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Well, to be more accurate, he is just fine with it as long as everyone is using the same ball. What he does like is the extra strategy that has come with this postseason after it became evident the ball wasn’t flying as far. Baseball Prospectus did a great piece demonstrating the difference. In the first game of the National League Championship Series on Friday, there were five or six bunt attempts which have become a foreign thing in today’s MLB....

Alves, who turned 34 last month, has become just the second Brazilian after Roberto Carlos to play so many matches at that level. Dybala out to end Madrid dream He made his debut in the competition proper for Sevilla at the Emirates Stadium as they suffered a 3-0 defeat to Arsenal on September 9, 2007 and would turn out eight times that season for the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan outfit, scoring two goals and assisting three more before a knockout round loss to Fenerbahce on penalties....

The result was not as comfortable as it should have been given Juve’s complete domination, but they eventually made the most of their superiority in the second half and extended their lead at the top of the table, with closest challengers Roma facing a tough journey to San Siro on Sunday. Milan must secure Donnarumma’s future Juve unsurprisingly controlled the game from start to finish and could not be accused of failing to create enough chances, but their finishing let them down in what was a wasteful first-half showing....

While Inter have won all six games, garnering 18 points with 11 goals conceding only one goal, Juventus, taking away one point from a goaless draw against Fiorentina, are sitting two points behind Inter. SPAL, on the other hand, have only won a match this season, and are currently sitting in the relegation zone. Maurizio Sarri made the decision to strongly alter his standard 4-3-3 formation and field a narrow 4-1-2-1-2 with Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Dybala leading the charge upfront....

During the presentation press conference with his new club, Khedira said the Turin-based team has “a great tradition and a wonderful setup” decorated with a history of extraordinary players, reports Efe. “It’s a real joy to be here. I promise I’ll give absolutely everything I’ve got to help this team keep making history,” Khedira announced here on Wednesday. Regarding his time at Real Madrid, he said he enjoyed “five beautiful years” with the team, but decided he “wanted a fresh challenge”....

The sensational exit of Leonardo Bonucci to Milan earlier this summer prompted Juve to seek a new centre-back for the coming season. Juve 4/5 to land Serie A title again And, on Wednesday, the Serie A champions confirmed that Howedes would be spending at least the next 12 months in Turin. The 29-year-old Germany international moves on a loan deal, with Schalke receiving an initial €3 million. If he plays 25 competitive games Juve would also be obliged to exercise his purchase option, which was agreed at €13m plus another €3m in bonuses related to clauses valid until June 2020....

The Bianconeri had earlier said Khedira would travel to Augsburg for the arthroscopic cleaning procedure in his left knee after missing Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Sassuolo. Juve reported the operation was “perfectly successful” and Germany international Khedira could immediately begin rehabilitation. The 32-year-old, who has made 17 appearances in all competitions for Maurizio Sarri’s team this season, is set to return in March. Khedira had the same surgery on his right knee at the end of last season....

Torino currently occupy 13th place in the Serie A standings with 31 points, six points behind 18th-placed Lecce. Moreno Longo’s men will want to ensure that they don’t get involved in a late-season relegation scrap and their safety will be of paramount importance. Juventus, on the other hand, sit at the top of the table, four points ahead of second-placed Lazio. Maurizio Sarri’s team beat Genoa 3-1 in their previous league fixture, with goals from Paulo Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo and Douglas Costa sealing the deal....

With just 180 minutes separating both sides from a place in the group stages of the European competition, they will both be looking to secure a first-leg advantage. KAA Gent made it two wins from two in the Belgian Jupiler League last Friday when they saw off Oostende 3-1 away from home. They have now picked up eight points from the 12 available this season after claiming two draws and two wins from their opening four games....

The U.S. State Department announced Thursday that the military was rushing in 3,000 fresh troops to Kabul to assist American personnel in evacuating Afghanistan a few weeks ahead of the planned end to the 20-year war. Michigan Democratic Representative Debbie Dingell, a staunch ally of the White House, responded to Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s repeated line this weekend on cable news that the dramatic departure from the Kabul embassy cannot be compared to the country’s desperate evacuation from Saigon, today called Ho Chi Minh City, in 1975....

The Alphas will look to start their campaign on a high after failing to make the semis in their first campaign last year in which they only managed to score a paltry 16 goals. The management went on to retain just 3 players and brought in 17 new players to freshen up the squad. 20-year-old Harmanpreet Singh was the only Indian to be retained by the Alphas, for which who paid a mammoth price of US $51,000....

The candidate shared the 53-second ad in a tweet published at 3 p.m Wednesday. It compared Harris to Trump, citing a laundry list of the president’s alleged immoral conduct and supposed shortcomings—which, in Harris’s view, make him unqualified for a second term. “I prosecuted sex predators,” Harris wrote in the tweet. “Trump is one. I shut down for-profit scam colleges. He ran one. I held big banks accountable. He’s owned by them....

“Let me tell you the concern I have with that question,” Harris said in reply to a reporter. “It begins and ends with the question and then the answer to that, as opposed to recognizing the long history in the United States of this as an issue. The issue of hate.” Harris’ comments came as she spoke to press after giving a 20 minute speach on the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox stage at the Iowa State Fair....

Just four months ago, Tottenham striker Kane and Liverpool forward Salah were being hailed as Europe’s most feared marksmen after the pair tore through Premier League defences on a weekly basis. Yet they go into this weekend’s eagerly anticipated clash between Tottenham and Liverpool with concerns about their ability to maintain that breathtaking form in the midst of a post-World Cup malaise. Kane and Salah slugged it out for the Premier League’s Golden Boot prize right up to the last game of the season....

Kane watched on as Lucas Moura’s second-half hat-trick lifted Spurs to a remarkable 3-2 win in the semi-final second leg on Wednesday. Tottenham were facing an exit after goals from Matthijs de Ligt and Hakim Ziyech put Ajax 2-0 up in Amsterdam and 3-0 on aggregate, only for Lucas’ heroics to send Spurs into a first Champions League final on away goals. Kane has already been sidelined for a month with an ankle injury, but the forward is hopeful he will be available for the June 1 decider in Madrid....

Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist and the Blackhawks scored four goals in less than a three-minute span of the third in a 6-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. “We know what we are doing is working and we are hanging in games,” Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said. “Whether we are ahead or down a goal going into the third period, we can find ways to create offense and come out on top....

The 2017 PGA Championship winner and former world No. 1 says he was fortunate that a form of skin cancer was detected in a mole on his left leg at such an early stage. “I recently had a scare at the dermatologist where a very small mole on my left leg was caught in the early stages of melanoma,” Thomas, 26, posted, along with a picture of a large stitched up incision on his calf....

Former Napoli and Chelsea boss Sarri has been appointed as Juve’s new head coach following Massimiliano Allegri’s departure after the 2018-19 season, during which the club won an eighth straight league title. Ronaldo, who arrived from Real Madrid in a €112million deal last year, played his part with 21 Serie A goals but trailed Capocannoniere Fabio Quagliarella’s 26. But Sarri was in charge of Napoli when Gonzalo Higuain netted a record-breaking 36 times in the 2015-16 Serie A season and he wants to see Ronaldo do likewise....

The Old Lady are set to play as guests to the Lions at Estadio Jose Alvalade on matchday four of the group stage. Massimiliano Allegri’s men currently sit second in Group D, with six points, three above their Tuesday’s opponents. “We are going to Lisbon to win,” Asamoah told his club’s official website. “We want to bring home 3 points that would probably qualify us for the knockout round. “But we know that it will not be easy, Sporting plays well at home....