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Costa and Conte had a tempestuous relationship at Stamford Bridge despite the striker’s goals firing the Blues to the Premier League title last season. The Brazil-born Spain international was subsequently frozen out by Conte, claiming the Italian informed him he was no longer needed at the club via text message. Costa returned to former club Atletico Madrid when their transfer ban was lifted in January, but he was a keen observer of Chelsea’s trip to Camp Nou on Wednesday....

Over the past month the Bush administration has markedly softened its stance toward Russia, a process that culminated in the cheerful meeting between Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin last Saturday. In his speeches in Europe last week Bush was more explicit than any president before him in saying, “Russia is a part of Europe… The Europe we are building must also be open to Russia,” and “We look forward to the day when Russia is fully reformed, fully democratic and closely bound to the rest of Europe....

Age: 30Height: 186cmWeight: 76kgPosition(s): attacking midfield (left), forwardStrengths: through balls, key passes. Weaknesses: holding on to the ball. Odds: no betting odds. transfermarkt. co. uk rates a move to Arsenal at 39%. Julian Draxler, Schalke 04 Age: 20Height: 1865cmWeight: 74kgPosition(s): attacking midfield (center/left)Strengths: dribbling, aerial duels, long shots, finishing, through balls. Weaknesses: none. Odds: Betfred offers 1/5; Betvictor offers 1/10. transfermarkt. co. uk rates a move to Arsenal at 38%....

His comments were incendiary enough that it hardly mattered how he wandered onto that topic. It didn’t even matter that he was probably wrong. Kobe got his headlines. He got to look the part of the established veteran concerned with the state of the game he soon will bequeath to a new generation. MORE: DeCOURCY — Kobe’s rant off-base | Top 25 players in the Class of 2015 | UNC honors Stuart Scott...

But for one couple, the special moment was ruined by a dog who tried to eat the cake that contained sprinkles that represented the gender. The viral clip, posted to TikTok by @daniwaiari, shows the couple sitting on the grass with a cake topped with macarons in front of them. The popular clip has been viewed five million times but the gender isn’t shown as the video is cut short due to the dog’s presence....

The couple fled from an exclusive hotel after allegedly raiding its cellar of rare and vintage wines. One bottle alone is said to be worth over $316,000. The heist took place at the boutique Hotel Atrio in Caceres, Spain, on October 27 last year. After dining in the hotel’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant, the pair went to their room. But police say the couple had stolen a staff pass key to the wine cellar, where they plundered 45 bottles and fled....

Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were terminated from the LAPD after court documents showed that they failed to respond to an active robbery at the Crenshaw Mall in western Los Angeles. The pair appealed the decision, but the termination was upheld by the court. In court filings released this past Friday, the appeals court found that the pair were “guilty on multiple counts of misconduct” after their police car’s in-vehicle dash-cam recording system captured them “willfully abdicating their duty to assist a commanding officer’s response” in order to play the game....

Palo and friend were both charged when a female student alleged the two took turns raping her. Palo argued the sex was consensual and the prosecutors later dropped the charges after finding inconsistencies in the evidence, but the school determined Palo had violated its sexual misconduct policy and removed him from the basketball team. An administrative judge later ruled Palo didn’t violate policy, but ISU President Steven Leath kept Palo off the team with the support of university regents....

The European Court of Human Rights restated the ruling and that the Holy See’s sovereign immunity holds no exceptions, and that the misconduct of bishops and alleged abuses could not be attributed to the Vatican. The court also said that the victims had not been deprived of the right to access a court. The court dismissed the case from 24 people who said they were victims of abuse in Belgium....

Antonio Conte confirmed Courtois was suffering from a “muscular problem” ahead of last weekend’s FA Cup quarter-final win over Leicester City, although understudy Willy Caballero usually starts domestic cup games. Courtois joined up with Roberto Martinez’s national side but Belgium have confirmed he will continue his rehabilitation with the reigning Premier League champions and play no part in Tuesday’s friendly. “Thibaut Courtois has not recovered from his hamstring injury and left the group,” read a statement issued on the team’s official Twitter page....

