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Some Spotify employees attended the recent game between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, which is further proof that the deal is close to being announced. The money is in addition to the €1.5 billion loan that the club has secured from Goldman Sachs. Part of the funds will be directly used to bring in the reinforcements that Xavi Hernandez wants ahead of next season. Real Madrid and Florentino Perez are set to make a number of high-profile signings in the summer as part of their Galactico project....

Speaking ahead of Barcelona’s La Liga encounter against Athletic Club (quotes via Marca), Koeman claimed that he has already drawn up a shortlist of January transfer targets. Barcelona might need to sell before they buy in January Barcelona have been linked with the likes of Memphis Depay, Eric Garcia and Gini Wijnaldum in recent months, with Koeman keen on adding more depth and quality to his squad. However, the Catalan giants already have an enormous wage bill and might need to offload a few players to make room for potential incomings....

A delegation from the IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2014 local organising committee (LOC), including Sport Minister Daniel Johnson, recently provided an update to the IAAF Council in Monaco. The Bahamas will host the World Relays at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau May 24-25, 2014, and members of the LOC have been updating the governing body about the preparations. During the meeting they also confirmed that transportation between the team hotels should be swift and smooth and the main route will incorporate a dual carriageway between the hotels and the stadium, with police escort....

Advancing shared strategic goals with the United States and Israel is just one of the many benefits of peace. Thanks to the Abraham Accords, and the launch of direct Gulf Air flights from Tel Aviv to Manama in September 2021, Israeli tourists were able not only to attend the F1 season opener in Bahrain on March 20, but also to demonstrate to Bahrainis first-hand the benefits of peace. Such moments serve as a reminder of the work that our countries need to do to foster an environment in which all stakeholders may realize the full potential of these agreements....

The Browns jumped to a 28-0 first-quarter lead on Sunday at Heinz Field, where they had been enduring a 17-game losing streak, the third-longest on the road at a single opponent in NFL history. That first-quarter points tally, a joint record in the playoffs, was followed by some resolute second-half defense as they secured a 48-37 victory. The triumph was made more remarkable by the fact a coronavirus outbreak meant practice sessions on Wednesday and Thursday were canceled and coach Kevin Stefanski was forced to watch the action from home....

Baku’s near 70,000-seater Olympic Stadium and Atletico Madrid’s new home from next season, the Estadio Metropolitano, are the two contenders to stage the final of Europe’s most prestigious club competition in two years time. Madrid last staged the Champions League final in 2010, when Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich at Real Madrid’s Bernabeu Stadium. Baku is hoping to host the event for the first time. Baku has also pitched to host the 2019 Europa League final - it cannot be selected for both - with six other cities including Tbilisi, Glasgow, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Sevilla and Istanbul lodging applications to stage the game....

Over the past week, as pre-release impressions of Balan Wonderworld have been shared online, reports of a specific sequence causing seizures or epileptic symptoms grew. To be exact, there’s a sequence leading into a boss fight where the screen flashes between the darker visuals on-screen and a flat, light-grey green in rapid succession. The sequence was potent enough that it reportedly even caused some without diagnosed epilepsy to feel ill....

Balasz Dzsudzsak – Bio & Early Years Balasz Dzsudzsak was born in Debrecen (Hungary’s second-largest city) on the 23rd of December in 1986. He grew up in Nyirlugos, where he was signed by Nyíradony Focisuli before moving onto a Hungarian football academy called Debreceni Olasz Focisuli – a major feeder academy for Hungary’s most decorated club Debreceni VSC. By 2004, he was loaned out to Létavértes, to play in the Hungarian 3rd divison....

RELATED: Dungeons & Dragons 5e: 5 Classes From Previous Editions That Need To Return (& 5 That Should Be Left Alone) Larian Studios’ current take on the combat and customization mechanics indicate a take on D&D 5e’s progression system almost identical to the TTRPG’s. Thankfully, early fans of Baldur’s Gate 3 can look at 5e’s class system to get a few insights on how they should approach their Baldur’s Gate 3 builds....

