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The Bayern Munich forward has struggled with injuries in recent seasons and that left him pondering whether he should focus on playing club football to prolong his career. In the end the 33-year-old chose to continue with the national team and now hopes to be part of Danny Blind’s squad for the next World Cup in Russia - providing Netherlands qualify. “I told myself to make a choice between focusing solely on Bayern or continuing with both Bayern and the national team,” Robben told De Telegraaf....

The Bayern Munich attacker scored both goals for the Oranje as he captained his side to a 2-0 victory over Sweden on the final matchday of UEFA World Cup qualification. While the result brought the Netherlands level on points with Sweden for the play-off places, Robben and the Dutch lost the tie-breaker to the Swedes due to an inferior goal difference. The brace today means Robben finishes his international career with 37 goals in 96 caps....

The truth about Arsenal’s Cavani chase Keane, Ireland’s all-time top goalscorer who recently called time on a goal-laden six-year spell with Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy, has been heavily linked with a return to Ireland, to complete a career that saw him ply his trade for the likes of Liverpool,. Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur. Responding to persistent rumours on Twitter that Keane will follow in Damien Duff’s footsteps by ending his career with the Hoops, wife Claudine said: “So many people asking if we’re moving back to Ireland....

One of the top holdovers on a team that offloaded many of its top veterans last offseason, Ray has led an unexpected surge this year. The Diamondbacks entered Friday at 22-16 and just two games behind the first-place Dodgers in the NL West. When Ray was asked on DAZN’s “ChangeUp” whether he thought Arizona could take the division, he expressed confidence. “If I say ‘No,’ then we’re already defeated,” Ray said....

"Two years ago I was drafted by the Washington Redskins," Griffin says. "So Dale, being the guy that he is, got in contact with me and we've had a constant to dialogue since then. "It's been real great. At first it started off just being the quarterback of his favorite team, and since then it's really developed into a good friendship." Griffin, at the prodding of Earnhardt through Twitter, will drive the pace car for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race Saturday night at Richmond International Raceway....

The investigation, which covered all of Sarver’s 18 years in the Suns organization, uncovered multiple instances of racism and misogyny. Key findings listed in the NBA’s press release on the matter include that Sarver “repeated the N-word when recounting the statements of others” on at least five occasions, and he engaged in “inequitable conduct toward female employees.” The release also said Sarver “made many sex-related comments in the workplace, made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female employees and other women, and on several occasions engaged in inappropriate physical conduct toward male employees....

Streb had been struggling to find any kind of form since his breakthrough win at the McGladrey Classic last fall, but everything came together in a 7-under 65 that gave him the 18-hole lead. MORE: Reed outshines McIlroy | Rough turn foils Phil | PGA Tour winners of 2014-15 “I haven’t been playing very good for a while now, so I obviously made an adjustment,” Streb said. “I had a solid tournament last week, and saw some things with my putter....

Liverpool slumped to a third defeat in four friendly matches on Sunday, losing 3-0 to Serie A side Napoli. Ten players that featured in the Champions League final triumph over Tottenham were involved in Edinburgh but Jurgen Klopp still has several key men to return. Salah, Alisson and Roberto Firmino will return for a training camp in Evian starting on Monday, as will fit-again pair Naby Keita and Xherdan Shaqiri....

Jurgen Klopp’s men visit the Etihad Stadium with a seven-point lead over City at the top of the Premier League, and avoiding defeat would be another step towards the title. Liverpool are unbeaten in their past four meetings with City, including winning 2-1 in Manchester in April 2018 to seal a 5-1 aggregate success in the Champions League quarter-finals last season. But Robertson said Thursday’s clash would be different, with Pep Guardiola’s men not needing to be so attacking this time around....

The Knicks center and a few friends dressed as the Avengers for a trip to the California theme park. Lopez was captured going down Splash Mountain in a photo that showed him hating life. MORE: Free agency winners and losers | Lopez explains why he hates mascots | NBA 2K16 soundtrack revealed Come on, Robin! You’re the Norse god of thunder and lightning. Maybe you just need some better Avengers....

Van Gaal, who was appointed this summer by United, has introduced a new 3-5-2 system at Old Trafford. However, the team have struggled to adapt to this new philosophy having managed only two points in the first three games of the season. Van Persie, who also played under Van Gaal for Netherlands at the World Cup earlier this summer defended the tactical methods of the manager. “It’s plain and simple....

