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Messi hails incredible Totti The 40-year-old former Italy forward made his 786th and final appearance for the Giallorossi in last weekend’s 3-2 win over Genoa on the final day of the Serie A season. It brought a career-long playing association with the capital club to a close, although Totti has hinted he could continue his career elsewhere. He is the 17th recipient of an award previously given to luminaries such as Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff, Bobby Charlton, Eusebio and Paolo Maldini....

First, a loaded Barcelona Femini squad that features stars Alexia Putellas and Jennifer Hermoso is matched up against a historically great Wolfsburg Women’s side that includes multiple German internationals such as Sara Doorsoun, Tabea Wassmuth, and captain Alexandra Popp. Barcelona romped in the first leg behind a brace from Putellas, in great position to make the finals. The white-hot Putellas had carried the team to the semifinals as well, with three goals across the two-leg quarterfinal victory over Real Madrid....

Denmark defeated the Republic of Ireland in emphatic fashion on Tuesday to join the likes of Switzerland, Croatia and Sweden among the 32 finalists heading to Russia in 2018. Remarkably, the play-offs sequence saw the elimination of four-time World Cup winners Italy, who miss out on the tournament for the first time in 60 years. Goal has your complete guide to UEFA’s upcoming final qualification fixtures. PLAY-OFFS FIXTURES & RESULTS The draw for the European play-offs took place on October 17....

This is a rematch from a fight back in March, when Hendricks (16-2-0) won a very close decision to claim the title vacated by Georges St-Pierre. That fight was one of the best of the year so far, with Hendricks getting the better of the first two rounds and Lawler (24-10-0) taking the third and fourth. The difference was in the fifth and deciding round, where Hendricks just seemed to have a little more cardio, and it proved to be enough to get “Bigg Rigg” the decision....

PHOTOS: Dramatic moments from UFC 193 | MORE: UFC 193 live blog | UFC 193 winners & losers | Holm shocks the world Round 1: The opening round started out in a battle of finding range. About halfway through the round, Rosholt secured a takedown on his 6'11" opponent. The Team Takedown fighter landed a few elbows inside Struve’s guard but not too much else. The crowd booed following the bell....

Holm spent much of the fight warding off Tate’s takedown attempts. After a dangerous second round in which Tate nearly finished the fight, Holm responded with two strong rounds. But in the fifth round Tate took a risk going for a wild takedown attempt. She got Holm’s back and put her to sleep. MORE: UFC champion breakdown | UFC’s biggest villains | UFC 196 live updates The first round saw Holm and Tate show great caution in their approach....

Jones was scheduled to fight Daniel Cormier on Saturday in Las Vegas. The headline event will now be Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt in Lesnar’s return to mixed martial arts. MORE: Where disgraced athletes went wrong USADA flagged an out-of-competition sample taken from Jones on June 16. UFC will review the case before any sanctions are imposed, but the organization said there was not enough time for a full review before Saturday’s event....

On hand was Whittaker, who makes his first defence of his middleweight title against Yoel Romero this weekend at UFC 225, as well as coaches Fabricio Itte, Alex Prates and Justin Fitzgerald. Reunited on the other opposite side of the world at Vianna Brothers Jiu Jitsu Academy, the crew put in some light work as fight week swung into action. “It’s always good to have familiar faces around,” Whittaker’s coach Fabricio Itte told Sporting News from Chicago....

Records tumbled, statements were made and potential title contenders rose to the occasion on a night that threatened to get canned due to Jones’ doping fiasco. It was an entertaining card from top to bottom with highlight reel finishes and superior displays of technicality and skill ending a highly successful year for the UFC. Nonetheless, UFC 232 lived up to expectations and was one of the most trending topics on Twitter....

