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Roma overturned a 4-1 first leg lead in shocking fashion, beating the Catalan side 3-0 at the Stadio Olimpico and progressing on away goals on Tuesday. The Serie A side lost their prized asset Salah to Liverpool in the summer, with the Egypt international moving to Anfield in a £34 million deal, and he has since gone on to score 39 goals in 44 appearances this season. However, there is now a chance that the two sides could meet in the Champions League semi-finals, after Liverpool defeated Manchester City 5-1 on aggregate....

The European champions will be favourites for the tournament in Doha in December. Liverpool have never won the FIFA Club World Cup, finishing as runners-up in 2005, but leading the Premier League giants to a first success at the tournament is not a focus for Klopp. “Oh, I didn’t think about that. I’m not someone who has to be the first on the moon or the first winning the World Cup with Liverpool, but when we are there then we will try with all we have,” he told FIFA....

The team said Wednesday that tests showed no ligament or nerve damage and surgery is not required. Chandler left in the first quarter of a 102-97 loss to the Charlotte Bobcats on Tuesday. He has a small fracture in the fibula in his lower leg. New York is off to a 1-3 start after winning its first Atlantic Division title since 1994 last season. The Knicks will miss his defense and rebounding as they try to keep pace in the deep Eastern Conference....

With all of the fond memories associated with Knights of the Old Republic, a remake of the game would really have to nail key aspects of the original game to satisfy longtime fans. One of the most charming elements of KOTOR is its many characters, many of which are still considered some of the most iconic in all of Star Wars. One such character is HK-47, an assassin droid with a dry sense of humor and a particularly tenacious hunger for violence....

Know When Your Windows Live Hotmail Account Expires After 270 days (about 8 and a half months) without access, a Windows Live Hotmail account becomes inactive. This means all messages stored in the account are deleted, and no new mail is accepted. When Your Windows Live Hotmail Will Be Deleted and Reassigned People who send an email to an inactive Windows Live Hotmail account get their message bounced back with a delivery failure....

Bryant is officially part of what was: the collection of greats whose uniform numbers hang from the Staples Center rafters. A fair collection of those hallowed players — Magic, Kareem, Shaq, Jerry West, Elgin Baylor — were at the arena Monday to watch Bryant’s 8 and 24 join theirs. Bryant himself took it back to those legends as he addressed the crowd. GREER: Questions about Kobe remain unanswered “It’s not about my jerseys that are hanging up there for me....

The “Celebration of Life” honored the NBA legend and his 13-year-old daughter, who died alongside seven others in a helicopter crash last month. The public memorial featured emotional tributes from Beyonce, Vanessa Bryant, Jimmy Kimmel, Geno Auriemma and more. Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional speech Jimmy Kimmel was the first speaker at the memorial service. He gave a tearful opening monologue in honor of Kobe and Gianna. “Everywhere you go, you see his face, his number....

The Lakers guard wrote a poem entitled “Dear Basketball” on The Players Tribune , Derek Jeter’s athlete-generated media site which Bryant has partnered with in the past. In it, he wrote about everything basketball has meant to him and made very clear that he will be hanging up his sneakers after this season — which has gone rather poorly by his (or anyone’s) standards. MORE: Classic photos from throughout Kobe’s career | Lakers not considering benching Kobe...

The Dark Souls series, and FromSoftware’s other Soulslike games, have inspired a whole wave of action games that push gamers to the limit. Combat is tough and requires split-second timing, boss fights are crushingly difficult, and there’s very little room to breathe from one challenge to the next. Playing a game like this seems like a very daunting task on paper, but the Soulslike genre has built up a large fanbase of gamers that enjoy the struggle that can come with getting through them....

The Belgium international is the Premier League’s top scorer with 16 this season, including a superb four-goal haul in the 6-3 home win over Bournemouth last time out. WATCH: Memphis nets first goal for Lyon Koeman said he was unsure whether agent Mino Raiola’s reported claim that Lukaku will sign a new deal was accurate, but welcomed the development. Lukaku has been linked with a return to former club Chelsea, but Koeman hopes Everton can prove they are on the rise in order to keep their star striker....

