Napoli have already replaced Sarri with Carlo Ancelotti but still contend they are entitled to a £7 million fee ($9m/€8m) as stipulated by a release clause in Sarri’s contract. This has complicated talks as lawyers on all three sides work on the cost, with Chelsea and Sarri hopeful that they can reduce it. The 59-year-old still has two years remaining on his contract, but the clause helps Chelsea as Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis could request any fee after it expires....

A formal approach has yet to be made for Barnes, with the Blues enquiring about a number of centre-forwards as they look to add another option in attack at Stamford Bridge. The Blues want to loan out Michy Batshuayi, their current back-up to Morata, as he seeks game time ahead of the World Cup in Russia, with Sevilla having previously been keen on the Belgian . Roma’s Edin Dzeko is also being sounded out by Chelsea, with the west London club having reached an advanced stage in negotiations to bring in his team-mate Emerson Palmieri for around £25 million....

The transfer window may have closed but the Germany Under-19 midfielder has become a topic of interest for many top scouts. Barcelona have been watching him for over a year, while Chelsea and Roma have since followed the Catalan giants’ interest. Back Chelsea in 11/1 PL four fold Akkaynak has yet to make an appearance in Leverkusen’s senior team but he has trained with the group in preparation for a possible debut this season....

Chelsea brought in the likes of Alvaro Morata, Tiemoue Bakayoko and Antonio Rudiger over the summer and added Danny Drinkwater and Davide Zappacosta on transfer deadline day at the end of August. They sold Nemanja Matic, Diego Costa and Nathan Ake, while injuries to N’Golo Kante and Alvaro Morata have coincided with a downturn in form. Former Chelsea striker Sutton believes that the transfer window left Antonio Conte short on the tools needed to retain their title this season....

The club has ties to some of the largest sponsors in the world, but are now crossing over into the cartoon realm. As part of a collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox and "The Simpsons," several members of the team posed with their cartoon counterparts earlier this week. According the press release, Chelsea along with other world renown clubs like FC Barcelona, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Sport Club Corinthians, FC Porto, Juventus and Boca Juniors, Chelsea Football Club team up with "The Simpsons" to create a broad line of branded merchandise that will be available to consumers later in 2014....

The Blues battled to conquer Marco Silva’s men as Michy Batshuayi’s brace, Cesar Azpilicueta and Pedro’s lone strikes cancelled out Abdoulaye Doucoure and Roberto Pereyra goals at the Stamford Bridge. Moses who suffered a hamstring injury in Chelsea’s loss to Crystal Palace last Saturday, took to social media to praise the team’s spirit. “Massive 3 points today, the lads showed amazing team spirit, fought till the end and got our rewards,” Moses wrote on Instagram....

The Belgian goalkeeper has not figured for the Blues since their 3-0 Champions League defeat to Barcelona on March 14. A hamstring injury picked up in training has kept him sidelined for club and country since then, but he is now ready to step back into the fold. Spanish forward Pedro is another to have been missing of late, with a knock preventing him from figuring in a costly defeat to Tottenham last time out....

The teenager was named man-of-the-match for an impressive display in the Blues’ dramatic 2-1 win over Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday. He has also appeared in the Premier League and debuted for Wales, but the Grecians are yet to see any return on their academy product. Ampadu moved to Chelsea at the end of last season despite the two clubs being unable to agree on a fee....

This article will discuss how chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer works, when it’s used, different types, and its side effects. How It Works Chemotherapy works by attacking rapidly growing cells such as cancer cells. Most of the chemotherapy drugs interfere with cancer cells at some point in the division process, but different phases of the cell cycle are interrupted with different drugs. Since these treatments affect any rapidly growing cells, they also frequently damage normal cells in the body, such as those in the digestive tract (which can cause nausea), hair follicles (which can cause hair loss), and bone marrow (which results in anemia and low white blood cell counts)....

The Dutch front man complained after Tuesday's 2-0 defeat to Olympiakos that his United colleagues were causing him difficulties and forcing him to adapt his game, and followed up that complaint by labeling United "lousy". The on-field relationship between Van Persie and Wayne Rooney, fresh from his bumper new contract, has come under particular scrutiny too, with the pair only passing to each other from kickoffs in Athens. But Chicharito holds a contrasting view to the former Arsenal forward, instead saying that he owes everything to the players around him....

