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Sergio Aguero apologises after his Panenka penalty blunder cost Manchester City dear in their 2-1 defeat to Chelsea.

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Sunday: SPAIN Real Madrid can lead the league with three rounds to go with a home win against Sevilla. The victory would leave the defending champion tied on points with Atlético Madrid, but Zinedine Zidane’s team has the tiebreaker advantage because of a better head-to-head record...

Trump's Decision to Not Buy 'Loser' Franchise for $50M Looks Worse as Cowboys Near $6B Valuation
On 5/8/21 at 7:53 PM EDT
Most people on the planet will say $50 million is a lot of money, even in today's market. In 1984, when real estate tycoon Donald Trump had a chance to buy the Dallas Cowboys for that price, it was the market rate—meaning it was insanely costly back then.
The reason Trump passed on the Cowboys? He said it was a "no-win situation" for a decent return on investment (ROI).
"I feel sorry for the poor guy who is going to buy the Dallas Cowboys," Trump said. "It's a no-win situation for him, because if he wins, well, so what, they've won through the years, and if he loses, which seems likely because they're having troubles, he'll be known to the world as a loser."

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Mohamed Salah's message to Liverpool is now clearer than ever, and Jürgen Klopp knows it
Wake up with Liverpool.com: The Reds' two year anniversary of their Champions League semi-final overturning against Barcelona is upon us, and the lessons are now clear for all to see.
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Mohamed Salah's infamous Liverpool message is now clearer than ever. (Image: Getty Images)
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REAL MADRID and Sevilla meet this weekend for a huge clash at the top of La Liga.Both sides are chasing an historic title and will be buoyed by the go

Belgian attacker has come in for fierce criticism after being pictured laughing with Chelsea players after team's Champions League exit

Nikita Mazepin thinks the ‘gentleman’s agreement’ in F1 qualifying is not working after his latest misdemeanour at the Spanish Grand Prix.

The writer is an architect, urban planner, and social activist.
ALL over the world the pandemic has hit the poor more than anyone else. Especially those who have no homes or who live under the threat of evictions in informal settlements where no piped water or electricity is available and where people do not have secure jobs.
For these reasons the United Nations has asked governments to place a moratorium on forced evictions and provide relief for home renters who are being displaced because of an inability to pay rent.
Many governments have followed the UN advice. London, Lisbon, Vancouver, Amsterdam, Barcelona, for example, had already taken steps to convert hotels, tourist lodges, and commercial premises into homes for the vulnerable. Support for paying rent is also being provided by Thailand, and the Philippines has put a moratorium on evictions. In the United States the policy is that “who have lost their jobs should not worry about losing their homes”. As a result, payments for mortgage finance have been suspended. In some other cities, such as San Francisco, temporary housing is being built for vulnerable populations and in Pune (India) redevelopment of semi-serviced slums in the city centre, on high-value land, are planned at the same location — something unthinkable in the past.

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Messi 7/10, Griezmann 5/10 as Barcelona fail to boost La Liga title hopes with draw vs. Atletico
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Janusz Michallik feels both Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will lament the goalless draw. (1:22)
Atletico stay top for now but they will be replaced by Madrid if Zinedine Zidane's side beat Sevilla on Sunday. Barca, meanwhile, remain two points behind Atletico with just three games to play.
Both teams had their goalkeepers to thank for Saturday's result. Marc-Andre ter Stegen made a string of first-half saves to keep Barca in the game, while Jan Oblak produced two fine stops to keep out Lionel Messi. Substitute Ousmane Dembele had a great chance to win it for the home side late on, but the Frenchman headed over when unmarked from just six yards out.

Daily Times
May 9, 2021
MONTMELÓ: Max Verstappen edged Lewis Hamilton for the fastest time in the third and final practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix ahead of Saturday´s qualifying. Verstappen pushed his Red Bull to a session-best lap of 1 minute, 17.83 seconds. Hamilton, who leads Verstappen by eight points in the Formula One standings, was just 0.23 slower in his Mercedes. Verstappen had finished the first two practice sessions on Friday with the second- and ninth-fastest times. Ferrari pair Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had the third- and fourth-fastest times, respectively, just ahead of Mercedes´ Valtteri Bottas on Saturday. The final practice session under sunny skies near Barcelona was incident-free except for a tire puncture that sent Lando Norris´ McLaren into the gravel momentarily. Norris, who is a distant third in the points standings, finished with the sixth-best time. Later, Hamilton will aim for his 100th career pole position.

