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Guardiola’s Manchester City are on track to win the Premier League and face Wenger’s men in the EFL Cup final Sunday. The Spaniard has enjoyed plenty of success with the likes of Barcelona and Bayern Munich during his coaching career, including winning two Champions League titles. However, asked if Guardiola had raised the bar, Wenger played down the 47-year-old’s impact. “No, because you look at Barcelona and they are still the best team in Europe,” he told UK newspapers....

The World No. 2 still has one group-stage match left, against third seed Casper Ruud. With things not going his way right now, defeating Ruud would help Nadal end the season on a winning note and begin preparations for the new season. Former tennis player Jim Courier, in a conversation on the Tennis Channel, pointed out how crucial the match against Ruud will be for the 36-year-old, even though there is nothing at stake in the tournament....

Sancho, 19, came off the bench just after the hour-mark and set up a goal for Achraf Hakimi, but Manuel Akanji’s own goal saw the teams draw 2-2 on Saturday. England international Sancho is enjoying another stellar season, contributing three goals and five assists in seven Bundesliga games. But the Freiburg clash was Dortmund’s third game in the space of a week and Favre said the teenager was too tired to start....

If you’re going to be a shot blocker like Dwight Howard, there are going be times when you get banged on. The goal is simply to get more than you get got. Well, one of those times occurred Friday night when Warriors small forward Harrison Barnes put the big man in the rim. Barnes took two strong dribbles to beat Trevor Ariza and get into the lane, Howard stepped up to contest, and the rest is viral video history....

Golden State needed some late heroics from Harrison Barnes to avoid an embarrassing loss in Philadelphia. The Warriors were up six with less than a minute to go, but a four-point play by Isaiah Canaan followed by a steal and dunk by Ish Smith tied the game at 105. That’s when Barnes stepped up to the plate. MORE: Greatest Warriors ever | Fans go fishing (literally) for Curry’s autograph...

Kane, superstar striker for Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League, is joining DAZN as an executive producer for the three-part series “40 Days: Canelo vs. Smith.” The mini-series spotlights Canelo Alvarez’s return to the ring to face Callum Smith on Dec. 19. “I know what it’s like to prepare for a big match — the sweat and blood that goes into making sure you’re the best athlete you can be, and ‘40 Days’ captures that like no other series,” said Kane....

In the Weird Sisters side quest for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, there is a dialogue option that lets players reveal who they “fancy” in the game. They can choose to say that they don’t have the hots for any of their friends, or they can select Bill Weasley or Penny Haywood as the fellow Hogwarts student they have a crush on. Not only does this seem to confirm that dating and romance options are still in the works for Hogwarts Mystery, but it also seems to confirm that players will have the choice to pursue homosexual relationships in the game if they so desire....

Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells was first announced back in May, and fans should have a pretty good idea of what to expect from it. Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells is quite literally like Candy Crush Saga or Bejeweled, but with a Harry Potter aesthetic. The game is developed by Zynga, and so it is quite clearly aiming for the more casual crowd. However, it should be a good time-waster for any Harry Potter fans that need something new to play on their phones....

Some news and better than no news and the Harry Potter Wizards Unite finally provided some explanation in a March 5 blog post about the current state of the game. Although there’s still not a full March 2021 calendar to share, the blog post did outline what is going on and why the usual two-part Brilliant Event and Community Day activities haven’t been officially announced. As it turns out, there are some major bugs plaguing the game that the team decided need to be addressed before the rollout of any additional major events....

Brilliant Events have been quite a success for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite so far. The extended events offer players many days to hunt down all of the available Foundables, while taking advantage of special event bonuses. The upcoming Back to Hogwarts event will be no different when part one kicks off on August 13 and sends players out into the world to track down iconic Platform 9 3/4 Foundables....