The Netherlands head coach was admitted for treatment on a blocked coronary artery. The 57-year-old was discharged on Thursday and he issued a message of thanks to those who treated him and sent him support. “That was a bit of a shock, last weekend,” he wrote in a message tweeted by the Netherlands national team account. “For myself, of course, but especially for my family, and for my friends....

Koepka matched his first round of 69 at Pebble Beach on Friday to head into the weekend in a promising position on four under. Rose led by two shots on seven under when he signed for a one-under 70. World number one Koepka was pleased to keep himself in the mix for a fifth major title after getting through his round with only one bogey, becoming the first defending champion to break 70 in his first two rounds of the U....

Nagpur, Nov 28 (PTI) India captain Virat Kohli and former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni are set to request COA chief Vinod Rai for a substantial hike in the central contracts but it may be easier said than done as it is going to require the approval of the general body of BCCI. The Indian cricketers’ central contracts saw a two-fold rise with top players in group A earning Rs 2 crore annually....

“Before they (the team) could get acclimatised to the conditions in South Africa, they lost the Test series. They however, bounced back well and showed their capabilities in the ODIs and won it,” he told PTI over phone from Bengaluru. “It was a great comeback by the team to show their real potential and talent and win the one-day series,” he said. After losing the Test series 2-1, India bounced back strongly to claim the six-match ODI series 5-1....

New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) India captain Virat Kohli is all set to play County cricket in his bid to prepare for the upcoming Test series against England in August-September. While it is yet to be ascertained which county Kohli will represent, it could be London-based Surrey in all likelihood. It is learnt that the Indian captain’s sole focus is on the five Test series against England and he is ready to miss the one off Test against Afghanistan starting June 14 as he will be busy with his county stint....

The opening clash was wiped out by rain in Guwahati and Sri Lanka’s innings on Tuesday also proved a damp squib, the loss of late wickets limiting them to a modest 142-9. India chased that down with 15 balls to spare at Indore, Kohli confirming the triumph in style to cap an explosive knock from the skipper. Sri Lanka’s top three made credible contributions but the tourists’ line-up as a whole failed to fire....

Nikkei reported earlier today that Hideo Kojima is officially opening his own game studio, and he won’t be doing it alone. Kojima is reportedly bringing back several ex-Kojima Productions staffers with him, news that will likely shake up the video game world after the team’s incredible success developing Metal Gear Solid 5. The report claims that as of today, December 15, Kojima’s love-hate relationship with Konami has officially ended and that he is no longer an employee in any way, which might explain why Kojima didn’t make the announcement sooner....

The motto of Kojima Productions is “From Sapiens to Ludens,” explaining that Homo Ludens, “those who play,” are the people who use their creativity and inventiveness to build stories, invent tools, share experiences, and evolve the art of play. Even if Earth were reduced to a barren wasteland, Homo Ludens would survive, driven by imagination, hope, and the desire to create. RELATED: Kojima Productions Composer Leaves After 10 Years With the Studio...

While Kirby’s copy abilities are retained and reworked to fit 3D environments, there is are also new transformations that directly alter the environment around Kirby. This includes Kirby’s new Mouthful Mode, which allows him to stretch his mouth and cover certain objects and utilize its abilities. This ranges from Kirby driving a car using his mouth to shooting cans of soda out of a vending machine. While a bunch of features will be included in the game, Nintendo has revealed another: amiibo support....

Bush is trying to realign, big time. In an extraordinary series of moves, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other U.S. officials have been seeking to create a united front of Sunni Arab regimes and Israel against Shiite Iran as part of an aggressive new approach to Tehran. Fed up with Iran’s recalcitrance in talks to curb its nuclear program, and reports of Iran’s alleged complicity in attacks inside Iraq, the Bush administration is engaged in diplomacy of truly Kissingerian complexity....