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Antonio Rudiger on Saturday opened the scoring for Roma when he latched on to Miralem Pjanic’s free-kick in the fourth minute. Milan equalised five minutes into the second half through Juraj Kucka to leave Roma with one win in last seven Serie A games. Garcia’s team is five points ahead of sixth-placed Milan, but trail leaders Inter Milan by five points. “We deserved to win based on our first-half performance and lose based on our second....

Reigns decided to have lunch at the Campanile restaurant after doing his bit at ESPN and it seems he had a bad outing at the place. He tweeted the following message along with a picture of their menu. 0 votes

Date: 17 September 2020 Tournament: Italian Open 2020 Round: Second round (Round of 32) Venue: Rome, Italy Category: ATP Masters 1000 Surface: Red clay Prize money: €3,465,045 Match timing: 12.30 pm CEST, 4 pm IST Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel / ESPN | India - Sony Six Milos Raonic vs Dusan Lajovic preview The big-serving Milos Raonic will continue his campaign at the 2020 Rome Masters when he takes on Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic in the second round on Thursday....

David Jolly, who represented Florida’s 13th congressional district between 2014 and 2017, believes that DeSantis may have gone too far in going after Disney in the latest outbreak of the culture wars. Jolly, who left the Republican Party in 2018 and is a vocal critic of top DeSantis ally Donald Trump, told The Washington Post the governor was taking a risk by feuding with a company that is a major source of pride, and income, in the Sunshine State....

“There’s been talk about potentially people advocating at the federal level imposing compulsory masks on kids. We’re not doing that in Florida, okay?” DeSantis said at a news conference Thursday at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce. DeSantis was at the school to sign a ceremonial bill about early childhood literacy. “We want kids to be able to be kids,” DeSantis continued. “We need them to be able to breathe....

The 67-year-old pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday as a grand jury indicted him for the charges involving 21 women and girls across more than two decades. The former adult film actor—whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt—has remained in jail since being arrested last summer on $6.6 million bail. The prolific adult film star has appeared in more than 2,000 porn films since the 1970s and is one of the best-known names in the industry....

That the game was even that close surprised many, as Washington seemingly had a chance to put the Seahawks away late. The team had the ball at the Seattle 3-yard line on fourth-and-goal with 2:25 left in the game and a 17-9 lead. Washington just had to come away with points in some form to effectively put the game out of reach for the sputtering Seahawks offense. NFL WEEK 13 PICKS: Against the spread | Straight up...

The Brewers manager ripped umpire Mark Ripperger’s work behind home plate in the Brewers-Padres game. Ripperger ejected Roenicke in the ninth inning for arguing balls and strkes. Roenicke was furious with Ripperger’s seemingly poor judgment of the strike zone. In particular, Roenicke believed Ripperger’s zone changed in the ninth, when the Padres’ Rene Rivera hit a game-tying home run off closer Brewers closer Francisco Rodriguez. “That’s the same umpire that we’ve had before and he is terrible behind home plate,” Roenicke told reporters after a 3-2 Brewers loss in 10 innings....

Longtime Oakland coach and former Rangers manager Ron Washington is being considered for a special-instructor role, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. MORE: 10 players likely to be traded by deadline | MLB teams making farce of minority coach hiring rules Washington was the A’s infield and third base coach from 1997-2006 and was known for his work with the team’s infielders, particularly third baseman Eric Chavez. And, of course, he’s known for telling Scott Hatteberg that first base is a little more difficult than Billy Beane suggests....

Ellis, 28, (14-0-1, 10 KOs) will be returning from nearly a 13-month layoff after defeating Christopher Brooker by unanimous decision. After the fight, Ellis underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments in his right hand. He had been scheduled to return in November against Taneal Goyco, but the bout was scrapped when Goyco came in three pounds overweight. Younan, 22, (13-0, 9 KOs) had a stellar amateur career before turning professional at the age of 18, going 90-5, a two-time National Junior Golden Gloves champion and won the 2011 National Junior Olympic championship....