In contrast to most other players on court, who are both loud and emotional in the moment – several World No. 1s among them. Becker himself was widely known for his hot temper, which was mainly directed at himself, rather than other players on court. Current women’s number one Serena Williams is quite similar temperamentally; although she gets agitated on court, she has recently mostly been spotted berating herself for bad shots or misses....

Other superstars who competed alongside him, such as The Rock, John Cena, Hulk Hogan and Batista, have successfully ventured into having a career in Hollywood in recent years. This raises a question. Has The Phenom ever been a part of a movie? Though he stayed true to his gimmick throughout his career, The Deadman has acted in a handful of movies, starting with Suburban Commando in 1991. Hulk Hogan, a fellow wrestler, was the protagonist in the movie....

Laptop stand This is actually a product that I already bought (opens in new tab) the day before Prime Day officially began, as I’ve been perching my laptop on a stack of magazines for far too long. While I’ve been well aware of the ergonomic need for a laptop stand for a few years, I just couldn’t bring myself to invest in one of the metal monstrosities that are often on offer....

The Ascend W2 will sport a 4.3-inch WVGA display along with other features like 1.4GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor MSM8x30 (Adeno 305 GPU) and 512MB of RAM and 8GB of on-board storage and an additional option to expand the memory further via a microSD card. According to the spec sheet, the 9.9mm thick Ascend W2 would also have a glove mode for the touch screen to enable users to operate the device easily even when wearing gloves....

Led by Rishabh Pant (who was named captain after KL Rahul got injured ahead of the series) in the absence of several big names, the Men in Blue have looked completely out of sorts. They did put up an impressive 211 on the board, batting first in the opening T20I. But take that out, and India’s performance so far can be termed as a rather pedestrian one. Young opener Ishan Kishan scored a half-century in the first game but no other Indian batter has scored a fifty in the two T20Is so far....

While Harden finished with 32 points, 11 assists and six rebounds, Dante Exum made life difficult for the six-time All-Star in ways nobody else on the Jazz has been able to in the early going of their second round series. According to NBA.com, Exum matched up with Harden for 22 possessions in Game 2 and limited him to two points on 0-for-7 shooting from the field. Harden didn’t do much else in the minutes Exum defended him, either, totaling one assist to go along with one turnover and one trip to the free throw line....

The Hawks will unveil new uniforms Wednesday morning, but early reviews of leaked images have fans turning up the Twitter hate. MORE: LeBron returns from social media hiatus | Which NBA team would draft you? The Atlanta Journal-Constution reported news of the leaked images Tuesday, and fans were quick to revolt. Don’t fret, Hawks. There were at least a few people who showed, if not enthusiasm, then tolerance. And hey, there were even a few who seemed to genuinely love the new look....

Hurst, who has his own history with depression, tracked Prescott down after the game to express his respect. The Falcons released an 11-second clip of the brief meeting on Tuesday, as part of a larger mic’d up segment on Hurst: MORE: Skip Bayless has ’no sympathy’ for Prescott Prescott on Sept. 9 detailed his issues with depression, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic and only grew worse with the April suicide of his older brother, Jace Prescott....

HBO and NFL Films’ must-see sports reality show centering on NFL training camp is almost here, and this year’s edition features the Oakland Raiders for the very first time. Chronicling the start of their final season in Oakland, the latest season of “Hard Knocks” features several storylines that are worth following over the course of the NFL’s preseason. From Jon Gruden to Antonio Brown, there’ll be no shortage of entertainment in the coming weeks....

With the sporting world still gradually being reinstated to normalcy - the biggest franchise T20 cricket tournament - the Indian Premier League 2020 promises to be that rush of adrenaline which will get people of the country cheering and in high spirits again. Sportskeeda, whose reach and brand recognition are unrivaled in the Indian Cricket and Sports world, expect over 45Mn monthly users and 800Mn monthly impressions on its website during the span of the cricketing extravaganza and will be at the forefront of bringing the IPL frenzy to users with a series of innovations that promise an experience like never before....