top scorer in this season’s competition with 15 goals in 10 games and will be hoping to improve on his devastating recent form when his side travel to Munich for the first leg of their semi-final tie. The Portuguese star helped fire Madrid past Bayern in the quarter-final stage last term, scoring five in a 6-3 aggregate win en route to helping lead Zinedine Zidane’s men to another European crown....

The Portuguese superstar has actually claimed match balls in his last two outings in Europe’s premier club competition, having previously bagged a treble in a quarter-final tie with Bayern Munich. Santos baffled by Ronaldo criticism He has become the first man to pass the 100-goal mark on the grandest of continental stages, while also matching Lionel Messi’s haul of hat-tricks for Barcelona. It appears that those heroics run in the family, with Cristiano Jr showing at youth level that he is ready to follow in his father’s illustrious footsteps....

Dashcam footage of the moment Nicole Harper’s car was flipped over has been made public because Harper is suing the officer, Rodney Dunn. She alleges that Dunn negligently performed a pursuit intervention technique—or PIT—maneuver, Fox 16 first reported. During the footage, filmed in July 2020 on a highway outside Jacksonville, Dunn indicates to Harper to pull over after he allegedly clocked her driving at 84 mph in a 70 mph zone....

Barca boosted their defensive options this month by bringing in Murillo on loan from Valencia until the end of the season with an option to sign him permanently for €25million. However, Sao Paulo centre-back Rodrigo Caio, who has four Brazil caps to his name, said he was also on Barca’s radar and passed a medical with the Catalans, only to see them decide against signing him. “I did the medical and it was positive,” he told GloboEsporte....

The documentary, Man in the Arena, is narrated by both Ailes and Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, and it features original interviews with President Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh, Rudy Giuliani and Bill O’Reilly, along with family members, suggesting the filmmakers had unusual access to the controversial figure’s inner circle. Ailes was vilified not only for his conservative views but for sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him by more than 20 women....

But at no point in his busy schedule, the seven-time Cy Young winner said, does he spend any time worrying about whether he will eventually gain election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. MORE: Hall eligibility cut to 10 years | Disgraced athletes “If it happens, it happens. It’s not going to change me as a person,” Clemens said at Fenway on Thursday morning. “It’s not why I played the game....

Just a few weeks after Serena Williams waved and twirled farewell at the US Open, Roger Federer has decided to join her among the retirement ranks. The 20-time grand slam winner has announced his retirement, with next week’s Laver Cup tournament in London his very last. In a lengthy message posted to his social media platforms, the 41-year-old explained his decision to step away from tennis: Some excerpts from Federer’s announcement:...

In case you didn’t know… Currently coming fresh-off their self-financed All In event, Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks are currently regarded as one of the most vital parts of legendary faction The Bullet Club. The inaugural All In event was quite arguably the biggest Independent Wrestling show of all time and featured several notable moments as well, such as Cody winning the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship. Whereas, The Young Bucks also competed in an outstanding six-man tag team match featuring the likes of Rey Mysterio and Kota Ibushi....