The Juventus Men's First Team are back in 2025/26 UEFA Champions League action with a Matchday Five contest against Bodo/Glimt in the League Phase. The Norwegian side have drawn two and lost two in th...
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![](/<figure><img src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/the_sporting_news_articles_584/c071c1ac09226f5d9a0f3c38e2a3d316" data-uuid="88035bee-b1e4-39f1-93ea-2c2566069710"></figure><p><em><a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/seattle-mariners/news/mariners-jorge-polanco-gets-24-million-contract-update-mlb-insider/79ea99f44bfa074c3caef446?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=appeared_on">Mariners' Jorge Polanco gets $24 million contract update from MLB insider</a> originally appeared on <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=appeared_on">The Sporting News</a>.
Add The Sporting News as a <a href="https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://www.sportingnews.com">Preferred Source by clicking here</a>.</em></p><p>The <a href="https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/seattle-mariners">Seattle Mariners</a> quickly took care of their first business of the offseason when they signed Josh Naylor to a five-year contract.</p><p>That allowed them to immediately move on to the next task, which appears to be getting Jorge Polanco back.</p><p>The versatile, switch-hitting infielder is a free agent, too.</p><p><a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/mariners-discuss-pursuit-of-free-agent-jorge-polanco?p=0&partnerId=it-20251123-15806902-mlb-1-A&utm_id=it-20251123-15806902-mlb-1-A&lctg=226292984" target="_blank">MLB.com's Daniel Kramer wrote</a> this weekend that Polanco could be seeking a deal in the two-year, $24 million territory.</p><p>The Mariners have been in contact with him.</p><p>“Polo is a great guy, and we have been in touch with him and his people,” Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto told reporters.</p><p>It could take a little while, though.</p><p>“I don't imagine that it's going to move as fast as it moved with Josh. ... To get to free agency, it's rewarding,” Dipoto said. “To go out and see, to be loved, it's not a bad thing when you get a chance to see what's behind the other door.”</p><p>Polanco hit 26 home runs during the regular season for the Mariners. He also had one stretch in the late summer where it seemed like he couldn't stop hitting doubles.</p><p>If he liked Seattle, it appears the Mariners definitely want him back.</p><p>“The guys who come here, the comfort that they feel, the environment that they're in, I do believe that,” Dipoto said. “I don't want to speak for Jorge, but I think his experiences were similar to Josh.”</p>)
![](/<figure><img alt="Preview: Bodo/Glimt vs Juventus" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/juventus_football_club_articles_524/096300ff1c320829128e43fb9a8b81bb" data-uuid="2b4be08f-423a-3176-8bf0-37759725bd15"><figcaption>Preview: Bodo/Glimt vs Juventus</figcaption></figure><p>The Juventus Men's First Team are back in 2025/26 UEFA Champions League action with a Matchday Five contest against Bodo/Glimt in the League Phase. The Norwegian side have drawn two and lost two in the tournament so far.</p><p>Here's all you need to know ahead of Tuesday's 21:00 CET game in Norway:</p><p><strong>A NEW OPPONENT |</strong> This will be the 14th time Bodo/Glimt have faced an Italian side in European competition (4W, 1D, 8L), but their first ever meeting with Juventus, despite having already faced six different Italian teams.</p><p><strong>A ROUGH PATCH |</strong> Bodo/Glimt have not won any of their last seven matches in major European competitions (2 draws, 5 losses) and, if they fail to win this time, they will equal their worst-ever run: eight matches without a win between October 2022 and October 2023.</p><p><strong>TIME FOR CHANGE |</strong> Juventus have drawn all four of their away matches against Norwegian teams in European competitions, with the same 1-1 score in each (against Kongsvinger IL in 1993 and on three occasions against Rosenborg between 1997 and 2001).</p><p><strong>TOUGH TRIPS |</strong> Juventus have won only one of their last 12 away games in the Champions League (5 draws, 6 losses), with their only victory coming against RB Leipzig in October 2024 (3-2), after winning five of their six away games in the competition prior to these last 12 (1 loss).</p>)
![](/<figure><img alt="Dormund"s Karim Adeyemi reacts during a training session for Borussia Dortmund. Germany forward Karim Adeyemi has apologized to his club Borussia Dortmund and the national team after receiving a court fine for the illegal possession of weapons. David Inderlied/dpa" src="https://media.zenfs.com/en/dpa_international_526/95756cfdf4fc85faf54eb8b71762803f" data-uuid="99355d77-2dee-3cae-b6f2-0dab21513986"><figcaption>Dormund's Karim Adeyemi reacts during a training session for Borussia Dortmund. Germany forward Karim Adeyemi has apologized to his club Borussia Dortmund and the national team after receiving a court fine for the illegal possession of weapons. David Inderlied/dpa</figcaption></figure><p>German Football Federation (DFB) sporting director Rudi Völler said that Karim Adeyemi won't face any consequences regarding a potential participation at the 2026 World Cup for the attempted illegal possession of weapons.</p><p>"He has earned more than a second chance. This is a decent guy, who made a mistake," Völler told the Bild Sport show on Sunday.</p><p>Germany international Adeyemi recently revealed he ordered a so-called "mystery box" on the internet at the start of 2024 which he said he did not know contained items that are not permitted "under weapons laws."</p><p>Many months later the package was delivered, and it ended up unopened with the police. He received a court fine for the attempted illegal possession of weapons.</p><p>"Of course, he knew that it wasn't like a surprise egg with a little car inside. He knew that, but he was absolutely certain that there was nothing illicit or illegal inside, and that's entirely credible,’ Völler assured.</p><p>Borussia Dortmund had already said that their player would face no sporting consequences at the club.</p><p>In coordination between the club and the DFB, the 23-year-old will take part in a social project in Dortmund and hold joint training sessions with children as a sanction.</p>)