FIFA sidesteps decision on Russia hosting 2022 World Cup qualifiers

Nintendo’s remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door is out this week on Nintendo Switch, bringing the 2004 Nintendo GameCube classic to the modern era. Check out the launch trailer below, which sees a narrator becoming increasingly befuddled at Mario’s capabilities.

Set in Rogueport, the story sees Mario looking toOnline Betting rescue Princess Peach after the latter finds a map leading to hidden treasure. The quest involves locating seven Crystal Stars, and players will meet all kinds of allies like Goombella, Koops, Vivian and more to aid in his journey. Combat is turn-based and involves timed button presses for attacking and defending.

Players can also equip Badges to en…

Mephisto returns to the world of Sanctuary in Diablo 4’s Vessel of Hatred expansion. While players will rise to fight him, the long-dormant Spiritborn class also joins the fray. A new trailer is available, highlighting how the class came to be and what it can do. Check it out below.

From childhood, select members become Spiritborn, with only a few succeeding in answering the call. By callinsports bettingg upon Spirit Guardians, they can unleash all kinds of abilities. These include a powerful leaping attack followed by a fire area-of-effect, fiery claw swipes, flame dashes, icy boomerangs, an electric vortex, and spreading pestilence to foes.

Of course, players can also call upon a…

Dynasty Warriors: Origins will launch on January 17th, 2025, and at Tokyo Game Show, Koei Tecmo offered up some extensive gameplay for the Musou title. Over the course of 23 minutes, we see the new nameless protagonist holding a War Council and selecting a Companion before venturing into the Battle of Guandu.

Though you can select the starting position in some maps, that won’t always apply. Upon entering combat, the classic Dynasty Warriors gameplay of slaying hundreds of enemy units in one fell swoop takes over. Of course, you can also give orders to allied units to reassign them to other places if necessary.

While it’s also possible to temporarily take control of companions, you can also initiate Extreme Musou Attacks. Thes…

Lazio have announced that veterans Cristian Brocchi and Giuseppe Biava have extended their contracts with the club.

Both players were out of contract at the end of the season but they have now penned one-year extensions which will keep them at the Stadio Olimpico until the end of the 2012/13 campaign.

Midfielder Brocchi, 36, joined Lazio from Milan in 2008, while the 34-year-old Biava arrived from Genoa two years ago.

Lazio are in third place in Serie A, the final qualifying place for next season s Champions League, one point ahead of Napoli and Udinese.

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With Naughty Dog putting Uncharted on the back burner in recent years, fans have had to get their adventure game fix elsewhere. So, it comes as no surprise that 2024’s big year-end game fulfills much of what Uncharted fans have been missing for close to a decade now. That isn’t to say that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is trying to be fill the void that Uncharted left, quite the contrary. MachineGames’ new magnum opus perhaps shares more in common with the studio’s older Chronicles of Riddick titles than Uncharted. Still, the sense of adventure between Uncharted and Indy has undeniable qualities that appeal to fans of each respective series. With that, here’s why Uncharted

Lionel Messi returned to training ahead of Paris Saint-Germain s final Ligue 1 fixture before the World Cup, as Christophe Galtier insisted he will not rest players against Auxerre on Sunday.

Messi missed PSG s 2-1 win at Lorient as a precautionary measure after suffering from inflammation in his Achilles tendon last week, though Galtier maintained the seven-time Ballon d Or winner was likely to return before the tournament in Qatar.

Just 11 days before Argentina begin their Group C campaign against Saudi Arabia, Messi has handed the Albiceleste a boost by joining France s Presnel Kimpembe in returning to PSG training.

While Galtier reiterated his desire to treat the concerns of his players seriously ahead of the World Cup, he is not planning to use Sunday s matc…

Fabio Aurelio will reportedly leave Liverpool and return to South America when his contract expires at the end of the season.

Brazilian left-back Aurelio has made only two appearances so far this season for Liverpool, with manager Kenny Dalglish preferring Jose Enrique and Glen Johnson at fullback.

Reports claim there have been no talks regarding a new deal and, with youngsters Jack Robinson and Jon Flanagan highly regarded by the club, Aurelio is believed to be considered surplus to requirements.

If Aurelio does move on later this year, it will be the second time he has departed Anfield on a free transfer.

The 32-year-old left Merseyside after the 2009/10 season when his previous deal expired, but returned only two months later when Roy Hodgson took cha…

Melbourne Victory coach Jim Magilton has called for changes to be made to the club s squad if they are to experience success in the near future.

After much pre-season hype and promise, the Victory s spluttering 2011/12 campaign officially ended after a 1-0 defeat to Sydney FC on Saturday.

And Magilton, who replaced Mehmet Durakovic in January, stressed the Victory had to act as soon as possible to revitalise their roster in what he described would be a natural turnover of players.

There s no doubt it s time now that we obviously have an opportunity to look at the roster and maybe change one or two faces, Magilton said.

The chairman made a very good point the other night with regards to Newcastle (who) had (played) in the 2008 Grand Final, their turnove…

Western Sydney Wanderers confirmed the appointment of Australia assistant Josep Gombau as the club s new head coach.

Gombau takes the helm at the Wanderers as Tony Popovic s full-time replacement after the former Socceroo stunningly left the club in October, appointed coach of Super Lig side Karabukspor.

The Spaniard helped Adelaide United win the FFA Cup in 2014 and left the Reds in July 2015, before being named head coach of Australia s Under-23s and a Socceroos assistant.

Gombau takes charge of a Wanderers squad unbeaten through four A-League games, although three have been draws.

For me, this is an amazing opportunity at one of – if not the biggest – clubs in the Hyundai A-League, he said.

My first game as a coach in Australia was agains…

The Premier League is hotting up at both ends of the table, here we look at the key talking points ahead of the weekend s action.

Saturday

Tottenham v Arsenal

North London rivals Tottenham and Arsenal meet at White Hart Lane on Saturday as both continue their push for a UEFA Champions League berth come the end of the season. Tottenham are just two points behind their near neighbours, who have won their last three Premier League games in a row. An Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain equaliser back in September stretched Arsenal s unbeaten record over Tottenham to four an issue Mauricio Pochettino will be keen to address in his first home derby in the White Hart Lane hot seat.

Key stat: Tottenham are unbeaten in their last six Premier League home matches.

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