The award-winning actor spoke out on the matter in 1990, infusing his opinion with his signature comedic stylings. A two-minute snippet of his moving speech was shared across Reddit and Twitter, with poster Simpleballers writing: “During the height of America’s homelessness crisis in the 1990s, Robin Williams asked to testify before the Senate. He spoke with compassion, humility, and hope. It’s the best two minutes you’ll see today…” Network C-Span, which hosts a full-length copy of the two-hour meeting, explained the comedian appeared before the panel on preventing homelessness in America, chaired by Senator Edward Kennedy....

We’ll take a closer look at what information was compromised and how to know if you were affected. How the Data Breach Happened In a blog post, the company said the breach occurred late November 3. An unauthorized party used social engineering with a customer support employee by phone to obtain access to “certain customer support systems.” The third party obtained a list of email addresses for approximately 5 million people and full names for a different group of around 2 million....

The codes for this multiplayer experience allow its players to have more fun, easily win PvP battles, and redeem fantastic rewards like in-game cash, tickets, and other useful abilities. Valid and invalid codes for Roblox UnConventional New active codes Players should also be aware that the codes in UnConventional must be entered into the chat box with an exclamation mark (!) before it in order to work. These codes are not permanent and will be removed from the game with time....

The question is, is that enough to tempt consumers from established cheap USB mics like the Blue Yeti Nano? Well… Design & features The Roccat Torch looks pretty different to most other USB microphones I’ve tested, mainly down to the two-part design, splitting the condenser microphone from the mini mixer for easier on-the-fly adjustment – in theory, anyway. There are a few controls on the mixer, including physical controls for polar patterns, headset volume, mic mute and even a slider for gain control – a nice touch from Roccat, especially at the entry-level price point....

It appeared South Africa were nailed-on victors when they capitalised on some shoddy England bowling to make 272 all out in their second innings and set Joe Root’s men an improbable target of 376 at Centurion. If England do achieve the unlikely, it would be their record run-chase, surpassing the 359 against Australia at Headingley earlier this year. The early signs were encouraging with Rory Burns and Dom Sibley digging deep - aided by a couple of moments of fortune - before the latter was dismissed late on day three as England closed on 121-1, requiring another 255 to take an early advantage in the four-match series....

The first and most obvious question regarding Epic’s acquisition of Rocket League is bound to overshadow news of the acquisition in general. Rocket League is confirmed to be offered on the Epic Games Store later this year. Epic has implied that it will be pulling Rocket League from sale on Steam at the same time. Worst case scenario, the game will continue to be supported for those who have purchased Rocket League on Steam, but new players may have to find the game on the Epic Games Store....

Psyonix’s explanation for the feature not being available for the Xbox One is somewhat puzzling, as it says the “Xbox platform doesn’t allow for crossplay”, which is patently false, as games such as #IDARB and Siegecraft Commander both support it. Not to mention, Microsoft has previously advertised the availability of the forthcoming Fable Legends’ PC and Xbox One cross-platform multiplayer. While it’s indeed strange that Psyonix would make such an erroneous statement, the announcement regarding Rocket League doesn’t necessarily mean that there won’t be cross-platform play on the Xbox One sometime post-launch....

The Rockets were even more surprised that he achieved the feat coming off the bench. Lin tallied 15 points, a career-high 11 rebounds and 10 assists and James Harden returned from injury to score 28 points to help the Rockets to their third straight victory, 106-92. Dwight Howard added 26 points and Terrence Jones had 17. "That's hard to do," Harden said of collecting a triple-double as a reserve. "It's just hard to be able to score the basketball, grab rebounds and pass the ball and get your teammates involved off the bench as a point guard....

Dahl originally had been expected to miss the rest of the season as his lacerated spleen healed. Now he is hoping to return to Rockies’ Double-A affiliate in New Britain, Conn., in four to six weeks, agent Adam Karon told ESPN.com. MORE: The worst 10 teams of the last 30 years Dahl, 21, made the decision after consulting with the Rockies, Karon said. “David has put in an incredible amount of work the last two offseasons, and he just couldn’t fathom the idea of a shortened season,” Karon said....