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MORE: Messi to Premier League? | Americans make negative headlines It was, in any case, settled very late on by Raphael Guerreiro, scoring his first international goal for Portugal from a Ricardo Quaresma cross, but that was a rare highlight in a game that scarcely rose above pedestrian. Three 1-0 wins in a row for Portugal and Fernando Santos. Nonetheless, over 40,000 inside Old Trafford would have wished to see Messi’s first real effort go in, despite their heavily pro-Cristiano Ronaldo stance....

‘Messi will retire at Barcelona’ The Argentine attacker, who married long-time partner Antonela Roccuzzo in Rosario on Friday, was set to return to the Catalan capital with his family at the weekend, but will now not be back until around July 12. After the wedding, Messi and Antonela changed their plans and are now on their honeymoon with sons Thiago and Mateo on the Carribean islands of Antigua and Barbuda....

Why Mbappe must stay at Monaco Since then, Ozil has suffered with injuries, illness and watched his team-mates lose four of their last five league games for the first time since April 1995. Ozil is no stranger to the criticism which has been deservedly levelled at the Arsenal players over the past few weeks, but his absence from the team means he has escaped the noose of many pundits, journalists and fans....

It typically starts in cells that line the inside of the bladder. When bladder cancer cells spread into other areas of the body, it becomes metastatic bladder cancer. If you’ve been diagnosed with metastatic bladder cancer, it’s understandable to feel overwhelmed and uncertain. However, there’s treatment available to help manage symptoms and slow disease progression. In this article, we’ll go over symptoms, treatments, and the prognosis you can expect with metastatic bladder cancer....

Encouraging every nation to join in with the efforts, Biden said the U.S. was launching a “Global Methane Pledge” alongside the European Union with the aim of slashing methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030, and that 70 countries had signed up. It comes as scientists are warning more urgently than ever that world leaders need to keep global temperatures from increasing by 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels....

Mets manager Terry Collins said the team has “no plans to have him throw in near future,” according to Newsday. “I watched Jake’s bullpen yesterday and it was amazing and 15 minutes after that he said, ‘I can’t pitch.’ " MORE: Bartolo Colon to the rescue | Magic number watch According to multiple reports, deGrom is dealing with a problem with the ulnar nerve in his right elbow. He felt the injury while playing catch in the outfield Friday....

According to NJ.com, the New York Mets have reached out to the 36-year-old free agent shortstop. They are among “5-6 teams showing early interest” in the three-time All-Star, tweets Mike Puma of the New York Post. The Mets were disappointed in the injury-plagued 2013 season of SS Ruben Tejada and are looking to updgrade. Free agents Jhonny Peralta and Stephen Drew remain possible targets, but Furcal figures to come cheaper and won't command a multi-year deal....

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That’s a sad progression for Mets fans, and an ideal starting point for the argument that this team needs to sell over the next couple of months. RIVERA: Mets blew their chance to take New York from Yankees The 6-5 defeat Wednesday to tanking San Diego will be quickly forgotten, but the way the Mets lost, the way their deficiencies were once more exposed, won’t be flushed away. Bullpen arsonists blew a lead and wasted an OK effort by a shaky starter....

Six days after the catcher is enshrined at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., the Mets will retire his No. 31 jersey in a July 30 ceremony at Citi Field. The honor will be the centerpiece of “Mike Piazza Weekend” in Queens, with a Piazza replica jersey to be given away to fans the night before and a Piazza bobblehead giveaway the day after. MORE: Best current MLB player at every uniform number...

There was some good news for those fans. First off, Raul Jimenez came on as a second-half substitute for Benfica and delivered perhaps the best assist of the season, using a rabona to find Jonas in the box for his second goal of the game in a 2-0 victory over Vitoria. That result, combined with Porto’s defeat Monday against Belenenses, put Benfica at the top of the table. Hector Herrera played for Porto after missing both Mexico friendly matches with an injury, but Diego Reyes stayed on the bench and Jesus Corona didn’t travel after they both picked up injuries with El Tri....

