According to the Italian newspapers La Gazzetta dello Sport and Corriere dello Sport, Chelsea will sign both Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko and Italian left-back Emerson Palmieri for €50 million ($61 million). "I don't think we're distracted by transfer gossip". His arrival will allow Newcastle to complete a loan move for Kenedy , who has been given permission to link up with Rafa Benitez's side.

It was a landmark win for 26-year-old Sandgren, who had never won a Grand Slam match prior to arriving in Australia and will face young German Maximilian Marterer in the last 32. Look, bad backs always come and go I think for all of us players. Maria Sharapova went through in straight sets to reach the third round with a defeat of Latvian 14th seed Anastasija Sevastova 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).

McCarthy also claimed that the league tried unsuccessfully to work with AMVETS to create a new ad that met the NFL's advertising standards. National Football League spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed Tuesday that American Veterans, or AMVETS, submitted an advertisement last week to the third-party publisher of the game program with the message, "Please Stand".

He owns pretty much every postseason record there is, and a number of regular-season records. Though Gisele was "dead serious", Feely instead told Brady to play as long as he can . But if his wife Gisele Bundchen had her way, the quarterback would probably already be retired . In May, she told CBS that Brady had played with an unreported concussion during the 2016 season, a claim that was refuted by the NFL and the NFL Players Association.

Former Michigan State athletes have joined U.S. Olympians among the more than 150 women and girls who confronted Nassar or had their personal statements read during his sentencing hearing . "I am here to face you, Larry, so you can see I have regained my strength". The USA Gymnastics site lists the three positions as "to be announced".

The Sooners will take a break from Big 12 play Saturday when they travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama to face Alabama in the Big 12/SEC Challenge (1:15 p.m., ESPN). The Trae Young phenomenon is not slowing, despite OU's two-game slump. Newman and Mykhailiuk had threes and Mitch Lightfoot a bucket in the run. The Sooners aren't better than the Jayhawks.

In the quarterfinals, Keys will play the victor of the later fourth-round match between 2016 Australian champion Angelique Kerber and Hsieh Su-wei. "Every once in a while it pops into my head and I just imagine missing it and being really mad at myself so I try to go with the smarter shot", Keys said.

Laporte, 23, has always been viewed as one of the best young centre-backs in Europe and could feasibly fit perfectly into Pep Guardiola's City side given he is "perhaps the model of the modern defender", per ESPN .co.uk's Nick Miller .

This was while addressing the East African Legislative Assembly in Kampala this afternoon. Kampala shied away from the chorus of indignation from African countries after Donald Trump threw the offensive jibe at the continent and Haiti while speaking at a bipartisan meeting in the White House nearly two weeks ago.

The diminutive wide receiver did everything except serve hors d'oeuvres in owner Robert Kraft's suite. The All-Pro tight end was knocked out of the AFC Championship with a concussion, but has two weeks to recover and should play an impact in the game.

Chile's Alexis Sanchez arrived at Manchester United's training ground to complete his transfer from Arsenal , after which he will become the British club's best-paid player. He's a special player and the sort that doesn't come around that often, and I'd say United's hopes of winning their fourth European trophy have just got a lot more likely".

Why a player would dream of joining a club where the Europa League is the new Champions League is anyone's guess, but it looks like Olivier Giroud could also have decided like Sanchez that Thursday night football isn't for him. "I must say I always gave 100 per cent, until the last day, when I asked to the Mister [Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger] to be in the team, because I wanted to be a contributor".

The Gunners have been linked with a swoop to sign the want-away Gabon global in the January transfer window to bolster his attacking options at the Emirates Stadium. The final decision is not made". Aubameyang continued to train with his current club this week and any potential deal could be delayed until next week as the striker is due in court on Monday as a witness in the Dortmund bus bombing trial.

With a convincing victory yesterday over the Minnesota Vikings , the Philadelphia Eagles are headed to the team's third-ever Super Bowl appearance . Johnson capitalized on the popularity of the dog masks worn by the Eagles players before the NFC Championship once he realized fans were scrambling to get them: He partnered with Oldies.com to sell the masks and have 65 percent of the proceeds go to Philadelphia schools.

Jacksonville would score again later in the quarter with a 4-yard rushing touchdown by Leonard Fournette . Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Allen Hurns leaves the field after losing to the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game on Sunday.

The club have offered more money than the Citizens were willing to pay, but even if that was the case under, say, David Moyes or LvG, there is a great chance that this deal would not have come to fruition. Michael Carrick was in the away end at Turf Moor on Saturday. "This is the worst one from Pogba". "We had to fight", the Portuguese said. Despite goals not flowing as regularly as many expected, Mourinho has always been praising the work ethic of Lukaku to deaf ears.

England's are now ranked third in the world behind the United States and Germany and Neville will be eager to build on the progress made under Sampson. Neville ended his statements by saying that " there is no greater honour than representing your country " and it would be a " privilege to do it again ".

LA Galaxy defender Omar Gaber is the latest Egyptian football identity to celebrate the success of Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah . Salah has scored 18 goals in 22 Premier League appearances. Salah has always been a tremendous athlete with superb long speed and short-area quickness, but he became a far more intelligent player in Italy and now boasts a versatile skill set.

In addition, Tiger's 14 and last major championship was the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines when, playing on essentially one leg, he beat Rocco Mediate in a very memorable 19-hole Monday playoff. Seve Ballesteros is the only Spaniard to reach No. 1 in the world. Two-time Farmers champion Brandt Snedeker is +3300. He hit 4-iron to 18 feet from the fairway bunker on the par-5 13th for the first of two eagles in the final six holes.

Jamie Redknapp has urged Arsene Wenger to sign a top-class centre-half to improver the Arsenal defence . So with Jack Wilshere seemingly back to his Premier League self and Aaron Ramsey close to a return from injury, one can not help but wonder where Wenger will accommodate the Armenia captain? I could have played Elneny's role today.

Parlour remains hopeful the duo can replicate their Dortmund form at Arsenal if Wenger's side can seal the deal for the African striker. "He is one of our possible movements but there are others". He said: "Of course, we'd like there to be a resolution tomorrow, whatever it was". "How efficient will that be?" Arsene Wenger has insisted that Danny Welbeck will not be sold this month, according to Talksport.

The last time a rookie was selected was Blake Griffin in 2011. "It's too early for him", two-time All-Star turned National Basketball Association analyst Baron Davis said on US TV network TNT. Kyrie Irving , DeMar DeRozan, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid , James Harden, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and DeMarcus Cousins comprise the group of starters James and Curry will choose from.

US Open finalist Madison Keys says she's happy not to be "the drama" after racing nearly unnoticed into the second week of the Australian Open. The second set initially followed a similar pattern, with a dominant Kerber racing into a three-game lead before Keys managed to hold in the fourth.

The AFC champ will face the NFC champ, which will be either the Minnesota Vikings or Philadelphia Eagles . "We have a destination that we're getting to no matter who's in front of us". Pretty boy Tom Brady . Brady, of course, was at it again Sunday afternoon-rallying his side back against the AFC's top-ranked defense. Grant had 248 yards and two touchdowns on 30 rushing attempts during the regular season.

The 33-year-old joined Barcelona from Liverpool in 2010 for £17m after spells at West Ham , Corinthians and River Plate and will leave this week. He will then be at Barcelona's Copa del Rey second-leg tie against Espanyol on Thursday to say goodbye to the fans. In December, Sport , another Catalan daily, said that Hebei had reached a deal to sign the Argentina global from Barca for €10 million (S$16.2 million), conditional on the Spanish club plugging the gap, which they did by signing ...