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ESPN FC's Gab Marcotti has played down reports of a rift between Carlo Ancelotti and his players. Bayern Munich have three players they cannot afford to be without for a long time -- Robert Lewandowski, Arjen Robben and Manuel Neuer. The German champions will be rocked by the news their captain and goalkeeper Neuer will miss the rest of the year after surgery on his foot. Bayern's captain suffered a recurrence of his metatarsal misery and went under the knife on the same day as the German champions, seeking their sixth Bundesliga in succession, moved back to the top of the table with a

Indianapolis DirecTV and U-verse subscribers already have been annoyed to lose NBC for two weeks. It might get worse.        

Russia has regained its place on the FIFA Council, six months after Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko was blocked from re-election.

Manchester City midfielder Ilkay Gundogan had braced himself for the worst when he went down with a torn A. C. L. last December. Now he just had to face it.

So who can resist the chance to put all 32 team in order?        

Sure, it's natural to be skeptical, but the Lions are doing some fundamental things right