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Conte was asked to leave the dugout by referee Neil Swarbrick after a prolonged remonstration with fourth official Lee Mason with regards to perceived time-wasting by Paul Clement’s struggling Swansea. The former Juventus and Italy boss apologised immediately after the match, in which Antonio Rudiger headed the decisive goal, saying he expected to be fined and that he would leave complaining to the match officials in the hands of his players from now on....

The Brazil superstar was unveiled to the media Friday after the Ligue 1 giants handed over a stunning €222 million to meet his contractual release clause . Get Chelsea’s EPL title odds While some in the game - including Conte’s fellow Premier League manager Jurgen Klopp - expressed concern over the move , the Blues boss does not have a problem with a player of Neymar’s calibre commanding such a hefty price....

Hazard scored both goals in a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Manchester City at Stamford Bridge, netting the winner 10 minutes before half-time after Willy Caballero saved his initial penalty. Antonio Conte’s men appeared set to go 10 points clear until Tottenham completed a stunning late turnaround to beat Swansea City 3-1. “It’s a big win of course. I don’t know if the way we played was beautiful but the most important thing is to win games,” Hazard told BT Sport after being awarded the man-of-the-match award....

Miazga spent last season with the Eredivisie club, making 23 league appearances and starting in his side’s 2-0 win against AZ to lift the KNVB Cup, the club’s first major trophy. Get Chelsea EPL title odds United States international Miazga, who joined Chelsea from New York Red Bulls in 2016, was an unused substitute as his country beat Jamaica 2-1 to claim the Gold Cup this week. He played one game in the tournament, scoring a goal in the U....

The player ratings for the Chelsea players were released by youtuber Calfreezy when he played Real Madrid vs Chelsea at the EA Headquaters. They can be seen in this video. Keep a watchful eye on the screen when he clicks on team management ! Here are the ratings - Goalkeepers : Cech – 84 Turnbull – 72 Hilario – 72 Defenders : Azpilicueta – 77 Ivanovic – 82 Cahill – 79...

Rugani, 24, has been linked with Premier League giants Chelsea throughout the transfer window after former Napoli head coach Maurizio Sarri replaced Antonio Conte at Stamford Bridge. A reunion was on the cards following the pair’s time together at Empoli, that was until AC Milan signed centre-back Mattia Caldara from Juve. “Juventus have no desire to sell him, not even for a high price which, among other things, no-one in Italy could afford,” Torchia told RMC Sport....

The Messi-Ronaldo rivalry is seen as one of the most iconic rivalries in sport, with two of the greatest footballers to have played the game constantly dividing opinion as to who is the better player. “I’m going to go with Lionel Messi”: Chelsea boss Lampard prefers the Argentine over Cristiano Ronaldo Chelsea manager Frank Lampard, considered to be one of the best midfielders to have played the game, admitted that he would choose Barcelona’s Lionel Messi over Cristiano Ronaldo....

The 21-year-old midfielder has made 32 appearances for Chelsea but struggled for extended first-team exposure last season. “Palace have a very strong team and I’d like to be a part of that this season,” said Loftus-Cheek. “I live not too far away, I was born in Lewisham and Palace are a good club.” Palace play their first game of the new season against Huddersfield Town on Aug. 12. (Reporting by Neil Robinson; Editing by Christian Radnedge)...

In case you didn’t know… Eden Hazard is arguably the best player in the Premier League and is playing in a terrific form for the Blues this season. He registered 12 goals and 10 assists in the league thus far this campaign and is the favorite to win the PFA Player of the Season accolade, On the other hand, Gonzalo Higuain joined Chelsea on loan from Juventus last winter but already made his mark at the club....

Lukaku, 21, has been on-loan at West Bromwich Albion and Everton over the last two season, scoring 32 goals. He will return to Chelsea over the summer for pre-season but has been linked with a move away from Chelsea given the inevitable signing of Diego Costa from Atletico Madrid. Despite impressing so much at West Brom and Everton, Lukaku reportedly feels that Mourinho does not prefer him as the clubs main striker and needs assurances over his future in west London before deciding on whether to sign a new contract or leave for pastures new....