Despite estimated murder rates dipping with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s homicide number remains at a historically high level. The most recent figures reported by World Population Review place Mexico’s homicide rate at 29 deaths per 100,000, well above the U.S. figure of five deaths per 100,000. Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de León, Mexico’s consul general in El Paso, Texas, told Border Report that part of the reason for this phenomenon is that the drug cartels have been able to get their hands on firearms, despite the nation’s strict gun laws....

After Osorio and director of national teams Santiago Banos traveled to Europe to see the 13 Mexico national team regulars playing on the continent, Osorio decided to head to Sevilla, where he plans to stay through Sunday. Osorio visited by his “own decision and on my own account” to observe coach Jorge Sampaoli’s La Liga side. CONCACAF announces Gold Cup groups “Plain and simple because from South America and Mexico we see positively how Sevilla has been a protagonist during the whole tournament,” Osorio told Sevilla’s official website....

Moments after Hedgardo Martin appeared to send El Tri on their way by finishing off an Elias Hernandez set-piece delivery, El Salvador pegged them back for an equalizer. In fact, in the early going, Mexico found itself being outshot as El Salvador pressed high and was not shy about taking its chances from distance. But in the end, the combined work of Hernandez and Jesus Gallardo were too much to handle for El Salvador down the flanks in the first half....

While the home side was looking for three points to guarantee it will be in Russia next summer, Mexico is entering into the preparation phase with its space at the 2018 World Cup secured. Even so, we got one of the more entertaining games of qualification, with both teams’ goalkeepers putting on a show in a 1-1 draw that seemed like a fair result. Let’s look at how Mexico’s World Cup preparations started and what to keep an eye on as next summer draws closer:...

Mexico and Brazil, the last two men’s Olympic gold medal winners, faced off in an utterly compelling, if unspectacular, men’s Olympic semifinal which was so evenly matched that it finished scoreless and needed a penalty-kick shootout to resolve the affair. And that marked the end of the gold-medal quest for a Mexican Olympic team that will instead play in the bronze-medal match after it failed to convert two of its penalty attempts (Eduardo Aguirre and Johan Vasquez), while Brazil scored on all its shots against Mexican goalkeeper captain Guillermo Ochoa, who guessed correctly on each, but couldn’t make a stop....

This marks the fourth time that the WPT and the Tiger Woods Foundation host the event. Those in attendance will not only play poker, they will be golfing, enjoying fine food experiences and be treated like VIP’s during a full weekend of activities. MORE: Will Roberto Luongo turn poker professional? | Poker superstar Phil Ivey featured in Chrysler ad campaign | Martin Jacobson wins WSOP November Nine Back to the poker as 13-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth is set to emcee the event hosted by Tiger....

Site: Marlins Park (Miami, Fla.) When: Dec. 22, 2 p.m. ET TV: ESPN MORE: Reason to watch every bowl game | SN All-Americans | Bowl gift guide Series: First meeting Coaches: Bronco Mendenhall (BYU), Justin Fuente (Memphis) Common opponents: Connecticut (BYU: W 35-10; Memphis: W 41-10); Houston (BYU: W 33-25; Memphis: L 24-28) Players to watch: Mitch Mathews (BYU) had 64 catches for 840 yards with eight touchdowns. Paxton Lynch (Memphis) has thrown for 2,725 yards and 18 touchdowns....

The school named Lakatriona Brunson as the state’s first female football head coach. MORE: SN early Top 20 for 2016 | Best recruiting programs Peter Ariz of CanesInSight.com first reported Monday that the school would hire Brunson as Earl Little’s replacement. If the name sounds familiar, it is. Brunson is Bernice Brunson from truTV’s South Beach Tow. Luther Campbell (aka Luke Skyywalker/Uncle Luke from 2 Live Crew fame) will be Brunson’s assistant coach....

There are times the running back just takes everyone by surprise. Lynch scored the longest touchdown of his career in the win over the Cardinals. The Seahawks had interesting takes on the 79-yard run, but defensive end Michael Bennett definitely had the best. “It was the best run I’ve ever seen,” Bennett told The Seattle Times . “I felt like he was running for freedom or something. Boy, he was gone....