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Nikola Kalinic came off the bench to snatch a point for the hosts at San Siro four minutes from time after Sassuolo absorbed considerable first-half pressure and led through Matteo Politano’s fine 75th-minute finish. The result meant Milan were unable to fully capitalise upon defeats for Inter in fifth and Roma in the final Champions League qualification spot – the latter prize appearing a remote prospect with eight points to make up over the remaining seven games of the season....

“We were 15-20 runs short. Marcus (Stoinis) and Moeen (Ali) got us to a competitive score. With the dew factor, 15 runs more would have been more challenging. It wasn’t easy to score in the end as the wicket became slower. We made a lot of mistakes in the match (dropped catches),” he pointed. Kohli said that while they were yet to register a win after 4 games, 10 games were still left for the team to come back strongly....

In Sampaoli’s first competitive match in charge, Argentina were unable to find a breakthrough in Montevideo on Thursday, leaving them in fifth – the play-off spot – in CONMEBOL qualifying. Sampaoli’s men 9/1 to win WC The former Sevilla coach was disappointed his team failed to win, with their place at Russia 2018 far from assured. “We needed to win because of the situation in the table. This result still leaves us out of direct qualification,” Sampaoli said....

Liverpool reach a new level of embarrassing Antonio Conte’s side are 10 points clear of second-place Tottenham thanks to their 3-1 win over Swansea City at the weekend - their 20th victory in 26 league matches. Manchester City can close the gap to eight points if they win their game in hand, and Conte has already claimed that another 29 points are needed for Chelsea to guarantee a second title in three seasons....

The plan aims to shake up the operations of illegal street vendors, revise regulations pertaining to surveillance technology and secure emergency police funding. Breed’s safety strategy also seeks to address crime in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood through the launching of an emergency intervention strategy. Breed wrote in a Tuesday Medium post that her office has instructed the city’s Department of Emergency Management to “bring the same level of multi-agency coordination, and relentless focus on health and safety, to the Tenderloin” as it did to San Francisco in the city’s COVID-19 response....

In case you didn’t know… The first leg of the fixture ended in a 1-1 draw at Camp Nou, which means that Los Blancos have a slight advantage over the Catalan giants. Meanwhile, Barcelona had just come off of a 2-4 win over Sevilla in La Liga courtesy of their captain who netted the 50th hat-trick of his career during the clash. The goals take the Argentine’s tally to 25 in the Spanish top flight, thereby extending his lead in the European Golden Shoe race....

“We’re in AWWW,” the safari said in a Facebook post announcing the rhino’s birth. Pictures attached to the social media post showed the calf enjoying time with its mother in the park’s maternity area. The calf—named Aziza, meaning “precious”—is the second offspring to mother Anna, as well as the 37th rhino calf to be born at the park since 1979, Lion Country Safari said in a press release. Officials called her birth a “significant” part of the White Rhinoceros Species Survival Program, a “national collaboration to save this imperiled species from extinction....

After a failed 2018 World Cup bid, Madjer replaced Lucas Alcaraz in October, thus, becoming the Desert Foxes’ fifth coach in three years. And despite the improvement in the team, his side have come under criticism. The loss against Iran in their recent friendly game on Friday stands as the only defeat in the four games the ex-international has overseen, with two coming as wins and his opener against Nigeria ending in a stalemate....

Rooney equalled Sir Bobby Charlton’s club record of 249 goals when he turned in Juan Mata’s cross in the first half of Saturday’s 4-0 FA Cup win over Reading. England’s record goalscorer could become United’s leading marksman when Jose Mourinho’s side host Hull City in the first leg of the EFL Cup semi-final at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Mou: We can extend Rooney’s career And while Jones believes the 31-year-old fully deserves his place in the history of the game, he feels he should be given more recognition before he opts to bring his playing career to an end....

Humorously, as soon as City won the ball back (which was regularly the case) the fans would switch to “we’ve lost the ball.” Coming up with the chant of the season was as good as it got for the Midlanders, however. City had gone six games without a win heading into this match — its worst spell in eight years and the worst in Guardiola’s managerial career — but you would never have known it based on the assured display at the Hawthorns....

