The Gabon international has been heavily linked with a move away from Signal Iduna Park with the likes of Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City all credited with an interest in signing the prolific attacker. Who is Barca & Real target Dembele? Goal revealed on Monday that City are not yet considering an approach, while PSG have pulled out of the race for his signature, and Dortmund remain adamant they are yet to receive any bids for Aubameyang....

The blunt and somewhat embarrassing fact is that the administration has fallen well short of its hopes for unveiling a health-care plan this spring. That is partly because of the crush of pending business on Capitol Hill, and partly because the president, by his own admission, has spread himself too thin. “What I think we need to do, frankly, is get the focus back on the things I have been working on from the beginning,” Clinton conceded last week....

Boris Bondarev, a former member of Russia’s delegation to the United Nations in Geneva, said in an interview published Thursday in The Moscow Times, an independent online newspaper based in Amsterdam, that there were some mixed reactions among his colleagues when Russia launched its invasion last February 24. While some celebrated the attack, many appeared concerned but did not publicly voice criticism over fears that they could lose their diplomatic jobs, according to Bondarev....

The wives and mothers of 21 Russian soldiers say the men are being held captive in Zavitne Bazhannia, a village in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, over their refusal to participate in the war. The conflict began when President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion on February 24. At least eight of the detained men had official exemptions from military service and should not have been drafted as part of Putin’s September 21 “partial mobilization” order, a letter from the women obtained by Russian media project The Insider stated....

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote in an update on its Facebook page on Wednesday that its soldiers attacked enemy positions near Chaplynka in the Kherson region on Monday, killing about 50 Russian soldiers. Days earlier, Russia forces shelled the city of Kherson, leaving at least 10 dead and dozens injured. Kherson was seized by Putin’s troops in early March, shortly after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began....

This is just the latest time the NFL has fallen back to square one on the topic of violence against women. Now everyone should wonder whether the league ever moved off of it in the first place. No, not if last week’s NFL Draft is any indication. MORE: Bengals, Mixon among NFL Draft losers A player involved in an active rape investigation: first-round pick. One caught on video punching a woman and breaking bones in her face: second-round pick....

Mikal Bridges, chosen by the Sixers with the 10th pick a year earlier but acquired by the Suns in a trade, wasn’t exactly a child when he entered the league. He was only 21 at the draft but turned 22 well before opening night. When Johnson was chosen, the Suns were blistered with criticism for drafting a player of such advanced age. The Salt Lake Tribune gave the pick a C- grade, the same as NBADraft....

Before we break down our picks, here are the most notable scoring rules for DraftKings contests: Full-point PPR, four-point passing TDs, three-point bonuses for 100 rushing yards, 100 receiving yards, and 300 passing yards. WEEK 16 DFS LINEUPS: FanDuel | Yahoo DraftKings Picks Week 16: NFL DFS lineup for GPP tournaments Sunday main slate, $50,000 budget QB Davis Mills, Texans vs. Chargers ($5,500). Mills didn’t deliver the performance we hoped for last week, but we’re going to roll the dice one more time....

“He’ll take you guys all the way, I promise,” Drake the Raptors fan said as Rose left the stage. A photo posted by champagnepapi (@champagnepapi) on Aug 5, 2016 at 10:49pm PDT MORE: Athletes who became musicians The crowd response was… understated? Is New York still adjusting to Rose being the Knicks’ new point guard? Did a bunch of Nets fans crash the show? (Doubtful.) Could it not figure out it was D-Rose and his son PJ out there?...

The Lakers rookie made magic with it in LA’s game vs. the Mavericks on Sunday in Las Vegas. MORE: LaVar Ball addresses Lonzo’s sneaker carousel Witness this touch pass on a fast break (UPDATE: So what if it was illegal?): And this outlet pass, which might make Rams fans jealous: Those will make you forget the funky jump shot or his, um, evolving defense, which was on display against fellow rookie Dennis Smith Jr....

