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Barcelona have offered an update on Andreas Christensen’s fitness after he was ruled out of Sunday’s game against Villarreal due to injury.
The Dane was a late withdrawal from the travelling squad after sustained a problem in training before the match and it’s now been revealed he’s suffered a partial ACL tear.
Here’s the club’s official statement:

“The first team player Andreas Christensen has a partial tear of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee as the result of an unfortunate twist of the knee in Saturday’s training session.

The Big Ten had a litany of games on Saturday, highlighted by a handful of marquee matchups for the league. The biggest was in Indianapolis, as Purdue and Auburn tangled.
Let’s take a look at what happened.
Game of the Night:
–No. 6 Purdue Boilermakers 88, No. 21 Auburn Tigers 60
The Boilers were favored heading into this one, but the team even outperformed those expectations, as Purdue scored a 28-point win over the Tigers. While the game was competitive in the first half, it turned into an absolute rout in the second half thanks to a quality defensive effort.

Harrison Dudziak signed his first professional contract with Arsenal in June 2024 [Getty Images]
Braintree Town have signed Arsenal midfielder Harrison Dudziak and Millwall defender Ben Drake on initial one-month loans.
Dudziak, 19, has played seven times for the Gunners’ under-21 side, scoring once, after joining their academy in June 2016.
Drake, 20, joined Millwall’s under-21 set-up last year having come through the Sheffield United academy.
Both are available for Sunday’s National League fixture with Hartlepool.

Muharemovic: ‘Not worried’ about Italy, McTominay ‘made my head spin’
Sassuolo defender Tarik Muharemovic is not worried about potentially facing Italy in the World Cup play-off Final and admits Napoli’s Scott McTominay is the best player he’s faced in Serie A so far: ‘He really made my head spin.’
Bosnia and Herzegovina international Muharemovic does not fear meeting Italy in the World Cup playoff Final next year. The two countries are on the same side of the draw, but Italy will play the semis against North Macedonia, while Bosnia will visit Wales.

Michael Wilson start or sit advice with Marvin Harrison Jr. expected to play in Week 16 originally appeared on The Sporting News.
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On Saturday night, ESPN’s Adam Schefter provided a report no Michael Wilson fantasy football owner wanted to hear: Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is expected to play.
Harrison’s return to the field marks his first game since he suffered a heel injury in Week 13. The Cardinals wideout also missed the previous two games after an appendectomy.

There were no heroes left at the end of Saturday night to save the Green Bay Packers. Only heartache.
It would have been a nicely written Hollywood ending if the Packers had finished this game against the Chicago Bears just as things looked with only two minutes to play in regulation – with the Packers leading by a touchdown and about to get the ball.
But that’s when the Packers’ implosion happened. 
So, welcome to the anatomy of a meltdown.
The Packers had the lead in the NFC North in hand. They had first-round homefield advantage in sight. And that’s gone now.

Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season continues on tonight with a battle of AFC playoff contenders as the New England Patriots visit the Baltimore Ravens at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.
The Ravens ended their two-game losing skid with a 24-0 blanking of the Bengals last Sunday and managed to stay within a game of the Steelers in the AFC North title race. Running back Keaton Mitchell played his part in that big victory and will have to do so again in tonight’s critical matchup.
Below, we’ll go over Mitchell’s outlook in fantasy football for Week 16.

Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season will wrap up on Monday with a battle of playoff contenders as the San Francisco 49ers visit the Indianapolis Colts at 8:15 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN.
The Philip Rivers experiment almost worked for the Colts last week, but they came up just short in an 18-16 loss to the Seahawks and could be eliminated from AFC South title contention with a loss and a Jaguars win. But hey, they get a productive day from another old guy in Ameer Abdullah and he could be an important piece in the final weeks of the regular season.

Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season continues on tonight with a battle of AFC playoff contenders as the New England Patriots visit the Baltimore Ravens at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC.
The Patriots let a 21-0 lead slip away in their 35-31 loss to the Bills last Sunday, missing out on a chance to clinch the AFC East title while falling a game behind the Broncos for the top seed in the conference. They still have a chance to secure a playoff berth with a win this evening and we’ll see if running back Rhamondre Stevenson can factor into that effort.

Week 16 of the 2025 NFL season continues on this afternoon with an AFC battle featuring the Las Vegas Raiders visiting the Houston Texans at 4:25 p.m. ET on CBS.
The Raiders dropped their eighth straight game in an ugly 31-0 shutout loss to the Eagles last Sunday and at 2-12, they are in a battle with the Giants and Titans for the No. 1 overall pick in next year’s draft. This year’s first-round pick Ashton Jeanty didn’t offer much in last week’s loss and we’ll see what he can offer up as they close out this miserable season.