Speaking to French magazine So Foot, Torres said, “If it took a long time to export players, it was because we were scared. Scared of the unknown,” “The same thing is happening to the English today. They are incapable of leaving the Premier League. But the day when it is the English who go abroad, a lot will follow. This could be for the best for the England team. I know what I am talking about....
Rival Formula One team Mercedes drew criticism at times last year for their handling of Valtteri Bottas, who did not win a single race throughout 2018 and was ordered to allow Lewis Hamilton through on occasion. And Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto prompted concern of a similar scenario at the start of the new Formula One season as he suggested “particular situations” would see the team side with Vettel. However, clarifying his comments at F1 testing this week, Binotto added that this directive would not prevent Leclerc from challenging his colleague....
The Scuderia came out on top in FP2, having seen the first practice session of the week cut short after little more than 10 minutes after George Russell of Williams drove over a loose manhole. That incident caused irreparable damage to Williams’ car and kept him out of the rest of the day’s racing. But Leclerc, who appeared to have inadvertently earlier loosened the manhole, turned in another impressive display when the action got back under way....
FFA confirmed on Thursday that the Wanderers have been found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute after members of the Red and Black Bloc (RBB) raised a homophobic and graphic tifo portraying Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold engaged in oral sex. The $20,000 fine was decided upon based on the A-League club’s response to the banner, such as identifying and banning 14 members of the RBB for 18 months....
India started the game on the backfoot as their key players from the U-16 FIBA Asia Championship Vaishnavi Yadav and Sanjana Ramesh missed out from the squad due to injuries. Pushpa Kumar had to sit out of the Iran game after injuring her ankle during practice. Tactics: Indians dominated the proceedings at certain periods of the match employing the high press which found the Iranians wanting. First Quarter: India 23-13 Iran (IND - Ishwarya Janardhanan 8 points; IRN - Fatemeh Aghazadegan Ghazvini 6 points)...
The inequalities in accessing care are even starker when you consider that uterine fibroids are more common in Black people with a uterus and people of color with a uterus. More than 84% of African American women have fibroids by the age of 49 compared to 70% of white women. These disparities extend to treatment, too: Black women are more likely to have surgery to remove the fibroids (or the uterus) than they are to receive nonsurgical treatments like medications or noninvasive procedures....
A fracture can be caused by a forceful impact, a traumatic sports injury, or any direct blow to the outside of the lower leg. It can also occur as result of an ankle injury. For example, the energy involved in the severe twisting of an ankle can transfer up the leg and lead to a break at the upper part of the fibula. Fibula fractures can occur in sports, such as basketball, that require a rapid shift in direction or landing after a high jump....
With rain expected overnight, Harvick knows he and the other 42 drivers could face a very different track for the 160-lap, 400-mile race. Green flag is scheduled for 1:20 p.m. ET. Still, Harvick will be among the favorites. He’s a former winner. He has a Hendrick engine. He already has two victories this season and four poles. Here’s how the lineup will break down for the race Sunday: Kevin Harvick, Stewart-Haas Racing No....
Rashford returned to the Manchester United fold against Liverpool at the weekend and scored twice in a 2-1 victory, repaying Jose Mourinho’s faith in him. The United youngster, deployed at left midfield, receives a healthy upgrade to 84, from his base card of 81. Cech, meanwhile, finally secured a clean sheet against Watford, saving a penalty along the way and is boosted from 86 to 87. Paulo Dybala is the highest-rated player this week, jumping from 89 to 92, after scoring twice in Juventus’ 2-0 win over Udinese....
Last year, Cristiano Ronaldo was rated as the best player in FIFA 18 after he inspired Real Madrid to Champions League and La Liga triumph. For the first time in nine years, Ronaldo will not wear a Madrid jersey in the FIFA game, as he will represent his new club Juventus. Will the Portuguese forward retain his throne as the best player in FIFA 19? Or will newly crowned UEFA Player of the Year, Luka Modric become the best player in FIFA 19?...
