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Finally given a chance to perform at his best and most natural position in front of the Stamford Bridge faithful on Europe’s biggest stage, the American rewarded his manager for the vote of confidence under the bright lights. MORE: Champions League top goalscorers Pulisic was all around spectacular, his performance punctuated by the side’s second goal as Chelsea topped LOSC Lille 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 matchup....

Hazard opened the scoring after 26 minutes, giving the latest demonstration of Chelsea’s devastating counter-attacking prowess. Chelsea have exactly what Arsenal need Diego Costa’s 18th of the season arrived five minutes into the second period and Manuel Lanzini’s stoppage-time consolation gave the illusion of a tight contest at London Stadium. Antonio Conte’s side are 10 points clear of Tottenham in second, while Manchester City will aim to cut that lead to a slightly less imposing eight by winning their game in hand at home to Stoke City on Wednesday....

Following a fantastic European Under-17 Championships where he scored two hat-tricks, the 17-year-old found himself on the radar of Wolfsburg as well as the Premier League champions. Sule: It was easy to reject Chelsea Arp has yet to play a competitive game for Hamburg’s senior side, but scored 28 times in 25 games for Hamburg’s underage sides last season. President Heribert Bruchhagen ruled out the possibility of a transfer as he wants to keep one of the club’s top young talents at the Volksparkstadion....

That, though, is how they have spent some of their off time during the international break. Courtois started the ball rolling after seeing a supporter drag up a video of Fabregas clipping him around the ear ahead of a Premier League game with West Brom in May 2015. Fabregas then responded with justification of his actions, with his Belgian colleague accused of lacking focus in the tunnel ahead of the fixture....

Antonio Conte’s side are in desperate need of a win after losing two straight to Bournemouth and Watford by a combined score of 7-1. Giroud has appeared once for the Blues so far — Chelsea’s 4-1 loss to Watford on February 5 after signing for the club on transfer deadline day. ‘It’s exciting when you sign for a new side and I’m looking forward to playing tonight," Giroud said in quotes published on Chelsea’s Twitter account....

MORE: Seven Premier League storylines | Premier League players to watch In contrast, the Blues struggled to a 2-2 draw against Swansea in their first match but are available at +260 to bounce back with a big victory in this one. Both of last season’s league meetings between these teams finished in 1-1 draws, and you can get odds of +240 on them sharing the spoils again. After cutting a frustrated figure following his side’s draw at Stamford Bridge, Jose Mourinho will have been slightly concerned to see last season’s runners-up get off to such a strong start on Monday....

MORE: Chicharito issues El Tri reminder | Rafa gives Mexico 7 out of 10 But while he had broken into the national team squad and scored 21 goals in 28 games in the previous two (split) seasons in Mexico’s first division, not many had expected a club as big as United to come in. More likely, it seemed, was the path Hernandez’s former Chivas teammates Francisco “Maza” Rodriguez and Carlos Salcido had taken to a club like PSV in Holland....

At 346 pounds, Poe became the heaviest player in NFL history to score a rushing touchdown. MORE: Week 11 photos | Week 11 scoreboard | Longest losing streaks | Football squirrel In pounding it in from the goal line, Poe broke the record set by William “The Refrigerator” Perry, who at 335 pounds, scored not one, but two rushing touchdowns during his rookie season in 1985. If Perry was “The Fridge,” then Poe is “The Meat Locker....

The tomahawk chop has been a fixture at various sporting events for much of the last 30 years, with a number of fanbases, including the Braves and Florida State Seminoles, employing it as a way to lend support to their home team. Kansas City is no exception, with scores of onlookers using the gesture to celebrate Chiefs touchdowns. However, that gesture is steeped in racism, a symbol of the ever-present effects of settler colonialism on Native American communities....

Aside from a slight tumble in Indy back in late September, things were going just swell for Patrick Mahomes and his high-flying offense this season — until Josh Allen and the Bills came into Arrowhead Stadium last and delivered Kansas City its second loss. Andy Reid’s squad will look to get back on track this weekend, likely focusing on the positives from Week 6 (319 passing yards and two TDs through the air)....

