Beaten finalists in last season’s competition, the Reds fell a long way short of the standards required to reach the latter stages as they were overrun by effervescent opposition in Naples. Luciano Spalletti’s men took an early lead when Piotr Zielinski converted from the spot in the fifth minute, but they missed another penalty moments later when Victor Osimhen was thwarted by Alisson. However, that disappointment didn’t halt their momentum, with Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa and Giovanni Simeone extending their lead to three goals before the break....

But McAteer, a soft-spoken 43-year-old, doesn’t take the drug to get high. It simply makes him “able to survive as a human being,” he says, dulling migraines so severe that even the odor of fresh-cut grass can set them off. His doctor, who regularly prescribes the drug to patients who don’t fit the FDA’s indications, is one of the nation’s top authorities on pain, Russ Portenoy of Beth Israel Medical Center in New York....

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said on Friday that the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama will serve as the headquarters for the U.S. space agency’s program to build a spacecraft to put astronauts—male and female—back on the moon by 2024. Bridenstine made the announcement in front of a test version of the 149 foot tall hydrogen tank for the Space Launch System rocket, which will launch the astronauts on their journey in 2024....

The images, which were published by the space agency on Tuesday, shows the rover’s view from high up on a martian mountain called Mount Sharp. The car-sized vehicle has been exploring for the past few years. Mission engineers commanded the rover to take the images on November 16, 2021. Using its navigation cameras, the vehicle took two composite images capturing the same scene in the morning and late afternoon local Mars time....

Kock took the photos as the International Space Station—where she has been since March—traveled over Namibia toward the Red Sea. The time-lapse image was chosen by NASA Earth Observatory as its picture of the day. Describing the image, NASA said: “On the ground, stationary features like cities appear as pale yellow-white dotted streaks; with each dot marking another frame captured. Many of the thinner dotted lines with darker orange hues are fires burning across Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo....

Truex Jr., of course, proclaimed on Oct. 28 he would not let Logano win the championship after Logano crashed Truex Jr. to win at Martinsville. But Truex Jr. couldn’t help it when Logano sped past him in the decisive race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. MORE: Watch NASCAR live and on-demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Among this year’s championship contenders, Logano was the only driver without a title. Truex Jr. took the crown last year, while Kyle Busch won in 2015 and Kevin Harvick won in 2014....

With eight laps to go, Harvick began to hit leader Kyle Busch with some bump-and-runs to knock him off the course. One lap later, Harvick did just that to give himself a sizable lead for the remainder of the race. NASCAR SCHEDULE: Dates, times, TV info Luckily the post-race comments were relatively civil between the two. Busch understood that that was how racing shakes out sometimes, but added that how one races eventually gets back to them....

One week removed from letting out his frustrations on Joey Logano’s face, Kyle Busch looked liked like he was well on his way to channeling his aggression toward a victory on Sunday. Then Logano blew a tire and cost Busch the win, clearing the way for Ryan Newman to take the checkers at the Camping World 500 in Phoenix. MORE: Busch, Logano not penalized for post-race fight With Busch leading, Logano blew a tire with five laps to go that forced a caution....

Busch, who won Stage 1 and led for 100 laps, fell to ninth. Blaney ended up holding Harvick off by .139 seconds. It was a clean race for the most part, as only two caution flags came out, but Jimmie Johnson crashed into the wall with 65 laps remaining, triggering a red flag. Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s day ended just 58 laps in due to engine problems. Kyle Larson won Stage 2 of the race....

Truex Jr. was looking to win his thrid-straight road race having won at Watkins Glen in 2017 and at Sonoma earlier this year. Last weekend’s winner at the Gander Outdoors 400 at Pocono , Kyle Busch, notched a third-place finish and remains on top of the point standings. The race started with Denny Hamlin at the pole position, with leader Kyle Busch right behind. Hamlin wound up finishing 13th....

