The Bianconeri are understood to be increasingly confident of signing the five-time Ballon D'or victor in the ongoing summer transfer. 658 - In his 915 appearances as a professional, Ronaldo has returned an exceptional average of 0.7 goals per game - hitting 658 in total.

OVERLOOKING the Gulf of Finland, the Krestovsky Stadium awaits a football classic on Tuesday evening. Considering the attacking strength of both squads, the smart money is probably on the over. "Each player would be defending his colours". "But he did know that, from the time he was joining the management team and becoming assistant to Martinez, that this could happen".

He edged Gael Monfils 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 5-7, 7-6 (4), to whom he held a 0-5 head-to-head record entering the match. Anderson said nerves played a factor in that loss and while they will be present against Federer he now uses that energy in a positive way.

Maurizio Sarri is expecting to be cleared to become the new coach of Chelsea at the start of next week. Juventus are reportedly in talks with Real Madrid over the signing of Cristiano Ronaldo , so it is reasonable to assume that Higuain would be on the market to free up space in the squad and to help fund that transfer.

England's remarkable set-play success is the fruit of extra preparation on the training ground with attacking coach Allan Russell, who has traveled with Southgate to the United States to study strategies from the National Basketball Association and NFL.

In a certainly unique but loving way, Matthews' family had his body prepared not in an open casket, but on a swivel chair, posed as if he were playing a video game. According to News4Jax sister station KPRC-TV, Matthews will be buried on Tuesday . Sitting on a table at his side is a bag of Doritos, a bottle of Barq's root beer, and a television remote.

Gareth Southgate has chose to name an unchanged starting XI for England's World Cup semi-final clash with Croatia on Wednesday night, according to reports. Following the relatively stress-free 2-0 quarter-final win over Sweden and with no fresh injury worries or suspensions, the smart money would be on Southgate selecting the same XI for Wednesday's last-four tie with Croatia.

However, India slowly brought themselves back into the match. "(But) Jason (Roy) and Jos (Buttler ) were brilliant up front and nearly gave us a licence to allow ourselves to think about 220", he added. IPL franchises were anxious about his lack of T20 match time and he was less attractive because, owing to England's Test series with Pakistan, he would not have been available for the whole season.

Al Jazeera's Rory Challands, reporting from the Russian capital Moscow after the team's loss to Croatia , said, "While the team went into this competition something of a national joke, no one was laughing at them now". However, a bigger issue for coach Zlatko Dalic will be how to get more decisive performances from his top players. There were times when we lacked energy: "240 minutes of football in six days takes its toll on you", said Modric who, like Mandzukic and Rakitic, is into his ...

Th Rockets are up to the elbows in luxury tax and have only signed players to one-year minimum deals to be able to make one last shopping indulgence in Capela, yet their offer has fallen well short of the big man's expectations. Acquiring Anthony on a veteran's minimum contract is still a possibility, but one that will prove all that much more hard if they also plan to bring him off the bench - as two concessions are much more than he'd be willing to make.

Narongsak Osottanakorn told a news conference the latest rescue operation began at about 10:08 a.m. local time (0308 GMT). At a news conference, Jedsada Chokdumrongsuk, permanent secretary at the Public Health Ministry, said the first four boys rescued, aged 12 to 16, are now able to eat normal food, though they can't yet eat spicy food.

This was always likely to happen, of course. The semifinal clash of the European neighbours promises to be full of intrigue as France aim to return to the final for the first time since a Zinedine Zidane-led team did so in Germany in 2006.

The 36-year-old Federer has qualified for the last-eight without dropping a set and now has won 32 straight sets at All England Club now. Federer plays Anderson on Wednesday after the eighth seed edged flamboyant Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-2) 5-7 7-6 (7-4) in one of the matches of the championship.

He was taken by helicopter and ambulance to the same hospital in Chiang Rai where the first four boys rescued Sunday by a team of worldwide and Thai dive experts are being treated. A massive global effort involving more than 100 divers and rescue workers brought the first eight boys out through winding and partly-submerged passageways on Sunday and Monday, four a day.

Not one top-10 seed has made the women's quarterfinals at Wimbledon . Pliskova was beaten 6-3, 7-6 (1) by No. 20 Kiki Bertens , who eliminated Williams' sister, Venus, last week. The 26-year-old faces German 13th seed Julia Goerges or Croatian world number 55 Donna Vekic on Tuesday. "I didn't expect it, honestly", said Goerges, who lost in the first round at the All England Club each of the past five years.

