However, which players should we keep an eye on this season? Neymar 9/2 to win Ballon d’Or 2018 Below, Goal runs through 15 players that all have their reasons for wanting to make a big impression on the 2017-18 Champions League… DELE ALLI (Tottenham Hotspur) Dele Alli personifies Tottenham’s surprising struggles in Europe over the past two seasons. The attacking midfielder has picked up as many red cards as he has scored goals (one apiece!...

While the two stars showed off their children’s costumes, PSG posted a video of several of their players being spooked by a Halloween prank. Meanwhile Arsenal opted to have some of their players show off their acting skills (or lack thereof) by reading some classic lines from horror films. Check out how the world of football celebrated Halloween below! A post shared by Paul Labile Pogba (@paulpogba) on Oct 31, 2018 at 7:55am PDT...

Transfer fees have been trending upwards for several years, but 2017 saw things reach a whole new level. Paris Saint-Germain stunned world football when they triggered the €222 million release clause in Neymar’s Barcelona contract in August, smashing the transfer record that was previously set by Paul Pogba’s €105m move from Juventus to Manchester United in 2016. The Parisians also clinched the loan signing of Kylian Mbappe from Monaco, a deal which will be made permanent for €180m at the end of the season....

Suarez signs new Barca deal The Brazil international joined Barca from Santos in 2013, but went through a tough period early on at Camp Nou. Messi, though, took Neymar under his wing to help him become a key figure at Barca. “I have a nice story about Messi,” Neymar told CNN. “Soon after I arrived, it was not a great moment in my career and he was the one who helped me....

As reported by Goal, the 26-year-old has made it clear to PSG that he wants to join the Champions League winners in the summer . He does, however, face resistance from the Ligue 1 side, who are desperate to keep their star man who they only signed from Barcelona in 2017. Neymar’s agent Pini Zahavi met with Madrid president Florentino Perez on May 13 although PSG remain confident the forward, who is contracted to 2022, will stay put....

Neymar has played a starring role for Brazil, scoring six goals in CONMEBOL qualifying to help the South American giants become the first nation to book a spot at next year’s World Cup. ‘Neymar ready to replace Messi’ The 25-year-old has also been in good form for La Liga titleholders Barca this season, netting 15 goals in all competitions as he bagged his 100th goal for the Spaniards last week....

The Paris Saint-Germain superstar suffered a fractured metatarsal at the end of February but marked his return to action in style with sparkling goals in Brazil’s pre-tournament wins over Croatia and Austria. A 1-1 draw in the Group E opener against Switzerland was less satisfactory and, after drawing 10 fouls over the course of a sometimes-bruising encounter, Neymar limped out of training in Sochi earlier this week with a sore ankle....

Le Parisiens 17/4 favs for CL glory The attacker and his teenage team-mate were both on target Wednesday as PSG strolled to a 4-0 win over Anderlecht in the Champions League, with the 18-year-old Frenchman scoring just three minutes in and setting up Edinson Cavani to help the French side to a 2-0 lead at half-time. Neymar found the net after the hour mark with a stunning free-kick before Angel Di Maria rounded out the scoring in the dying minutes....

Pep unsure if Jesus will return this season The former Palmeiras star has been a revelation since his move to the Premier League, scoring three times in his first three league matches. However, he then suffered an unfortunate injury blow against Bournemouth and he had to be substituted after just 15 minutes in a game where he had once again replaced Sergio Aguero in the starting XI. The injury was subsequently diagnosed as a broken metatarsal in the 19-year-old’s right foot, with Jesus going under the knife in Barcelona on Thursday in a bid to repair the problem....

For example, leaving Edmonton for the KHL would be worse -- maybe that should be a consideration for Oilers coach Dallas Eakins, maybe not. But Yakupov says himself that the speculation is bunk, and his agent has done the same. Yakupov, the No. 1 pick in 2012, had 17 goals and 14 assists last season. He doesn't have a goal or assist yet this season, though, and Eakins thinks it's affecting his game....

