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2006 World Cup winning Italian forward Alessandro Del Piero spoke to MARCA during his appearance on Heineken’s UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour in Bali and said he was impressed by the Portuguese’s performances for the Old Lady so far. In case you didn’t know… Del Piero was Bianconeri’s top-scorer in the 1995-96 edition of the Champions League, in which the Italian club were crowned the champions of Europe. The club has made it to the finals of the tournament on five occasions since, but had seen their luck run out in the final game of the season on all of the occasions....

Jovic has signed a six-year deal with Los Blancos, who paid Eintracht Frankfurt a reported €60million. The Serbia striker becomes part of Madrid’s rebuild in Zinedine Zidane’s second spell at the club. Eden Hazard, Eder Militao and Rodrygo Goes are also arriving after Madrid’s disappointing 2018-19 campaign. But Jovic revealed it was Ronaldo, who left Madrid for Juventus last year, who was his idol. “Ronaldo, definitely, as a kid,” Jovic said when asked who his favourite Madrid player was....

Today, Criterion Games specifically rejected rumors that it is working on a Burnout HD collection for Xbox One and PlayStation 4, instead clarifying that it’s hard at work on “newer, even better” ideas. The Surrey-based studio has been busy working on a brand new game with a focus on more than just cars; ATVs, boats and planes appeared prominently in last year’s inaugural trailer for the untitled project. The studio has kept relatively quiet since the announcement of the fan-dubbed ‘Beyond Cars’ project, but it’s clear plenty of gamers still suspect a return to Burnout is still on the cards....

In modern times, many choose to learn whether their child will be a girl or boy prior to the birth, by having a gender reveal party. This new phenomenon involves parents discovering their unborn baby’s sex via a color reveal in front of their friends and family—if the color pink appears they’re having a daughter, but if its blue they’ll be welcoming a son. There have been many creative ways to perform the reveal....

Former USC assistant coach Todd McNair sued the NCAA for defamation after it published results of the investigation into whether Reggie Bush received improper benefits at the school. McNair claims he was not aware of any violations. MORE: Pac-12 title game photos | Top 10 USC players of all time Here’s the court’s ruling on his case: In short, the court didn’t agree with everything in McNair’s lawsuit but says he provided enough information to advance this lawsuit to trial....

Taylor was fatally shot by two police in 2016. Following the shooting, Kshama Sawant spoke to a crowd outside of the Seattle Police Department, calling for “justice.” “The brutal murder of Che Taylor, just a blatant murder at the hands of police, shows how urgently we need to keep building our movement for basic human rights for Black people and brown people,” Sawant said. The councilwoman said the same day, “We need justice on the individual actions and we need to turn the tide on the systematic police brutality and racial profiling....

Belgium unsurprisingly had too much for the minnows in Monday’s contest, with Christian Benteke setting the tone with a goal after seven seconds – a record in World Cup qualifying – before finishing the match with a hat trick. But Courtois was none too pleased with his club and international teammate Hazard, who scored Belgium’s sixth goal, saying he could have left the team exposed with his trickery. “I was angry with Eden Hazard because he tried a back-heel in a part of the pitch where he shouldn’t have,” Courtois said....

Heading to Camp Nou for a reported fee of €160million on a five-and-a-half-year deal, Coutinho is set to become the club’s record signing. Only Paris Saint-Germain duo Neymar and Kylian Mbappe have been transferred for a higher fee, and Coutinho will be expected to fill the void left by the former’s world-record move to Ligue 1 for the 2017-18 season. The transfer brings to an end a long-running saga and dwarfs the €82....

Vasculitis is a rare condition that involves inflammation of the blood vessels. Because of this, I was extremely worried about how COVID-19 (commonly known for triggering inflammation in the body) could exacerbate my existing symptoms of vasculitis, which include severe fatigue, chronic pain, and not being able to smell that well. Despite being at high risk for complications, under Massachusetts’ COVID-19 vaccine rollout I didn’t qualify for an early vaccine before it became available to the general public because my disease was not on their list....

“Based on what we have seen so far, it is unlikely that we are going to see anything at the scale that we are seeing in Europe - both in terms of infections and mortality,” said Rashida Ferrand in September 2020, a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine working in Harare, Zimbabwe. Now, however, with vaccine rates lagging behind the rest of the world, it is clear that these early predictions were much too optimistic....

Here we take a closer look at five states where the number of residents per 100,000 people who received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine are the lowest in the country, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All vaccine data below reflects the latest reported figures as of Monday 9 a.m. local time, according to the CDC. The numbers for doses distributed and people who received their first dose (those initiating vaccination) include totals for both the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines....

According to a report from TMZ, the star running back will not face charges for his connection to an altercation at the Electric Daisy Carnival music festival in Las Vegas in May. Elliott was handcuffed after shoving an event staffer, a TMZ Sports report stated. He was seen arguing with his girlfriend in a parking lot around 3 a.m. local time. Although Elliott doesn’t appear put his hands on her in the cellphone video obtained by TMZ, the report noted he allegedly blocked her from walking away several times which is when event staffers stepped in....

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Saturday that Gregory won the appeal of the suspension, which the NFL had handed out for Gregory’s fifth violation of the league’s substance abuse policy. FANTASY: Position rankings | Updates: Charles, Bradford, etc. Yet Gregory still must start the season serving a four-game suspension for a previous violation. And his status beyond that is unclear, as the Star-Telegram reports that Gregory is still in a substance-abuse treatment facility....

“I was late, and it won’t happen again,” Woods said (per The Dallas Morning News). “I’m never late. I’ve probably been late one time in four years of being in the NFL, one time in five years of college. “I was pissed. I was pissed at the fact that I got sent home. In my world, where I coming from of being cut before, (my mindset is) if my team is working, I need to be working....

And Crackdown 2 is just what I’ll be playing Monday, June 21st when the demo hits Xbox Live. But why wait until Monday to play the demo when you can watch Crackdown 2 demo footage right now? In all seriousness, Crackdown to remains the most fun open-world game I’ve ever played. It may seem counter intuitive, but by largely doing away with any real story, the game actually drew me more into the experience....

I know this because I’ve recently read his essay “The Capitalist Threat” in the February Atlantic. It argues that “the spread of market values into all areas of life” is now the main threat to “open and democratic society.” Powerful stuff. Also rubbish. Soros’s essay is rambling and incoherent. In some ways, it resembles the Unabomber Manifesto in its sweeping, unsupported and disconnected generalizations. For example: “Species and their environment are interactive, and one species serves as part of the environment for the others....

A win away to the German side is an absolute must, then, otherwise David Moyes risks mounting even more pressure on his shoulders, especially off the back of a disappointing 2-2 draw away to Cardiff City at the weekend in a game that saw the Red Devils bin two points at the death. But winning at the BayArena is anything but a foregone conclusion. Sami Hyypia’s side is very formidable at home....

“Strap yourselves in, lads” was the overriding thought and ultimately, the superior class of reigning champions France — even in their injury-ravaged state — told over the course of the World Cup Group D encounter at Al Janoub Stadium, with Les Bleus running out 4-1 winners But the Socceroos’ campaign in Qatar was never going to be defined by this match, especially after Denmark and Tunisia played out an action-packed 0-0 draw in the group’s opening match....

Following its first launch back in 1996, the franchise has grown to be a fan favorite over the decades. The game follows a unique, but fairly straightforward premise which revolves around a mutated bandicoot named Crash where he navigates through the Wumpa Islands. Crash Bandicoot saw renewed interest with the launch of the remastered original trilogy in 2017, followed by Activision’s Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time three years later....