The world champions stormed into Sunday’s final in St Petersburg despite head coach Joachim Low resting a number of key players for the tournament in Russia. A vibrant, youthful line-up have plundered 11 goals across four matches, with the only blot on their campaign a 1-1 draw against La Roja in Kazan, where Alexis Sanchez put the Copa America holders ahead in a rampant opening. Messi’s star-studded wedding ceremony...

The Warriors picked up the win without having to face Cavs center Andre Drummond. Cleveland benched Drummond as the team looks to find a trade partner for him. But rather than have him play in this time, the team believed, per ESPN’s sources, “it’s unfair to Drummond to limit his minutes as the organization transitions to Jarrett Allen.” Cavs coach J.B. Bickerstaff discussed the decision Monday. “Sometimes you’re forced into difficult positions that’s not easy to navigate, but in respect to Dre and all that he’s done and accomplished and as much as he’s helped us, we thought this was the fairest thing to do for him,” Bickerstaff said....

After the Warriors defeated the Clippers, Draymond Green was picked for a post-game interview. Dahntay Jones, a member of the losing squad, comes up behind and gives him a little nudge. Yes people run into each other all the time, but there’s a lot of court to walk on. Either it was intentional, or Jones felt he didn’t get enough camera time. Whatever the case was, Green broke Jones off with deadliest of stares....

Draymond Green’s mom, Mary Babers, has had enough of Warriors critics, so she spoke out in a lengthy but well-written letter to the Bay Area News Group. MORE: Trade deadline winners | Stephen Curry done with critics Babers has always been outspoken, talking trash on the Rockets, and interrupting interviews to tell her son some important news. But this time, she silences naysayers, stating that the focus shouldn’t be on what Golden State cannot do, but rather on how each generation of basketball improves....

For the lucky 24, it was a happy night. The government will give each family $2,000, which they will use as a down payment on the first group of new homes that will be built in District Six. Construction of the first homes will begin soon and should be completed by mid-2003. But lost in the good cheer was a stark reality: there’s not nearly enough land or money to resettle all the former residents of District Six who want to go home....

After missing last week’s loss to the Panthers with a shoulder injury suffered in Week 2, Brees is in line to start against Dallas, coach Sean Payton said Friday. MORE: Week 4 picks against spread | Expert NFL picks | Week 4 lines, odds “Based on the work week and the reps, he’s thrown well. I thought he looked sharp today,” Payton told reporters following practice. “… I said this last week and this week again: Each day you just pay attention to how he’s functioning....

In the meantime, a more unexpected phenomenon seems to be occurring. The competitiveness of the 2008 presidential election itself might already be augmenting America’s soft power. This development might surprise most Americans. Watching the campaign, the Democrats seem to be incapable of going a sentence without saying, “hope,” “change” or “experience.” The Republicans are falling over themselves trying to do their best impersonation of Ronald Reagan. The Lincoln-Douglas debates these are not....

Leicester’s amazing fairy tale ends Having won their group and beaten Sevilla in the last 16, the Premier League champions’s fairy tale run was brought to an end by Atletico Madrid in the quarter-finals. Having slipped to a 1-0 defeat in the first leg, Craig Shakespeare’s side put in a spirited display at the King Power Stadium in the return fixture, only to lose out 2-1 on aggregate. And England international Drinkwater admitted his frustration on missing out on a place in the semi-finals, with the players starting to believe they could even reach the final in Cardiff and lift the trophy....

The video, posted by the SA Trucker website last week, shows driver Leo Prinsloo and Lloyd Mtombeni in the van driving through the city of Pretoria when another car attempts to drive past the van and shoot at it. The two men in the van are both wearing bulletproof vests. A volley of bullets, aimed directly at the driver, hit the Land Cruiser and pockmarked its bulletproof windows while the driver accelerates and flees the robbers....

Two of the drivers are with new teams as Carl Edwards has his first test with Joe Gibbs Racing while Sam Hornish Jr. will pilot a car for Richard Petty Motorsports in his new 2015 ride. Hendrick Motorsports driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. (with new crew chief Greg Ives) and Richard Childress Racing’s Paul Menard, whose crew chief Justin Alexander began with four races left in 2014, also will be part of the two-day test as Goodyear prepares for a lower horsepower, lower downforce rules package for 2015....