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Atletico has proposed to pay the Ivorian marksman $ 1 million plus all costs of his living and training with the team for their pre-season in Spain, standard.co.uk reported on Friday. The ISL sides have a deadline of announcing their marquee by July 31, but Drogba’s agent is yet to take a decision on the 37-year-old’s future. Speaking about Atletico’s interest in the talismanic forward, UK-based agent Baljit Rihal said, “This is a real statement of intent from the clubs in the Indian Super League, who are passionately trying to put India on the global football map....

Speaking to Cricket Australia before the 2nd Day’s play, Lyon went through the jitters around the ground when Smith was in the nervous nineties and the jubilated that the savoured cover-drive brought with it. The extended celebration and the emotional embrace between the two Aussies were special, reckoned Lyon. He admitted that he was pretty nervous when Smith moved onto 99* and he had to see out two deliveries from Moeen Ali to bring Smith back on strike in the next over....

World number one Novak Djokovic and seven-time champion Rafael Nadal set-up a French Open semi-final blockbuster on Wednesday after straight-sets wins in their last-eight ties. Top seed Djokovic reached his 12th consecutive Grand Slam semi-final when he defeated gutsy German Tommy Haas 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 7-5. Nadal, the second seed, cruised into the last-four with a routine 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 win over Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland as he stepped up his bid to become the first man to win the same Grand Slam title eight times....

The world number one endured a disappointing Monte Carlo Masters last time out, but he swept aside Fritz 6-3 6-0 en route to the quarter-final and this was another routine victory. Fritz initially stayed with his opponent on serve but failed to put Djokovic under any sort of pressure, making the sole breakthrough of the opening set an increasing inevitability. The Serbian, playing his first match of the week, then raced through the second to wrap up victory in just an hour and five minutes....

The last point is what I'd like to address here, as my conscience has been heavy the past couple weeks. In my weekly H2H league, I picked up Andre Ethier and Dee Gordon for their first three games, which were technically in "separate weeks" than last week. Essentially, I got six extra games from two players I had no intention of starting after opening night. I'm not sure the rest of the league knew you could move guys in and out of your lineup after the first two games....

The Suns point guard, playing in his first NBA Finals, bowed out Tuesday to champion Milwaukee, which got an incredible Game 6 outing from Giannis Antetokounmpo (50 points, 14 rebounds, five blocks). Conversely, Paul finished the game with 26 points, five assists and two rebounds and was minus-8. The fact that Phoenix once held a 2-0 series lead made Milwaukee’s comeback all the more painful. In fact, the Bucks became just the third NBA team to win a Finals after going down two games to none (the 1976-77 Trail Blazers and 2006-07 Heat were the others)....

At 2 a.m. today, daylight saving time ended and most of America returned to standard time. As is now customary on the first Sunday in November, the clocks turned back one hour, so there’s a simple explanation for those who felt extra rested, waking up at the same time they do every morning—you had an extra hour of sleep. Now, to answer the question on some people’s minds, “did the time change?...

On September 26, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is due to crash into the side of Dimorphos, a small asteroid orbiting the larger near-Earth asteroid Didymos, at a speed of four miles per second [around 14,400 mph]. According to NASA, DART is the first mission to directly test how such a “kinetic impact” affects the orbit of the asteroid around its neighbor, allowing scientists to more accurately calculate how well firing an object at a space rock headed towards Earth would work at deflecting its trajectory....

The Spain international has spent the close season training alone in his hometown of Lagarto, Brazil, after Antonio Conte’s confirmation that Costa was not in his plans ahead of the 2017-18 Premier League campaign. Chelsea 13/5 to beat Spurs Costa was expected to complete a transfer away from Stamford Bridge in the following months, though the transfer ban imposed on Atletico has complicated matters. In an attempt to force through a return to the Spanish capital, Costa has taken legal action against Chelsea and insists he will remain absent from first-team affairs in west London until a deal is completed....

