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Messi and Barca returned to training on Friday, albeit via individual sessions due to the COVID-19 crisis, with the squad divided over three pitches to ensure social-distancing requirements are upheld. Barca followed a similar routine on Saturday as LaLiga hopes to resume in mid-June, having suspended the 2019-20 campaign in March. “I didn’t have any contact with Messi on the pitch, I only spoke to him on my mobile phone,” Barca defender Pique told Movistar’s El Partidazo....

The unnamed Torino squad member – currently asymptomatic – contracted COVID-19 following an initial medical examination. Torino said the player has been quarantined and will be constantly monitored in the coming days. The news comes as officials try to relaunch the coronavirus-hit 2019-20 Serie A season. Serie A has been postponed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has wreaked havoc globally. Most teams are returning to individual training this week, but Italian sports minister Vincenzo Spadafora has previously reiterated that team training will not resume before May 18, despite the government allowing players to return to club facilities....

It will be at the discretion of each competition whether new guidance is implemented. FIFA proposed the change from three substitutions to five as a move to protect player welfare in the coronavirus era as football slowly returns to normal. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) gave its nod of approval, but the new law will be applicable only in competitions scheduled to finish by the end of 2020....

As it turned out, a judgment call allowed the Bruins to advance to the third round. MORE: Must-see photos | DeCourcy: Ref’s good eye saved UCLA | NCAA Tournament live updates | Scoreboard UCLA, branded by the masses as this year’s how-the-heck-did-they-get-in addition to the Field of 68, was the subject of more controversy Thursday after its 60-59 win over SMU, the No. 6 seed in the South, in the round of 64....

According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, the court is deliberating whether to allow an appeal in Yepez’s case that would grant him a new trial in which this gene mutation could be introduced as evidence. On October 29, 2012, Yepez attacked his girlfriend’s step-grandfather George Ortiz after a drunken argument and strangled the 75-year-old man to death before setting him on fire. He has never denied committing the crime, but according to CBS News he was shell-shocked after the incident, unable to explain why he reacted in such an extreme manner....

Lunch totes are also a maik of class. Dinosaurs reign for up to 12–Barney lunchboxes for preschoolers; Jurassic Park for older kids (packed with a Lunchable, Oscar Mayer’s portable smorgasbord). The eco-cool carry reusable nylon, Velcrofastened Snack Sacks. Parents get one price break: baggy styles are still in, allowing kids lots of room to grow–“poet blouses” for girls, tent-like Umbro and Girbaud shorts for boys. Top T shirt: inevitably, Beavis & Butt-Head....

Last week, Veronesi was caught on camera by a relative, holding a sign that said, “I need more beer!” The snapshot was shared online by television station KRCG and pretty soon it was everywhere. The viral image even garnered the attention from Meteorologist Matt Rudkin, from WSBT-TV station. On his Facebook page, Rudkin wrote, “This picture made me laugh out loud when it popped up on my newsfeed. Hope it does the same for you on this Friday!...

The game will be played in Peru’s capital and it will be a one-off final match rather than the usual two-legged home-and-away encounter which we have seen in the Libertadores Cup previously. River Plate ( the current holders) are aiming to achieve something their fierce rivals, Boca Juniors, did back in 2001 by retaining the title. Boca was the last team to retain their crown and River will be aiming to get another one over their rivals after they knocked them out of the competition in the last round as well as beating them in last year’s final....

Already assured of a place in the last 16, Cruzeiro continued their flawless Group B campaign with a 2-0 victory at Venezuelan hosts Deportivo Lara on Tuesday. Fred – who scored a hat-trick against Huracan on matchday four – opened the scoring in the 31st minute after creating space and firing the ball into the top corner of the net. Sassa came off the bench and sealed the victory thanks to his 78th-minute penalty away from home....

The first match takes place on Thursday, with the 25-year-old left-back optimistic that his team can upset the Spanish giants with a strong performance at Parken. Copenhagen’s home ground has been something of a fortress for them this season in European competition, as it was there they claimed seven points from a possible nine in the group stages to reach this point. Moreover, they did not concede a single goal at their home venue, which Boilesen believes could offer a platform for an unlikely success....

