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Real Madrid ran out 3-1 winners at Balaidos in their first LaLiga game of the season on Saturday despite Modric’s dismissal. The Ballon d’Or winner was shown the red card for the first time in LaLiga after catching Suarez early in the second half. Modric was sent off after a VAR review, but after the game he used social media to protest his innocence. “Sent off for an accidental action,” he wrote on Twitter, “In life I would never intentionally make such an action on a player....

Modric, 32, played under Ivankovic’s guidance at Dinamo for just over a year before earning his move to Premier League club Tottenham. Prior to a Champions League qualifier against Werder Bremen in 2007, Ivankovic told reporters that Modric – then 21 – was better than Diego, the former Brazil international whose career includes stints at Juventus and Atletico Madrid. Ivankovic remembered his statement drawing chuckles, but Modric has since gone on to star for Croatia and Real Madrid, winning four Champions League titles with the Spanish giants....

Modric, 33, is the favourite to end Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s dominance of the award, which one of the greats has won in each of the past 10 years. The Croatia captain led his nation to the World Cup final after helping Real Madrid win the Champions League in 2018. Hazard – another contender for the prize – said Modric, named FIFA’s Best Men’s Player last month, would deservedly win the award....

On ODI debut in 2004, MS Dhoni was run-out for a duck off his first ball against Bangladesh and the scene was unsurprisingly in the movie and the former Indian cricketer who was involved in the run-out has cleared the air surrounding the incident. Also Read: MS Dhoni: The Untold Story - Hits and misses from MSD’s biopic In his first ODI, however, Dhoni got off to a terrible start as he was run-out off his first ball after hitting the ball to the fielder....

Though the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have refrained from naming any players who are under the scanner of the disciplinary committee, it is believed that the two experienced campaigners could land themselves in trouble soon. A top official of the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom as well as outgoing PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan is said to have referred the above cricketers to the match-fixing investigators. PCB legal advisor, Salman Naseer, however, refused to back the reports and instead asked the media to be more patient....

Desiree Linden followed with a victory in April at the windy and rainy Boston Marathon, the first American woman to accomplish that feat in 33 years. Those achievements motivate Molly Huddle, who finished third at the 2016 NYC Marathon in her debut at 26.2 miles after a successful middle-distance career. “We have a very talented group of women knocking on the door,” Huddle said. The 34-year-old from upstate New York is among that group....

Neriah Dilley, 27, was charged with first-degree murder and child abuse of her daughter My’onna Townley after the baby was found by investigators on October 9. When officers arrived at the Wichita home, near Lincoln and Woodlawn, just after 3 p.m. they found Dilley as she attempted to revive her baby, according to KAKE, citing an affidavit. Dilley told an officer she put Townley down for a nap and then had gone to sleep in a nearby bed, the outlet reported....

Catherine Gokcen, who lived in Southport, England, was initially diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer in the fall of 2019. The mom underwent a single mastectomy and also went through chemotherapy in order to get rid of the cancer, and was given the all-clear less than a year later. The following year, Gokcen went to the doctors complaining that her legs felt numb, according to U.K. news outlet Lancs Live....

The woman, based in Europe, shared her dilemma to Mumsnet as she revealed her friend was planning to tie the knot in Australia. Poster SunnySideUp2020 captioned the post “friend’s weddings overseas, no kids… what am I supposed to do.” In the post, shared on Tuesday, the mom shared more information, and her glee at the invite before she realized it was a child-free event. She said: “A good friend is having her wedding on the other side of the world....

The video is a great example of an experience most mothers know all too well—the determination to put a baby to sleep and keep it that way. In just six days, the footage has gained over 2 million views. Renee Knox’s baby had tonsillitis and was unable to “sleep well,” meaning extra work for mom. “I gave her a bottle in the crib then snuck out. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do,” she wrote....