Fans of the fantasy series have waited for the announcement of the fourth Fable game for 10 years. Fable 3 was released October 26, 2010 on Xbox 360 and later for PC and 10 years is a long time for Fable fans to wait and the world has changed a lot since then. We remember where we were in 2010, but do you remember what was going on in the world that year?...

Smith was trying to dodge a sack but was slammed by Colts linebacker Edwin Jackson in the first quarter. He was wobbly as his teammates helped him to his feet and toward the sideline. The team later announced Smith had cleared concussion protocol and was questionable to return, adding he sustained a cut on his ear. Then, in the third quarter, Smith was hit again on a similar play and stayed down....

But this isn’t about Smith having his best seasons in Kansas City to establish Andy Reid’s offense as consistently one of the league’s most dangerous. This is more about how the team subliminally followed what happened to Smith with San Francisco — taking his floor and raising it through the ceiling with another QB. The 49ers wouldn’t have gotten to their most recent Super Bowl before Sunday, seven years ago against the Ravens, had they not made the bold move to replace a winning, efficient Smith with a higher-upside Colin Kaepernick....

On the second play, Patrick Mahomes tried to fit a pass into a tight window to rookie Skyy Moore. Bills cornerback Taron Johnson jumped the route and intercepted the pass. Johnson’s pick allowed the Bills to run out the final 52 seconds of a 24-20 victory. The interception was the second of the day by Mahomes, who had just two interceptions in his first five games. MORE: Bills vs. Chiefs highlights, results from Week 6 clash...

A spokesman for Mahomes’ foundation, 15 and the Mahomies, confirmed to Kansas City (Mo.) TV station KSHB in early October that Mahomes split the bill for roughly 25 voting machines and labor for 30 poll workers. Mahomes talked about his decision to foot the bill during a Tuesday episode of the “Huddle and Flow” podcast: MORE: Quinnen Williams trolls Jets fans before trade deadline with reminder to vote “I thought it was very important not only just to get as many people out to vote as possible but also to use a place as Arrowhead, where we have a lot of fun, show a lot of love and unity, where people coming together, and use that as a place where we can come together and vote and use our voice,” Mahomes said....

ESPN subsequently confirmed the terms of the extension that comes only days before the start of the 2019 NFL season. Hill, 25, was set to enter the final year of his rookie contract that was slated to pay him just over $2 million this season. The sides had been working on the extension, with a goal of completing it before the season, CBS Sports reported, adding that it was a “tricky deal for sure, given his off-field circumstances....

The Patriots enter this weekend’s playoff matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs as 4.5 point favorites, with the total set at 42. With the total set at 42 and AccuScore having it at 44, the OVER is a nice wagering opportunity. The total combined score goes OVER 42 in 56 percent of simulations, a four-star (out of four) AccuScore hot trend. AccuScore has gone 6-2 picking on AFC Conference game totals (75%, +380 units)....

Of course, that is what bettors will remember. Do not be fooled, however, Baltimore is not that bad. The Ravens host the Kansas City Chiefs as 7-point underdogs this Sunday (1 p.m. ET, CBS) with a game total dipping to 41.5 points. Visit The Linemakers on Sporting News’ odds page for updated NFL lines. John Harbaugh is one of the best coaches in the NFL. He is often unnoticed because of his more famous brother (Jim), but the guy is an A-1 coach....

Meece was convicted of rape in Ohio 1980, and moved to Escanaba, Michigan, in the the late 1980s, later being convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct towards minors. In 1991 he was sentenced to between three and 15 years for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl and her 12 year-old sister, the daughters of a woman he was dating. He threatened to kill the children and their mother if they told anyone of the sexual assault....

Children are suffering from “increasing levels of worry, fear, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress” due to the nature and duration of lockdown, with a significant number suffering from PTSD after falling ill or being hospitalized with COVID-19, the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families said. It is calling on schools to be prepared to help pupils on their return. Professor Jessica Deighton, of the Anna Freud Centre, told Newsweek: “There’s definitely a psychological impact across the world in terms of increased worry, stress, isolation, low mood, irritability as well as diminished coping with the pandemic and day-to-day life....