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Chelsea failed to sign the forward from Juventus last season after Real Madrid activated their buy-back clause. However, according to Spanish news outlet Diario Madridista, the London-based club has not given up the chase for Morata. After a successful season at Turin, everyone expected Real Madrid to activate their buy back clause and then sell off the forward to a Premier League club at a profit. However, Zinedine Zidane convinced the club to retain the player in order to provide competition for Karim Benzema....

The Blues have won one and drawn one out of their last two Premier League games. They are currently 19 points behind the league leaders Arsenal with a game in hand. In the same vein, Manchester City have won one and drawn one out of their last two league games and are currently eight points behind the Gunners. A victory against Chelsea could see the Cityzens reduce the gap to five points....

A tired Chelsea side beaten by Basel in Switzerland take on Southampton who went down at the hands of the table toppers Arsenal. While Jose Mourinho’s second homecoming at the helm of Stamford Bridge hasn’t quite gone according to plan, Mauricio Pocchetino’s squad have been a revelation this campaign. Chelsea are currently seated third in the Premier League table but have struggled quite often as the Saints are currently positioned two places below at fifth with just two points behind the Blues....

The Blues have progressed to the last eight of the Champions League and the semi-finals of the FA Cup. However, they are hoping to return to winning ways after their recent stalemate against Leeds United. Thomas Tuchel’s team weathered the storm when they were stacked against more challenging opponents. Now is their chance to build momentum after an action-packed international break. Meanwhile, West Brom are staring at the cusp of relegation as they are 10 points adrift of safety....

Those impressive victories have seen Louis Van Gaal’s men all but secure Champions League football for next season, and they are available at +300 with the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook to claim another three points here that would move them into second place above Arsenal, who are in FA Cup action this weekend. However, the Blues have lost only one of their last 12 league matches at home to this opposition and are even-money favorites to come out on top for the third successive encounter on this ground....

The trio joins an existing backroom staff comprising Syed Sabir Pasha and Santosh Kashyap at Chennaiyin FC. László was certainly pleased following the appointment of the new coaches to create a family atmosphere within the club. ‘Excited to work with the players’ - Admir Kozlić says after joining Chennaiyin FC Admir Kozlić, the Slovakian who joins as assistant coach expressed gratitude after the welcome he received. Kozlić went on to reaffirm that he is indeed looking forward to securing a top-four finish in a bid to secure the ISL title that eluded Chennaiyin FC last season....

The medical assessment is over for the players. All Indian players along with Head Coach John Gregory are leaving on Monday 13, August and all foreign players and foreign coaching staffs will be coming directly to Malaysia. The team will be using the training facility of Sime Darby Football club. Apart from the first team players, six CFC’s B team players are also included in the pre-season tour. Along with ISL title defence, Chennaiyin FC will also be participating in AFC Cup (Asian Football Confederation)....

Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has said that India will be read with their own plans if Australia sledge in the Border-Gavaskar series starting next month. The 29-year-old further said that the upcoming tour would be tough for them, but admitted that they would come with their own plans to counter the conditions in India. “Yes it will be challenging for Australia in India. If they sledge..I remember we had a plan to sledge them when we last went to Australia....

During the half-time show, three 1960s-era Impala Lowriders were parked at the front side of the set. Ahead of the show, Pepsi, which sponsors the performance, had teased the vehicle’s part in the show via a 1967 version in its Mr. Cartoon ad campaign. Ebay Motors, which traditionally welcomes 7.4 million unique visitors per month according to their website, registered a 160 percent spike in searches for Chevrolet Impala Lowriders in the hours following Super Bowl LVI compared to the day before....

After the game, several reporters said on Twitter that the Chicago locker room was intense, where shouting could be heard from outside. Some players were even removed. MORE: Week 7 scores, injuries, updates | Must-see photos The Bears have yet to win a game at home this season and are third in the NFC North, just above the Vikings.

MORE: Athletes as activists The exercise, planned months in advance and timed to coincide with MLB’s All-Star break, was scheduled to run from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. CT and include Chicago firefighters and police, the city’s emergency office and the Cubs. Cubs spokesman Julian Green told The Chicago Tribune that the team, which opens the second half at home Friday against the Rangers, is happy to partner with law enforcement on the exercise to ensure a safe and secure environment at the historic stadium....

Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady provided an update on the city’s COVID-19 cases at a news conference Thursday morning, exactly two weeks since the beginning of the four-day festival. Arwady said the CDPH is still investigating Lollapalooza-linked cases. The numbers provided in the update were broad and included people who attended the festival and tested positive, but the CDPH could not definitively say if each person was infected at Lollapalooza....

The city of Chicago recorded 165 shooting victims in the month of March, with the gun violence centering around the area’s south and west sides during a time government officials are attempting to contain the spread of the coronavirus. There have been 4,680 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 identified among Chicago residents and 98 deaths through April 5, according to Chicago Department of Public Health statistics. But the city’s number of shooting victims for the year topped 500 over the weekend after 20 people were shot city-wide, two of them fatally, in just the past two days....

The Mexico international spent the last two seasons with Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga, bagging 28 league goals for the German side. However, Chicharito recently completed a €17.9 million switch to West Ham, returning the Premier League after a previous spell with Manchester United. Get West Ham’s EPL title odds There was plenty of interest in the 29-year-old striker, with rumours linking him to teams in Spain all the way to MLS....

While the popular fast food outlet managed to maintain its restaurants across the country, numerous franchises have reported facing issues around staffing. It has forced several locations to close dining rooms and stop its curbside ordering option in order to avoid remaining staff from becoming burnt out from handling more operations than numbers can handle effectively. Several franchises across the U.S. shared statements on social media explaining the reasons behind the choice to scale back services at a number of branches....

The Chiefs are nothing if not willing to push the envelope on offense. Whether it’s Patrick Mahomes shuffle passes, Patrick Mahomes jump passes or some entirely different form of wizardry we haven’t yet been able to identify, they certainly have a flair for creativity. Kansas City unveiled a new page in their ever-expanding playbook Saturday against the Raiders in Las Vegas. Leading 24-3 and with the ball inside the Raiders’ 10 in the second quarter, the Chiefs opted to line running back Jerick McKinnon behind center in a shotgun formation, and Mahomes behind McKinnon....

Battling flu-like symptoms that were described as “pretty severe” earlier in the week, Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers led the Chargers down the field on their final drive, a 15-play, 88-yard sequence, to the Chiefs’ 1-yard line, but two offensive penalties pushed the Chargers back to the 11. With 2 seconds remaining, Rivers’ pass to Danny Woodhead fell incomplete, securing the Chiefs’ win. MORE: Photos that define Week 14 | Infamous fights in the NFL | Cam Newton’s greatest plays...

The Chiefs had four dropped passes—two of which would have given them first downs—and the Texans led the Chiefs, 21-0, at the end of the first quarter. The Chiefs were a nine-point favorite entering the game. As Darren Fells caught a 4-yard pass from Deshaun Watson put the Texans ahead, 21-0, Arrowhead Stadium fell silent. The Texans, playing in their 298th game in team history, had never scored 21 points during the first quarter....

Antonio Conte’s men cruised to the title last term, but they have found life rather more difficult this time around and lie in third place, having lost at home to Burnley on the opening day and later suffering back-to-back defeats to City and strugglers Crystal Palace. But Klopp, whose Liverpool side host Chelsea on Saturday, feels a number of factors have contributed to the Blues’ league position – which is one he thinks Conte would have expected....