All roads lead to Homestead for Joey Logano, Kyle Busch, Kevin Harvick and Martin Truex Jr., the last four drivers left standing after a long, grueling season. The latter three clinched a berth in the championship race with their performances at the Can-Am 500, the penultimate race of the playoffs. Here’s everything you’ll need to know as NASCAR enters the home stretch of its 2018 season. Which drivers qualified for the championship race?...

Journeyman stock car racer Richard Childress caught lightning in a bottle, not once but twice. NASCAR’s only driver strike, on the eve of the 1969 inaugural race at Talladega Superspeedway, gave Childress the opportunity to earn enough money to build his first race shop and lay the foundation for Richard Childress Racing, the powerhouse Chevrolet organization which to date has claimed 11 owner titles across NASCAR’s three national series....

NASCAR announced Monday that the May 9 Sprint Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway will be called the SpongeBob SquarePants 400. MORE: Jimmie Johnson runs away at Atlanta | Busch agrees to reinstatement terms | Earnhardt pleased with start to season According to the NASCAR release, the weekend will go all out with “Bikini Bottom-themed activities and fun for the entire family.” “The SpongeBob SquarePants 400 gives Nickelodeon the opportunity to expand its relationship with NASCAR....

What do you make of him? Is he a villain? Or is he the breath of fresh air some have waited for in this era of Jimmie Johnson dominance? It wasn’t too long ago he was wetting his beak in the top series and earning the nickname ‘Brad Crash-a-lot-ski’ from a few prominent Cup drivers thanks to his ultra-aggressive driving and some early mistakes. But now he’s starting to repeat 2012, a year he won Chicago to kick off the Chase en route to winning the title....

Kyle Busch went on a tear of winning four of five races, becoming the major story of July, and right behind him, Matt Kenseth has won two of the last three. Both come into this week’s race as 6-to-1 favorites along with Harvick, and you could argue that each deserves to be a bigger favorite than Harvick based on current form and recent track history. While Harvick has led a series-high 1,406 laps this season, 685 more than second-best Kurt Busch, he hasn’t won since the fourth race of the season at Phoenix....

Which was a big deal for the points standings considering Reddick is battling both Byron and Johnson for the 16th and final spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with six races to go in the regular season. MORE: Complete results, highlights from Sunday’s race The 10th-place finish brought Reddick closer to the edge of the NASCAR Cup Series playoff bubble, as he is now 15 points behind 16th-place Byron....

After a handing down a suspension that could have cost Busch a large portion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup season, NASCAR on Wednesday reinstated the former champion after just three races. However, Busch remains under indefinite probation, NASCAR announced. Chevrolet also announced it lifted its Busch suspension. Here is its statement from Jim Campbell, vice president of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports: “Now that Kurt Busch has been reinstated by NASCAR and is able to fulfill his obligations associated with our agreement, we have lifted our suspension and will continue to monitor the situation....

Driving with a unique Superman paint scheme as part of a movie promotion, Jimmie Johnson held off Kevin Harvick in NASCAR’s version of overtime Sunday. It was his second victory of the season and gave him sole possession of seventh overall on the all-time win chart with 77, passing Dale Earnhardt. MORE: Race recap | Images from Fontana | Danica’s crash | Larson’s wall-banger Kyle Busch blew a right-front tire bringing out the caution flag with two laps remaining, setting up the two extra laps of overtime....

For Martin Truex Jr. it was as close as he had come to making up for a heartbreaking Daytona 500 loss to begin the season. Truex won a late race out of pit road and led the final 12 laps after a restart en route to his second win of the season. While David Pearson, Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip dominated Darlington from this weekend’s celebrated 1975-84 era, in the modern years there have now been 11 different drivers in victory lane over its last 11 races: Greg Biffle (2006), Jeff Gordon (2007), Kyle Busch (2008), Mark Martin (2009), Denny Hamlin (2010), Regan Smith (2011), Jimmie Johnson (2012), Matt Kenseth (2013), Kevin Harvick (2014), Carl Edwards (2015) and Truex (2016)....