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Struff had to work hard to beat last year’s finalist Tsitsipas. After getting an early break in the first set he played solidly from the baseline and wrapped it up 6-4. There were very few unforced errors from either player and even the duration of each game was low as both held serve comfortably except for that one game where Tsitsipas got broken. Even the second set started on the same note but it was Tsitsipas’s turn to break Struff as the German started making a few unforced errors....

Espanyol troll Messi celebration Iniesta was a doubt for the Liga match after missing training on Friday and he has not been able to prove his fitness in time to make Luis Enrique’s squad. Rafinha, Aleix Vidal and Jeremy Mathieu are the other injury absentees for Barca, who have included 19-year-old Carles Alena in their matchday 18 and welcome back Neymar after the Brazilian served a three-match ban. Iniesta has started just 10 Liga games in a stop-start season for the 32-year-old, with Denis Suarez and Andre Gomes the contenders to take his place in the Barcelona midfield....

Lionel Messi’s perceived rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, makes the list, alongside a host of Bayern Munich stars. Bayern Munich dominate L’Equipe’s Best XI of 2020 as Lionel Messi excluded Bayern Munich won the treble last season and deservedly dominate L’Equipe’s Best XI of 2020. The Bavarians thrashed Lionel Messi’s Barcelona 8-2 in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League last season as they romped to the title. This result has not reflected well on Lionel Messi, whose Barcelona side did not enjoy the best of La Liga campaigns last time around....

The French defender has been linked with a host of clubs after impressing for Los Rojiblancos this season, the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool also being mentioned alongside the Blaugrana. However, his agent was keen to stress that nothing had been decided, and that his client was focused on his side’s upcoming match with Alaves on the final day of the LaLiga campaign. “He still does not know what he is going to do or what he wants to do next summer,” Dakad told Estadio Deportivo....

Willian has been on Barcelona’s radar for a long time now and it does seem like the Brazilian international is inching closer to a move away from Stamford Bridge this summer. The 29-year-old impressed thoroughly for the Blues last season and was noticeably brilliant in their tie against Barcelona in the Champions League. Arsenal can only get Ousmane Dembele on loan London-based journalist, Charlie Watts, recently said that the North London club have a realistic chance of getting Ousmane Dembele on board only if Barcelona decide to send him out on a loan spell next season....

Barcelona waltzed through its preseason games, while Real Madrid stumbled to defeats against Tottenham Hotspur, Bayern Munich and a 7-3 thrashing at the hands of local rivals Atletico Madrid. The tables were swiftly reversed in the opening game of the campaign last weekend, with Real winning 3-1 in Vigo while Barcelona lost 1-0 away to Athletic Bilbao. It took an absolutely stunning goal from Aritz Aduriz just one minute from time to beat Barcelona, but the defending champions hadn’t looked impressive at any stage during the game....

This time it wasn’t Luka Doncic. Jalen Brunson started at point guard for the second consecutive game and scored a career-high 17 points as the Mavericks beat the Orlando Magic 101-76 on Monday night. Brunson, who led Villanova to two national championships in the past three years and was a Mavs second-round pick, replaced the injured Dennis Smith Jr. (right wrist sprain) and scored in double figures for the third straight game....

The ex-captain has reportedly agreed a three-year deal to take charge of Rangers, after honing his skills as a youth coach at Anfield since January 2017. The 37-year-old is following a number of distinguished Reds to pitch up in the dugout after retiring from playing. Some have met with plenty of success; others have found life a little more difficult. Here, we take a look at the managerial exploits of some of the most famous Liverpool greats…...

Messi has established himself as the greatest player in Barca’s history following his debut in 2004, becoming the club’s all-time leading goalscorer. The 31-year-old signed a new contract with Barca in 2017 and while Bartomeu knows the Spaniards must prepare for the post-Messi era, he is ready to finalise another renewal. “At the moment we cannot imagine it, but we have to prepare for it,” Bartomeu told Marca. “It will be a very different Barcelona, we have to look for young talent....

Ernesto Valverde’s team have been excellent this season, responding well to the blow of losing Neymar to Paris Saint-Germain in August. The Catalan giants are four points ahead of Valencia at the top of LaLiga after 12 matches and already 10 clear of Real Madrid, while they are also still in the Copa del Rey and on track to win Champions League Group D. Nevertheless, Bartomeu suspects the club will have to spend money to ensure the squad is fully equipped for a three-pronged trophy charge in the second half of the campaign....

This year features 32 players, including 19 first-timers. It’s headlined by a few interesting stories, as usual: How many votes will Derek Jeter get? Will Larry Walker finally make it in? What will come of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens? FAGAN: Derek Jeter is the only sure thing on 2020 ballot There are a number of sneaky-underrated players on this year’s ballot as well, including Bobby Abreu, Andy Pettitte and Cliff Lee....

There were 75 players in the tournament who have played in the NBA, along with 17 more who have been drafted and whose rights are owned by NBA teams. All 12 players on the U.S. roster are on NBA teams. Host Spain is next with six current NBAplayers. Only three teams in the tournament have no players who have either played or been drafted by NBA clubs. Cleveland and Houston both have a league-high four players in the field....

Let’s look at how you can batch convert PNG images to JPEG on your iPhone for free, using Apple’s Shortcuts app. About the iPhone’s Shortcuts App Introduced in iOS 13, Shortcuts is a built-in app that helps to automate your iPhone tasks. If it’s just a couple of pictures, there are quick ways to take JPEG screenshots on your iPhone instead of PNG. But if you have a lot of screenshots, it’s better to save time in the long term by setting up an iPhone shortcut....

Batshuayi joined Chelsea from Marseille in the close-season, but has yet to start a Premier League match due to the form of Diego Costa. Spain striker Costa leads the league’s goalscoring charts with 13, a return that has helped fire the Blues to the top of the table and an 11-match winning run. But Costa is suspended for Monday’s contest against Bournemouth meaning Batshuayi is likely to lead the line in his absence....

A nation as badly governed as this one nowadays is by professional politicians may not think the adjective “professional” is an encomium when applied to apparatchiks like Jordan and Rollins. But Washington clings to its comforting assumption that candidates are of secondary and voters of only tertiary importance. What matters most are the operatives who tell candidates which convictions are convenient to hold, and who are the favorite sources for the journalists who write and broadcast stories that take the operatives as seriously as the operatives take themselves: very....

Battlefield Portal creations have ranged from Squid Game-inspired modes to proper wingsuit training courses, and fans have only just begun pushing the creation tool to its limits. One of the best things about Battlefield Portal is that it features content from past games like Battlefield 3, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Battlefield 1942, with players able to mix and match the vehicles and weapons from every era. It would be nice to see Battlefield 1 shown some love, too, with plenty of potential content able to be introduced and combined with some more modern technology....

Thankfully, DICE and Electronic Arts have given PC fans about a month’s time to prepare for Battlefield 1’s release should they need to do so by officially publishing the game’s system requirements on the platform, all of which can be found in full further below. Interestingly enough, some might view the final specs for exactly what kind of gear is needed to run the game as being tame, but of course, that all depends on how well-invested one is in their rig’s hardware....