Brittany Pilkington, 28, pleaded guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and murder, avoiding a trial scheduled for early next year. She confessed to smothering her three children, 3-month-old Niall, Gavin, 4, and infant Noah Pilkington with their own blankets over a thirteen month period, from July 2014 to August 2015. A judge sentenced her to 15 years to life for each count of murder and an additional 7 years for each count of manslaughter, and threw out part of Pilkington’s confession regarding Niall’s death, due to inconsistent statements from Pilkington that she rolled over in bed and smothered the boy in his sleep....

In a viral post shared on U.K.-based discussion website Mumsnet, user Theblacksheepandme said that her teenage daughter had recently been to a friend’s house and that both her knees and one of her hands “were really cut up.” She claimed that her daughter’s knees were bleeding quite a lot and that the friend’s mother asked if she was OK and then walked off when the daughter asked if she had a first aid kit....

Sumera Haq, 37, was eight months pregnant with her third child when she contracted COVID and started suffering severe stomach pain and worsening shortness of breath. She was taken to Whipps Cross Hospital in Leytonstone in east London, England, on August 7 and initially treated in a maternity ward. Two days later, the primary school teacher was transferred to a medical ward after her respiratory function worsened, but her condition deteriorated and she suffered cardiac arrest three days later....

According to the Patriot-News, the incredible footage was captured by a family that was in Casco Bay, Maine, when they spotted the great white shark feeding on a porpoise at about 3 p.m. on August 19. The footage was shared later that day on the MA Sharks Facebook page with a caption that read: “Thanks to citizen scientists Kasey Lyn Watkins and family for sending me info about their amazing sighting....

Mario Balotelli’s love for Milan and his desire to play for the team someday was always public knowledge, even when he was with arch rivals Inter Milan. It wouldn’t be too unfair to call Mario Balotelli an enigma. After all, his arrival in Milan was marked by near riotous scenes! Blessed with pace and power in tandem with flair and technical ability is a rarity and 22-year-old Balotelli should have had the world at his feet after showing the world his capabilities as a teenager with Inter....

Meet Mbappe, the new Thierry Henry The 18-year-old has enjoyed an explosive breakthrough campaign with Leonardo Jardim’s side this season, with only Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud and club-mates Radamel Falcao and Gabriel Boschilia boasting a better goals and assists to minutes ratio than the attacker. Mbappe became the youngest scorer in Ligue 1 history last season and caught the eye of City, who reportedly made a €40 million approach for him in the summer....

The circuit hosted a race in the inaugural Formula One season of 1950 which was won by Juan Manuel Fangio who would win a total of five drivers’ Championships. The circuit is designed on the streets of Monaco with many turns and includes even a tunnel making overtaking extremely difficult. We take a look at five interesting facts about the Monaco Grand Prix. #5 Part of ‘The Triple Crown’ The most glamorous and prestigious race in the F1 calendar, Monaco Grand Prix is part of ‘The Triple Crown’ of Motorsport which includes races at the Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500 and the 24 Hour of Le Mans....

Monchi has become one of the world’s most revered sporting directors after transforming Sevilla over the last 17 years, but the club announced his imminent exit on Thursday. The former Sevilla goalkeeper had an initial resignation rejected by the club’s board in May last year, with Monchi saying that he had become “exhausted”. But this time president Jose Castro accepted that they could not deny him again given everything he has done for the Europa League holders....

The New Orleans Saints are the first team to visit the state-of-the-art Allegiant Stadium on Monday Night Football, when both them and the Raiders will be looking to follow up Week 1 wins with another victory. Here’s all you need to know ahead of the Raiders’ first ever game in Las Vegas. Kickoff time—The Raiders host the Saints at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:15 p....

Here are the key scoring settings for DraftKings Showdown contests: They’re full-point PPR and there are three-point bonuses for 300 passing yards, 100 rushing yards, and 100 receiving yards. The Captain pick costs 1.5 times a player’s original price, but he also gets his point total multiplied by 1.5. MORE DK SHOWDOWN: How to win a Showdown contest DraftKings Showdown Picks: Bears vs. Steelers $50,000 budget, need at least one player from each team....