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Messi was handed the suspension by FIFA after abusing a match official during the 1-0 victory over Chile last month, ruling him out of the 2-0 loss at Bolivia and their next three 2018 World Cup qualifiers. Barca star Neymar ordered to stand trial Argentina are fifth in CONMEBOL qualifying, which would see them have to contest an inter-confederation play-off, two points ahead of sixth-placed Ecuador. Should the ban hold up Argentina - who are set to offer the coach’s job to Sevilla boss Jorge Sampaoli after sacking Edgardo Bauza - will be without Messi for qualifiers with Uruguay, Venezuela and Peru, though he would be in line to return for a potentially crucial final game away against Ecuador....

The sound was heard throughout several Indiana counties on Wednesday. In a Facebook post that evening the Cordry-Sweetwater Volunteer Fire Department & Ambulance Corps said the explosion was heard at 12:44 p.m. that day, and that a source or cause had not been determined at that point. Meanwhile, the Brown County Indiana Emergency Management Facebook group wrote that “multiple agencies in multiple counties are looking for the source.” One person commented to say that the boom “shook our whole house....

What's new The Mets have won 74 games in each of the last two seasons. Don’t bank on that changing much this season as New York enters 2014 with a look very similar to the end of 2013. The Mets did add a pair of outfielders to their offense. They brought over Curtis Granderson from their crosstown rivals, hoping Granderson adds the 40-homer power he showed in 2011 and 2012 rather than his injury-plagued form of '13....

Whether the Mets still love Harvey or have resigned themselves to living with his baggage, he now has a new job-description. Starting Monday in Game 3 of the NL Division Series, Harvey will have to settle a score with the Dodgers, as well as out-pitch Brett Anderson. MORE: MLB evaluating Utley slide | Utley feels terrible | 14 playoff oddities | These are both enormous challenges, considering it’ll be the only time in this series the Mets won’t see Clayton Kershaw or Zack Greinke....

Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department refused to say Wednesday if the government will allow the U.S. to reinstate the policy after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to block a lower court ruling ordering the Biden administration to reinstate it on Tuesday. However, the court ruling is not binding on Mexico, according to Roberto Velasco, Mexico’s director for North American affairs. He said that Mexico’s “immigration policy is designed and executed in a sovereign manner....

The policy was originally paused when President Joe Biden took office. It requires asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are reviewed. Days before the re-implementation of the policy was announced by Mexico and the U.S., Mexico started allowing asylum seekers to apply for humanitarian visas at its southern border, according to the Associated Press. Mexico has had to develop new plans to handle migrants, as the previous policy overcrowded the city of Tapachula and migrants complained about being unable to obtain work....

They came oh so close. El Tri at one point were level with Poland for second place in the group, needing just one more goal to surpass the European side on tiebreakers. But Mexico couldn’t get the last goal despite throwing the kitchen sink at Saudi Arabia – and Raul Jimenez, Rogelio Funes Mori, and Uriel Antuna – and Argentina couldn’t score another on Poland. Then Saudi Arabia scored on Mexico in transition deep in stoppage time and it ended all hope....

But after two seasons with the Gators, Bostwick has decided to transfer and could play with the Hurricanes, after all. MORE: SN Preseason Top 25 | 10 greatest Gators | Miami new uniforms “Nothing’s confirmed. It’s still up in the air,” Bernard Bostwick, Jay-nard’s father, told PalmBeachPost.com. “But we have been in contact with Miami. They’re very interested.” Bostwick and his family reportedly have been speaking with Miami defensive coordinator Mark D’Onofrio and defensive backs coach Paul Williams about the move....

Senior guard Sheldon McClellan scored a game-high 27 points on 10-of-12 shooting and center Tonye Jekiri scored 20 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. MORE: Two of college basketball’s tallest players: Tacko Fall and Mamadou Ndiaye Fresh off a 105-79 demolition against Mississippi State on Thursday, the Hurricanes backed it up with an even more impressive performance during the second round of the Puerto Rico Tipoff against the Utes. The Hurricanes (4-0) have found success playing attack basketball thus far....

