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The 32-year-old was named in the preliminary squad but will miss the two matches later this month. Suarez has scored five goals in seven games to begin the season for Barcelona, including netting a brace in Wednesday’s 2-1 Champions League victory over Inter. Barcelona and Uruguay announced on Thursday that the forward would remain in Spain instead of travelling for the friendlies in Montevideo and Lima. “The first-team player Luis Suarez will stay in Barcelona during the selection stop, making medical treatment by mutual agreement between the medical services of the club and those of the Uruguay team as part of his personalised work plan,” a Barcelona statement read....

Pedri has been Barcelona’s breakout star this season and has been one of the few bright sparks in what has been a rather tumultuous season for the Blaugrana. The Spaniard has been a fixture under new head coach Ronald Koeman, playing 25 league games this season. Barcelona officially confirmed that Pedri sustained a muscular injury to his left leg and are unsure about how long the young forward could be out of action for....

Barca manager, Ernesto Valverde will not take this game lightly and is expected to name a very strong lineup for his team’s season opener. The Spaniard is acutely aware of how important a fast start is this campaign with both Madrid sides desperate to launch an assault for the title and bring the LaLiga trophy back to the Spanish capital. Of course, Barcelona will enter this clash as overwhelming favourites and with the likes of Messi, Suarez, Rakatic, and Coutinho expected to start, there are a host of match-winners in the starting XI....

There have been many one-season wonders with the bat in the IPL, who faded into oblivion after catching the eye in one season. The likes of Swapnil Asnodkar and Paul Valthaty are examples. And there have been some who made a name for themselves through their consistency in the IPL. Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson and Shreyas Iyer testify that. Talking about consistency, one of the key parameters to measure it is the batting average....

While long bats, flat pitches, and short boundaries have been the major reasons in a surge of high scores, playing conditions have also changed dramatically in this decade. The use of two new balls is the elephant in the room no one is talking out. Pre-2011, there was widespread criticism of ODI matches getting mundane in the middle-overs. In a bid to address the issue, the International Cricket Council in 2011 introduced a rule that called for the usage of two new balls from either end....

The team was selected by L’Equipe journalists. Bayern Munich’s summer signing, the 25 year old Manuel Neuer replaced Spain’s Number 1 Iker Casillas from the last year’s team. Other exclusions from the last year’s team were: Maicon, Lucio, Fabio Coentrao, Wesley Sneijder and Bastian Schweinsteiger. The likes of Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Cesc Fabregas, Robin van Persie, Yaya Toure, Gareth Bale and Wayne Rooney failed to make it to the XI despite being immensely popular in the online voting for the general public....

Barcelona, Juventus, and Real Madrid are at risk of being imposed with massive fines and banned from the UEFA Champions League after failing to distance themselves from the European Super League. The European Super League was established in April by twelve clubs: Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Inter Milan, and AC Milan. After receiving heavy criticism from fans, pundits, football players, and managers, nine of the aforementioned twelve teams withdrew from the European Super League project....

However, Atletico Madrid do have an obligation to buy Antoine Griezmann for €40 million. Barcelona have given the Spanish champions the option of signing him permanently next summer or in 2023. As per Gianluca Di Marzio, Atletico Madrid have agreed to pay Antoine Griezmann’s full wages. The Frenchman returns to the Spanish capital after playing 102 games for Barcelona, scoring 35 times and winning the Copa Del Rey once....

With Los Blancos away in Abu Dhabi for the Club World Cup, Ernesto Valverde’s side can stretch their lead over Zinedine Zidane’s men ahead of next weekend’s Clasico clash at the Santiago Bernabeu. Barca, still unbeaten, are currently five points ahead of second-placed Valencia in the Primera Division, with Atletico in third (six behind) and Madrid (eight adrift) in fourth position after 15 rounds of matches. Here, Goal takes a look at everything you need to know about Sunday’s match between Barca and Deportivo at Camp Nou…...

FIFA’s decision Wednesday means that Barcelona will not be able to buy anyone this coming January or in the summer of 2015 as a punishment for breaches of FIFA regulations over the signing of several under-18 players for the club’s youth system, reports Xinhua. FIFA had originally made its decision in April and the transfer embargo was to have come into effect for this summer as well, only to put it on hold when Barcelona appealed....

Fire chief Jason Forshee from the Waseca Fire Department said: “Our estimates on numbers right now is an estimate that 9,000 piglets were lost and 3,000 sows [mother pigs] for a total of 12,000.” Fire crew were deployed to Woodville Pork around 10:30 p.m. Sunday after two of the facility’s buildings erupted with flames, according to Forshee. The crew were able to save its third building nearby using a fire break, saving the 3,000 pigs that were housed in that building, Minnesota’s KARE reported....

LAS VEGAS – While the top three teams in the College Football Playoff rankings appear to be set – as long as Alabama, Oregon and Florida State all win their conference title games on Saturday – the status of two starting quarterbacks figures to go a long way to determining the fourth team when the field is finally announced on Sunday, Dec. 7. These QB situations have already had an impact on the betting line....

The 22-year-old, beaten by Angelique Kerber in the 2018 showpiece, gave the Sydney crowd plenty to cheer in a thrilling 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 7-5 triumph over Kiki Bertens. Victory on home soil would cap a stunning week for Barty, who kicked off the tournament with a shock win over world number one Simona Halep. But to claim a fourth WTA Tour title she must overcome Kvitova, who prevailed 6-1 6-2 in a rain-delayed clash with Aliaksandra Sasnovich....

“Showgirls,” a $40 million film about top-less dancers in Las Vegas, will be the first mainstream commercial movie to take an NC-17 rating into wide release. After a blizzard of prerelease publicity, it will open this Friday on more than 1,300 screens: fewer than “Batman Forever,” but about the same as “Clockers.” With its inflammatory subject matter, the film arrives with heavy promotional foreplay and two burning questions: how hot is it and how bad is it....

But now, as the nation cherishes every precious step toward post-COVID normalcy, Major League Baseball has mortgaged its opportunity to enjoy a key role in the recovery. Consumed by today’s penchant for craven political opportunism, the sport famously known as “America’s pastime” has bought into hostile misinterpretations of Georgia’s election reform laws and joined the movement to punish the state with activist boycotts. Wrapping himself in “our values as a sport,” Commissioner Rob Manfred pulled this year’s All-Star Game from the city of Atlanta, which was awarded the game two years ago....

The hosts come into the game on the back of a 3-0 away victory over Luzern last weekend. All three goals came in the second half, with Fabian Frei starting and ending the scoring for the visitors. Sion also secured maximum points with a 2-0 home win over Grasshoppers last time around. Jan Bamert’s first-half strike was added to by Noah Loosli’s second half own goal. The victory saw them climb above Grasshoppers into sixth spot, having garnered 24 points from 19 matches....