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ST. LOUIS -- The Cardinals have purchased the contracts of outfielder Magneuris Sierra, infielders Eliezer Alvarez and Edmundo Sosa and right-hander Rowan Wick and added them to their 40-man roster.Adding them to the roster protects them from the Rule 5 draft.St. Louis also announced left-hander Tim Cooney was claimed off waivers by the Indians, while outfielders Chad Huffman and Todd Cunningham, infielder Wilfredo Tovar, left-hander Zach Phillips and right-hander Kendry Flores signed minor league contracts that included invites to spring training.Sierra, Sosa and Alvarez were teammates at Class A Peoria this past season, while Wick went 2-0 with a 2.44 ERA in 44 games between Class A Palm Beach and Double-A Springfield.Chimezie Metu Spurs Jersey .S. -- Nikolaj Ehlers registered a hat trick for the third straight game and Jonathan Drouin had a goal and five assists as the Halifax Mooseheads hammered the host Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 10-1 on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Bruce Bowen Spurs Jersey . Barcelonas entertaining victory ensured the defending Spanish champions retained their share of the league lead with Atletico Madrid two rounds ahead of their meeting in the capital. Real Madrid needed a late goal by substitute Jese Rodriguez to earn a 3-2 victory at Valencia to stay in third place and three points behind its title rivals. https://www.spurslockerroom.com/Tony-Parker-City-Edition-Jersey/ .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Keldon Johnson Jersey . The 29-year-old Baines has established himself as one of the top attacking full backs in the country and was the subject of two bids from United during the last off-season. Everton manager Roberto Martinez says that keeping Baines at the club is a "massive boost and exciting for the future" because he brings "maturity and football knowledge in a very specialized position on the pitch" and an "infectious and positive influence to the rest of the squad. Sean Elliott Jersey .05 million next season unless Graham and the Saints subsequently agree on a long-term deal. The designation was released Monday after the deadline passed for NFL teams to use franchise or transition tags on players becoming free agents.ALMATY, Kazakhstan -- Four days after shutting down work at the Olympic drug-test laboratory in Rio de Janeiro, the World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended another lab, this time in Kazakhstan.WADA said on Tuesday that the lab in Almaty had its accreditation suspended for four months as of this past Friday as a direct result of the more stringent quality assessment procedures enacted by WADA.WADA did not say how exactly the Almaty lab failed to pass such an assessment.In addition to announcing a suspension for the Rio lab also on Friday, a move that plunged Olympic drug testing into uncertainty, WADA has also suspended labs in China, Spain, South Africa and Portugal this year.The lab in Moscow lost its accreditation altogether after accusations that its former director helped to cover up doping by Russian athletes, sparking a round of new checks at other labs worldwide.ddddddddddddThe Almaty lab reportedly opened in 2003 and is one of the lesser-known of the 35 labs approved worldwide by WADA. Last week, Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov was quoted by local media as ordering officials to find private sponsors to finance an upgrade of the facilities.That came shortly after four Kazakh gold medalists in weightlifting from the 2012 Olympics were announced to have failed retests of their samples. They stand to lose their medals. ' ' '