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When you think of such meetings, though, it is the unions of David and Victoria Beckham, Ashley and Cheryl Cole or Gerard Pique and Shakira that immediately spring to mind. Pirlo: Pep wanted me at Barca Sometimes, however, iconic figures from two very different walks of life can form the unlikeliest of bonds. In May 2017, two such personalities are hoping to be reunited. One of those men is a former World Player of the Year and World Cup winner from Brazil, while the other is a Brit Award-winning artist who hails from Suffolk....

The 33-year-old reached global superstar status after becoming the planet’s most expensive player when he joined Madrid from Manchester United in 2009 and has not looked back since. He might have been overtaken as the game’s most costly player since that initial move to Spain, but his move to the Old Lady – reportedly at the cost of €105million – firmly cements his status as the most valuable over-30 in the history of the game....

Ronaldo leaves Madrid after a nine-year stay in LaLiga during which he became the club’s all-time record goalscorer, having won four Champions Leagues in the last five seasons. The 33-year-old Portugal international has signed a four-year deal at Juventus following a transfer worth €112million. And Kroos added to earlier tributes from Sergio Ramos, Gareth Bale and Casemiro, among others, to send Ronaldo his best wishes. “Crucial for the trophies we won in the past years,” he posted on Twitter....

Forward Ronaldo suffered a right thigh injury in Portugal’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Serbia on Monday and was substituted in the first half. After the game, the 34-year-old insisted the issue was not serious and said he hoped to be fit in time for the first leg against Ajax on April 10, telling reporters: “I know I should be back in a week or two.” Runaway league leaders Juve face Empoli, Cagliari and AC Milan in Serie A action before heading to Amsterdam and Agnelli says the club’s job is to protect the player, not put him at further risk by bringing him back too soon....

Rooney, a former Manchester United captain and the club’s all-time record goalscorer, faces seeing his old team’s two rivals fight for the title for the second campaign in a row. Liverpool moved eight points clear at the top after Saturday’s dramatic defeat of Leicester City, James Milner’s 95th-minute penalty securing a 17th successive league win, with City in action at home to Wolves on Sunday. Ex-England striker Rooney, who will join Championship side Derby County as a player-coach in January, feels it will be Jurgen Klopp’s Reds who come out on top this term....

That stance was made clear Tuesday when McIlroy fielded questions from reporters ahead of the British Open. When asked about his decision to drop out of the Olympics, and his thoughts on the Games, he didn’t hold back. MORE: Greatest American Olympic athletes | McIlroy not concerned by withdrawals “I don’t feel like I’ve let the game down at all. I didn’t get into golf to try to grow the game, I tried to get into golf to win championships and win major championships,” he said....

The FedEx Cup champion skipped the tournament in Hawaii, but was still able to replace Brooks Koepka at the top of the rankings. Koepka needed to be no lower than a share of eighth to prevent a slip in the rankings and could only finish 24th. Rose had two short spells as the best player on the planet last year and the Englishman will be aiming for a longer stay this time around....

The Rotate Tool Options GIMP’s Rotate tool offers many options that are similar to those of other image editing apps such as Photoshop. Transform By default, the Rotate tool operates upon the active layer; look to the right of Transform to see where to change this option to Selection or Path. Before using the Rotate tool, check the Layers or Paths palette to make sure the layer, selection, or path you want to rotate is the active one....

Another top player who withdrew from the tournament is World No. 10 Jannik Sinner, having tested positive for COVID-19. 2017 champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga replaced the Italian in the competition. With Medvedev out, Stefanos Tsitsipas is now the top seed and is a heavy favorite to win the title. The Greek reached the semifinals of the Australian Open and will be looking to triumph in Rotterdam for his eighth title and very first at the ATP 500 level....

Pennsylvania baseball fans probably didn’t expect to see football scores Tuesday night, but that’s what they got and, unfortunately for them, both of their teams lost. The Giants walloped the Pirates 15-4 while the Twins won a 14-10 slugfest over the Phillies. MORE: SN ranks all 30 MLB front offices Angel Pagan and Conor Gillaspie each drove in four runs for the Giants, who pounded out 22 hits, an MLB high this season....

