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Barcelona have done pretty well for themselves so far this summer. They’ve signed the likes of Sergio Aguero, Memphis Depay and Eric Garcia. Club president Joan Laporta is a man on a mission. He has revealed that Barcelona will sign three or four more players before the transfer window draws to a close. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the top stories involving Barcelona from 21 June 2021....

Hoffenheim are in third place in Group C and will need a miracle to qualify for the knock-outs this year. The German outfit suffered a 4-0 defeat against Arsenal last month and will need to be at its best to stand a chance in this match. Barcelona, on the other hand, have predictably maintained a flawless record in this season’s Champions League and will be confident ahead of this game....

After two electrifying semi-final matches played between the top four teams of the Barefoot 2013 – Beach Soccer Championship, the finals of the inaugural championship took place amidst much fanfare at Calangute Beach in Goa on February 10, 2013. The two finalist teams – Goa United Sports Academy and Kasarkod Kerala – qualified from amongst 64 participating football clubs. They seemed thoroughly determined to win the championship trophy and left no stone unturned in achieving the same....

The duo, along with team-mates Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill, admitted to a “curfew breach” while the club were away in Spain. According to a report in The Sun newspaper, they allegedly drove off in a taxi from a McDonald’s drive-through without the driver and abandoned the car outside their hotel. The quartet released a statement via the club on Friday confirming their involvement while also apologising for their actions....

Bonds’ ongoing saga with obstruction of justice charges ended on July 21 when the U.S. Department of Justice announced it would not challenge the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn Bonds’ 2011 conviction — a conviction that stemmed from a misleading answer Bonds gave to a federal grand jury in 2003 when questioned about drugs and supplements supplied to him by his personal trainer. MORE: MLB’s 500 HR Club, in images | If Bonds had played in 2008...

“To put it bluntly, it’s especially f***** up that our black coworkers have been unfairly put in the position of choosing to either a) accept racist remarks, or b) publicly fighting with their boss,” he wrote. It all comes after Portnoy claimed he’s “uncancellable,” referring to the internet’s cancel culture, after a racist video of Portnoy from 2016 resurfaced. In it, Portnoy said former NFL star Colin Kaepernick looked Arabic and compared him to an “ISIS guy,” Fox News reported....

The wunderkind whose batting exploits are the talk of the majors is a 42-year-old, 285-pound pitcher who went 2-for-62 in his first full season in the National League in 2014. Having already doubled last year’s hit total, at 4-for-24 with a double and three RBIs, Bartolo Colon rides a career-best three-game hitting streak into his Friday start against the Braves. MORE: Who are baseball’s worst everyday players? “Not having National League pitchers hit would deprive us of the entertainment that Bartolo Colon has given us this year,” commissioner Rob Manfred said last week in Detroit....

Ninth seed Barty broke Garcia once in each set to win the round-robin tie 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 16 minutes in Zhuhai, southern China. Barty, who lost to Aryna Sabalenka on Tuesday, now has to wait for the outcome of Garcia and Sabalenka’s match to see if she will progress to the semi-finals on Saturday. “It’s out of my hands,” Barty said in her post-match press conference....

Fresh from her win at Roland Garros, second seed Barty had little trouble in adapting from clay to grass as she eased through her first-round match 6-3 6-4 on Wednesday. Barty did have to get through a wobble early on, but soon got into her stride to dispatch Vekic – a beaten finalist at the Nottingham Open. The 23-year-old Australian conceded four double faults through the first set, but soon recovered thanks to some unforced Vekic errors....

The election of Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and John Smoltz marks the first time the Baseball Writers’ Association has sent four players to Cooperstown since 1955. BASEBALL HALL OF FAME 2015: Strangest ballots | Pedro on PEDs | Full ballot breakdown Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz all were elected on their first ballot, making this the second straight year with three first-ballot inductees after Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and Frank Thomas went into the Hall last year in a six-person class with managers Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre....

Play hard, but not too hard. Be excited, but not too excited. Always do your best, but not always always. And, whatever you do, don’t do anything with your play that might hurt your opponents’ feelings. But hurting their bodies if you get upset? That’s OK. These statements summarize much of the silly collection of alleged truths that make up baseball’s unwritten rules, a supposed code of conduct that binds the baseball universe together and brings harmony and balance to the game....

The next version of Robin was Jason Todd. A mischievous youth who scrapped his way through Gotham City’s mean streets, Todd became Robin when Grayson graduated to the mantle of Nightwing. Todd’s time as Robin was cut tragically short at the hands of a crowbar-wielding and murderous Joker. The death of Jason Todd shook the Bat-Family to its core, and Bruce Wayne was not in a hurry to replace his fallen Robin....

Major issues have also been reported by fans such as the game completely failing to start for Windows 7 users, freezing at certain points, and outright crashing back to the desktop. Issues not reported in the patch notes have also been cropping up for Batman Arkham Knight players from audio sync issues to cutscenes which tend to be less than smooth. In addition to the technical issues, users have also noticed that the system requirements have changed as well....

You would be hard-pressed to find a professional sports team that doesn't have at least one athlete that participates in a commercial for a car dealership, home repair company or regional bank. Philadelphia Flyers forward Scott Hartnell recently appeared in a advertisment for the Cherry Hill Audi dealership outside of Philadelphia, and well, it's definitely worth your four minutes. MORE: Best NHL jerseys of all time | Anaheim getting “Mighty” again | Between-the-legs goals are all the rage...

And so far, Russian troops show little eagerness to take them on. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised to “wipe out terrorists” in Chechnya in the wake of a series of Chechen-led incursions by Islamic extremists into Dagestan and four unexplained terrorist bombings in Moscow and other cities. The explosions alone left nearly 300 dead. Putin, clearly wary of the possible political fallout from another disastrous Chechen war, also declared last week that Russian attacks were directed “solely against terrorist bases....

As was the case with previous Battlefield games, Battlefield 1 features four distinct classes for players to choose from for battle. Each class has its own strengths and weaknesses, with a particular role to play. As players work together to use the classes that work best with their play style and the needs of the team, they can tip the balance in their favor and come out victors. To help players make the most of their time in the Battlefield 1 beta, here is a quick guide on each of the four core classes, as well as some tips for using the game’s unique Elite classes....

As seen below in the image for the Nivelle Nights map, Battlefield 1 players should expect to see a full moon take up the night sky over the muddy battlefields around Malmaison and Soupir, as the earth’s celestial satellite provides illumination alongside the artillery that also light up the night skies and show the vast connection of trenches. As put by an official description from DICE, the one true way for players to conquer this area is with “strategy and teamwork....