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May 1, 2023 Sociedad face Madrid on Tuesday / Real Sociedad de Futbol / Visionhaus / Contributor Real Madrid need to carry on winning to keep up the pressure on Barcelona in La Liga, although time is more than likely running out for Los Blancos.Carlo Ancelotti's team will hope to build on victory over Almeria last time out when they face Real Sociedad on the road this week.

Manchester United are through to the UEFA Europa League Quarterfinal.The Reds ran rampant against Real Betis in the second half of the first leg of their Round of 16 tie, arriving in Spain with a 4-1 aggregate advantage.All that was left was to safely avoid any more suspensions or silly mistakes in Seville, and thankfully that's exactly what they did.

Colin and Pauly recap a thrilling match at Camp Nou between Barcelona and Manchester United before discussing the ramifications of the tie as Erik ten Hag looks to balance minutes with injuries, suspensions, and a relentless schedule of fixtures.Be sure to like, share, rate 5 stars, and subscribe to The Busby Babe wherever you get your podcasts!

Man United have recovered immensely from their poor start to their Premier League campaign and a win at Arsenal today would see them firmly join the title race.Erik ten Hag's side would move within five points of the Gunners with a victory at the Emirates today and the Red Devils have already beaten the London club 3-1 in the reverse fixture this season at Old Trafford.

Jan 5, 2023



Mark OgdenSenior Writer, ESPN FC



Cristiano Ronaldo faces a 24-hour wait to discover whether his debut for Al Nassr will be delayed until the end of January after the Saudi Arabian club's league game against Al Tae'e on Thursday was postponed because of an electrical fault caused by heavy rain at Mrsool Park.

Dame Louise Casey was asked at a meeting of the London Assembly's police and crime committee how many officers could be dismissed as a result of her report - which has found the Met Police to be institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic.She told the Wednesday meeting: Sir Mark [Rowley, Met Police commissioner] will have a greater sense for himself.

MPs investigating Boris Johnson over Partygate will publish new documents later, ahead of a televised hearing crucial to his political future.The former prime minister is battling accusations he misled Parliament over rule-breaking lockdown parties in Downing Street during his tenure.He has admitted his initial assurances in 2021 that Covid rules were followed completely did mislead MPs.

AC Milan took a step towards their first Champions League quarter-final appearance for 11 years as Brahim Diaz's goal gave the Italians a 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in their last-16 first leg at the San Siro on Tuesday.The Spaniard headed in a rebound in the seventh minute after a superb double save by Tottenham's second-choice keeper Fraser Forster and the seven-time winners kept the Londoners at bay.
- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, more (U.S.) Spurs, weakened by injuries and suspensions, responded positively in the first half to dominate possession but were unable to seriously worry the hosts.

Skip Schumaker was a Cardinals player 13 years ago when a brawl broke out and Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto kicked St. Louis backup catcher Jason Larue on the head, causing a career-ending concussion.Now Schumaker is Miami's first-year manager and Cueto is on his pitching staff."That was a long time ago," Schumaker said.

Red Sox Manny Ramirez only has three more years of eligibility on the BBWAA ballot.David Ortiz won't have any familiar company near his plaque in Cooperstown.At least not this year.The Baseball Hall of Fame revealed the latest BBWAA balloting Tuesday, with Scott Rolen the lone player elected among a field of 28 players.

Two Port Authority detectives are in hot water for allegedly ignoring a wrong-way driver - who then killed cop and former MLB pitcher Anthony Varvaro on the New Jersey Turnpike, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.Detectives Daniel Rafael and John Basile were suspended Jan. 13 for allegedly failing to report the errant driver when they spotted him on their way to the annual Ground Zero ceremony on Sept. 11, sources said.

In a sport attempting to limit or outright eliminate human error (instant replay, the impending use of an automated strike zone, etc.), suspensions are being handed down to pitchers using an arbitrary process aimed at removing the use of illegal sticky substances in baseball.The first sticky stuff crackdown of 2021 has culminated in the bizarre "got ya" exercise that we have seen played out throughout the 2023 season.

The 1998 Yankees were an all-time great time.There's a reason we're doing a daily series about them 25 years later.They won an obscene amount of baseball games.However, even in a historically great season, the Yankees still lost 48 regular season games.Not every game was a banger.On this day in 1998, the Yankees lost a game that was decidedly not a banger.

When two teams meet again the day after brawling, it's hard not to keep a watchful eye on what the aftermath will be.On one hand, that accounts for the backlash of any ill will still in the air.Will any pitcher try and take matters into their own hands and throw inside or at an opposing batter?What will the batter then do if that happens?

A day after the Chicago Police Board fired the sergeant who oversaw the botched raid on her home, Anjanette Young said the board's decision was "only a small piece of the Justice for which I have been waiting."At its monthly meeting Thursday night, the board voted 5 - 3 to fire Sgt.Alex Wolinski, the highest ranking officer on scene during the February 21, 2019 raid at Young's Near West Side home.

