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Barcelona barely deserve Copa berth Luis Enrique’s side drew 1-1 with Atletico Madrid at Camp Nou on Tuesday to seal a 3-2 aggregate triumph in the semi-final tie, but finished the match with nine men after Sergi Roberto and Suarez were dismissed. The holders will not contest Roberto’s punishment as they chase a third straight victory in the competition, although a club statement confirmed they took issue with the reasons outlined in referee Jesus Gil Manzano’s report for handing Suarez two late yellow cards....

Thursday marked the National day of Catalonia and this will be the first time in the club history that the players will wear the flag colours in a home game. Earlier yesterday, Gerard Pique also participated in the Catalan independence march. The Catalan born defender later posted this picture on twitter: However, the club statement denied any political agenda behind this move: The Club’s Board of Directors had requested the change in strip, which features a design based on the Catalan flag, as part of the commemorations to mark the three hundredth anniversary of the September 11 siege of Barcelona in 1714....

In case you didn’t know… Ajax skipper Matthijs de Ligt has been garnering rave reviews for his performances in the current season. The 19-year-old defender has been chased by the likes of Juventus, PSG and Bayern Munich, with Barcelona said to be leading the race for his signature. La Blaugrana also tried to complete a deal for the de Ligt alongside Frenkie de Jong, who joined the Catalans for €86m in January....

As reported earlier, Messi is unsettled at the Catalonian club and has rejected a contract extension. His current deal at Nou Camp runs out in 2018 and City are ready to take advantage of the situation. According to reports in the Daily Mirror, Manchester City’s owners are drawing up a plan so as to secure Messi’s signing in the summer. They are prepared to offer the five-time Ballon d’Or winner a basic wage of a whopping £500,000-a-week while the transfer fee would itself be in excess of £100m....

The hosts currently sit in 21st spot, with goal difference separating them from the relegation zone, while QPR are five places higher in 16th, with seven points picked up from seven games. Both sides come into this fixture on the back of draws, with Barnsley playing out a 1-1 draw away to Millwall on Saturday, while the visitors were toothless in their goalless stalemate at home to Birmingham City....

Director Matt Reeves pushed the envelope even further with his decision to introduce a brand-new Joker, especially since Joaquin Phoenix had just won an Oscar for his rendition of the character. On top of that, Heath Ledger has gone down in history as the greatest Joker of all time, and he significantly raised the bar for what it takes to play the Clown Prince of Crime. RELATED: The Batman Begins Streaming On HBO Max Next Week...

With its latest episode, “710N,” Barry’s third season is heading into its endgame. After a couple of slower-paced episodes with less action and fewer explosive payoffs than fans expect, Barry is back on track with one of the most intense installments in the season so far. Directed by Bill Hader and written by Duffy Boudreau, this episode has everything Barry fans could ask for: rapid-paced storytelling, stunning plot points that significantly raise the stakes, one of the funniest (and most thrilling) action set-pieces in the show’s history, and a jaw-dropping cliffhanger ending....

Zito was 5-11 with 86 Ks, a 1.70 WHIP and a 5.74 ERA this season. In a recent story, Brian Sabean said he had no regrets about the huge contract.

Bartra suffered a broken wrist that required surgery when Dortmund’s team bus was targeted by explosions ahead of their Champions League quarter-final first leg against Monaco in April. The Spain international was an unused substitute against Augsburg last week and completed 90 minutes as Thomas Tuchel’s men twice came from behind to seal a third-place finish and a return to the Champions League group stage next term. “I think it’s one of the happiest days of my professional career,” he told BVB Total....

Batista is Chris Jericho’s guest on the latest episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast, which you can listen to here. During the interview, Batista talked about his latest WWE run being “bad from the start.” “It was just bad from right off the bat,” Batista admitted (<props to MStarz for the transcription–). “They said, ‘We want you to come out and do this thing with Hunter and Steph and Randy,’ and I was like, ‘First night back and you can’t give me five minutes in the ring by myself in front if the fans?...

Though both videos took imagination and skill to create, they certainly differ greatly from one another. One video recreates the entirety of the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice movie trailer, while the other is a Grand Theft Auto V version of the cartoon classic Hey Arnold! intro. YouTuber Merfish’s commitment to authenticity when creating the Grand Theft Auto V version of the Batman v Superman trailer is admirable. Though the scenery, cars, and characters are unique to Grand Theft Auto V, the trailer is nearly a perfect frame-for-frame match to the original....

“College GameDay” signs are know for their hilarious, sometimes controversial but always entertaining nature. Tennessee and Virginia Tech fans delivered with no disappointments. PHOTOS: “GameDay” signs in Bristol Sporting News was there to find some of the best. Here are our five favorites. 5. “Let me see those VolunTEARS”: We like puns. 4. Butch Jones Hokie hunting: We appreciate the creativity and effort here. Unfortunately, Tennessee coach Butch Jones likely has very little free time to hunt....

The Battle for Bakhmut is looming to be deadly for both sides. The Russians could wear down their own troops, and morale, even if they were to take the city and claim victory. A long-fought battle of six months would probably give Russia little reward, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). “Even if Russian troops continue to advance toward and within Bakhmut, and even if they force a controlled Ukrainian withdrawal from the city (as was the case in Lysychansk), Bakhmut itself offers them little operational benefit,” the ISW said Wednesday evening....

Oleh Sinegubov, the regional governor of Kharkiv, said in a post on Facebook that light vehicles had entered the city and he urged the city’s roughly 1.4 million residents to stay indoors. “The Russian enemy’s light vehicles have broken into Kharkiv, including the city center,” Sinegubov said in the post. “Do not leave shelters! Ukraine’s armed forces are destroying the enemy. We ask civilians not to go out.” A number of videos posted on social media showed Russian vehicles moving across the city and Russian troops roaming the city in small groups....

RELATED: Battlefield 2042: 10 Best Weapons In Portal’s Battlefield 1942 Mode The game mode sets players on a map with squads of four, requiring them to recover data drives from crashed satellites and get out alive Hazard Mode is very different than different that other game modes, so it can be complicated at first. Practicing often, plus using these tips, should help players have a good time and even win more matches....

In case you didn’t know…. Di María enjoyed a stellar 2018-19 campaign as he netted 19 times and provided 17 assists in all competitions for PSG. The Argentine played a crucial role for the French giants in absence of Neymar as they won the Ligue 1 title comfortably. However, Di Maria’s golden days will always be regarded as his time at Real Madrid. In the 2013-14 season, he helped Los Blancos to their tenth Champions League triumph by putting in a superb performance against Atletico Madrid in the final....