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With the transfer season in full swing and Juan Mata’s future being discussed weekly in the newspapers, Mata, for the first time has spoken about it. Chelsea’s Player of the Year has been back from holiday for about week after an extended break due to the Confederations Cup. He is starting to make his way back to full fitness and getting game time in the International Champions Cup. Like many of the current Chelsea squad, this is Mata’s first time working with Jose Mourinho and here are his thoughts on the boss:...

Destiny final looms for Simeone The 32-year-old was forced off in the 55th minute of Tuesday’s 1-1 Champions League quarter-final second-leg draw with Leicester City at the King Power Stadium. Juanfran was sent for scans that have revealed damage to his quadriceps, with Atletico confirming the news via their official website. “Our player will undergo physiotherapy and rehabilitation treatment,” the club added. The news is a big blow to coach Diego Simeone, who saw left-back Filipe Luis suffer a hand injury that forced Atletico to field four centre-backs in the closing stages of the match....

MORE: Ranking all 31 NFL stadiums Prosecutors asked that Stacy Foote (formerly known as Stacy Jenson) be sentenced to 70 to 87 months in prison. Foote, who according to the Journal Sentinel tearfully apologized for her actions during a two-hour sentencing hearing, asked for 40 to 46 months. In determining the length of the sentence, U.S. District Court Judge Pamela Pepper rejected Foote’s claim of accepting responsibility for her crime, in part, because she peddled the $55,000 in nonexistent Packers tickets to unsuspecting buyers well after she was indicted on a charge of using corporate credit cards to scam her employer, IEWC Global Solutions of New Berlin, Wis....

Maxwell’s trial is currently being held in New York City, where the daily average number of confirmed cases over the past week has reached 17,829. Because of this rising number of cases, Judge Alison J. Nathan has asked that jurors stay for an extra hour each day during their deliberations in order to prevent COVID-19 from disrupting the trial. “We are very simply at a different place regarding the pandemic than we were only one week ago and we now face a high and escalating risk that jurors and/or trial participants may need to quarantine, thus…putting at risk our ability to complete this trial,” Nathan explained to the jury on Monday evening....

The Texas Secretary of State announced the audit into the results from Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Collin counties on Thursday. It came just after Trump urged Abbott to conduct an audit into the state’s election results. “Despite my big win in Texas, I hear Texans want an election audit!” the former president wrote in a letter to Abbott on Thursday. “You know your fellow Texans have big questions about the November 2020 Election....

The Stewards panel indicated that Bianchi failed to slow down for the yellow flag while Pic was found 2km/h faster than he previously was when he passed the yellow flag. The penalty comes as a result of the FIA’s regulation that any drivers with three reprimands in the season will automatically hit with a 10-place penalty. Meanwhile, Force India driver Adrian Sutil was fortunate to escape without a penalty despite colliding with Mark Webber which forced the Australian to retire from the race....

On June 13, 1921, Ruth, playing for the Yankees vs. the Tigers at the Polo Grounds, was the starting and winning pitcher, hit two home runs and finished the game as New York’s center fielder. No one else had gotten a win, homered and played in the field in the same game until Lorenzen did it Wednesday. He earned the W in relief, went deep in his only at-bat and played the ninth inning in center field at Great American Ball Park....

Chip, known by some as the Coors Field Cat, was trapped this April when he was estimated to be 9 months old, according to KUSA-TV. Even though it wasn’t a sure thing that the born-feral cat could be tamed, Animal Rescue of the Rockies, the organization behind his trapping, decided to give Chip a shot at living with humans. Animal Rescue of the Rockies reached out to Jenni Leigh, KUSA-TV reports, and asked if she would be willing to foster him....

RELATED: Jurassic World: What Dinosaur Are You Based On Your Zodiac? While the community leans toward making the dinosaurs more and more realistic as more information is found, some fans have taken it into their own hands to make some wild creations. Ranging from movie cameos all the way to coliseum battles, Jurassic World Evolution has become a chaotic attraction. 7 Demon Spinosaurus The Spinosaurus is already an iconic dinosaur for its role in the third movie, pushing the T-Rex out of the way as the most intimidating creature on the island....