The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted to fire a CPD sergeant for his role in the botched 2019 raid at the home of social worker Anjanette Young.During its monthly meeting at CPD headquarters, the board voted 5 - 3 to fire CPD Sgt.Alex Wolinski.Acting on bad information, 13 CPD tactical officers used a no-knock warrant to enter Young's Near West Side home on Feb.

A former Memphis police officer who fired a Taser at Tyre Nichols, the Black FedEx worker who was brutally beaten by several other officers in January after a traffic stop, will not be criminally charged in connection with Mr. Nichols's death days after the beating, a top prosecutor said on Tuesday.

The man charged in the shooting of an unarmed Black man last month has resigned from the Shreveport, Louisiana, police department.Former Officer Alexander Tyler, 23, resigned from the force late last week, according to Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux.Tyler had been on administrative leave since being charged with negligent homicide after the February 3 shooting death of Alonzo Bagley.

Two Shelby County sheriff's deputies who were at the scene of Tyre Nichols' deadly arrest in Tennessee last month violated department regulations and have been suspended for five days each without pay, according to a news release from the sheriff's office obtained by CNN affiliate WHBQ.The suspensions of both Shelby County deputies who were at the scene of Nichols' beating by Memphis police became effective on Wednesday, the release reads.

"Twitter's incentive not to act expeditiously is clear.Twitter wants to maximize the benefit it receives from the infringing content on its platform before the tweet is deleted."- Music publishers' complaint
On June 14, a series of 17 music publishers, members of the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA), filed a lawsuit in the Middle District of Tennessee against the social media platform, Twitter.

Members of the public were removed from Holyrood's public gallery as First Minister Humza Yousaf took questions from opposition leaders for the first time.Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone acted after climate change protesters disrupted proceedings on five occasions on Thursday, forcing business to be suspended each time.

Leeds United hope to convince Barcelona winger Ilias Akhomach to leave Camp Nou and join them as a free agent this summer, sources have told ESPN.Ilias, 18, is out of contract in June and Barca are keen to renew his terms, but there is so far no agreement for him to extend his stay at the Catalan club.

The New York Rangers currently have three problems going into one of their toughest stretches of the season.Problem one is that the team doesn't have a lot of time to get some of their newcomers up to speed.Problem two centers around the fact that the Rangers don't have a lot of depth on the roster because of their most recent moves.

11:30 AM GMT Liverpool are in a shocking run of form but must ignore that against Everton / Marc Atkins/GettyImages Liverpool's form has been extremely poor over the past few months and if there is any game their fans are desperate not to lose, it is this one.The Merseyside derby takes place on Monday night and Everton are surprisingly coming off the back of a win against league leaders Arsenal.

An Indianapolis Colts player allegedly violated the league's gambling policy, even placing bets on his own team, per reports.The NFL takes its gambling policy very seriously, despite sports betting being made legal in several states around the country.However, one Indianapolis Colts player broke said rules, and will now find out the punishment the hard way, assuming said allegations are proven correct via a league investigation.

The Air Force suspended two leaders of suspected classified document leaker Jack Teixeira's unit, it said in a statement Wednesday, one week after the unit stopped performing its intelligence mission amid an investigation into the leaks.The commander of the 102nd Intelligence Support Squadron, part of the Massachusetts Air National Guard in which the 21-year-old Teixeira served, was suspended from his leadership position, as was the detachment commander overseeing administrative support, the Air Force said.

An Education minister has condemned reported death threats against pupils who allegedly damaged a copy of the Koran as totally unacceptable.Minister for Schools Nick Gibb has said his department is working with Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, after it suspended four students over the incident.

A Metrobus travels through Washington.(Eric Lee for The Washington Post) Twitter suspended the account of the D.C. area's largest bus transit system on Tuesday for unknown reasons but restored it over six hours later.Metro officials said they weren't told why the social media company suspended the account.

Morning Sports Update The former undrafted free agent has become the team's leading receiver.The Celtics defeated the Bulls 107-99 behind Jayson Tatum's 32-point performance on Monday.Boston will face the Pelicans at home on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.The Bruins are off until Thursday, when the Kraken will be at TD Garden at 7 p.m.
Also on Monday, Georgia won its second consecutive college football national championship, clobbering TCU 65-7.

Arsenal suffered a shock defeat against Everton last time out / Visionhaus/GettyImages One of the most entertaining games of the Premier League weekend is expected to be Arsenal vs Brentford, two sides enjoying even better seasons than expected.It will be a really fascinating test for the Gunners after they suffered a 1-0 defeat away at Goodison Park last weekend.

In normal kinds of seasons, the final three games of the season and a comfortable distance between second place and fifth place would not have you crunching numbers and scoreboard watching like it's a Scudetto race down to the final matchday.For Juventus, there is a complete feeling of uncertainty.And it could very well become even more of an interesting day even before kickoff at the Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli if the next chapter of Juve's off-field drama is written by the FIGC and those who are very much interested in punishing the Bianconeri for their plusvalenza dealings.

The first of potentially many hammers has dropped for Juventus, with the club's new board being handed a massive uphill battle just days after their official introduction in their new roles.The Federal Court of Appeal has handed down a 15-point penalty to Juventus - effective immediately - as a result of the accepting the FIGC Prosecutor's Office appeal to the original verdict regarding last spring's plusvalenza investigation.

