The 23-year-old joined the Blues from New York Red Bulls in January 2016, signing a four-and-a-half year deal at Stamford Bridge, but he has made just two appearances for the club since then. He spent 18 months on loan at Vitesse in Eredivisie before joining Ligue 1 outfit Nantes for the 2018-19 campaign, but he has quickly fallen down the pecking order after manager Miguel Cardoso was sacked and replaced by Vahid Halilhodzic....
The 20-year-old has been working on switching allegiances from England to the Super Eagles for over the year as both his parents hail from Nigeria, despite him being born in London. The Chelsea youngster is now on loan at Hull City in the Championship but he has represented England at youth level, before he made the switch. The defender revealed how Nigeria’s captain and a legend of the national team helped him to make up his mind....
The Brazilian native, who is currently on loan at Eredivise outfit Vitesse, scored his side’s third goal before unveiling a t-shirt with Chapecoense’s club crest on it, paying respect to the 71 passengers who lost their lives as the club travelled to Colombia for the Copa Sudamericana final. Thousands gather for Chape memorial Referee Jochem Kamphuis explained his decision after the game, stating why he went against the rulebook which should have seen him produce a yellow card because Nathan removed his shirt....
The Blues are away to Atletico Madrid on Wednesday, looking to end a run of four matches without a victory against Diego Simeone’s men. Atletico’s city rivals Real Madrid have won the Champions League in three of the last four seasons and La Liga clubs have won seven of the last 12 tournaments, compared to two winners from the Premier League. In the Europa League it is a similar story, with Spanish sides victorious in five of the last eight seasons....
Arsenal down Swansea The Clarets made the announcement on the back of their 1-0 Premier League win over Southampton on Saturday, with Bamford missing from the squad. Bamford, 23, had featured just six times in the league for Burnley and therefore Chelsea have decided to end his temporary spell at Turf Moor. The news comes off the back of a bust-up between Blues boss Antonio Conte and star striker Diego Costa....
Goal understands Southampton, Newcastle United and West Ham were all keen on the former Watford centre-back but have missed out to their Premier League rivals. The 22-year-old will sign a long-term contract at the club tomorrow ahead of an official unveiling by Bournemouth, who attempted to keep him on a permanent basis in the January transfer window. ‘Atletico struggling to re-sign Costa’ Howe played a huge part in securing Ake amid competition and the Netherlands international made it clear to Chelsea that he wanted to leave over a lack of first team opportunities....
In the sit-down with Sky Sports Italia — which was reportedly conducted several weeks ago and without authorization from the club — Lukaku said he was not happy at Chelsea, citing an alleged change in tactics by Tuchel. While Lukaku did also state that he was a professional and committed to working hard for the club, the release of those comments still caused a media storm. What especially irked Chelsea fans was the fact that Lukaku spoke in glowing terms about his time at Inter Milan and his desire to one day return to the Italian club that he helped lead to a league title in 2020-21 prior to his move to Chelsea....
Clattenburg, who is now head of refereeing for the Saudi Arabian Football Federation, said on Monday that he had gone into the 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge looking to avoid a scenario whereby he would be blamed by Tottenham for them losing the Premier League title. Spurs ultimately let a two-goal lead slip in what was an ill-tempered affair, with Clattenburg handing out a total of 12 yellow cards, though he admitted to NBC on Monday that he could have sent off at least three players....
While Sarri has been unable to break Juventus’ monopoly on the Scudetto in recent years, he has transformed Napoli into Italy’s second club ahead of struggling Milan and Inter. Napoli have finished second behind Juve in both of Sarri’s Serie A campaigns, and this season pushed the Old Lady all the way before eventually losing out in a tense title tussle. That track record saw him lined up as a possible replacement for compatriot Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge, after the former Juve boss suffered a difficult second term with the Premier League side....
The Belgian attacker has been partnering Alvaro Morata up front in recent weeks, but Antonio Conte has left him out of the first XI, allowing Willian and Pedro to start in support of the striker. Despite also starting in their midweek game against Brighton & Hove Albion, Fabregas has been replaced by the returning Danny Drinkwater, while Tiemoue Bakayoko is also kept in reserve. Stoke, meanwhile, have made six changes to their first team with Chelsea loanee Kurt Zouma missing from the side that faced Huddersfield in their last game, while his defensive partner Ryan Shawcross is also absent....
