A number of high-profile players including Manchester United trio Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Axel Tuanzebe, as well as Chelsea full-back Reece James, have been targeted on social media in recent weeks.

The Japanese third seed fired six aces at her French opponent in the first set and four in the second. Garcia was unable to muster up a single break point over the contest.

Both sides lacked spark in a dire fifth-round clash with precious few chances in normal time at Old Trafford.

The British driver will be competing for an unprecedented eighth world title when the new season gets under way in Bahrain next month.

Japan's government, organisers and Olympic officials all insist the Games will go ahead this summer, and that extensive virus countermeasures will ensure the event is safe.

Messi was among several key players rested, with Ronald Koeman seemingly prioritising Wednesday's Copa del Rey semi-final against Sevilla ahead of Barca's fading title challenge in La Liga. 

While the vast majority of fans were wearing masks, the signage requesting that attendees stay 6 feet (1.8 m) apart was largely ignored around of some of the stadium’s concession stands.

Some 28 percent of respondents said they want the Olympics to be cancelled and the same ratio of people think they should be held without spectators, the poll showed.

The Japanese star faced a potentially tricky first-round contest against the world number 39, but made light work of the Russian 6-1, 6-2 in 68 minutes.

"I am not happy about it. If I am selected I will be there physically but not mentally."

After Thursday's depressing defeat by Chelsea, Tottenham's third on the spin, that belief has evaporated with the north London club going backwards at an alarming rate of knots.

Juergen Klopp's champions failed to score for the third successive home league game and managed only one effort on target as they fell seven points behind leaders Manchester City, who have a game in hand.

The team, also known as the Super White Army, is four points below leader Cambridge United.

Solskjaer's side came into the contest on the back of a goalless draw with Arsenal after a 2-1 defeat by bottom side Sheffield United, but turned on the style against Southampton to equal their 1995 win over Ipswich Town.

Tampa is the top-selling market for Brady merchandise, followed by New York, Orlando, Boston and Miami.

Arteta had every right to be scratching his head at the way his side's seven-game unbeaten Premier League run ended.

The outlay was dramatically down on last season's £230 million outlay, which came shortly before Covid-19 pandemic swept across Europe.

Tournament chief Craig Tiley spent months organising bringing more than 1,000 players and support staff safely into the country and revealed that some oddball requests had added to the complicated logistics, without naming the players who made them.

For the second time in four days Liverpool enjoyed a visit to the capital as they followed Thursday's 3-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur with an other dominant display.

French prosecutors said 18 people remained in custody following the attack by several hundred disillusioned supporters that caused widespread damage.

According to magazine Kicker, Khedira arrived in Berlin on Saturday and was due to undergo a medical check on Sunday.

The 34-year-old, who secured his 20th Grand Slam title at last year's delayed French Open, completed his two weeks of isolation in Adelaide on Friday before playing an exhibition match and then heading to Melbourne.

Antonio Conte's Inter sit two points behind their city rivals, who beat Bologna 2-1 earlier on Saturday.

The 23-year-old England international said he refused to take screenshots of the multiple messages he received as it would be irresponsible to do so.

Goals from Roberto Firmino, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Sadio Mane capped a dominant display by Juergen Klopp's side whose first league win since a 7-0 thrashing of Crystal Palace on Dec. 19 restored their place in the top four.

Seventeen charter flights jetted the cream of the sport into Melbourne and Adelaide this month ahead of the delayed Australian Open, with everyone on board whisked into 14 days of mandatory quarantine.

Lampard's successor Thomas Tuchel got straight down to business on Wednesday, beginning his tenure with a dreary 0-0 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Stamford Bridge rain.

The International Olympic Committee and Japanese organisers have been increasingly bullish in recent weeks about the prospect of holding the postponed Games, despite dwindling public support and rising coronavirus cases

The artistic swimming test event -- which will double as the sport's final qualifier for the Games, and is set to feature around 10 countries -- was scheduled to be held at the Tokyo Aquatics Center from March 4-7.

Gerrard admitted "it was no surprise", given Chelsea's habit of sacking managers since Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003.