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The 39-year-old right-handed pitcher has a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. It puts his against-the-odds comeback from Tommy John surgery in serious jeopardy, if not ending his 15-year MLB career all together. MORE: 11 most-hated players this century | Cubs players unhappy with smokeless tobacco ban Arroyo signed a minor league contract with the Nationals in January with hopes of making it to the big leagues for one last run....

The 19-year-old is the latest exciting talent to roll off a production line which continues to churn out players of international calibre. Lyon 50/1 to win Ligue 1 title In the past, the likes of current Arsenal striker Lacazette, Real Madrid frontmarn Karim Benzema and highly-rated playmaker Fekir have emerged through the ranks at their home-town club. Aouar has now added his name to that list, with the teenager catching the eye as he sets about treading a path similar to that which has carried colleagues past and present to the top of the game....

The France international joined Arsenal from Lyon last summer for a then club record fee of £46.5million, but hasn’t produced as many goalscoring moments as Arsene Wenger would have liked over the past few months – but his past two games have showed that he is more than capable of leading the Gunners to Europa League glory, following an impressive brace and performance against CSKA Moscow. Lacazette went nine games without scoring in January before undergoing knee surgery weeks later which kept him on the sidelines for over a month....

The Gunners’ record signing brought Emirates Stadium to its feet by steering Mohamed Elneny’s cross past Kasper Schmeichel. Arsenal 9/1 to win the Premier League It brings him level with former Arsenal favourite Kevin Campbell, who breached Manchester City swiftly at Highbury in 1994, while Colombia great Faustino Asprilla also punished Sheffield Wednesday in the second minute of the 1997-98 campaign while at Newcastle United. The goal also continued Lacazette’s phenomenal record in the first game of top-flight seasons over recent years - one that Arsenal needed to add to after Leicester forwards Shinji Okazaki and Jamie Vardy turned the game on its head....

College basketball fans will never forget it. Neither will Christian Laettner. His Duke team trailed Kentucky, 103-102, with 2.1 seconds remaining in overtime in the 1992 NCAA East Region final when Laettner caught an 80-foot inbounds pass from Grant Hill. Laettner dribbled, faked, turned and hit a 17-foot jumper as time expired to give the Blue Devils the win. For Laettner, the moment remains vivid to this day. He spoke to Sporting News about the shot that propelled the Blue Devils to their second consecutive national title....

Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 Muller netted an impressive 20 times in 31 league outings last term, but still awaits his first goal in eight top-flight outings this season, even though he has found the net in the DFL-Supercup and Champions League. Despite some joking between the duo, Lahm sees no reason for concern, though, and has little doubt Muller will start scoring again sooner rather than later....

Davis swapped the New Orleans Pelicans for the Lakers in a blockbuster trade and the six-time All-Star is eyeing his first title. Preparing for his first season with the Lakers, Davis told ESPN: “I don’t think I have a failure that I’ve had yet. “Obviously at the end of my career if I don’t win a championship that would be, I would feel that’s one of my biggest failures. But right now, I still have a lot to do in this world on and off the court....

On his 38th birthday, James looked no different than the 19-year-old who entered the league in 2003. The Lakers went into Atlanta for a matchup with the Hawks and the birthday boy refused to settle for anything but a win. James was otherworldly — and not just relative to his big day. The Lakers superstar put together one of his best performances of the entire season, getting into a zone that we’ve seen so many times over his immaculate 20-year career....

There was the blockbuster trade for Anthony Davis, one of the top 10 stars in the NBA. There were the signings of helpful role players like Avery Bradley, Quinn Cook, Jared Dudley and Danny Green. There was still LeBron James, who is pretty good at basketball. And then there was… Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. MORE: Is Anthony Davis willing to play center for Lakers? Lakers fans are already turning on the 26-year-old shooting guard after just eight quarters of action....

Kelly has been in the starting lineup for each of the Lakers’ last four games, although hamstring injuries kept him sidelined in all but three games in the first two months of the season. MORE: Kupchak expects Kobe to return | Lillard ’thanks’ league for All-Star snub The second-year Duke product has averaged 3.8 points and 2.9 rebounds in 17 games this season. Kelly suited up for the D-Fenders on Friday when the team hosted Bakersfield....