Larian Studios, the developer behind Baldur’s Gate 3 and the Divinity: Original Sin franchise, posted an update on Twitter, revealing that fans will get their first glimpse of Baldur’s Gate 3 during PAX East. The reveal itself will take place on February 27th at 3:30 ET, so there’s not much longer to wait until fans actually get to see the game. RELATED: The Future Looks Bright for Dungeons & Dragons-Based Games...

The Wales international limped off after 58 minutes in Lisbon having sustained a blow to his right ankle in a challenge with Sporting centre-back Sebastian Coates. ‘Ronaldo has many enemies’ Tests conducted on Wednesday at University Hospital Sanitas La Moraleja showed Bale to have “a traumatic dislocation of the peroneal tendons in his right ankle”. Madrid did not put a time frame on the forward’s recovery but he must now be considered a major doubt for this season’s first Clasico showdown at Camp Nou on December 3....

In case you didn’t know… van Dijk arrived from Southampton about 18 months ago for a record £75 million fee (for a defender). The Dutchman has since then been a revelation for the Liverpool defense, giving much more added stability and a sense of leadership at the back; something that Liverpool had been missing for quite a few years. He has played a crucial role in the upward trajectory the team has been on, since his arrival at Anfield....

This time around albeit, Ronaldo faces tough competition from Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk and Barcelona captain Lionel Messi. The 34-year-old has endured his worst goal-scoring return since his final season at Old Trafford, scoring just 28 goals for his club in all competitions. Despite his struggles, the poster boy won the Serie A and the Italian Supercup with Juventus. Not to mention, he captained Portugal to UEFA Nations League triumph too....

The fourth and fifth batches of nominations released by award organisers France Football included Barcelona star Messi and Atletico Madrid’s Griezmann, who finished second and third respectively in 2016. Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Paris Saint-Germain star Edinson Cavani, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, Madrid duo Karim Benzema and Toni Kroos, Liverpool winger Sadio Mane, Monaco forward Radamel Falcao and Bayern Munich’s Mats Hummels have also made the cut. Three separate quintets of nominees were named earlier on Monday....

We’re all about to find out. The defending Super Bowl champs remain the NFL’s team to beat, but just barely thanks to injuries on both sides of the ball — defense, in particular, since it’s been the primary catalyst for Seattle’s success. I know, saying injuries will hurt a team is as easy and obvious as it gets, but it’s especially true for a defense in which players rely on each other as much as Seattle’s....

After winning the toss and electing to bat, the visitors posted their third-highest T20I total after some excellent batting by the top-order and the middle-order. Captain Hamilton Masakadza and fellow opener Vusi Sibanda got Zimbabwe off to a great start. Masakadza scored a quick 20 before he became Mohammad Shahid’s first wicket in T20I cricket. Sibanda, however, continued batting very well and scored a 33-ball 44. The middle-order continued on the good start that the openers gave as kept the run consistently above nine runs an over....

Bangladesh have been on a roll in recent times. They have won 10 off their last 11 T20Is at home. They defeated Australia by a 4-1 margin and will be looking to seal the series against New Zealand as well. The hosts won the first game comprehensively but the second game was a thriller. Batting first, Bangladesh put 141 on the board thanks to contributions from Naim Shaikh, Liton Das and Mahmudullah....

Good question, for while Singular convinces us that Ovitz is a uniquely skillful executive, we can never quit thinking: what a dreary story! But typical. Books about today’s Hollywood are as likely to focus on agents and producers as they are on stars or writers or directors, because the big story coming out of the movie industry is who’s got the power and what are they doing with it? As one industry insider told the authors of Hit and Run (Simon & Schuster....

“My training is going on. I am totally confident that the bad phase of my life will end soon, and I will stage a comeback in the cricket world sooner,” Sreesanth said during his visit to the famous Mahakal Temple in Ujjain. Sreesanth, who was accompanied by his wife Bhuwaneshwari, also paid a visit to the Kharjana Ganesh temple on Thursday night. The 31-year old has taken 87 wickets in 27 Test matches and 75 ODI wickets from 53 one-day internationals....

It’s certainly easy to see why for anyone who has played one of the Banner Saga games. With a focus on story and important choices, a distinct art style, and a brutally difficult battle system, the Kickstarter funded trilogy has many fans. However, if the new job openings over at Stoic games are anything to go off of, it looks like the company is expanding into new gaming territory....