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Real Madrid football players returned home from Kiev after their victory over Liverpool in the Champions League Final.
The world's greatest chess players arrived in Berlin to compete for their chance to reach the final in the world's biggest battle of wits. The opening ceremony for the World Chess Candidates Tournament took place in Berlin on Friday. The ceremony was held at the Kuhlhaus Berlin, where the tournament will play out over the next two weeks, starting on March 10 and will last until March 28.
Former England, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester United striker Michael Owen remembered some glorious sporting moments from his early career during an interview with Russia Today's former England midfielder Stan Collymore in Cheshire, Thursday. Owen explained how he always felt confident even when stepping up to Liverpool's first team describing himself as "still a kid playing against men."
Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova shared her happiness at returning to the sport, Wednesday, after beating Roberta Vinci in the first round of the Stuttgart Open in Germany, her first match since the end of her doping ban. Sharapova came back to the court for the first time in 15 months, after failing a drug test at the Australian Open in 2016. She had been taking the drug ‘Meldonium,' which had been given to her by her family doctor for the past 10 years and was not on the banned substances list for that period. Meldonium was added to the World Anti-Doping Agency's list of banned substances on Jan. 1, 2016. It is used medically to treat ischemia, or a lack of blood flow.
Car dealership Tano Neumann Auto Performance in Frankfurt, Germany has put a Maserati supercar formerly owned by FC Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi up for sale. The 2012 Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale is priced at €119.900 ($125.670). It runs on a 4.7-litre V8 engine with 444 horsepower. The vehicle got a paint job since leaving Messi's garage, shifting from metallic-white to black matte, while its interior features carbon fibre seats with Alcantara upholstery.