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(CNN) Cristiano Ronaldo wrote his name into football's record books once again on the occasion of his 600th league game. When he netted Juventus' third goal in a 3-0 victory against Spezia on Tuesday, Ronaldo became the first player to score at least 20 goals over 12 consecutive seasons in Europe's top five leagues. Alvaro Morata and Federico Chiesa scored Juventus' first two goals before Ronaldo, who had hit the post in the first half, finished off a counterattack in the game's final minutes. The result leaves Juventus third in Italy's Serie A, seven points behind league leader Inter Milan. READ: Diego Maradona's Porsche is up for sale Read More Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 20th Serie A goal of the season. "We didn't make a brilliant start, which is normal when you're playing every three days," said Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo as it took his side an hour to open the scoring. "We tried to manage the game and also created some … [Read more...] about Cristiano Ronaldo breaks another record during his 600th league game

(CNN) Few people will envy the man elected to be the new president of FC Barcelona . The upcoming election -- to be held on Sunday, just days after four senior officials were arrested -- is arguably the most important in the club's history and comes at a time of crisis that appears to be deepening by the day . Historic debts, reported by Spanish newspaper El Mundo to be more than one billion dollars, forced Barcelona into a fire sale of some of the most important figures in its playing squad during the summer transfer window. The rebuilding of its decimated squad, proven once again in the recent 4-1 hammering against Paris Saint-Germain to be well below the standard of its European rivals, is one of just many headaches facing the incoming president. Top of the list, however, is the future of club talisman Lionel Messi. The Argentine made public his desire to leave Barcelona last summer and it looks increasingly unlikely he will sign a new contract, meaning the … [Read more...] about Chaos, scandal and anger: Barcelona faces seminal presidential elections

Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book " OK Boomer, Let's Talk: How My Generation Got Left Behind ." Follow her on Twitter . The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN) As social mores and cultural preferences change, companies adjust. They change what they sell, adding or updating products and letting others go. This isn't news -- or at least it wasn't, until American right-wing media outlets became obsessed with so-called "cancel culture." Jill Filipovic Their latest focus is Dr. Seuss. The company that controls the Seuss catalog has decided to pull six of his dozens of books , the earliest of which was written in 1937, because they contain racist images of Asians and Africans. This seems sensible: Seuss' estate has an interest in protecting and promoting his legacy, and that's not going to happen by selling racist books to kids. That is not an attack on a … [Read more...] about The real reason for the Dr. Seuss freakout

An 18-year-old Massachusetts girl exposed her family members on Twitter after she recognized them as participants in last week’s Capitol riot. Helena Duke described the move as emotional in an interview with Good Morning America but said that “at the same time, if I did nothing I felt that I was as bad as them,” according to a local ABC outlet . (RELATED: Five People Died In The Capitol Riot. Here’s What We Know About Them) Rioters supporting President Donald Trump stormed the United States Capitol building Jan. 6, committing acts of vandalism and postponing the certification process as members of Congress were forced to evacuate the building. Duke found pictures of her mother, uncle and aunt participating in the riot and posted them to Twitter, the ABC affiliate reported. “Hi mom,” Duke tweeted in a post that has since gone viral. “Remember the time you told me I shouldn’t go to BLM protests because they could get violent…this you?” hi mom remember the time … [Read more...] about 18-Year-Old Exposes Her Parents On Twitter For Attending Capitol Riots

An anti-Trump Republican will jump into the race for a Texas congressional seat today, The Hill has learned, setting up a proxy war over the former president's influence in a primary that is also likely to feature former Trump aide Katrina Pierson. Michael Wood , a 34-year-old major in the Marine Corps Reserve, will officially launch his campaign Monday. In a campaign launch video, Wood will say that the Republican Party must not become “a cult of personality, a vehicle for one man’s ambitions and grievances.” ADVERTISEMENT He also explicitly blames former President Trump Donald Trump South Carolina Senate adds firing squad as alternative execution method Ex-Trump aide Pierson won't run for Dallas-area House seat House Oversight panel reissues subpoena for Trump's accounting firm MORE for recent defeats suffered by the GOP in key races. “It is time to move on before he does to the country as a whole what he has done to Georgia and Arizona, two … [Read more...] about Anti-Trump Republican will seek Texas seat