Author: Michael

The Cincinnati Bengals may be playing their NFL Week 3 game against the Vikings in Minnesota with backup quarterback Jake Browning after starter Joe Burrow’s toe injury during a Week 2 win.
But the Vikings likely could be dealing with several injury-related issues of their own when they host the Bengals.
Minnesota’s starting center, former Lakota West High School standout Ryan Kelly, left the Vikings’ Sunday night loss to Atlanta with what the team announced as a concussion.

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Real Madrid’s Spanish coach Xabi Alonso has helped the team grow more solid on the evidence of the first few weeks of the season (ANDER GILLENEA)
Record 15-time kings of Europe Real Madrid open their new Champions League campaign on Tuesday against Marseille hoping they now have the coach and squad to reconquer the throne.
Madrid refreshed their squad this summer with several new signings at a cost of around 170 million euros ($200 million) and hired former midfielder Xabi Alonso to replace veteran Carlo Ancelotti.

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World champion Zhao Xintong is among a stellar cast of players in Essex [PA Media]
The world’s best snooker players are heading to Essex as the English Open action heats up.
Big names are fighting it out for the £100,000 jackpot handed to the winner at the Brentwood Centre on Sunday.
But a notable absence is Ronnie O’Sullivan, who withdrew from the tournament despite it being just down the road from his home in Chingford.

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Eberechi Eze is primed to lead Arsenal’s Champions League challenge (HENRY NICHOLLS)
Arsenal start their bid for Champions League glory against Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday powered by a new-look attack revitalised by the Gunners’ summer spending spree.
Mikel Arteta’s side reached the semi-finals of Europe’s top competition for the first time since 2009 last season before losing to eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain.
Arsenal also fell short in the Premier League, where they ended as runners-up for a third consecutive season, partly due to a misfiring forward line.

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