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Miami defensive back Xavier Lucas must sit out the first half of the College Football Playoff national championship game against Indiana on Monday night because he was called for targeting in the fourth quarter of the semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Any player called for targeting is ejected from the game. If the targeting call happens in the second half, a player is ejected and suspended for the first half of his team's next game.

Chelsea left-back Marc Cucurella will only serve a one-match suspension following his red card in Wednesday's Premier League defeat to local rivals Fulham. The Spaniard, 27, received a straight red card for pulling back Fulham's Harry Wilson when he was running through on goal. An offence which leads to the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (DOGSO) is punished by a one-match ban.

On Thursday night, you did a little whoopsie-poopsie and forgot about your microphone! Dumbass! It happened during a TV timeout in the third period. "We'll take [the timeout] as well," you said. But you did not! You were still on the air. There were no commercials playing while you did your little scat-singing: "Mmmm. Bap-a-dap-a-dap-a-dap-a-dap." In the background, we can hear the audio from the arena, and then ...

DORTMUND, Germany -- Jobe Bellingham has been banned for Borussia Dortmund's next two Bundesliga games after he was sent off against Freiburg. The English midfielder, younger brother of Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham, was dismissed in the 53rd minute of Dortmund's game on Sunday for a foul on Philipp Treu. Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel had given the ball away and Treu would otherwise have been through on goal. Bellingham's team was leading 1-0 at the time and the game ended in a 1-1 draw.

We lose a guy for probably a month at least. There's nothing. And that hurt. I thought it was more of him getting bumped and his stick (came up). I know you gotta be in control of your stick, but I don't think it's worth a suspension.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- The Cincinnati Bengals suspended Jermaine Burton for Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills in the latest development for the beleaguered wide receiver. The team made the announcement roughly 90 minutes before the scheduled kickoff at Highmark Stadium, a day after they had ruled him out for the game for non-injury reasons. He did not make the trip to Buffalo with the rest of the team. By suspending Burton, he will not receive a game check for the contest.

Just a day after seeing his Champions League suspension reduced from three games to two games, Bayern Munich winger Luis Díaz said, "Not so fast, my friend." Díaz was whistled for his fifth yellow card of the season in the 62nd minute vs. VfB Stuttgart, which will result in a one-game suspension. Díaz will now miss next weekend's match against Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga.

Etzebeth was sent off on Saturday at the end of the record 73-0 win over Wales in Cardiff. In a scuffle with Alex Mann Etzebeth was caught on video with his right thumb in Mann's left eye. It was the first red card of Etzebeth's 13-year international career. The two-time Rugby World Cup winner has played the most Tests for the Springboks, 141.

Carolina Panthers safety Tre'von Moehrig's one-game suspension for striking San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Jauan Jennings in the groin area has been upheld on appeal, the league announced Wednesday night. Moehrig, who coach Dave Canales said is dealing with an ankle injury, will miss Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Rams. The suspension will cost Moehrig $65,000, or an 18th of his $1.17 million salary.

Idrissa Gueye received a round of applause from the Everton squad after apologising for his extraordinary red card in Monday's victory at Manchester United. The midfielder became the first Premier League player to be dismissed for striking a team-mate in 17 years when slapping Michael Keane at Old Trafford. Everton's performed heroically with 10 men for 85 minutes, stoppage time included, to hand David Moyes his first win at Old Trafford as a visiting manager in 18 attempts

"I'm going to say is [that] when you see the number, you have to lay off. Everybody knows that. You don't go through the guy," Roy said after the game. "I was in Colorado when [Rantanen] was drafted there. It's not his style. But at the same time, that should not be part of our game."

The Toronto Maple Leafs got a devastating break on Tuesday night. They lost captain Auston Matthews to a lower-body injury following a hit from Bruins defenseman Nikita Zadorov midway through the second period. Zadorov hammered Matthews into the boards with a check from behind. While Auston Matthews got up on his own, he eventually went to the Maple Leafs dressing room and did not return.

The Washington Capitals announced Sunday that they have relieved assistant coach Mitch Love of his duties following an NHL investigation into his personal conduct. Love, who joined the Capitals in 2023, has been on team-imposed leave since September pending the investigation's results. Over the offseason, Love was in the running for several head coaching positions around the league, with reported ties to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Boston Bruins, and Seattle Kraken.

The responsibility for the pre-match press conference ahead of Sunday's clash against Real Madrid, on 26 October at the Santiago Bernabeu, has fallen to FC Barcelona's assistant manager, Marcus Sorg. Head coach Hansi Flick is serving a one-match suspension and will not be on the touchline against Los Blancos, with Sorg set to take over the mantle. Last season, when he was suspended, Flick himself attended the pre-match conferences before the matches against Leganes and Atletico Madrid.

Denver Broncos linebacker Dre Greenlaw's one-game suspension for unsportsmanlike conduct toward a referee has been upheld on appeal, the league announced Tuesday. Greenlaw will miss Denver's home game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. In announcing Greenlaw's suspension on Monday, the NFL said he "chased after referee Brad Allen and verbally threatened him as he tried to leave the field" following the Broncos' win against the New York Giants at Mile High Stadium.

Combat Sports Anti-Doping (CSAD) announced today that Conor McGregor has accepted an 18-month period of ineligibility for a violation of the UFC Anti-Doping Policy (UFC ADP). McGregor missed three attempted biological sample collections within a 12-month period in 2024, which constitutes a violation of the UFC ADP. UFC athletes are required to provide accurate whereabouts information at all times, so they can be contacted and submit to biological sample collections without prior warning.

Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve has been suspended one game due to her "conduct and comments" during and after her team's loss to the Phoenix Mercury in Game 3 of their playoff series, the WNBA announced Saturday. Reeve will serve the suspension during Sunday's Game 4 in Phoenix. The Minnesota coach was ejected in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter of Game 3 after berating an official for not calling a foul on a play that left Lynx star Napheesa Collier injured.

Amad is not here, head coach Amorim told reporters on Friday. Someone in his family passed away, so we are giving all the support to Amad. We understood that it was important for him to have his time and to return home. He added: We can win without Amad and we want to win also for Amad. Amad's place in attack falls to summer signing Matheus Cunha, fit again after returning from a hamstring injury off the bench last time out.

The return of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday received a whopping 6.3 million viewers, ABC announced Wednesday. CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter reported on Wednesday that the show received more three times the number of viewers of a typical episode, with viewers tuning in to see host Jimmy Kimmel's reappearance after being temporarily suspended over comments he made regarding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Mountain biking has always been about freedom: it's a freedom of movement, a freedom of mind, and a freedom of expression. But even in this vast freedom, when we start the delicate dance between man and machine, compromises must be made. As humans on bicycles, we are invariably bound to reality by the shackles of dynamics. For those unfamiliar, dynamics is the broader field of study of forces and their effects on motion.

If we believe that he could arrive and challenge for the ball, the adequate punishment should be a yellow card, for a promising attack. If, as the referee interpreted, the distance makes it impossible for him to challenge for the ball, it's a clear goalscoring opportunity, punished by a

Newcastle United have been given a major boost as Anthony Gordon can play in tomorrow night's Champions League game against Barcelona. The England international has been suspended for recent matches due to the red card he picked up in the defeat to Liverpool at St James' Park. Thankfully, however, Newcastle will be able to field Gordon in the Champions League as his suspension isn't valid for European competition.