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LA Galaxy midfielder Jonathan dos Santos will not be part of the games and Tigres wingers Javier Aquino and Jurgen Damm will miss the Iceland contest and are in doubt to face Croatia. Chivas center back Oswaldo Alanis has been added to the team after not being included in the initial call. Dos Santos’ brother Giovani already had been excluded from the Mexico side because of an injury suffered in the Galaxy’s 2-1 loss to New York City FC on March 11....

El Tri (3rd, 17 points) got its quest to qualify for Qatar 2022 back on track with a win in Jamaica on Thursday, but manager Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino says that “the win would serve nothing if we don’t win [Sunday vs. Costa Rica] and on Wednesday against Panama.” Martino’s men have to finish in the top three in the CONCACAF regional qualifying table to clinch a direct berth to the World Cup in November....

“He is pretty young. 19-20 years old and the talent that he has is enormous. That’s the reason Mumbai Indians have backed him as the first choice,” said the Mumbai Ranji Trophy-winning captain ahead of MI’s penultimate round robin game tomorrow against Kings XI Punjab at the Wankhede Stadium here. “It is the start in his career, so it is a great opportunity for him playing for MI. A couple of games back he won a game for us, so it shows the amount of ability he has with the bat....

Heat shooting guard Ray Allen hosted a Super Bowl party for teammates, and as we have come to expect from the Heat, it was celebrated in style. Check out photos from the Heat setup at Allen's Miami home.

The 77-year-old billionaire is expected to file paperwork this week for the Democratic presidential primary in Alabama, and could make an announcement on it next week, The New York Times reported. If he does confirm his candidacy, it would be an about-turn for Bloomberg, who said in March he would not run for president. Back then, he believed Joe Biden was too strong a contender but Biden, 76, has faced questions over his verbal gaffes and is trailing the field in his fundraising efforts....

The 78-year-old billionaire was a lifelong liberal until he switched to the Republican Party in 2001 in order to get elected. Six years later, he abandoned the GOP and registered as an independent—although the switch didn’t seem to bother Republicans, as they supported his bid for a third mayoral term in 2009. Bloomberg remained an independent until 2018 when he became a Democrat in order to run for president....

The Toronto FC stars were on Bruce Arena’s 40-man preliminary roster for the tournament and were widely believed to be among the changes the U.S. would make to the playing squad after the group stage. Five thoughts from Mexico’s draw Each side in the Gold Cup is allowed to make six changes heading into the knockout rounds. The 29-year-old Bradley is the captain for both the U.S. national team and TFC, while Altidore has wracked up eight goals from 17 appearances for the MLS side this season....

The American midfielder responded to the recent war of words between U.S. men’s national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann and MLS commissioner Don Garber on Friday, stating that his move to Toronto FC earlier this year was a choice that was best for his situation. “As a player it’s always the same. You want to be at a place where you’re valued as a player [and] as a person, in terms of what you bring to the table every day,” Bradley said of his big-money transfer to TFC, which earlier this week drew criticism from Klinsmann....

“They’ve played so much cricket in Australia. They’ve worked out how to take wickets. They’ve worked out how to score runs, and they’ve shown that through this tournament,” Clarke said at the post-match press conference. “I think MS Dhoni deserves a lot of credit for the way he’s captained his team, especially being defeated in the Test series and the Tri-Series to be able to turn things around,” the right-handed batsman added....

If Clarke does not recover in time for Australia’s opening ODI against Zimbabwe, on Monday, the current vice-captain George Bailey will deputize for the 33-year old. “We will monitor his condition closely over the next 24 hours to see how he responds to further treatment before making a decision on his management,” team physiotherapist David Beakley said. Australia are unlikely to take any risk with Clarke’s fitness, with a hectic period of cricket coming up over the course of the next 12 months....

Jordan pulled a season-long con on Pippen by correctly picking the winner of an animated bull race that was shown on video boards of Chicago home games. What Pippen didn’t know is that the races were “pre-recorded,” and that Jordan would find out ahead of time who would win the race. MORE: Classic photos of Jordan The story comes from ESPN’s Amin Elhassan, who told the story on an episode of “The Lowe Post”....

Earlier this month, right before The Flash started filming, Keaton was confirmed to be appearing in the movie. The movie will acknowledge the events of Batman and Batman Returns, but ignore Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, which technically took place in the same continuity, but featured a different actor as Batman (Val Kilmer and George Clooney, respectively). Keaton’s older Bruce Wayne will act as a sort of mentor to Miller’s Barry Allen after his attempt to travel back in time and prevent his mother’s murder has unexpected consequences on the larger spacetime continuum....

Michael Phelps has won more Olympic medals than anyone else, and he expressed some frustration Wednesday when asked about the topic. MORE: 31 Greatest American Olympians | How to watch Rio Olympics “We all want clean sports, that’s all we want,” he said at a news conference in Rio. “We want everybody to be on the same playing field. For me, I’m the only one that can control myself and that’s really all I focus on....

Phelps unfortunately lost the 100m swimming race to the simulated great white shark. The Olympian did put his A-game forward as he clocked an average speed of 5.9 miles per hour during the race. However, the shark’s swimming prowess remained unmatched. The computer-generated simulation of the animal crossed the finish line in 36.1 seconds, beating Phelps by two seconds. It’s interesting that the swimmer originally wanted to race a real-life shark and not a simulation....

As was confirmed by his son John Fassel to Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times, the elder Fassel suffered a heart attack while under sedation. He had been hospitalized and was dealing with chest pains. Fassel coached the Giants from 1997 to 2003. He took home Coach of the Year honors during his first season in ‘97 and eventually led the Giants on an improbable run to the Super Bowl during the 2000 season....

In his first play as a Steeler, the veteran quarterback went deep to Martavis Bryant for a 63-yard pickup. The man still has it. MORE: Memorable lefty QBs | Pittsburgh is more of a ‘Cat Town’ | Preseason Week 3 action He’s only been in Pittsburgh for a few days, and he’s already dropping bombs. The Steelers needed some quarterback depth behind Ben Roethlisberger and, boy, did they find it or what?...

Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on Wednesday night the Vancouver Canucks forward “will be leaving the bubble due to injury.” While not confirmed, Ferland has long struggled with the effects from a concussion and post-concussion syndrome and TSN’s Darren Dreger did tweet that, “Sources say he’s dealing with similar issues.” TSN 1040’s Rick Dhaliwal is reporting that Ferland is returning to his home in Manitoba and not Vancouver. Known for a gritty, physical style of play, the winger made his return to the lineup in the Canucks’ qualifying round Game 1 loss to the Minnesota Wild....

Obama praised Biden as a “profoundly decent man” while delivering Monday’s keynote address. She urged voters to cast their ballots for Biden so they will “be able to look our children in the eye” after defeating Trump. “Let me be as honest and clear as I possibly can, Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country,” Obama said. “He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head....

The accomplished best-selling author, lawyer and wife of former U.S. president Barack Obama showed up to Edgartown Public Library at about 4 p.m. and spent about 30 minutes talking with staff and schoolchildren in the building, the Martha’s Vineyard Times reported. “Some of the kids were sobbing. They were stunned. They couldn’t believe she was in front of them,” library director Lisa Sherman told the newspaper, before adding: “I couldn’t believe it either....

Although the announcement of Yeoh joining the cast of the Witcher prequel series was just revealed, a lot of insight and details have been shared regarding her character and the way in which she will fit into this world of monsters and other creatures. Scian happens to be the very last of her nomadic tribe of sword-elves. Yeoh will be new to the cast, but her character Scian is no stranger to the nature of self-protection and grief....