The in-house curator for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Harrington managed to find 11 of the 15 original Oscars given out in 1929, which are now part of a special exhibit commemorating the award’s 75th birthday. For the first time, 102 historically significant, interesting or otherwise odd Oscars–at least one from each award ceremony since 1929–have been collected in one place. Cineastes can catch them all in an exhibit called “And the Oscar Went to …”, at the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters through April 17....

However, despite the furor surrounding the Oculus Rift’s price, those interested in becoming an early adopter shouldn’t hold their breath waiting for the price to drop, at least not any time soon. In the same Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), Luckey revealed that a price drop (as a result of offering the Rift without games, headphones and an Xbox controller) is “very unlikely for the first generation of Rift.” He also added that “a standardized system is in the best interest in developers trying to reach the widest audience, and we cannot significantly reduce the cost without dramatically reducing quality....

Though not all the best pre-order deals are there, the Easter themed coupon code at GMG is creating a stir in the pre-order PC world with rare discounts on in-demand upcoming titles like the next Elder Scrolls Online expansion, Final Fantasy 14 expansion, and the new Sniper Elite Ghost Warrior 3. The coupon is part of GMG’s 2017 Easter sale, which is good, but some of the more intriguing titles to make deals with are pre-orders that are not getting these types of percentage mark offs elsewhere online....

Moscow - Two Chechen football players have departed for medical check ups at an Israeli club where reports of their signings led to racist displays, their current team said Wednesday. Reports that the two Terek Grozny players were to sign for Beitar Jerusalem, the only one of Israel’s top clubs to have never fielded an Arab player, led to displays of anti-Muslim sentiment at a match Saturday and calls for Beitar to remain “pure”....

If there was any doubt that the Manny Pacquiao doesn’t like Floyd Mayweather, he now gets to punch the welterweight champion’s face every day leading up to the big fight. That’s because Robert Shapiro, a well known “celebrity lawyer,” gave Pacquiao a one-of-a-kind gift earlier this week: a speed bag with Mayweather’s face painted on it. MORE: Fight promotional video | Rousey visits Pacquiao | Pacquiao releases … a music video?...

The two-time champion showed off his newly-finished closet on Instagram and there’s one common theme: Air Jordans. And lots of them. MORE: Amazing Jordan photos | Blazers tried to sign Allen | Smith hits ridiculous shot Allen, a longtime member of the Jordan Brand, has hundreds of pairs from the famous line, enough to cover three of the walls in his huge closet. Breathe, sneakerheads. Breathe.

In England, the game of the weekend was between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur. It lived up to its billing, serving us with a thriller for the ages. The title race has been reignited with City losing to Spurs and Liverpool winning against Norwich City (some exciting stats await you there). Meanwhile, Arsenal continued their march towards a top-four finish, Chelsea huffed and puffed their way to a win against Crystal Palace, and Manchester United beat Leeds United at Elland Road....

The "Bandettes" as they're known as, dance during time outs and half times, like any typical cheerleading squad. During a recent game against the Calgary Roughnecks, one of the "Bandettes" got part of her costume stuck over her head, and well, cue the laughter. Unfortunately, hilarious videos like this won't get more people to watch indoor lacrosse.

It was a fixture that the Lilywhites actually dominated but it was the efficiency of their opponents, and more specifically left wing-back Marcos Alonso, that decided the game in the guests’ favour. Indeed, in a match in which Tottenham mustered 18 efforts on goal against just nine from their opponents, it spoke volumes of their finishing that they required an own goal from Michy Batshuayi to break their duck....

The club revealed their financial results on Monday, the figures showing they enjoyed a 22.7 per cent increase to their revenues from the previous year, when they made £361.3m. It is the first time the club have ever managed to exceed £400m in a single 12-month period. On top of record revenues, Chelsea also finished their financial year with a club-high profit of £62m after tax. The club confirmed such figures were significantly boosted by the fact they made a £113m profit in the transfer market, helped by selling the likes of Nemanja Matic and Diego Costa....