Napoli released a statement Sunday confirming that the Slovakian international’s condition will be evaluated over the next few days, reports Xinhua. Hamsik played for only nine minutes as a substitute in Saturday’s 0-1 loss to Parma before limping off. Medical tests found there are no fractures or lesions in his left foot, but he suffered a heavy blow in the game against Parma in the area where there was a bruise....
With just three races remaining in the regular season, drivers on the playoff bubble will be racing hard to improve their chances of making the postseason. Drivers beat and bang throughout the race for position on the half-mile track, and tempers often flare when someone feels another driver did them wrong. Saturday night should be no different. Here’s the weekend schedule: NASCAR at Bristol 2018: TV channel and streaming info Note: All times are ET....
Truex is the defending champion at Kentucky and was in contention for a win as well in 2016, and had it not been for a penalty on pit road he may have come away with the win. He will be starting from the front again Saturday, and with four of the last seven winners in Kentucky starting from the front row, Truex has to feel good about his chances....
A polarizing figure for as long as he’s been in the UFC, Diaz is actually one of the most tenured fighters on the roster – he made his debut back in 2007, winning Season 5 of The Ultimate Fighter, and has stepped into the Octagon a further 22 times since. Along the way he’s had major wins, poor losses, and some seriously memorable fights. Here are 5 of Diaz’s most memorable UFC outings....
The Railways national champion in men’s 48kg also skipped the ongoing Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Bulgaria due to shoulder pain. Sahani spoke exclusively to Sportskeeda about his situation. The boxer from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh said he is looking forward to upcoming major multi-discipline events, including the Asian Games in September. How have the other boxers besides Sahani fared so far? At the Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, India’s Sumit started his campaign on a positive note by defeating 2021 World Championships silver medallist Dzhambulat Bizhamov in his opening 75kg bout....
Paris Saint-Germain have recorded six-straight wins in Ligue 1 after losing their first two games of the 2020-21 season. The turnaround in fortunes has seen PSG claim top spot in league standing while Nantes broke their four-game winless streak against Stade Brestois with a 3-1 home win in their previous outing. Both of Nantes’ wins this campaign have come at the Stade de la Beaujoire and they will be banking on home advantage to get a favorable result against PSG over the weekend....
Reuters reported on Monday that the world-ranked No. 2 tennis star has opted out of the upcoming Berlin WTA 5000, an event that, before Osaka’s withdrawal, featured 15 of the top 20 world ranked women’s tennis players. Osaka’s decision to not participate in the event casts doubt on whether she will join the field at Wimbledon, which starts on June 28. Osaka has won the Australian Open twice and the U....
Following an amateur record of 75-6, Inoue turned pro in 2012. He won the WBC light-flyweight and the WBO junior-bantamweight titles in 2014. Inoue defended the WBO title seven times. He won the WBA (Regular) bantamweight title in 2018 against Jamie McDonnell. Inoue competed in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament from 2018-2019. He beat Juan Carlos Payano, Emmanuel Rodriguez, and Donaire to win the tournament as well as the IBF, The Ring, and (regained the) WBA (Super) bantamweight titles....
Hendrick Motorsports announced Tuesday that NAPA will follow Elliott from the Xfinity Series into the Sprint Cup Series next season as his majority sponsor. The deal is for three years. MORE: Weekend preview | Did Johnson let Junior win? | PHOTOS: 2015 Cup winners “I’m so fortunate to work with a company like NAPA,” Elliott said in a release. “They’ve been behind me 100 percent, and I never take that support for granted....
Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez? Click here to see the countdown of the 50 best players in the world in the 2016 Goal 50 Goal understands the Serie A outfit is weighing up a move for the former Juventus man as it looks to replace the injured Arkadiusz Milik. Zaza is yet to find the net since joining the Irons on a season-long loan deal in August, with the Hammers floundering just one place above the relegation zone after 11 matches....
Having reached the last 16 in last season’s competition, the Partenopei are clear 3/10 (1.30) favourites with Genting to put one foot in the group stages by coming out on top here. In contrast, this is the first ever involvement in the Champions League for Lucien Favre’s team, who are available at 9/1 (10.00) to give themselves an excellent chance of qualification by pulling off a shock win. The guests overcame Ajax on away goals after two draws in the previous round, and you can get odds of 17/4 (5....
Ancelotti’s team will qualify from Group C if they avoid defeat at last season’s finalists Liverpool on Tuesday, or if they lose and Paris Saint-Germain are also beaten at Red Star Belgrade. PSG need a win to guarantee their own progress but will also be through if Liverpool fail to beat Napoli. Although Napoli are second in the Serie A table having won four of their last five games, they are already eight points behind leaders Juventus, who are hunting an eighth consecutive title....
RELATED: Naruto: The Hyuga Clan’s Cursed Seal, Explained These techniques are incredibly high-level Jutsu and, thus, possess tremendous power, enough to wipe out the enemy in a single strike. In fact, some techniques in the world of Naruto are deadly enough to even destroy planets, and more. 10 Shiki Fujin Shiki Fujin is a Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan. It debuted during Hiruzen Sarutobi’s fight against Orochimaru and was revealed to be a technique that summons the Death God itself....
Despite 60 years of female space travel internationally, only 12 percent of the nearly 600 people who have been into space have been women, and many of the barriers these women have faced have been in the space agencies themselves. Karen Nyberg, a retired NASA astronaut, artist and engineer, became the 50th woman in space in 2008. Speaking to Newsweek, she recalled her experiences leading up to that first space flight....
The four-stage format for the 2017 Monster Energy All-Star Race on May 20 (8 p.m. ET, FS1) will reward winning and incorporates a strategy component. Each team will have one set of softer tires — for better grip and, thus, speed — available to use at its discretion in the 70-lap exhibition race. The one caveat: Teams that choose to use the softer tires to start the final stage must start behind those that use regular tires....
The telecommunications company has sponsored NASCAR’s top series since 2008, and the relationship really dates to 2004, when Nextel began backing the series. Sprint later purchased Nextel. MORE: Winners and losers: Joe Gibbs Racing makes this Martinsville list NASCAR chief operating officer Brent Dewar says the sanctioning body is talking with multiple companies, and that those talks are at “an advanced stage," the Sports Business Journal reported Monday. “We know how to handle complexity and meet deadlines, and this is no different,” Dewar told SBJ....
The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race was scheduled to start at 2 p.m. on Fox, but weather conditions are not suitable for racing, NASCAR announced at Sunday’s drivers meeting. MORE: Everything you need to know about the Food City 500 Monday’s conditions aren’t that much better. Rain is expected in the morning and early afternoon. Brian Neudorff, a NASCAR Meteorologist for SB Nation, predicts there’s “around a 60 percent” chance the race will be able to run Monday at 1 p....
But this week the Cup Series heads to Bristol Motor Speedway, where it pays to be a Busch brother. Kyle and Kurt Busch have combined to win each of the last four races at the 0.533-mile track (Kyle 3, Kurt 1) and the two even dueled for the win earlier this season with Kyle coming out on top and Kurt finishing as the runner-up. Both drivers already have their playoff spots locked up with wins this season, but you can bet they’ll be dueling once again for supremacy in Tennessee....
Alex Bowman eked out a spot in the second round by virtue of his second-place finish at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but his work isn’t done yet. He currently sits ninth in the Cup Series standings and will have to continue to race well if he wants to move on to the Round of 8. Kyle Busch remains in great position to move on as he sits first in the standings, and Martin Truex Jr....