Mourinho is famed for his man-management skills and established a siege mentality during his first spell at Stamford Bridge which saw everyone buying into his philosophy and pulling in the same direction. Forget Arsenal, meet invincible Chelsea The Portuguese was able to return the Premier League title to west London after being reappointed, but saw things turn sour in 2015-16 as both he and Chelsea endured a humbling fall from grace....

Sterling received criticism prior to the World Cup when a British tabloid targeted him for having a gun tattooed on his leg. The Manchester City star provided an explanation soon after, saying it was a tribute to his father who was murdered when Sterling was just two years old, but the scrutiny continued. Sterling has found his performances being placed under the microscope arguably more than any other England player by certain publications....

RELATED: Digimon Survive: How to Download Guilmon Thankfully, players won’t need to wait too long to bulk up their teams, with new Digimon becoming available from the end of Part 1. The process is a lot more Undertale than it is Pokemon, though, so may well end up confusing one or two players. This guide should help in that regard and will cover everything that players could ever need to know about befriending new Digimon in Digimon Survive....

Being a little kid then, he doesn’t remember much about that historic race. But he does remember this: “I was really little and I was in (Motor Racing Outreach) playing around and I remember getting yanked up by my grandma and my mom and drug to victory lane to get to do that hat dance. That was pretty cool.” Dillon got to go to victory lane that day because his grandfather’s team had just won NASCAR’s biggest race for the first time....

The Bulgarian was all praise for the sensational duo, who have defied the boundaries of the game for the past 15 years or so. Both Messi and Ronaldo have achieved the unthinkable for their respective clubs, and continue to hit over 25 goals every season despite age not being on their side. Even then, there’s a feeling that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are far off their otherworldly standards that they have set over the years....

The study, published March 21 in the journal The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, claims that sulfur isotopes “confirm a key role for atmospheric sulfur gases” in regards to climatic cooling, mass extinction and the demise of dinosaurs. It was also suggested that sulfur produced during the earliest stages of the asteroid’s impact and fallout was not limited to sunlight-blocking dust and soot—or a reduction of surface light for photosynthesis—but also led to sulfuric acid rain....

This is thanks to a wealth of dinosaur-related information, which includes a footprint plaster cast stashed in a Harry Potter-style cupboard under the stairs of a suburban house in Sydney, Australia. Now that the information has been analyzed and published in the journal Historical Biology, researchers have a better idea of the dinosaurs that made a series of prints on a cave ceiling in Mount Morgan, Central Queensland. The revelation only came about thanks to a chance encounter between a paleontologist and a dentist....

Orion developer David James released an official statement on Steam, acknowledging everything that has happened up to this point with the takedown request. According to James, Activision contacted him personally to discuss the matter, and detailed the assets in Orion that were stolen from Call of Duty. David James has since confirmed that the assets were stolen, but claims ignorance in the matter, explaining that a third-party freelancer created - or, apparently stole - the assets for the game....

Johnson was seen bleeding from his right ear while walking off the field in the third quarter of Thursday’s game at FirstEnergy Stadium. TIMELINE: Browns, Steelers add another incident to AFC North’s ugly decade Johnson remained on the ground for a few minutes after the hit before being helped off the field. He was later carted to the locker room. Randall was ejected for the hit. Bleeding from the ear is associated with concussions, and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin confirmed after the game that Johnson did, in fact, suffer a concussion....

The U.S. official’s transcript of his closed-door deposition with impeachment investigators last month was released Wednesday. Taylor further corroborated allegations of a quid pro quo by President Donald Trump in withholding a White House visit and some $400 million in U.S. aid to Ukraine while pressuring the foreign state to investigate the 2016 election and a company tied to the Bidens. The top takeaways from his testimony to lawmakers can be found below....

Time and again, the question posed in Britain about Bush’s trip is deceptively simple: Why? Why is Bush in London at all? Why would a British prime minister want to be associated with him? Why is Tony Blair such a poodle? It’s all the same question, and all the same problem. And in spite of appearances, the problem isn’t the 43rd president of the United States or his foreign policy....