We'll see how that ends, but it's easy to wonder what, exactly, has Larionov all that upset. Yakupov takes heat for his defensive play, and certainly not all of it is deserved, but the mistakes are there . Plus, for whatever it's worth, Yakupov starts a higher percentage of his shifts in the offensive zone than any other Oilers forward, per Rob Vollman's usage charts . The first pick in 2012 had 17 goals in last year's shortened season and two so far in 2013-14....

“Don’t talk to me about my timing,” Pelosi said during a speech on the House floor on Wednesday afternoon. “For a long time, I resisted the calls from across the country for impeachment of the president for obvious violations of the Constitution that he committed. But recognizing the divisiveness of impeachment, I held back.” She added that she held off for so long because “frankly I said, ‘This president isn’t worth it....

Pelosi, a Democrat, said at a news conference that China had made a “fuss” because she was speaker of the House and the nation’s government had reacted differently when a group of U.S. lawmakers visited Taiwan in April. She becomes the first serving speaker to visit the island since Newt Gingrich in 1997 and said that the U.S. is “committed” to the security of Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory....

Speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Pelosi said negotiations now center around the “final language” of the deal, which she said was a “good thing.” “As we speak, we’re in conversation with the final language. We have—I believe—come to terms on the principles of the legislation, which is a good thing,” the House speaker said, according to a transcript of the interview published by her office. “Now, we’re down to the fine print....

On December 13, Paul Butler will enter the ring against Naoya Inoue, knowing that most fans and experts give him about as much chance of victory as a hamster has against a snake. The pair clash at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo in an undisputed bantamweight championship fight that will be streamed live by ESPN+. Inoue, 29, is a three-weight world champion and one of the finest fighters in the world today....

The battle for undisputed will take place inside the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Making his pro debut in 2012, Inoue is a former light-flyweight and super-flyweight champion. In 2018 he won the WBA (Regular) bantamweight title against Jamie McDonnell. From 2018-2019, Inoue competed in the World Boxing Super Series bantamweight tournament. He beat Emmanuel Rodriguez for the IBF and The Ring bantamweight titles and, in the finals, beat Nonito Donaire for the WBA title....

The southern Italian side currently trail Juve by four points in the Scudetto race, with five games remaining of the season. Sunday sees the two hopefuls go head-to-head in Turin, and tensions were at boiling point prior to kick-off. Napoli’s team bus was barracked by supporters of the host team as it made its way to Juventus Stadium, but Sarri was in no mood to be intimidated. Perched at the front of the vehicle, the coach responded by holding his middle finger up to his adversaries to brush off their insults....

Maurizio Sarri’s men suffered two successive defeats within five days which saw their unbeaten run of 15 league games halted with a 1-0 defeat to Juventus in their last league outing on December 1. And they also crashed out of the Champions League after a 2-1 loss to Feyenoord on Wednesday which saw them demoted to the Uefa Europa League round of 32. Despite being out of action since November 1 due to an anterior cruciate ligament tear he suffered in a Champions League tie against Manchester City, Ghoulam has assured the fans of his immediate return but urged them to support the team as they aim to get back to winning ways against La Viola....

Space cooperation between Russia and the U.S. has been thrown into question in recent days as tensions rise between the two countries over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In response, the U.S. announced sanctions that President Joe Biden said would have an effect on Russia’s space industry, stoking the ire of Dmitry Rogozin, director of Roscosmos. In a series of Twitter posts last week, Rogozin suggested that blocking cooperation with Russia in space could lead to an uncontrolled deorbit of the ISS which has operated continuously in space for more than two decades....

Astronomers say these are the clearest images of this process taken to date and could provide clues as to what causes a comet to die. The first of the two images was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope on April 20 and shows the comet had fragmented into 30 pieces. The second, taken on April 23, shows 25 pieces. Scientists are unsure as to why the number of fragments differed between days....