Lindor homered twice and doubled twice for his third career four-hit game to help the Cleveland Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2. Lindor hit solo home runs in the third and seventh — raising his season total to 12 — and scored four runs. The All-Star shortstop also extended his hitting streak to 13 games. While Lindor is putting up big numbers, his defensive problems have also made news....
On Monday, the Tesla CEO polled his followers on Twitter about his plan to end the war. One of the most discussed parts of Musk’s plan was a proposal that Ukraine cede Crimea to Russia. Russian officials applauded Musk’s plan, but Senator Lindsey Graham critiqued Musk for his proposal. “With all due respect to Elon Musk—and I do respect him—I would suggest he needs to understand the facts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” the Republican senator tweeted Wednesday....
It’s Friday, so it’s time to look at the weekend’s football picks from our partners. In many cases this week, our crew in Las Vegas is in agreement with our contributors. We like when this happens. Let’s start with Massey-Peabody, or The Quants, as we like to call them. The Quants’ Big Plays in the NFL are 12-6* this season. This week, they’re on the Redskins -7 at home against the Bucs....
In case you didn’t know.. Lionel Messi has dominated world football for more than a decade and is still proving why he is football’s finest almost every week. The 31-year-old scored twice in the span of 10 minutes against Liverpool last night to help Barcelona win 3-0 in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals at the Nou Camp. The brace against Liverpool took his tally to 12 goals in the Champions League this season....
When the final whistle of the game was blown, Messi has created history with his club yet again. It was his 334th league win in Blaugrana colors and now he is on level with former Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who’d managed a record 334 win during his illustrious career. In case you didn’t know… The Argentine has now scored 40 or more goals for the tenth season running....
The Barcelona maestro, who is hardly seen singing the anthem on international duty, has responded to questions asking him why he decided to sing it before the quarter-finals. In case you didn’t know Messi has encountered a fair share of criticism for his refusal to sing the Argentina national anthem during international games. In 2015, the 32-year-old revealed that once the media made a ruckus out of it, he stopped singing it on purpose....
Atalanta midfielder Marten de Roon, who just achieved his 100th Serie A cap in his side’s victory over Napoli on Monday, has trolled Barcelona captain Lionel Messi in a tweet that addresses the milestone. In case you didn’t know Atalanta revived their hopes of a top four finish in the Serie A after registering a 2-1 away win over second-placed Napoli. Goals from Duvan Zapata and Mario Pasalic helped Atalanta make the most of the two Milan clubs’ slip-ups last weekend, to draw level with AC Milan with 56 points on the league table....
To say the stadium erupted when Messi entered the game would be one of the understatements of the year. The crowd, which had been beckoning for Messi to enter the game since the first whistle blew and the Barcelona star was still on the bench, serenaded the world’s best player with a thunderous chant. MORE: Must-see Copa America photos Messi, with his calm, composed demeanor, didn’t disappoint in his first action since suffering a back injury in a match in late May....
French publication L’Equipe has released its list of the highest paid footballers and it was revealed that Barcelona ace Lionel Messi tops his on-field rival Cristiano Ronaldo on the list. In case you didn’t know… The list is released by L’Equipe every year and consists of players from Europe’s top five leagues: the Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga. This year, however, no player from the German top league made it into the top ten....
Madrid are looking for their second head coach in five months after Lopetegui was fired on Monday, the former Spain boss dismissed after 14 games in charge. Sunday’s 5-1 thrashing by Barcelona signalled the end of Lopetegui’s reign at the Santiago Bernabeu, with former Juventus and Chelsea boss Conte quickly installed as the favourite to replace him. Lippi, who coached Conte as a player at Juve, believes the 49-year-old could revive Madrid’s fortunes....
Gamers who have already completed them can access them like other Contact Missions in the pause menu. It doesn’t matter which ones you do since all six First Dose missions give players 2x money and RP this week. You can farm the same one over and over if you’d like. All First Dose missions in GTA Online for 2x money and RP From January 5-11, 2023, GTA Online players can get 2x money and RP on all First Dose missions....
Also read: Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S pre-orders are live: List of online stores to pre-order the consoles in India Today, we have scoured the internet and prepared a list of PC and console (current-gen) games that will be releasing in October 2020. Some of these titles are highly-anticipated and releasing in the first week of October 2020. This list will keep you busy for a month, until the next-gen console launch....
Here is the TV schedule (all times ET): LLWS: 12 who played in Little League and big league World Series Sunday, Aug. 24 — World Series Championship Game 29: Third-place game (Nevada vs. Japan), 10 a.m. (ESPN) LLWS Web Gems Preview Show: 1 p.m. (ESPN) Game 30: Championship game (Illinois vs. South Korea), 3 p.m. (ABC) Cassandra Negley is a contributor at Sporting News. She’s currently the sports editor at the Thomasville Times-Enterprise in Georgia and writes for the Mets blog Rising Apple ....
The matchup is back to being a potential title decider now that Barcelona have seemingly overcome their on- and off-field struggles of recent years. The Blaugrana enter the match in first place, even on points with Real Madrid but ahead on goal difference. Both teams have identical unbeaten records, winning seven of their eight matches thus far with the other ending in a draw. Barcelona’s early-season run has been more impressive for the number of goals scored (20) and for having conceded a solitary strike....
Royal biographer Omid Scobie is asking, who do the royals “think they are fooling?” with a leaked story of Charles’ first meeting with granddaughter, Lilibet. The -author of the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle biography Finding Freedom, said in a column for Yahoo! News that the royals “should still be riding high” from the “incredible” Platinum Jubilee celebrations last moth. However, Scobie said the “sparkle has quickly started to dull” with controversies over Charles’ charity funding, publication of the monarchy’s annual financial reports, and news the review of the handling of bullying allegations against Meghan will not be made public....
Youngkin, a businessman who had never run for elected office before, defeated former Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe this week in Virginia, a state that President Joe Biden won by just over 10 points a year ago. While Trump endorsed Youngkin, the GOP governor-elect distanced himself from the former president throughout his campaign in the state. Graham, a close Trump ally, lauded Trump for understanding the dynamics of the race in Virginia in comments to Politico published Thursday....