Whether it was linemen trying to block him or ball-carriers trying to get past him, everyone had challenges facing the former Penn State star-turned-Cowboys defensive phenom. ProFootballFocus graded him as the top linebacker in the NFL in his rookie season and he tied for the sixth-most sacks in a rookie season in NFL history. The expectations were high for Parsons ahead of his encore campaign to his NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year campaign, and so far, he’s lived up to the hype....

Badgley suffered the injury in practice Friday and had been added to the injury report as questionable, but he was downgraded to doubtful on Saturday. Punter Ty Long will handle kicking duties for the Chargers against the Colts. He has some experience in that role, having been the placekicker for the CFL’s British Columbia Lions the past two years. Backup quarterback Tyrod Taylor will serve as the holder for Long....

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has been pressuring Trump’s longtime accountant, Allen Weisselberg, 73, to turn on him in the 18-month probe into whether the ex-president and Trump Organization committed financial crimes by manipulating the value of assets for loans and tax gains. In a recent interview with the New Yorker, published Friday, Cohen predicted that Weisselberg will eventually cooperate with prosecutors to protect his own family from serving time in prison....

“What it says to me about Donald Trump, and what it should say to every American out there, is that it’s irresponsible, it’s ignorant and worse than that it’s immoral,” Cohen said Saturday on MSNBC. Trump’s rally, scheduled to take place in Cullman, Alabama, on Saturday evening, comes as the state faces a dramatic increase in COVID infections thanks in part to the highly contagious Delta variant and low vaccination rates....

Flynn says that the subpoena filed against him by the panel looking into the insurrection at the Capitol is violating his free speech and his rights against self-incrimination. The suit, filed on Tuesday and obtained by The New York Times, states Flynn has raised “significant Constitutional and practical concerns” about whether his compliance with the subpoena issued against him would violate his rights under the 5th Amendment to not be a witness against himself due to an active criminal investigation....

ESPN’s “The Last Dance” wrapped up on Sunday, and the 10-part series did a great job at painting Michael Jordan in a mythological light — but apparently a less-than-good job at telling the truth, according to “The Jordan Rules” author and “The Last Dance” commentator Sam Smith. Smith, who was given airtime at various points during the series, called Jordan’s claim that the Bulls would have reunited for one more season following their 1997-98 championship run “a complete and blatant lie....

Along with serving as a sports analyst for Fox’s Sunday and Thursday football coverage, the former New York Giants player spends his weekday mornings appearing as a co-host on Good Morning America while hosting Strahan, Sara and Keke fills his afternoons. Then in the evening, viewers get to watch him again on $100,000 Pyramid. His work in TV has nearly surpassed his 15-year professional sports career, however, Strahan’s road to becoming a daytime talk show household name didn’t come without a few hurdles....

During Monday’s episode of “Speak For Yourself” on FS1, the pair criticized the fashion-loving Panthers quarterback: CAM NEWTON INJURY: Panthers QB (foot) could miss significant time “I’ve been on this campaign ever since Cam showed up with the scarf wrapped around his head," said Whitlock. “I didn’t like it from a leadership standpoint.” “You got everybody watching, Cam. Including your teammates" said Vick. “This is not a fashion show. This is football....

Waltrip hasn’t driven full time in NASCAR’s top series but fits what Aaron’s wants. As such, it is extending his ties for the 50-year-old driver. MORE: Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s latest ad deal | This could be Junior’s year Waltrip and Aaron’s have been linked for 16 years. A deal extends their connection, the firm announced. “Michael epitomizes the energetic personality of NASCAR,” according to an Aaron’s release on the new deal....

Morgan is one of only 27 people that Trump follows on Twitter and during his state visit to the U.K. in June, was the only journalist the president granted an interview to. Their ties started back in 2008 when Morgan won the celebrity version of The Apprentice, which Trump hosted, and he wrote in The Spectator magazine he was a close personal friend of the president. It was in light of this that Morgan was asked in the finale of the BBC political program, This Week, what he thought of the Democrat contenders who might take on Trump in 2020....

That’s precisely the question being asked in Washington, D.C. Rhee, 37, has taken on the city’s most unruly job: reforming the D.C. public schools. When the city’s new mayor, Adrian Fenty, asked her to be his schools chancellor last summer, she refused at first. “Absolutely not. That’s an impossible job,” she recalls saying. D.C.’s public schools spend more per student than almost every other major school district but have some of the worst test scores in the country....