The Empire star, 39, who was convicted on five of six charges in December 2021, was also sentenced to 30 months of felony probation on Thursday with no travel restrictions, and ordered to pay $120,106 in restitution to the city of Chicago and a $25,000 fine. As the actor was booked in for his first night in the Cook County Jail, Sabrina Franza, a reporter at local CBS affiliate WBBM-TV, took to Twitter to share his mugshot....

Last week the police called on Markhasev, charging him with the murder and attempted robbery of Ennis Cosby, Bill Cosby’s only son. He could face the death penalty if convicted. The killing had sparked all sorts of theories, but as the Los Angeles police sketched it, the crime was another tragic, random intersection between miscreant and good citizen, an attempted robbery ending in murder. The break came after nearly two months of fruitless tips and searches....

Then Rivkin reported back to the Henson family, and they started thinking it over. When Jim Henson passed away in 1990 at the age of 53, he was looking for more financial muscle and negotiating with Disney, which wanted to aquire the Muppets. After Henson’s death, his children survived a brutal legal fight with Disney for control of Miss Piggy & Co. The Hensons kept the family firm intact and profitable, but by last summer, their signature “Muppet Show” was no longer in production, and it was always a struggle to find money for new ventures....

We’ve played around four hours of Just Cause 4, and here’s our hands-on review. Just Cause 4: Release date and platforms Just Cause 4 is set for release on 4 December 2018 and will be available not only on PS4 and Xbox One, but PC too. Just Cause 4 preview Rico Rodriguez is back for more explosive action in Just Cause 4, this time set in the fictitious country of Solís in South America....

A new poll released Saturday by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper shows a majority of Georgia voters have unfavorable views of President Donald Trump, GOP Governor Brian Kemp and the Republican Party as a whole. Thirty-four percent of those surveyed said they have a favorable view of the GOP, while 59 percent have an unfavorable view of the party overall. Meanwhile, exactly half of Georgia voters said they have a favorable view of the Democratic Party, which saw Senate runoff candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff win their respective races on January 5 over GOP incumbents....

It’s been announced that HBO Max will premiere the Justice League Snyder Cut at some point in 2021. In order to finish the film, Snyder and his wife Deborah will be signing on much of the movie’s original post-production crew to finish visual effects. According to The Hollywood Reporter, some of the Justice League actors may also be asked to record new dialogue so that the Snyder Cut can be finished....

Upset after getting picked off at second base by Rockies reliever John Axford in the eighth inning, Upton attempted to throw his helmet in frustration in the Padres dugout, but his headgear slipped out of his hand and smacked teammate Yonder Alonso in the head. MORE: Most infamous moment for every MLB team | Remembering the epic Padres-Braves brawl in 1984 Alonso, who was standing on the dugout fence with his back to Upton, threw a fit of his own, spewing trash in the Padres dugout before heading to the locker room....

That impact? Verlander, who was wearing a hoodie because the Astros didn’t have an actual uniform ready for him yet, kept his new teammates laughing in the dugout during the second game of Saturday’s double-header against the Mets Dallas Keuchel was standing next to his new top-of-the-rotation partner, cracking up, for almost the entire game. Mike Fiers and Jake Marisnick, too. When he wasn’t on the field, Jose Altuve took a break on the bench and laughed along with his new teammate....

The Argentina striker’s contract, which expires in 2021, is said to contain a release clause of €112million that is applicable only to foreign clubs. Real Madrid were linked with a bid, but their interest did not materialise, even after they sold Cristiano Ronaldo to Juve in a €112m deal. Now, Icardi’s wife and agent Wanda Nara has suggested he could have joined the Serie A champions had they failed in their efforts to bring Ronaldo to Turin....

Also see : Copa America Standings, Gold Cup Standings, EPL Transfer News. All about Pogba Manchester United legend Gary Neville has claimed that the Red Devils should not have to keep any player at the club that doesn’t want to stay – including Paul Pogba. While Neville did add that the Frenchman makes the Old Trafford outfit better, he also stated that the players will have to be 100% into the Manchester United cause....

The 31-year-old has not played in Serie A since November 27 and his future at the club was thrown into doubt when he was omitted from their Champions League squad for the knockout stages. Mourinho aims dig at Conte fans Hebei have been heavily linked with a €10million deal for the former Lazio and Inter man and are reportedly willing to offer him wages worth up to €7m a season to move to China....