Woods recently lost singles matches against T-BAR and MACE before picking up victories over SLAPJACK and Mustafa Ali. He said on this week’s RAW Talk that he also wants to go one-on-one with another RETRIBUTION member, RECKONING. Graves debuted a new “In or Out” segment on the latest episode of his After The Bell podcast. Regarding the possibility of RECKONING vs. Woods, he explained why he is “out” on the idea of an intergender match between the two WWE Superstars....

“The eviction moratorium expires tonight at midnight. We could have extended it yesterday, but some Democrats went on vacation instead,” the Missouri congresswoman tweeted Saturday. “We slept at the Capitol last night to ask them to come back and do their jobs. Today’s their last chance. We’re still here,” she added. Democrats attempted on Friday to extend the ban on evictions, which has been in place as a protection for those who have been unable to pay rent during the coronavirus pandemic....

Throughout the second half of Fortnite’s “Invasion” season, the Kymera have been periodically abducting sections of the map, by ripping the very ground from the earth using their tractor beam. This has already happened at both Slurpy Swamp and Coral Castle, and the aliens have now turned their attention to Corny Complex. If you head over to the farmland region, you will notice that the mothership’s abduction ray has totally engulfed the area....

The event, which is scheduled to take place in Australia between October 18 and November 15 this year, remains in doubt due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Smith says the Proteas are preparing for all eventualities. “If it does get postponed, we’re looking at February or March next year,” he told reporters on Thursday. “We are consistently looking at strategies for tours, what the FTP [Future Tours Programme] looks like, what our focus is going to be over the next period of time....

Doolittle posted a lengthy Twitter thread on Monday, presenting a number of questions about health protections for players, families, staff and stadium workers. He also provided links to articles that further examined the topics he was addressing. Some of his questions regarding starting the season amid the coronavirus pandemic is the unknown long-term effects of COVID-19 and possible lung damage and lower male hormone ratios caused by the virus....

Clubs have been cleared to start team training amid the coronavirus pandemic, although Serie A is not expected to return until at least June 15, with the campaign having been suspended in March. There is expected to be further detail on May 28, when it is set to be known when and if the season will restart. Tommasi said players wanted at least four weeks of training before returning to action....

But a new study from the Institute of Labor Economics is the latest to provide substantial evidence rebutting this claim central to the president’s electioneering. Researchers found that not only do deportations of undocumented immigrants fail to reduce crime rates, in some cases they can actually increase the incidence of certain crimes. As President Barack Obama oversaw the rollout of the Department of Homeland Security’s Secure Communities program during his first term in office, the number of immigrant deportations surged....

The last occurrence of such an ugly contest where the game was less spoken about was during India’s home Tests against Australia in 2017. It produced its fair share of controversies beginning with the treacherous turner in Pune, the dressing room DRS assistance in Bangalore and the subsequent drama that followed, the exposed chatter between Matthew Wade and Ravindra Jadeja at Dharamsala and finally, Virat Kohli’s comments on his fractured friendships with the Australians post the final Test....

The right-wing Twitter account allegedly deleted thousands of tweets after the Post’s Tuesday story identified its operator. The newspaper was immediately criticized for naming Chaya Raichik and issuing what some critics called a misleading statement defending the paper’s coverage. The ongoing fallout from the story continues to raise questions about the trustworthiness of online sources and traditional media. The story by journalist Taylor Lorenz identified Raichik, a real estate salesperson in Brooklyn, as the operator of the Libs of TikTok Twitter handle....

Cook resigned as test skipper in February after four and a half years in charge, in which he led his side in 59 tests and won two Ashes series. He scored 69 in the second innings against South Africa in his first match under new captain Joe Root. “I was having a laugh watching him in the field, running around in the covers,” Bayliss told reporters. “He looked like he was enjoying it....