Somewhere in the Shakhtar Donetsk media archives, there’s a video of a 14-year-old academy player showing off his skills, when someone asks him to reveal his career dream.

The young boy was Oleksandr ‘Alex’ Zinchenko and he said the ultimate objective was to play for Arsenal. The next day, a Shakhtar club official approached him.

“He said: ‘We need to film it again because the club is going to sack you!'” recalls Zinchenko in an

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When the New York Giants take on the division rival Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, they will have star running back Saquon Barkley, head coach Brian Daboll confirmed hours before kickoff. This comes after Barkley reportedly underwent a precautionary MRI on Saturday.

Barkley popped up on the Giants’ injury report with a neck issue earlier this week, and it limited him in practices. He was officially listed as questionable for Week 14. Daboll told

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The Cinderella story at the World Cup continues. 

Morocco beat Portugal in the quarterfinals Saturday morning, 1-0. Morocco advances to play the winner of the quarterfinal match between England and France. 

Youssef En-Nesyri of Morocco celebrates after scoring the team's first goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 quarter final match between Morocco and Portugal at Al Thumama Stadium on December 10, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. 

Youssef En-Nesyri of Morocco celebrates after scoring the team’s first goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 quarter final match between Morocco and Portugal at Al Thumama Stadium on December 10, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. 
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It’s the first time an

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Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al-Khelaifi says he is confident Lionel Messi will extend his stay with the club when they discuss his future in January – and confirmed Man Utd’s Marcus Rashford could be a summer transfer target if he is a free agent.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, Al-Khelaifi smiled when recent reports suggesting Messi would be heading to MLS at the end of the season were mentioned and insisted the Argentina captain

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In the end, Aaron Judge wanted to finish his career with the New York Yankees more than join his hometown-ish San Francisco Giants. Judge has agreed to remain with the Yankees on a massive nine-year, $360 million contract. He reportedly turned down a similar offer from the Giants, and the San Diego Padres were a late entrant in the Judge sweepstakes as well.

The $360 million contract is the largest free agent contract

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Welcome to the Monday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!

Usually, I open things up on Mondays by writing about how crazy things got over the weekend, but let’s be honest, things actually didn’t get that crazy. There were 14 games played on Sunday and there was only one upset (Bengals over Chiefs). Overall, teams that were favored to win went 12-1-1 on the day. That’s boring. I want upsets. I now want to see

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The budding rivalry between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs heated up in the days leading to their matchup Sunday afternoon.

It was Joe Burrow and the Bengals coming away with the 27-24 victory.

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Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins and quarterback Joe Burrow celebrate a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs in Cincinnati, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022.

Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins and quarterback Joe Burrow celebrate a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs in Cincinnati, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022.
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One point of contention before the

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That first touch of Lionel Messi. That left-foot swing that pierced through the fumbling legs of Harry Souttar. That laser-eyed precision to beat the outstretched fists of Mathew Ryan. That twinkling run when he became younger by a decade. That Christ the Redeemed pose when he looks skywards to thank his grandmother every time he scores a goal.

Everything that Messi did on an electrifying Saturday night, would not need high definition camera shots to

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When the Bears last saw the Green Bay Packers, they had little hope of pulling off an upset.

This was the Packers defense the analysts anticipated as top 10 or top 5, and dominant. It was the double-edged running game of Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon and, of course, it was the quarterback who owns the Bears, Aaron Rodgers.

The receiver corps was different without Davante Adams but Rodgers made it work and the Bears

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We’re now into December, and the Winter Meetings are just around the bend. In terms of free agents and trade candidates, all the major names remain on the board, but that could change in the coming days. Given that assumed momentum, it’s time to check in on the daily supply of MLB rumors. Let’s do that now. 

Astros’ reluctance may open up Verlander market

It figures that the incumbent Houston Astros would have the edge

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