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Ballon d'Or winner Rodri has returned to training at Manchester City. The midfielder completed an individual on-pitch workout at the club's Etihad Campus on Friday. Spain international Rodri, 28, has been out of action since September after suffering a serious knee injury, a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). In his absence, last season's champions have slipped 20 points behind leaders Liverpool in the Premier League and been knocked out of the Champions League. The club released footage on Friday that showed Rodri completing a series of drills on the first team's training pitches. Manager Pep Guardiola has tried to play down hopes that Rodri could be set for a return to action soon. Speaking recently, Guardiola said: "[The] most important [thing] for Rodri now is to recover well. "It's going really well and he feels really good, but step by step we will see." Simon Stone, chief football news reporter The images of Rodri out on...

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman and his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, were mainly out of the spotlight before their deaths. Hackman and Arakawa, whose bodies were found Wednesday in their Santa Fe home under what police are calling "suspicious" circumstances, were last publicly photographed together on March 28, 2024. Hackman was spotted holding onto his wife's arm. He held onto a walking cane in his other hand. Arakawa looked out in the distance and held up her arm to support her husband.  The couple were pictured outside Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hackman has lived in the area since the 1980s. The late actor wore casual attire in a blue patterned button-up with a gray vest zipped over, light green cargo pants, a baseball cap with sunglasses and sneakers. Arakawa wore a printed floral top with denim jeans and brown boots. GENE HACKMAN AND WIFE'S DEATHS CALLED 'SUSPICIOUS,' BODIES SHOWED SIGNS OF ‘MUMMIFICATION’ Gene...

American star Teofimo Lopez and bitter rivals Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia will fight in separate bouts at an event held in Times Square in New York on 2 May. Lopez, 27, will defend his WBO light-welterweight title against Arnold Barboza Jr. The Times Square event will feature three fights, with Lopez opening the bill and Garcia headlining. Lopez, a two-weight world champion, has just one loss on his record to George Kambosos Jr and has won his five fights since that defeat. Haney and Garcia compete in separate fights with a view to staging their rematch in Saudi Arabia in October. Haney will fight at welterweight against Jose Ramirez and Garcia will face Rolando Romero. Garcia, 26, has just served a one-year doping ban and has not fought since his dramatic win over Haney in April 2024. The American missed weight for that fight, pulled off an upset before the victory was overturned to a no-contest following a failed drug test. Haney, 26, has also not fought since then and ...

Potential applications include immersive gaming and sensory rehabilitation A new device can replicate food flavors in virtual reality by squirting chemicals onto the tongue. " data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/022825_sm_virtual-taste_feat.jpg?fit=680%2C383&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/022825_sm_virtual-taste_feat.jpg?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1"> A new device can replicate food flavors in virtual reality by squirting chemicals onto the tongue. Deagreez/Getty Images (photo) Yevhen Borysov/Getty Images (illustration) ...

RFU offers to devolve power in bid to save Sweeney Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Sweeney came to the RFU from the British Olympic Association in 2019 Mike Henson BBC Sport rugby union news reporter Grassroots clubs have been promised more control over community rugby as the Rugby Football Union (RFU) attempts to see off a coup against chief executive Bill Sweeney. Sweeney, who is under pressure after his £1.1m compensation package was revealed in the RFU's latest accounts, will face a crunch vote on 27 March. A majority vote against him by the 1,200 clubs and other stakeholders would rubberstamp a request that the RFU's board sack him "as soon as practicably possible". However, the governing body has added a second motion to the Special General Meeting, calling for a review into how the community game is run. The RFU says it expects the review will start a shift to "a regional structure where more decisions can be made locally, with greater fl...

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their New Mexico home on Wednesday, along with one of their pet dogs. Police have said the deaths of the two-time Oscar winner , 95, and his 63-year-old wife were "suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation". Here's everything we know so far. When were they found? A maintenance worker called emergency services at around 1.45pm local time after seeing the bodies when he turned up to carry out routine work, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office wrote in a search warrant. He reported the home's front door was open when he arrived, and that he saw Arakawa's body through a window. In an emotional 911 call, which has now been released publicly , the unnamed worker appears to cry and repeats "damn" as he says he can see Arakawa's body "not moving" from where he is outside. He urges the 911 call handler to "sen...

Tatum O’Neal shared her scathing reaction to being cut out of her late father Ryan O'Neal's will.  For most of her life, the 61-year-old actress had a famously turbulent relationship with the actor, who died at the age of 82 from congestive heart failure in 2023. During a recent interview with Variety, O'Neal revealed that she only learned that Ryan had disinherited her after his death and gave a candid response to the snub. "Keep it, motherf-----," O'Neal said. Tatum O'Neal had a scornful reaction to being left out of her father Ryan O'Neal's will. (Getty Images) Ryan shared Tatum and her brother Griffin O'Neal, 60, with his late ex-wife Joanna Moore. He was also father to son Patrick O'Neal, 57, whom he shared with ex-wife Leigh Taylor-Young, as well as son Redmond O'Neal, 40, whom he shared with the late actress Farrah Fawcett. TATUM O'NEAL: DRUG ARREST 'SAVED' ME O'Neal and Griffin lived with their moth...