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The playing eleven still had a real strength with Coutinho, Suarez and Dembele on the attack which looked promising enough to get the party going with some fireworks. Coutinho was below par throughout the game and so was Dembele. Even though the French international showed some glittery skills and nutmegs and some amazing runs, he wasn’t particularly adding to the attack. He was later replaced by Messi in the second half....

In a proof-of-concept experiment, Aleph Farm—in collaboration with partners 3D Bioprinting Solutions, Meal Source Technologies and Finless Foods—produced the meat aboard the International Space Space Station, which orbits the Earth at an average altitude of about 250 miles. The latest method, which requires less resources than traditional animal farming,could potentially be used in future to produce food on long space missions, according to the company. They also say that the technique could have important implications for cultivating lab grown meat on Earth....

If the band of showers stretching from the Midwest to New England dampens voter turnout today, we’ll know what to blame. Cars. Factories, too. Meteorologists have long known that particles “seed” rainclouds, a process in which water and ice in the clouds grab hold of the particles, forming additional (and larger) droplets that are more likely to fall as rain. That led to the suggestion that particulate pollution emitted by traffic, businesses and factories, all of which are greater during the workweek than on the weekend (traffic to malls notwithstanding), should make for greater rainfall Monday through Friday....

Smith practiced this week despite not feeling 100 percent, and Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said Smith “took a shot to his abdomen and has a lacerated spleen ,” according to multiple reports. Burkholder says the injury will heal on its own, but it’s not OK to play though this week. MORE: Playoff seeding scenarios | Week 17 picks | Power Rankings The injury occurred on a missed deep ball to receiver Albert Wilson , according to the Kansas City Star, when Smith took a big hit....

Lorenzo-Vera led by two at the start of the final round, but trailed by the same margin after nine holes as Lagergren found birdies at the first, sixth, seventh and ninth holes. A bogey at 14 from Lagergren opened the door for the chasing pack and Lorenzo-Vera ultimately got back on level terms with a fine birdie on the penultimate hole following a superb approach. The Frenchman could not convert a birdie chance from around 20 feet at 18, though, and it was Lagergren who secured victory at the first attempt when the pair began a play-off....

Laine contributed a pair of power-play goals and Connor Hellebuyck made 31 saves to lead Winnipeg to a 6-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights, the team that eliminated the Jets from last season’s Western Conference Final. The Central Division leaders entered 2-4-2 in their previous eight games but rebounded from an embarrassing 7-1 loss at Colorado on Wednesday to improve to 12-3-2 against Pacific Division opponents this season....

And … now comes the tricky part. ANTHONY DAVIS TRADE GRADES: Lakers begin title chase; Pelicans exploit LA’s desperation You might have heard the Lakers still need to add players — many players — in 2019 NBA free agency. You also might have heard that the Lakers’ salary-cap space for NBA free agency will be impacted based on the timing of the official completion of the Davis trade. But you might not understand why....

The degree to which Ernesto Valverde’s team rely on the thrust down the left that Alba provides was made evident by their lacklustre display without him in the first half of their 2-2 draw at home to Valencia on Saturday. Alba’s performances are providing his representatives with a strong hand in their ongoing contract negotiations with the club. The 29-year-old is reportedly keen to see his salary increase in line with that of fellow Spanish internationals Gerard Pique and Sergio Busquets as part of a new five-year deal....

It should come as no surprise that the recent terrorist attack in Paris was searched more than 897 million times. The new “Star Wars” film? It was searched more than 155 million times. MORE: Best sports photos of 2015 | 2015’s best uniforms But the most trending term on Google in 2015 was Lamar Odom, who had a serious health episode at a Las Vegas brothel in October. Odom’s marriage to social media and reality television personality Khloe Kardashian aided in his name being the most searched term....

Danny Garcia comes into Saturday night’s fight vs. Lamont Peterson as the substantial favorite in the headliner of NBC’s second Premier Boxing Champions telecast (8:30 p.m. ET). The Wynn Las Vegas has Garcia listed as the -425 chalk, with Peterson offered at +325 odds. While both Garcia (29-0, 17 KOs) and Peterson (33-2-1, 17 KOs) are title-holders in the super lightweight division, Saturday’s bout at Barclays Center in Brooklyn will be contested at a catch-weight of 143 and no belt is at stake....