Most of the time the culprit is caught soon enough and the host can hang up the phone. Other times the caller gets creative. Take a man who called in under the name Gonzo from Lebanon, Mo. The topic was drone strikes, but Gonzo had another plan during his call. MORE: J.J. Watt gets fan out of work | Shane Ray cited for marijuana | 2015 NFL mock draft...

The Broncos are coming off a brutal QB-less performance against the Saints, losing at home to lose momentum from an upset over the Dolphins. The Chiefs are riding high with thrilling road wins over the Raiders and the Buccaneers. The Chiefs have eyes on a fifth straight AFC West title. The Broncos are just looking to not get embarrassed in prime time with Drew Lock set to return at QB....

Man Utd must make Griezmann their next Pogba-esque signing Juve have been the dominant force in Italy since the 2010-11 season under the leadership of Antonio Conte and more recently Massimiliano Allegri. Last season Juve claimed a fifth successive Scudetto for the second time in their history, having previously done it from 1931 to 1935, while Torino - from 1942 to 1949, a run disrupted by World War II - and Inter - from 2006 to 2010 - have also achieved the same feat....

The enigmatic Swede is currently enduring a rare low point in his career, with an untimely knee injury bringing his 2016-17 campaign to a close and forcing him under the knife. Ibrahimovic has, however, vowed to bounce back stronger, after making a scintillating 28-goal start to life at Old Trafford. Why did Henry flop at Juventus? It could be that his path crosses with Chiellini again at some stage in the future, with the experienced centre-half full of praise for a man he has played alongside at Juventus and against for both club and country....

The reigning champions remain top of Serie A, but have lost four times at the halfway stage, having suffered only five top-flight losses in the whole of last season. Kalinic shines in Juve upset Chiellini acknowledged things are not going as smoothly as before and urged his team-mates to up their efforts. “We need to work, work, work,” said the defender. “That has always been the secret to our success....

Not everyone develops chilblains in the cold. This article will review what you can expect if you develop chilblains, what they feel like, how to treat them, and how long it will take them to go away. Symptoms The primary symptoms of chilblains are red, bluish, or purple skin lesions that appear after exposure to cold, damp environments. These patches form because of an abnormal small blood vessel reaction to the cold....

Deportes Vallenar opted not to show up for Wednesday’s shoot-out against Deportes Melipilla at La Portada Stadium in La Serena, with the latter granted promotion as a result. Vallenar won 5-4 on penalties last week after the two legs of the Segunda Division play-off failed to produce a winner. During the shoot-out at the end of the second leg, match referee Eduardo Gamboa allowed an illegal Vallenar penalty to be retaken - Juan Silva stopped his run-up and feinted before striking the ball into the bottom-right corner....

The approach involved two techniques: sterilizing female mosquitoes and spreading an infection among males. The findings were published in the journal Nature. The Aedes albopictus mosquito targeted in the study carries viruses including dengue, Chikungunya and Zika. Other insects have been controlled by what are known as the sterile insect technique (SIT) and the incompatible insect technique, but these techniques haven’t been successfully used against mosquitoes. The SIT involves releasing sterilized males into the wild to prevent them from making viable offspring with females....

In an op-ed published in The Guardian on Tuesday, Chinese Ambassador Zheng Zeguang called Taiwan a “touchstone issue” for all parties involved. Britain would face similarly “serious consequences” if, like its transatlantic ally, it chose to raise its level of support for the island, he said. China claims democratic Taiwan as its own, but the island nation’s 23.5 million people, who elect their own president and lawmakers, see themselves as citizens of a functionally independent state....

“Unique?” The official Xinhua News Agency then continued the exceptionalism theme by issuing “Why Western Political Theories Can’t Explain Success of Century-Old CPC.” On the contrary, it is easy to explain the Communist Party’s “success,” especially in recent decades. For about a half-century, Western democracies, especially the United States, supported the Party and even rescued it on occasion. The international community fell in line with continual economic, technological and diplomatic assistance....