[HTML1] Since its debut back at E3 2012, Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs has remained one of the industry’s most anticipated titles - even after the game was delayed from November 15, 2013 to May 27, 2014. Since that time, the developer has detailed the reasons for the unexpected bump into 2014 - promising that disappointed or suspicious gamers would find the finished product to be well worth the wait. According to Ubisoft, they have long-term franchise plans for Watch Dogs, and to their credit, did not want to push out a product that fell short of their ultimate vision - simply to meet a pre-established release date (or cash in on holiday season sales)....

The Liverpool attacker suffered a shoulder ligament injury in last month’s Uefa Champions League final against Real Madrid, and while he’s expected to be fit for the opener against Uruguay, Cuper is refusing to get carried away. The tactician admitted that Salah is an important player for the Pharaohs, but said the team cannot afford to depend on one player for the tournament which gets underway next week Friday. “We hope we won’t be affected....

The two-time world champions sit in fifth – the play-off spot – in qualifying after winning just six of 14 matches. Messi, Iniesta to renew deals soon Messi is serving a four-game ban for insulting an official, and the first of those matches was a 2-0 loss to Bolivia and led to coach Edgardo Bauza being sacked. Maradona, a 1986 World Cup winner, questioned whether Argentina could qualify for Russia 2018....

This was just the scenario the United States most wanted to avoid. Angry members of Iraq’s Shiite majority, whipped into a frenzy by the baby-faced radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, were rising up by the thousands in armed revolt in Baghdad and in cities across the south. Sunni and Shiite militants demanding the immediate withdrawal of foreign forces had kidnapped civilians from a half-dozen countries. And in the Sunni heartland city of Fallujah, U....

Opposition to your government is ripping Venezuela apart right now. What are you doing to improve the situation? The country has been divided for a long time [between] a privileged minority and the poor. That’s a very dangerous split. We are fostering a peaceful revolution to reunify the country in the social and economic arena. The fact that we have an opposition is not a matter of concern. On the contrary, it clearly indicates that we are a free country, where people can express their disagreement....

Dembele is in the final six months of his contract with the Blaugrana and contract negotiations have borne no fruit. He looked set to be on his way out of Camp Nou in January. The likes of Manchester United, Chelsea, Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain are all interested in his services, but nothing concrete came of it. Now with the window closed, Barcelona and Dembele have another six months to find a solution....

However, Schwarzenegger has now stopped pumping iron, as he revealed in a 2020 interview. Speaking about the move, the Terminator actor said that he has ’no reason’ to build his body at his age. In March 2022, Arnold Schwarzenegger was in conversation with YouTuber and boxer Logan Paul when he revealed that having a goal should be one’s biggest motivation, which is also why he achieved greatness in bodybuilding....

Ronaldo was just 18 when he was snapped up by Manchester United from Sporting, and has since gone on to become one of the finest players of his generation. Liverpool 12/5 to beat Tottenham At Old Trafford and later Real Madrid, the Portugal star has smashed countless records and help both sides to Champions League glory as well as a host of other titles. But according to Houllier, Liverpool lost the race to his signature because they were unwilling to bend their wage structure for the teenage phenomenon....

Now THAT is why we love football! In a breathless game at the Etihad Stadium, they came from 3-2 behind to lead Monaco 5-3 going into the second leg at Stade Louis II in three weeks. It was an eventful match, not least for the goalkeeper, who was partially to blame for the visitors’ opener but made amends by later saving a penalty from Radamel Falcao. “I made a mistake in the first goal and we have a lot of things to improve, but we never gave up and the team was strong today, even when we conceded easy goals....

Randy Orton and John Cena broke out in the WWE around the same time and were earmarked for great success from the very beginning. It was, in fact, Jim Ross who was a huge fan of both men from the very beginning and had a huge role to play in them signing with WWE. On the podcast, Jim Ross said that he was very proud of both John Cena and Randy Orton with how they handled themselves in the ring and backstage....