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Emery will leave PSG in the summer due to his failure to improve the club’s fortunes in Europe . He has claimed four of the five major honours decided in France since he arrived, but two last-16 exits on the big stage have seen him forced out of his post at Parc des Princes. The Spaniard’s side were eliminated by defending champions Madrid from the competition this season, despite huge investment in the likes of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, and he says the club will have to be patient to reach such heights....

One competition in which the Argentine has excelled is the Champions League and he is second only to Cristiano Ronaldo in the all-time top scorers list with 97 goals in 119 games. During his career, Messi has graced and scored in countless stadia across the world, but there are some places in particular that are not happy hunting grounds. Barcelona win and BTTS v Sevilla 23/20 After he failed to score against Olympiakos in Piraeus, Goal takes a look at the elusive Champions League venues that have left Messi frustrated since he first played in the tournament in 2005....

Brazil-Colombia friendly proposed “With tranquillity and support from the whole world, we will rebuild Chapecoense,” club vice-president Gelson Dalla Costa told Omnisport this week. “The solidarity that everyone is showing for Chapecoense Football Association is very important for us to rebuild. “From the next week we will organise ourselves. With members of the board and people of the community, with very good people, we are going to look for clubs....

No, you probably don’t. But Hoffman’s got such a strong track record with audiences that you could see some fans turning down a day in the sun to spend an afternoon watching one of his movies–even one about a widower who, just a few days into his grieving, gets addicted to sniffing gasoline. “Love Liza” features Hoffman in yet another of the great character roles that have become his signature....

“Their goal is the end of this week,” an unidentified source told the San Diego Union Tribune on Wednesday night, adding that the expected deal would appear to have the Chargers moving to L.A. MORE: Every NFL franchise’s greatest team of Super Bowl era | Ranking every Super Bowl winner According to the Union Tribune, its source isn’t directly involved in negotiations between the teams but does have “intimate knowledge of the proceedings....

One fan in particular took the news so hard he decided egging the team facility was the best option. He filmed himself doing so on Periscope (with some harsh language) and even admitted, “I might go to jail for this.” MORE: Chargers unveil new logo, internet laughs Egging the facility won’t change the team’s decision, but at least it will make this fan feel better. 

Los Angeles is 3-5 on the season and rank 23rd in the league in scoring, averaging 19.6 points per game. Whisenhunt was the team’s offensive coordinator 2016 and was in his second stint with the Chargers. MORE: NFL trade rumors: 10 players most likely to be traded at the 2019 deadline “This is not an easy decision and definitely not one that I take lightly,” head coach Anthony Lynn said in a statement....

One of those new names is Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen, posted on the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook’s props board for 57.5 receiving yards, a total that feels low considering his recent production. We’re siding with the OVER. Allen will face a tough Patriots secondary, including plenty of trips to “Revis Island”, but he’s also reestablished himself as Philip Rivers’ go-to option, receiving an average of 11.3 targets per game over the last six games....

Graeber wrote the book The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness and Murder, which details Cullen’s early life and the murders he committed while working as a nurse from 1988 to 2003 in nine hospitals. The serial killer is currently serving 18 consecutive life sentences for the deaths of 29 patients, though authorities believe he killed 400 people. Charles Graeber on How Charles Cullen Felt Murders Were ‘Pointing Out Hypocrisy’ Describing himself as a mercy killer was something that “stuck with” Cullen when he was being interrogated by Detectives Tim Braun and Danny Baldwin, the author explained to Newsweek....

Unfortunately, that is exactly what is happening to America at the hands of despicable special interests that range from big restaurateurs (and their dutiful trial lawyers) to elite institutions and all sorts of morally compromised players in between. They exploit our good intentions shamelessly. Let me start with the big restaurateurs. There is no question that government virus policies at state levels across the country have devastated this sector of the economy....