The two legends garnered huge hype for the fixture by sharing witty social media banter over the past two days. Ronaldinho initiated the exchange on Friday by tagging Ramos in a photograph where Barcelona were about to defeat Real Madrid in an iconic 2007 clash. But Ramos didn’t let the post pass as he responded to the tweet with a picture of himself celebrating 2007’s La Liga with his team in the Spanish capital....

Portugal may have suffered a setback in their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign, but it was still an occasion to remember for the 34-year-old in Kiev. Ronaldo converted a second-half penalty to reach the personal landmark, 17 years on from scoring his first senior goal for Sporting Lisbon against Moreirense. Here, we take a closer look at the Juventus forward’s scoring stats for club and country down the years with the aid of Opta....

Ronaldo went off 31 minutes into the clash in Lisbon after appearing to sustain a muscle problem while chasing after the ball. After the game, the 34-year-old insisted the issue was not serious and that he hopes to be fit in time for the first leg of Juventus’ Champions League quarter-final against Ajax on April 10, telling reporters: “I know I should be back in a week or two.”...

Outlining his involvement in soccer for the first time to The Associated Press, Rodchenkov claimed an instruction to “avoid any scandal” came from Vitaly Mutko, the former Russian sports minister who now serves as a deputy prime minister despite being implicated in a far-reaching doping controversy. “Russian footballers were immune from doping-control actions or sanctions,” Rodchenkov said in response to questions through his lawyer from his hiding place in the United States....

Rodgers, 34, injured his leg in the first half of the Packers’ 24-23 win against the Chicago Bears last weekend. The quarterback returned to the game and led a remarkable comeback from 20-3 down, but he did not participate in Green Bay’s practices on Wednesday and Thursday. McCarthy spoke with reporters on Friday and conceded Rodgers’ status for his team’s Week 2 game against the Minnesota Vikings remains up in the air....

He’d been a standout as a teenager. He caught on in the youth system at Chivas de Guadalajara, the city where he was born, and later represented the United States, the country where he grew up, at the U-17 and U-20 levels. But four years ago his career had stalled out, and he thought his dream of playing in Liga MX or MLS may have come to an end....

Rodrygo, 18, became Madrid’s quickest debut goalscorer in LaLiga since Brazil great Ronaldo, coming off the bench to seal a 2-0 victory. The teenager needed just 93 seconds to score, while Ronaldo took 62 for his strike against Deportivo Alaves in 2002. But Rodrygo had no interest in being compared to Ronaldo, who is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all-time. “I don’t want any comparisons with Ronaldo being made because he’s one of the game’s all-time best and one of my country’s best,” he told reporters....

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has lent its support to the Dutchman, who is facing severe criticism from former players after Pakistan finished with just a win over Olympic champions Argentina in the final edition of the prestigious six-nation event. Former international player Zahid Sharif blamed Oltmans for the disappointing performance in the Champions Trophy and even accused him of fixing the round robin match against India. “He (Oltmans) has been with the Indian hockey team and the Federation for a long time and his decision to withdraw the goalkeeper against India was to fix the match and allow the Indians to win,” Sharif alleged....

Deriving joy from watching our side topple sides like the Netherlands, Australia, Germany, Great Britain and Belgium is altogether a big feeling but when you look at how inconsistent the Indian team have been in recent years will leave you wondering whether this team really have the ‘mental toughness’ and ‘day in day out intensity’ to regularly beat top-notch sides at marquee events. Sample the 25th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup – India start off with a sloppy 2-1 win over Japan – let us not forget that Japan are a rapidly improving side....

The pair will represent Team Europe in the fifth edition of the Laver Cup, a tournament started by Federer’s management company Team 8 and named in honor of Australian tennis legend Rod Laver. Federer said he was delighted to be returning to the competition once again and competing alongside his good friend Nadal. Nadal, who lifted his 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, said sharing the court with Federer for a doubles match at the Laver Cup would be a “truly special experience....