The Blues are looking to bounce straight back from a shock Premier League defeat at the hands of Brentford when they host the first leg on Wednesday. Their Stamford Bridge home did not not prove much of an advantage in a humiliating 4-1 loss to the bottom-half side on Saturday. Real Madrid recovered from an embarrassment of its own (4-0 home loss to rivals Barcelona) with a 2-1 road win at Celta Vigo on Saturday....
WATCH: Costa causes havoc with a tractor The towering striker joined Everton permanently from Chelsea in July 2014 for a fee of £30m and has kicked on to become one of the Premier League’s most reliable players in front of goal. Leading the way in England’s top flight with 21 goals and six assists this season, Lukaku has been linked with a return to London to lead the line for Antonio Conte’s high-flying Blues....
The Rx for Positive Node, Endocrine Responsive Breast Cancer (RxPONDER) trial, funded by the National Cancer Institute, looked at 5,000 women across nine countries with hormone receptor(HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer that had spread to between one and three lymph nodes. All of the women studied had an Oncotype DX score of 25 or less. The Oncotype DX explores breast, colon, and prostate cancers’ unique biology, predicting cancer recurrence, and guiding treatment decisions....
Heart attacks deprive the heart muscle of needed blood and oxygen. They are usually caused by a blood clot in an artery already clogged with cholesterol deposits. Since the blood clot blocks blood flow to the heart, muscle tissue (which can’t stop beating to save energy because the heart is an essential organ) begins to starve. Eventually, the heart muscle will die. Time Is Muscle The time it takes for the heart muscle to die is different for everyone....
Brian, 24, joins Chicago after three seasons with Houston, which acquired midfielder Kristie Mewis and future considerations in the trade. The central midfielder has scored six goals in 67 caps since debuting for the U.S. in June 2013, making four starts as the Americans won the Women’s World Cup title in 2015. Brian joins goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, defender Casey Short, defender-midfielder Julie Ertz and forward Christen Press as U.S. national team regulars on Chicago’s roster....
Matt Kenseth hopes to celebrate the weekend in a big way as his son, Ross Kenseth, makes his Xfinity Series debut Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway. Ross will try to do better than his father did in his series debut. Matt’s first race came in 1996 at Charlotte Motor Speedway driving for car owner Carl Wegner. He started 37th and finished 31st. MORE: Famous fathers and sons in sports | Dale Jr....
Not surprisingly, they counted on their league-leading defense to seal it. The Chiefs, who led the NFL in sacks going into Sunday, sacked Texans quarterback Case Keenum five times. Leading the NFL in takeaways, they also stripped Keenum on their final sack of the game with 1:34 to go, at the Texans’ two-yard line to kill their final chance. Tamba Hali had 2 ½ of the five sacks, including the one that forced the final fumble....
MORE: Von Miller gets penalized for joke on Tyrod Taylor Sorensen wasn’t penalized for the play, but that could just be because the ref didn’t see it. An argument could be made he was attempting to force a fumble, but he didn’t make much of an effort on the ball. It was also a very extreme motion downwards, that if landed in the right area, could cause some damage....
That’s probably not something Kelce should be doing in the first place, lest he get on the bad side of a referee for the rest of the game or have a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct thrown on him. MORE: Scoreboard | J.J. Watt scores another TD, MVP chants | Must-see images And, really, why is he doing it so close to the ref? Pro tip: make hand wanking motions out of the frame like the rest of us, Travis....
Quarterback Philip Rivers, now in his 15th NFL season, has led the Chargers’ resurgence. He has thrown 29 touchdowns to six interceptions — the best ratio of his career. But dynamic Chiefs signal-caller Patrick Mahomes could win the MVP in his second year in the league, having tossed 43 passing scores this season. MORE: Watch Chiefs-Chargers live or on-demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) The Chiefs beat the Chargers, 38-28, when these teams met in Week 1....