On Tuesday, Villanueva said he could think of a few better places to dance than prior to the start of a playoff game. MORE: NBA playoff predictions | ‘Crying Jordan’ Jordans exist “If you wanna go dancing and stuff like that, go to a nightclub,” Villanueva said Tuesday, via Fox Sports. “Go to a club and dance. Go to ‘Dancing with the Stars’ and be a dancer.” Not that Villanueva has anything against dancing, though....

They obviously first hope that they turn their consistency into wins … and in the alternative, that those who already have wins continue to win. QUICKEN LOANS 400: Lineup | Picks, predictions NASCAR changed its Chase for the Sprint Cup eligibility rules this year. It used to have a 12-car field comprised of the top-10 in the standings plus two drivers 11th-20th based on wins. Now it’s a 16-car field with the regular-season champ plus the next 15 top-30 drivers based on the number of wins with ties broken by points....

Elliott, who went on to win and reach the Championship 4, was initially penalized for the early jump; moments later, NASCAR rescinded the call, saying the crew member reestablished position behind the wall in time. A penalty would have dropped Elliott from the top five in the final stage of the Xfinity 500 to below 20th place. It might have kept him from the clutch win that sent him to Phoenix with a chance at a title....

Also failing to make the cut were Jamie McMurray, who finished fourth but needed to beat Dale Earnhardt Jr., who was third. MORE: Kevin Harvick wins to advance It was win or else for Clint Bowyer, who didn’t. Neither did Paul Menard. Both drivers were in the bottom four after two races in the so-called Challenger Round of the 10-race Chase. Johnson was the surprise. He seemed in solid position to advance, needing only to avoid a big mistake or being collected in an accident....

Records are falling, or soon will fall, all over the league. The Twins have hit 240 home runs, only 27 short of the all-time single-season record. The Orioles have allowed 255 home runs, only three short of the all-time single-season record. It’s STILL AUGUST, PEOPLE! Something is different, obviously, but that’s not what we’re going to talk about today (theories abound!). MORE: Yankees climb to top of SN’s MLB Power Rankings...

Hazard has been linked with a £100million transfer to Real Madrid at the end of the season after finding his top form again in 2016-17 under Antonio Conte. Hazard not Messi but he’s the Premier League’s best The attacker scored twice in Wednesday’s vital 2-1 win at home to Manchester City, a double that moved him on to 13 Premier League goals this season and edged his side closer to a second title in three years....

The Frenchman has always been strong in the air, with the likes of Montpellier and Arsenal among those to have benefitted from that obvious strength down the years. His skill set has now been taken to Stamford Bridge, where the goals have continued to flow. Giroud has been able to muscle Alvaro Morata out of Antonio Conte’s plans, with a proven Premier League performer being favoured to a £70 million signing....

Barkley told to sign or be sold His 68th-minute free-kick helped seal victory as Chelsea struggled early in the second half, with their opponents pushing hard for an equaliser. The 26-year-old’s goal was his fifth of the season, with his family in attendance among the Chelsea supporters. Alonso admitted that his team-mates were teasing him because his recent attempts kept hitting the woodwork since he took over free-kick duty. “Yeah, I hit the post twice already [in previous matches]," Alonso said....

The record signing is on Antonio Conte’s bench as Michy Batshuayi is the Blues’ striker for the Premier League opener against Burnley. Meanwhile, 20-year-old Jeremie Boga is set to make his Premier League debut in Conte’s midfield for the contest. Antonio Rudiger will make his Premier League debut for the Blues and will be joined by David Luiz and Gary Cahill. Cesar Azpilicueta, Marco Alonso, N’Golo Kante, Cesc Fabrebas fill out the midfield while Willian will join Boga and Batshuayi up top....

Hazard impressed during the draw with Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday but is one of four players who started on Merseyside left out by Antonio Conte. Danny Drinkwater and Tiemoue Bakayoko both join Hazard in dropping to the bench, with Cesc Fabregas, Pedro and Willian recalled to the starting line-up Pedro 13/10 to score anytime Cesar Azpilicueta, meanwhile, is replaced by Antonio Rudiger, bringing to an end a run of 74 successive Premier League starts for the Spain international....