WhyHunger has said that in the short time since restrictions were put in place across the states to curb the spread of COVID-19, there had been a sharp increase in calls to its national hunger hotline. “The call volume has increased by 300 percent just in a short period. We have had people calling, desperate for food,” WhyHunger’s executive director Noreen Springstead told Newsweek. “They are in isolation, they can’t get out of the house, they have no one to help them and are sobbing on the phone....

During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock said two vaccines in development by researchers in the U.K. showed notable progress, with one created by researchers at Oxford ready to begin human testing Thursday. “In normal times, reaching this stage would take years,” Hancock said. “I’m very proud of the work taken so far.” Hancock said 129,044 people in the U.K. have tested positive for coronavirus and 17,366 have died as of Tuesday....

Join Zac Landry and Aaron Leach every week for the same Game Rant-flavored awesome-sauce that you’ve grown accustomed to… only now with pictures! This is what it’s come to. The danger gaming presents to players has nothing to do with the millions of violent images, low-brow portrayal of sexuality or even the fieriest of all the hot coffee mods any coder could dream up. No, it’s the fact that soon, generations of gamers will devolve into the technologically dependent social hermits that most peoples’ parents warn them to stay away from....

No se trata de una herramienta exclusiva para empresas, y así parecen tenerlo claro desde Microsoft ahora que han incluido Teams en sus paquetes de Office 365 (que este mes de abril ha cambiado su nombre a Microsoft 365). La compañía ha sugerido que Teams no solo sirve como plataforma de colaboración entre compañeros de trabajo, sino que también se puede utilizar para planificar un viaje con amigos o actividades y eventos personales similares....

The OB25 or Operation Chrono update rolled out on 7th December, with many new features added to Free Fire. However, some of the features are yet to be introduced in the game. One of the much-awaited features in Free Fire after the update is the Cosmic Racer game mode. According to the official release by Garena, the new game mode will make its way into the game on 13th December....

Brazil winger Costa had been expected to leave the Allianz Arena in this window, having made just 14 Bundesliga starts under Carlo Ancelotti last term. Juventus have reportedly struck a loan deal to bring Costa to Serie A. The former Shakhtar Donetsk man is to become the latest player to transfer between the German and Italian champions, a list which includes Arturo Vidal, Kingsley Coman and Medhi Benatia, who made a loan deal from Munich permanent in this window....

Costa Rica lost to Germany in their opening game of the tournament. Costa Rica, who showed a lot of urgency in their attack in the beginning, gave a good account of themselves before losing through substitute Noah Awuku’s late goal. “Now, we have no option but to win against Guinea tomorrow to remain in contention for the knockout stage. The Africans are physically strong and we need to overcome them with our skillful ball play which we are known for....

Distinguishing Between Costochondritis and Tietze Syndrome While costochondritis and Tietze syndrome are often regarded as different names for the same condition, there is one feature that distinguishes between them. Costochondritis and Tietze syndrome are both caused by inflammation of costochondral junctions of ribs or the chondrosternal joints of the anterior chest wall. Both conditions are characterized by the tenderness of the costal cartilages—the cartilages that connect the sternum (i.e., breastbone) and the ends of the ribs....

Now that Deontay Wilder is planning to fight Tyson Fury, can someone else step in to seize an opportunity to face heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua on April 13? According to Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn, the answer is yes, and he even has a potential opponent for Joshua — Dillian Whyte. “As it goes right now, [Whyte is] the favorite because Wilder won’t communicate with us or his team,” Hearn said, as reported by SkySports....

The move means federal investigators can start their work again, without disruption—leading some to believe that Trump may now pardon himself under privileges available while he was president. One tweet by Democratic activist Andrew Wortman, published on December 14 and with more than 11,000 engagements, stated: “Going on record now and saying there is at least a 99 percent chance that Trump issued himself a pardon while he was still in office that he plans to pull out of his pocket and try to use as an actual get-out-of-jail-free card the moment he’s finally indicted/arrested (It will not work)....