Daily Times
May 9, 2021
The three remaining European Super League rebels stepped up their criticism of UEFA on Saturday, with Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus denouncing intolerable threats for their refusal to back down on the prospect of a breakaway competition.
The other nine clubs who formed the ill-fated Super League three weeks ago accepted a settlement on Friday to be fined by UEFA and stay within the open Champions League structure.
“We regret to see that our friends and founding partners of the Super League project have now found themselves in such inconsistent and contradictory position when signing a number of commitments to UEFA yesterday,” Barcelona, Madrid and Juventus said in a joint statement.

Daily Times
May 9, 2021
Rafael Nadal admitted his 6-4, 6-4 loss to Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday was a “step back” but insisted there were plenty of positives as he plots his way to a 14th Roland Garros title.
Nadal has now fallen early in two clay-court Masters tournaments ahead of the Grand Slam in Paris, after going out in the Monte Carlo quarter-finals last month before winning in Barcelona.
Even in Barcelona, however, he needed to save a championship point to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. Nadal is hoping to clinch a 14th Roland Garros title and record-setting 21st major in the French capital next month. “I took steps forward, but when you go up a staircase, there are times when it happens that you take a step back, that’s what happened today,” said five-time Madrid champion Nadal.

More freedoms for Spaniards may prove to be a headache for the country's 17 regional governments responsible for health care

Youssef En-Nesyri's misses proved costly against Athletic Club but Julen Lopetegui will want him showing the required bouncebackability against Real Madrid at Valdebebas.

I’m so glad I’m living in the USA
Spain has suffered from the Wuhan coronavirus to about the same extent (measured by per capita deaths) as the nations it makes the most sense to compare it with — France and Portugal. Spain has been slightly less hard hit than Italy, the UK, and U.S., though I doubt the difference between per capita deaths in Spain and the U.S. is statistically meaningful.
When it comes to vaccinations, however, Spain is really struggling. As of May 6, only 12.7 percent of its population had been fully vaccinated. In the U.S., the number was 38 percent. In the UK it was 25 percent.

Climate finance hopes for poor nations shift to G7 summit as Merkel disappoints
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May 9, 2021
BARCELONA – Germany and Britain are piling pressure on other G7 nations to boost the funding they provide for climate action in developing countries this decade, even though Germany did not offer more finance at an international gathering last week.

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Feature: Lewandowski on his way to new heights
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Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich celebrates scoring during the FIFA Club World Cup semi-final football match between Egypt's Al Ahly and Germany's Bayern Munich at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Doha, capital of Qatar, Feb. 8, 2021. (Photo by Nikku/Xinhua)
Polish star striker Robert Lewandowski is two goals shy of German striker icon Gerd Mueller's record of 40 season goals achieved in the 1971-72 season.
By Oliver Trust
BERLIN, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Last week Robert Lewandowski and his wife Anna bought a villa on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, following the example of sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic and designated chairman Oliver Kahn.

Neymar in numbers: Goals, assists and fouls as prolific PSG superstar signs new deal
May 8, 2021 17:55
Neymar in numbers: Goals, assists and fouls as prolific PSG superstar signs new deal
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Neymar finally committed his future to Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday as his contract extension was announced by the club.
The world's most expensive footballer has been the subject of transfer speculation almost since he signed in Paris in 2017.
But PSG have worked hard to get their key men to agree new terms and they will now hope team-mate Kylian Mbappe follows suit.
To mark Neymar's new deal, we used Opta data to look at his outstanding PSG career so far.

Hazard apologised to me, the players and the club – Zidane
09 May 2021 / 12:00 H.
MADRID: Zinedine Zidane
(pix) said on Saturday Eden Hazard had apologised to him, the players and the club for laughing with Chelsea players after Real Madrid’s Champions League exit earlier this week.
Hazard joked with Chelsea’s Kurt Zouma and Edouard Mendy after the fulltime whistle on Wednesday at Stamford Bridge, where Madrid had lost 2-0, and 3-1 on aggregate, to go out in the semifinals.
It prompted an angry reaction from sections of the media in Spain, with Madrid newspaper
Marca claiming Hazard’s “popularity is now at rock bottom”.

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An ex-International footballer and coach, Emmanuel Amunike, tells TOFARATI IGE about his career, family and other issues
When
was the first time you knew you wanted to become a footballer?
I have always had passion for football. As a kid, while playing on the street and in school with my friends, I started nursing the desire of playing football professionally. After I was privileged to watch the Nigeria national team playing, I started having the ambition of playing for Nigeria. But, where I come from, the environment was not conducive for one to combine football and education.