Swedish duo Roxette—Fredriksson and Per Gessle—shot to fame in the 1980s with hit songs such as “It Must Have Been Love,” “The Look” and “Listen to Your Heart.” The singer died on Monday, said Stockholm-based management firm Dimberg Jernberg. “Time goes by so quickly. It’s not that long ago we spent days and nights in my tiny apartment in Halmstad, listening to music we loved, sharing impossible dreams. And what a dream we eventually got to share,” said Gessele via the management company....

The CDC cautioned travelers, no matter their vaccination status, about taking cruises as Omicron cases continue to rise across the country, saying the department currently has at least 90 cruise ships under investigation or observation because of COVID cases. Before the CDC warning, Royal Caribbean Group released a statement saying that in their observations, Omicron is causing people to cancel their trips and ships are changing onboard event schedules but is causing “significantly less severe symptoms than earlier variants....

Daniel Brydges is alleged to have trespassed on palace grounds on two separate occasions on December 18 and December 22, 2021, reports the BBC. He is also alleged to have damaged a barbed wire fence which surrounds the palace perimeter. The queen was not in residence at the time of the break-ins, having moved to Windsor Castle where she has been living since the U.K. outbreak of coronavirus. Brydges pleaded not guilty in a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court on July 13, though did not present any motive for his actions....

The Royals right-hander on Thursday dropped his appeal of a seven-game suspension for his role in last week’s fight between the Royals and the White Sox. MORE: Buy or sell hot April starts? | Royals’ Escobar beaned by Tribe’s Salazar Ventura pitched Wednesday, so his next scheduled start was going to be May 5. Now it’ll be May 8, the first day he’s eligible to return. Ventura earned his suspension for yelling at White Sox outfielder Adam Eaton after fielding a comebacker....

The NFL suspended Browns defensive end Garrett for at least the rest of the season after he hit Rudolph over the head with the Steelers quarterback’s helmet in the closing seconds of the Week 11 encounter between the teams. Garrett reportedly claimed in a disciplinary hearing that Rudolph made a racial slur against him in the build-up to their altercation. An NFL investigation found no evidence to support the allegation but Garrett stood by his assertion in a social media statement, writing: “I know what I heard”....

Samoa came into the encounter with a massive win against Russia that ended with the scoreline of 34-9, while Scotland was yet to be on the winning side. Both the teams had to win the game if they wanted to stay in the competition. Scotland had already won nine out of eleven games in a head to head comparison with Samoa and the count raised was raised as the Scots secured a huge win....

According to a recent leak by Tom Henderson, the company behind sports titles such as WWE 2K22 and NBA 2K22 is working on a game that will be highly similar to Rocket League. Allegedly, Gravity Goal will give players a similar style of gameplay to Rocket League, in that the former will also offer 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3 matchmaking revolving around a ball being knocked into a goal using vehicles....

Survival Mode appears to be a game mode where players will kill bots in front of a spectating crowd. The crowd will consist of NPCs that will emote in reaction to various events, like cheering whenever the player is doing well, for example. Survival Mode will also feature commentators that will help call the action. It’s important to stress that Survival Mode hasn’t actually been confirmed by Respawn. So even though evidence of it has been found in the Apex Legends’ files, it’s far from a guarantee that it will ever actually be added to the game....

Bungie celebrated certain bits and pieces of Marathon’s aesthetic with the release of the 30th Anniversary content pack for Destiny 2, though it’s also worth pointing out that some of Destiny’s own lore references specific aspects of Marathon, drawing curious parallels between the two IPs. All three Marathon games are now available for free as open-source releases, with there having been no signs of Bungie doing anything with the IP up until now....

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner was the star signing of the summer season arriving amid great pomp and ceremony following a 100 million euro (USD 117 million) deal from Real Madrid. But it could be a low-key start for the 33-year-old Portuguese superstar against minnows Chievo in Verona’s Stadio Bentegodi on Saturday on a day of national mourning for the victims of the Morandi bridge tradegy in the north-western port city....