While it will be tough to replace a player like Ronaldo, there have been several stand-out performers who would have turned heads at the Spanish giants. Meanwhile, Valdano spoke about other players at the World Cup, saying that "Neymar's characteristics are tremendous: he has pace, quality, the capacity to create.

But Paulinho silenced his critics, becoming a goalscoring midfielder. Paulinho's move to Barcelona past year was met with some scepticism given his previous poor spell with Tottenham Hotspur but his fitness, mobility and attacking threat made him a powerful weapon - fully winning over the Camp Nou crowd.

Ferrari lead the constructor standings with 287, ahead of Mercedes with 267. On Sunday, Mercedes team chief Toto Wolff said: "In James Allison's words 'do you think it is deliberate or incompetence?' so this leaves us with a judgment".

After the final whistle he celebrated wildly, shouting and pumping his fist in front of the travelling support. He scored on his full MK Dons debut, has netted against all of the Premier League's top six clubs and also Real Madrid, and marked his first start for England with a goal.

On the other hand, the more you have, the more you want. There's no way they couldn't be after ousting Denmark on penalties in the round of 16, then being forced to extra time again by host Russian Federation on Saturday night. "There are no favourites at this World Cup, every game is 50-50 and you have to fight it out". A die-hard and passionate football fan, armed with a ticket to the Russia-Croatia quarterfinal in Sochi and the England-Croatia semi-finals in Moscow on Wednesday, the ...

Sweden lost 2-0 to England in the World Cup on Saturday afternoon, as the two sides battled for an unlikely place in the last four of the competition. Police have identified one of the people photographed trashing an ambulance in London. In Nottingham, a group of supporters were spotted dancing on top of a bus shelter, while other clips a vehicle can be seen with a smashed roof and windscreen.

However, aside from the fact he failed to inspire Brazil to beyond the last eight, the 26-year-old has also been heavily criticised for his theatrics at this summer's showpiece global tournament in Russian Federation. No one wants that to be their World Cup legacy, do they? France have won both World Cup meetings against Belgium, winning 3-1 in the first round in 1938, and 4-2 in the third-place playoff match in 1986.

The former West Ham player said one big difference was that while his generation knew little about the fervour in the country during the tournament, today's players keep in touch through social media. But Modric said they would be ready to face Southgate's men. Nevertheless Rowe, a devoted England fan who has spent around £50,000 (56,600 euros, $66,500) to follow England over the past two decades, will wear his £65 Marks and Spencer waistcoat again on Wednesday.

Those who stuck around appeared more interested in following the action from Russian Federation via electronic devices instead of watching the tennis take place in front of them. These are two exciting European sides with great futures ahead of them. Goldman Sachs has changed it's mind about the World Cup final - again. For while Croatia looked excellent in the group stages they've needed penalties to get past Denmark and then hosts Russian Federation in the knockout rounds.

Two double-faults from De Minaur followed by a net error allowed Nadal to serve for the first set, which he took easily. Roger Federer and Serena Williams will be expected to maintain their flawless progress at Wimbledon as the title favourites head into the fourth round looking to survive the tournament's giant-killing carnage on Monday.

Another video from Thai PBS showed an ambulance arriving at a hospital in Chiang Rai city, near the cave network. Rescue operations chief Narongsak Osottanakorn described Sunday's initial rescue bid as "D-Day" when it was launched, and there were fears that any one of many potential pitfalls could prove deadly.

Facebook has agreed a deal to stream live Premier League football matches to viewers in Thailand. On Saturday, August 11, will be two matches - Newcastle will fight with Tottenham , and Wolverhampton will take Everton . The company, which made its intentions clear with a US$600 million bid for Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket a year ago, recently hired Eurosport chief executive Peter Hutton to head up its global live sports programming division, with a brief to increase ...

In the previous round, Zverev managed to prevail against Taylor Fritz with a solid display in sets four and five but he couldn't do the same today, suffering another heartbreaking Grand Slam loss in the match where he was the clear favorite.

So, from this point of view, from my side everything is fine. Regardless of what happened in the final, there are reservations about Karius, especially when all other areas of the Liverpool squad appear to be in excellent shape ahead of the 2018-19 season.

Ahead of Belgium's semifinal against France , Thomas Vermaelen believes that he and his Belgium teammates can win the World Cup . "To play without fear would probably be the one thing which would help us the most". Almost 20 million viewers tuned in for the win over Sweden and social media is awash with videos of excited fans watching on big screens in bars and parks, fanatically celebrating every England goal.