Former Blues midfielder Lampard was given permission to speak to Chelsea last Tuesday as the Premier League club seek a replacement for Maurizio Sarri, who has joined Juventus. The 41-year-old took his first step into coaching with Derby in 2018-19 and came within one win of guiding the club to Premier League promotion as they lost to Aston Villa in the Championship play-off final. Derby’s players returned to pre-season training on Monday but Lampard was not there to oversee it....

Barkley is currently sidelined as he recovers from an ankle injury and has again been left out of the squad ahead of Chelsea’s match at Spanish team Valencia in the Champions League on Wednesday. Lampard says Barkley still remains part of his plans and he “needs now to show all his reactions on the pitch.” Lampard says his player “showed a moment of a lack of professionalism” but that “it’s not something that I want to be a pure dictator about and come down hard on, because I also understand all my players are humans and have lives....

Reddick made his address through a video posted to his personal Twitter account, where he acknowledged the cancellation but also the work done to bring the series to life. “As all of you are well aware by now, our show Resident Evil on Netflix has been canceled,” stated Reddick. “And the haters and the trolls notwithstanding, I want to give a special thank you to all the fans who watched the show, got what we were doing, and really loved it because there are a hell of a lot of you....

GOAL: It’s always interesting to me when professional athletes retire because they’re usually at an age when most people are just getting going in their career. You’re 33 and retired, so what’s retirement like for you? What’s an average day like? MORE: Classic photos of Landon Donovan | U.S. Soccer putting heat on Klinsmann LANDON DONOVAN: (During my career) it used to be very regimented and I would know exactly where I was going, when I was going, what I was doing, what I was wearing and now it changes from day to day quite a bit....

Tiger Woods, Bernhard Langer and a trio of Australians were chasing a historic triumph in Sunday’s final round of the 77th Masters as leaders Angel Cabrera and Brandt Snedeker teed off. Snedeker, last year’s US PGA playoff and Tour Championship winner, and Cabrera teed off at seven-under par 209 through 54 holes. An opening birdie by Australian Jason Day put him alongside countryman Adam Scott at six-under with Germany’s Langer defying Father Time by opening with three birdies to stand on five-under with Aussie Marc Leishman....

Last Wednesday, James tweeted a photo of officer Nicholas Reardon, the police who fatally shot Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old Black girl, and captioned it, “YOU’RE NEXT #ACCOUNTABILITY.” James concluded the post with an hourglass emoji. In a Sunday Facebook post, Joseph penned an open letter to James criticizing the NBA player for allegedly “putting a target on the back” of the cop who shot Bryant. Joseph told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday night that LeBron hasn’t responded to his letter....

“Literally hundreds of Los Angeles police will be out there, both in uniform and undercover,” LAPD Commander Andrew Smith said, via the New York Daily News. “We have them dressed in undercover gear so they look just like a fan of one or another team’s, so people will never know whether the person standing next to them with a Mets jersey is an LAPD officer or not.” MORE: Greinke, deGrom set for historic matchup | Best photos from NLDS...

The under-21 international had been strongly linked with a move to Premier League side Manchester City by the Spanish and English media but the 22-year-old has opted to remain in Bilbao. “I’ve had to think about it a lot in order to choose the best option for me and I have arrived to the conclusion that Athletic was the best solution,” Laporte told the club’s official website. “I sign for four years and I’m thrilled and excited to continue in the club....

NFL DRAFT: Picks, analysis, more Before an NFL team even claimed his rights, Tunsil suddenly had something awful in common with Johnny Manziel: embarrassing, damaging moments caught on video. Tunsil actually moved past him and into D’Angelo Russell/Nick Young territory. The late Marion Barry’s all-time record might be in jeopardy. The instantly infamous gas-mask bong video that appeared on his Twitter feed five minutes before the draft began, apparently dropped him from a steal at third overall, right out of the top 10 and to the Dolphins at No....

“I was so excited to walk in the dressing room, and more excited seeing the staff and seeing the kids,” Brown, 75, told reporters (via the Dallas Morning News), whose 10-0 team led throughout. “I told [the players] our goal is to get better in practice and to get better in every game, to represent our conference and school.” MORE: See Brown’s tumultuous coaching career Brown — greeted by a knot of SMU fans chanting “Lar-ry!...