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Mourinho calls for end to chants The two players are set to clash on Monday night as Jose Mourinho takes his men to Anfield to face the Reds in the Premier League. Henderson has enjoyed a strong start to the season which has seen him score a stunning goal against Chelsea as well as captaining his country in the midweek draw with Slovenia. When asked about which midfielder he would prefer to have in his team, Merson was adamant he would go for the Liverpool man over the world’s most expensive footballer....

Messi - who missed both friendlies for Argentina during the international break - was a doubt with a hamstring injury. Coach Ernesto Valverde told reporters the club would wait before making a decision over whether the 30-year-old would take part in their La Liga clash. But the forward has proven his fitness enough to take his place in an 18-man group named by Valverde. Luis Suarez returns from suspension after missing Barca’s last game, a 2-0 home win against Athletic Bilbao, with Nelson Semedo and Denis Suarez also included after recovering from injury....

Argentina topped the group and Nigeria also advanced despite the loss, becoming the first African team in the Round of 16 in Brazil. Messi had his best match of the World Cup so far, scoring twice in the first half to boost his tournament total to four goals, and repeatedly cutting up Nigeria’s defense with dazzling runs and clever passes. “We played against a team that wanted to play,” Messi said....

The fireball was most visible above the states of Nuevo León, Coahuila and Tamaulipas, which border the U.S., around 10:14 p.m. local time, according to the Global Atmospheric Monitoring Agency—part of Mexico’s Institute of Geological and Atmospheric Research. Some amazed eyewitnesses—as well as some security cameras, webcams and doorbell camss—managed to capture footage of the fireball as it blazed through the atmosphere. Cameras in Monterrey—the state capital of Nuevo León—captured images of the fireball briefly illuminating the night sky above the city....

That’s about as representative of the NL East race as it gets, and that summed up Opening Day at Nationals Park on Thursday. The Mets and deGrom announced their intentions to make it a four-team tangle, one that could produce three playoff berths — or just one. The margins for all of them are razor-thin, as thin as the margin in the Mets’ 2-0 defeat of the Nationals. MORE: Watch ‘ChangeUp,’ a new MLB live whip-around show on DAZN...

The 14-year-old received a transplant six months ago. On Tuesday he entered a back field at the team’s complex in Port St. Lucie and became a special guest of his favorite team. MORE: Memorable Mets moments | Check out Cespedes’ new ride The highlight came when New York’s stud pitchers — Harvey, deGrom, Syndergaard and Familia, to name a few — gathered for a photo with Williams and presented him a ball they all signed....

September 16 acts as the day to celebrate because of the Grito de Dolores. A catholic priest called Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (Hidalgo) was one of the supporters for independence in San Miguel (now San Miguel de Allende), near Dolores. On this day in 1810, he rang the church bell in Dolores to call his parishioners to revolt against the Spanish and for racial equality and redistribution of the land....

El Tri topped New Zealand 2-1 in Nashville in October, a month before the champions of CONCACAF and their counterparts from Oceania knew they were drawn into the same group of this tournament. Lozano cherishing ‘special’ PSV move At the time the match was criticized as another ‘molero’, a game that wouldn’t serve Mexico at all. Both teams were preparing for the Confederations Cup during an international window in which it was difficult to find quality opposition and knew a summer showdown was possible, but that friendly now takes on increased significance and should serve as a boost for Mexico....

El Tri tried, but could not produce the game-winning goal. Or any goal. On a night in Qatar when they dominated possession — with 61 percent of the ball, a five-shot advantage and 408 completed passes — Mexico could not find a way to manufacture a goal that would have won the game. The 0-0 tie leaves them tied with Poland in second place in the group — behind Saudi Arabia, which probably would like to call a halt to the group stage and move on to the Round of 16 immediately....

El Tri are the fifth team to qualify for the competition in Russia, joining the host nation, Brazil, Iran and Japan. The win over Panama moved El Tri three points clear atop the group in the final round of qualifying, and they are guaranteed a top-three finish. Four years ago, Mexico struggled to earn a place in the World Cup in Brazil, earning the 32nd and final spot following a two-legged playoff with New Zealand....