New York City public schools issued significantly more suspensions during the first half of this school year, according to long overdue department statistics.Between July and December 2022, schools issued just over 10,600 suspensions - 27% more than the same period in 2021.The number is about 6% higher than in 2019 just before the pandemic hit, even though the number of K-12 students has declined over 10%.

For years, school districts in California have masked their official suspension and expulsion rates by quietly pushing so-called problem students from the classroom.Sometimes, it's as simple as sending them home early.Other times, it's as extreme as forcing kids to transfer to another school.Now, state education officials have a new plan to expose a practice that they say disproportionately impacts marginalized students and allows districts to fly under the education codes meant to protect children from excessive discipline.

Parents are urging the city of Pleasanton to help protect their children against violent bullying after a video spread across social media showing a middle school student running toward a classmate, throwing her to the ground, and stomping on her head while dozens of students film and cheer.Heads being stomped on and kicked like soccer balls is not a fight.

It's a beautiful late-spring Friday evening, and we've got two superb hockey games ahead of us.The worst series of the second round, Devils vs Canes, is over, and now all that's left are gems.We begin with the Leafs trying to stay alive against the Cats.FLORIDA AT TORONTO
7:00 PM Florida leads 3-1
I don't want to speculate about the mass psychology of the Leafs right now, only because everyone else seems so much better at it than I am.

Climate change protests have disrupted Humza Yousaf's first session of first minister's questions in the Scottish Parliament.Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross was interrupted repeatedly, forcing FMQs into several suspensions.Eventually Presiding Officer Alison Johnstone took the decision to clear a large part of the public gallery.

The TSSA union has suspended five senior figures, including its interim boss, after a report found harassment and bullying within its ranks.The lawyer-led inquiry found the union's leadership had "enabled" poor behaviour through "wilful blindness, power hoarding and poor practices".

YouTube on Friday said it would restore former President Donald Trump's channel, more than two years after suspending it following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.The move follows similar actions by Twitter and Facebook-parent Meta in recent months, although Trump has yet to resume posting on those platforms.

The Boston Celtics defeated the Atlanta Hawks 134-125 on Saturday night at State Farm Arena, but not before things got chippy between Marcus Smart and Trae Young in the waning minutes of the fourth quarter.With 1:25 remaining in the game, Young drove to the basket and drew a foul on Smart.The Celtics point guard then jostled with the Hawks star before the two fell to the court and other players from both teams got involved.

Our predicted MUFC XI for the first leg against FC Barcelona is now in.Manchester United eventually finished up as group runners-up in their Europa League campaign before the new year, meaning an extra round has to be played by the Red Devils.That draw wasn't particularly kind to the Old Trafford side, being pitted against FC Barcelona over two legs.

Host Cathryn Naiker has a lot to talk about.Injuries, suspensions, and a self-inflicted hiatus.Luckily expert NBA journalist, Louis Zatzman, joins the show to help make sense of a messy week in the National Basketball Association.And this week's Raptor Hottie Highlight is particularly fiery."Not-so-steady" Freddy takes a chunk out of the officials with little regard for his wallet.

On 20 July 1986, The Observer Magazine celebrated the return of big girls'.That descriptor gives the 2023 reader pause, as it appears inside the magazine below a picture of the far-from-big French actor Beatrice Dalle and there's more to come.Kelly McGillis has a throat like a tree trunk' and almost a double chin' in Witness.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Alliance leader Naomi Long said she feels very driven to remain at the head of her party.Ms Long has led Alliance for six years, taking over from David Ford in 2016.

The screen at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans honors Tyre Nichols before an NBA game between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Washington Wizards on Jan. 28.Matthew Hinton/AP MEMPHIS, Tenn.Two sheriff's deputies who have been suspended for five days for their role in the arrest of Tyre Nichols failed to keep their body cameras activated after they went to the location where Nichols had been beaten by five Memphis police officers, officials said late Wednesday.

Facebook parent Meta is reinstating Donald Trump's personal account after a two-year suspension following the Jan. 6 insurrection.The company said in a blog post Wednesday it is adding "new guardrails" to ensure there are no "repeat offenders" who violate its rules."The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying the good, the bad and the ugly so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box," wrote Nick Clegg, Meta's vice-president of global affairs.

In no world should 13th place feel this good.Yet inside the Lakers' practice facility on Saturday, there was an understandable sense of optimism from the Western Conference's third-worst team.While the Lakers have stumbled and stalled throughout the first half of the season, very few teams have found a consistent stride.

Most concept bikes are picture-perfect, streamlined and flawless but then there are exceptions.You'll either love this concept mashup bike or absolutely hate it for the confused interpretation.The design is inspired by vintage board racing and drag racing aesthetics, fused with the passionate idea of motor racing in the good old days.

The New England Patriots' offseason is underway, courtesy of a 35-23 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.One day later, the team made a handful of procedural moves, according to the NFL transactions wire.The first set of transactions saw the Patriots lift the suspensions of punter Jake Bailey and cornerback Jack Jones.