Cristiano Ronaldo (94) No surprise whatsoever. Cristiano Ronaldo has been in absolutely brutal form in the past 12 months and quite deservingly is one of the top dogs in the game. With his brilliant pace and shooting stats, his towering headers, and his 5-star weak foot, expect him to destroy the opposition centre backs. Lionel Messi (94) After a couple of years being the second best, Lionel Messi pulls himself back up again to tie with his nemesis, Ronaldo....
However, not all players have gold cards in the league. There are a few players who have done exceedingly well this season but are still on a silver card. EA are set to release the rating refresh in February and here are 5 Premier League players who will move from Silver to Gold cards: #5 – Matt Doherty Wolverhampton have taken the league by storm and are punching way above their weights....
To note, a FIFA 20 club name can only be changed once with the method outlined in this guide. While it is possible that there will be additional opportunities to change a FIFA 20 Ultimate Team squad name in the future, players should take care to make sure that they enter the new club name exactly as they want it to be when they change it. RELATED: FIFA 20: How to Import Face...
The 20-time major winner returned to the French Open for the first time since 2015 this year and made it all the way to the semi-finals, where he was resoundingly beaten 6-3 6-4 6-2 by the irrepressible Rafael Nadal. Nadal is now unbeaten in six meetings with Federer at Roland Garros, with the Swiss having won just two matches on the red dirt against the ‘King of Clay’. The 37-year-old has pared back his schedule since a series of injury problems in 2016, but three-time French Open winner Kuerten does not anticipate him retiring soon....
Federer recovered from a second-set wobble to advance 6-4 3-6 6-1 on Monday, booking a last-16 clash with Fernando Verdasco. This ATP 500 event represents Federer’s fourth chance to bring up the landmark, having won his 99th in Basel in October, and the Swiss - a seven-time champion in Dubai - hopes to reach his century of titles at the end of this week. “Hopefully [I will] in a few days’ time but I still have a long way to go and I hope I don’t have to speak about my 100th title for years or weeks or months to come....
Federer had to roll up his sleeves to reach the last four of the tournament for a 15th time, winning 6-3 4-6 6-4 on Friday. The top seed was taken the distance by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the previous round and saved four break points as Bautista Agut put up a strong fight. Federer has won all nine matches against the Spaniard, his latest sealed with a break when his opponent was serving to stay in the match....
Kokkinakis, ranked 175th in the world, needed a wild card just to get into qualifying. But he showed nerves of steel in a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) triumph over 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer. “I was calmer than I thought,” Kokkinakis said of the third-set tiebreaker. “Inside I was pretty happy, I was excited, but I kept pretty calm.” Federer, who won his 20th Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open, regained the number one spot in February after winning the ATP title in Rotterdam but needed to reach the quarter-finals to remain at the summit....
In what is tipped to be the final edition of the unique tournament, the best was saved for last as Federer became the first player to win three Hopman Cups, teaming with Belinda Bencic to make it successive titles in Perth. For the second year in a row, the Swiss beat the German pairing of Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber by claiming a deciding mixed doubles rubber which was loaded with drama....
The night was Thursday and all of New York’s A-list celebrities–the one-namers like J-Lo, Cher, Bill and Hillary–were expected at the gala opening of Britney Spears’s new restaurant, Nyla. The New York City police even closed East 41st Street to traffic (which they almost never do–unless Turkmenistan’s UN undersecretary for rural development wants to go shoe shopping, that is). But something funny happened: the gala was a bomb. Sure, former mayor Rudy Giuliani was there with his gal pal Judith Nathan....
United parted company with Mourinho in December 2018 after two and a half years in charge of the club. Mourinho was replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, initially on a caretaker basis and then full-time - the Red Devils’ fourth permanent appointment since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013. David Moyes, Louis van Gaal and Mourinho have all tried and ultimately failed to emulate the success of Ferguson, but Fellaini - who played under each of those bosses - wonders whether they could have been given more time....
