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NL Central champion Brewers to begin postseason play on October 4
The Rockies lost to the Dodgers . Even though it's October, Monday's tiebreaker game is considered a regular-season game. The title-winning Red Sox , Indians, Astros and Braves will advance to the postseason along with the Brewers , Cubs, Rockies and Dodgers plus the Yankees and Athletics, the two American League wild-card teams. [Full Article...]
Champions League: Mourinho recalls Sanchez for Valencia showdown
His pace and attacking threat was starkly contrasting to that of striker Romelu Lukaku, who looked static throughout the 90 minutes. The kick-off was put back to 8.05pm as a result but the United players didn't have almost enough time to change and warm up for such an important Champions League game. [Full Article...]
Alisson sorry not to face Cristiano Ronaldo in Serie A
On Monday, Ronaldo's agent, Gestifute, said they had no comment beyond a Friday statement by Ronaldo's lawyer Christian Schertz, who called the German magazine report "an inadmissible reporting of suspicions in the area of privacy". Kathryn Mayorga, 34, says the Portuguese forward sexually assaulted her in a penthouse suite in the USA state of Nevada and then dispatched a team of "fixers" to o... [Full Article...]
Twins fire manager Paul Molitor
This year was supposed to be when the Twins really took a step forward and contended for the AL Central, but they were a below-average ball club and finished with a 78-84 record. In that time they went 305-343, yo-yoing between pretty good, terrible, pretty good and disappointing in that time. This came despite the fact that Falvey made moves to deal talent at the non-waiver trade deadline. [Full Article...]
Champions League: Man Utd train ahead of Valencia clash
Talk in the dressing room doesn't mean anything. "I see upset people, some people that don't look like they lost a game". I thought that as a player and I think it even more as a manager. Leeds United ace Pablo Hernandez has backed Valencia to win against Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Champions League tonight. 29-year-old Alexis would now be a Premier League champion had he join... [Full Article...]
Tottenham's big guns missing for visit of Barcelona
The visitors have lost their last four Champions League games including a 2-0 home loss to 10-man Juventus on Matchday One. Hoffenheim got a point at Shakhtar Donetsk last month, but they were beaten at home by Leipzig at the weekend and the hosts have only won one of their last nine games in European competition. [Full Article...]
How to watch Rockies vs. Dodgers, NL West Tiebreaker
But it won't be easy, as several other players he's chasing in the stats column are playing Monday in one of the two tiebreakers (the Dodgers host the Rockies at 4 p.m. That means the Milwaukee slugger gets one more chance at the rare feat. Corey Knebel (4-3) extended his scoreless streak to 16 1/3 innings with a ideal seventh, and Hader worked two innings for his 12th save. [Full Article...]
Nishioka claims maiden ATP title in Shenzhen
Nishioka, ranked 171st in the world, rallied from a set down to beat fifth seed Verdasco 1-6 6-3 7-6 (7-5) on Saturday. Unseeded Nishioka, who lost to Verdasco at this year's French Open, roared back after tamely surrendering the opening set and kept his wits about him in the tie-break to wrap up his first career victory over the Spaniard in two hours 20 minutes. [Full Article...]