It was a historic night. So, let’s not waste any more time and get right into the results. Early Prelims on Fight Pass Results Bantamweight (135 lbs): Brian Jackson def. Montel Kelleher via submission (D’arce Choke, 1:40 of round 1) Welterweight (170 lbs): Curtis Millender def. Siyar Bahadurzada via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27) Middleweight (185 lbs): Uriah Hall def. Bevon Lewis via KO (Punch) (1:32 of Round 3)...

The UFC middleweight champion, who returns to action this weekend in Melbourne, where he’ll defend his title against Kelvin Gastelum, has shown over the course of his unbeaten run in the division that he possesses all the skills, talents and intangibles needed to sit atop the 185-pound ranks for an extended period of time, yet when fans and observers discuss the top competitors in the sport today, Whittaker’s name isn’t one that gets brought up quickly, if at all....

However, there will be one particular matter which has come to the notice of MMA fans – Nate Diaz will not have his brother Nick Diaz in his corner for the long-awaited return to the Octagon. Who were in Nate Diaz’ corner for UFC 241? Nate Diaz’ return to the Octagon saw three men registered in his corner other than his coach and not a single one of them were his brother, Nick Diaz....

#5. Paige VanZant vs Amanda Ribas opens UFC 251 Round 1: The favorite Amanda Ribas took little to no time to put a stamp on Paige VanZant. She put the pressure on her, took her down, took her back, and would go on to submit her with a beautiful armbar in just two minutes to seemingly end Paige VanZant’s UFC run. Result: Amanda Ribas def. Paige VanZant via armbar (Rd 1, 2:21)...

The announcement was made during Ubisoft’s earnings call yesterday. Eight AAA games are slated for release between now and 2020, but Avatar is definitively not one of them. An Ubisoft representative gave a statement to IGN that confirmed the company has no plans to launch the game before James Cameron’s Avatar 2 is released in theaters on December 18, 2020. More specifically, the game won’t hit shelves before fiscal year 2021....

He posted the following via the PlayStation Blog - The game can be accessed from the beginning of the coming weekend and can be played on the PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Players will also get access to the new Blazing Shots update which grants new vehicles, vanity items, weekly live summits, special PVE events and much more. Also, one will need to keep in mind that this new Blazing shots pack is the fourth free update for the game....

Canonical is in mood to expand in the smartphone industry, especially after the befitting success of Andoird.The leaked photos makes the look smart and sexy but would it find place in lexicon of smartphone addicts? Keep a tab we will give you more details after the event

Just when you thought the BlackBerry 10 had its work cut out for itself by competing against Android, iOS and the new Windows Phone 8. According to reports on the web, Linux-based Ubuntu OS will soon come to smartphones, giving the BlackBerry 10 one more competitor to fight for precious market share with. And this could happen as soon as October 2013, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. The Ubuntu smartphone OS will be optimized for use on the Galaxy Nexus and app developers can get to work by the end of this month itself....

It has been joined by UEFA in slamming the proposal, which they say threatens the very structure of the game. Previously, UEFA’s Swiss model for the Champions League had been expected to be ratified at a meeting on Monday, before reports of a rival competition emerged on Sunday. What has been said? In a statement, the English top-flight said: “The Premier League condemns any proposal that attacks the principles of open competition and sporting merit which are at the heart of the domestic and European football pyramid....

It was a fitting end to a Champions League that saw plenty of goals, records being broken and its fair share of upsets, drama and comebacks. There were plenty of brilliant players on show, let us look at who made the cut into the Champions League team of the season. Here is how the team would look in a 4-4-2 formation. Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois Arguably one of the easiest selections, the on-loan Chelsea shot-stopper Thibaut Courtois once again proved just why he is regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in Europe at the moment....

The lack of competition saw the old system scrapped and now we have a new system which looks more beckoning. UEFA in a bid to make international friendlies more competitive has introduced a UEFA Nations League. A league with some form of reward for the winners (a trophy and bragging rights) and semi-finalists (a play-off route to Euro 2020 in case they do not qualify conventionally). If it was a competition that UEFA cried out for then the first set of matches of the UEFA Nations League must have dried their tears....