Ikwuano-born Chukwueze came a long way very fast following his LaLiga debut against Levante on 4th November 2018, having scored his first senior goal for club from Spain’s eastern coast in a Copa del Rey tie against Almeria a few days previously. A first LaLiga goal arrived on November 11th, when he drove into the area and dribbled past two defenders before firing low through the legs of Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski....

Real Madrid are currently 5th in the LaLiga table, which is astonishingly low for a club of their stature. If Real Madrid are to guarantee a Top 4 spot, Santiago Solari has to look at possible reinforcements that can help his cause. If anyone has watched Real Madrid play this season, they would find numerous problems starting from the back and up to the front. At the back, Madrid have been leaking goals season with Ramos and Varane looking a shadow of themselves....

Some big names such as Valencia, Villarreal, Celta Vigo and Athletic Bilbao are all teetering at the wrong end of the table and neither of the highest scorers so far belong to a top-nine team. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg. There’s plenty more here, that has taken us by surprise and remember, we are not even halfway through the season. Here are the top five unexpected things to have happened....

Action began on Friday evening in Madrid, as Rayo Vallecano hosted Eibar. Coming off their resounding win over Real Madrid in the previous week, many were expecting Eibar to take maximum points. Instead, a resilient Rayo side saw out an important 1-0 triumph. Celta Vigo started Saturday’s games off with a comfortable 2-0 home win against Huesca. Leganés and manager Mauricio Pellegrino were able to finally capture three points away from home, producing a marvellous 4-2 victory at Real Valladolid to move further away from the drop zone....

Real Madrid and Barcelona are going head-to-head for the title again, but Atletico Madrid and Sevilla have remained hot on the big two’s coattails with a strong run of their own. Real Sociedad, meanwhile, have thrown up a real surprise by springing up in European places. That said, there are no stunners in the scoring charts. Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema and Luis Suarez are the three most prolific so far, albeit the latter faces four months on the sidelines after sustaining an injury in the Supercup....

How Cesc saved his Chelsea career The 38-year-old is a free agent after leaving New York City last month following a fruitful spell in MLS. Lampard’s visit to Chelsea training this week has prompted speculation of a return to the club and manager Antonio Conte confirmed the Blues’ all-time top goalscorer is not yet interested in retiring in order to take up a coaching role. Though the former England international is calm over his next move, he says that the chance to go back to Stamford Bridge would be tough to turn down....

WATCH: Costa & Luiz kidnap Conte! The Blues claimed a second title in three seasons on Friday after their 1-0 win away to West Brom ensured that they cannot be caught by second-place Tottenham in their final three matches. The triumph marks a stunning debut campaign in England for head coach Antonio Conte, who can still claim the domestic double should Chelsea beat Arsenal in the FA Cup final....

England international Hudson-Odoi put pen to paper on a new five-year contract on Thursday which will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2024. The 18-year-old winger’s future had been the subject of much speculation, with Bayern Munich strongly linked to the youngster before he agreed fresh terms. Lampard had assured Hudson-Odoi, who has been out injured since rupturing his Achilles in April, he was a central part of his plans when he replaced Maurizio Sarri in the Chelsea dugout in July....

The woman, believed to be in her 20s, died when she was struck by the plane at the grounds of Parachute Montreal, close to route 125 near Saint-Esprit in Quebec. According to Global News, the woman was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was later pronounced dead at around 12:50 p.m. on Monday afternoon. The outlet added the pilot of the plane was also taken to a nearby hospital in order to treat a “violent nervous shock....

Authorities had received multiple complaints from concerned neighbors about the farm animals. When police and the health department arrived at the suburban row home, they found an odd scene. They found “about four or five dead chicken carcasses, their throats slashed and they were left in a pile,” H. James Boor of the Division of Environmental Health for Jersey City told NBC-4 New York. Alyza Brevard-Rodriguez, Otero’s landlord, was returning home from active duty in the Middle East with the U....