Geoff Cameron, DeAndre Yedlin, Michael Bradley and Christian Pulisic are the only holdovers from the Americans’ 2-0 win over Trinidad & Tobago on Thursday, with Arena introducing a slew of new faces while using a 3-4-3 formation from the start for the first time since he returned as U.S. coach in November. Brad Guzan steps in between the posts, with Cameron, Omar Gonzalez and Tim Ream comprising a three-man back line....

All three of Miami’s starting linebackers, Shaq Quarterman, Mike Pinckney, and Zach McCloud, announced they will return for their senior seasons. That’s great news for a defense that will be in need of senior leadership in 2019. SPORTING NEWS BEST OF 2018Read our favorite stories from the year in sports Quarterman, Pinckney and McCloud combined for 200 tackles, 29.5 tackles for loss and 10 sacks in 2018. Quarterman finished second on the team with 82 tackles and fourth with 14 tackles for loss....

Seahawks defensive lineman Michael Bennett, never one to shy away from public comment, fired back just a few hours after the article went live. The article, in which Bennett is not quoted, claims some defensive players feel Wilson is treated like “the favored son” and not critiqued in a fair manner. “Carroll hosts ‘Tell the Truth Monday’ during the season, when he breaks down film,” Wickersham writes. “Some Seahawks joke that it should be renamed ‘Tell the Truth to Certain People,’ because Wilson seems exempt from criticism....

The star-studded one-hour show—Michael Bublé’s Christmas in the City—will offer a mix of musical performances, comedy sketches and cameos. The special also marks the 10th anniversary of Bublé’s holiday album, simply titled Christmas. Who Stars in Michael Bublé’s Christmas in the City? Stars of stage and screen will be joining Bublé for his special, filmed at the famous Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, New York City. The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon works in the same building and will be moving floors to join Bublé for his Christmas in the City....

Flynn was speaking at the Church of Glad Tidings in Yuba, California on July 16. Jason Parker, vice president of rifle manufacturer Cobalt Kinetics, who also spoke at the event, was giving Flynn a gun as a gift. “We were trying to come up with a rifle we thought was appropriate for a general, so we went with the old school woodland camouflage. Anyhow this is one of our top-quality guns and…” Parker said, before Flynn interjected: “Maybe I’ll find someone in Washington D....

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin had NBA legend Michael Jordan at the track for the Sprint Cup championship race Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Ryan Newman team owner Richard Childress talked to Royals World Series manager Ned Yost, a longtime friend, about handling pressure situations. MORE: Harvick wins championship | Winners & Losers | Knaus faces no penatly | DeLana Harvick gets emotional Hamlin and Childress might need to make more calls this week on how to handle disappointment as Hamlin, Newman and Team Penske’s Joey Logano came up short at Homestead-Miami Speedway....

Payton began guarding Jordan with his Sonics in a 3-0 series hole. He held Jordan to 17 of 41 from the field in the next two games (both Seattle victories) before a monster game from Bulls forward Dennis Rodman in Game 6 propelled Chicago to a championship victory. In the video, Payton claims the Sonics might have won the series had he guarded Jordan from the get-go. Jordan responds to the remark by cracking up....

Michael Jordan’s nephew, Justin has transferred to UNC Greensboro to play basketball, coach Wes Miller announced on Tuesday. MORE: Field of 68: Oklahoma takes No. 1 seed | LSU’s Ben Simmons hits crazy shot from bench Miller said Justin has enrolled at the school but must sit out two semesters per NCAA transfer rules. He will likely begin playing after the fall 2016 semester. Justin played 34 games during two seasons as a guard at Milwaukee, averaging five points and 2....

According to Yahoo Sports, a Braves fan was heckling Andrew McCutchen so loudly that the Pirates outfielder heard him. MORE: Baseball’s worst managers The trash talk was fuel for McCutchen, who hit an RBI double in the eighth inning. He then tossed his gloves to the heckling fan. The situation became even more surreal when Keaton came over to the Braves fan and began to heckle him. Keaton pointed at the scoreboard as his final jab, then left for the evening....

It’s a little rare, though, to hear such fiery comments over the No. 24 team radio these days. Chase Elliott, who wrecked on Lap 97 of Saturday’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona after a collision with Michael McDowell’s No. 95 Chevrolet, let his rage get the best of him and lashed out against McDowell. On Wednesday, McDowell returned fire. MORE: Coke Zero 400 results “If that damn 95 wrecks me one more time, man,” Elliott could be heard saying over the team’s radio after his spin....