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MILAN -- Gonzalo Higuains return to form couldnt have come at a better time.The Juventus forward scored twice in Sundays 3-1 win at Torino -- after having scored only once in the previous eight matches. And with the league leaders next facing second-place Roma on Saturday, Higuains goal-scoring touch will be in demand again.I didnt miss scoring, Higuain said. It was an outside problem, but not for me. I was always relaxed and calm.Higuain, however, has struggled at times since joining Juventus for an Italian-record 90 million euros ($100 million) after scoring a Serie A record 36 goals for Napoli last season.Higuains goals have come at the same time as the return from injury of Paulo Dybala. Five of the eight matches before Dybalas injury were decided by goals from the two Argentines.Dybala came on for the final 20 minutes of the derby against Torino, when the score was still 1-1, and changed the match.Meanwhile, Roma striker Edin Dzeko hasnt had any problems scoring. The Bosnia and Herzegovina forward has scored 12 goals in Serie A this season -- four more than he netted in 31 appearances in his debut campaign, and three more than Higuain.Both of them know how to play, Roma midfielder Diego Perotti. They dont just sit in the area waiting for the ball. They go in the middle, track back to get the ball. They know how to provide assists. They are two complete footballers, among the best in the world.Dzeko has also drawn praise from the man tasked with stopping him on Saturday -- Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.Right now Dzeko is their most dangerous player, Buffon said. Hes slotted into (Roma coach Luciano) Spallettis playing system very easily and evidently understands it to perfection, judging by their results.He probably just needed a bit of time. Dzekos past career speaks volumes, just as his current form does.Buffon also praised Roma captain Francesco Totti. The veteran pair -- Totti turned 40 in September and Buffon will be 39 next month -- played together many times for Italy and won the World Cup in 2006.You cant take anything away from Francesco. He has the same class as when he started playing, in fact I think hes even better in some aspects, Buffon said. Hes an icon for the team and for the city of Rome. Wholesale MLB Jerseys .C. -- Manny Malhotra had two goals and an assist, leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 6-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. China Jerseys Online . -- Canadian Andrew Wiggins got the ball on the wing, made a nifty spin move and then let go with a soft floater from about 10 feet that swished through the net in Allen Fieldhouse. http://www.chinawholesalejerseysnfl.com/ . -- Ohio States Urban Meyer has never had any issue acclimating to the biggest stages in college football. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . The Americans, skipped by John Shuster, seized the advantage in the eighth end by scoring five points for a 7-3 lead. The Czechs pulled two back in the ninth, but Shusters team of third Jeff Isaacson, second Jared Zezel and lead John Landsteiner ended with another point to secure the last Olympic berth on offer. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping . Following a lopsided 5-2 loss against the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night, Paul MacLean told reporters that "theres a lack of focus, theres a lack of leadership and theres a lack of preparation" with his struggling team. That came on the heels of Bryan Murray taking the unusual step of going into the locker room at the Prudential Center and addressing the players himself. LONDON -- As the years advance, finishing anything can present a problem. But Tuesday at the All England Club, Serena Williams did it elegantly and emphatically.A 123 mph ace scorched the grass in the service box, sending her back to the semifinals. It was the poignant punctuation of a 6-4, 6-4 thrashing of No. 21 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.Lately, elder sister Venus Williams has been getting a lot of credit for being, well, old, but Serena is not exactly a starry-eyed kid anymore.At 34, she is five years older than the next-oldest quarterfinalist, Elena Vesnina.Not only is Serena the oldest player to win a Grand Slam in the Open era (last year at Wimbledon), but she is also the oldest player to be ranked No. 1. Serena has locked down that honor for the better part of the summer and now has an appealing matchup with unseeded Vesnina, who dominated Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-2 in another quarterfinal.Vesnina was playing her first career quarterfinal in a major and, of course, will see her first semifinal action come Thursday.Serena intimidated Pavlyuchenkova, seven-time Grand Slam champion John McEnroe observed in his role as BBC analyst. Its a tall order to deal with Serena Williams, especially at Centre Court at Wimbledon.And so, the Williams Wimbledon monopoly continues.Serena (six titles) and Venus (five) are both into the semifinals here with a chance to meet in their fifth final. Incredibly, it happened for the first time 14 years ago, when the world was an entirely different place.Its so cool, its great, Serena said of the possibility. I knew she was up, then I saw the score on the court and I was like, Yay.Im excited to get through. It felt really good.Because Serena hasnt won a title in the past three Slams, there is a widespread perception that her game is on the downnside.dddddddddddd It began when Roberta Vinci ended her hopes for a calendar-year Slam in the US Open semifinals. Then Angelique Kerber beat Serena in this years Australian Open final, and Garbine Muguruza did the same at Roland Garros.That perception is far from the reality.Consider that Serena has reached the final in six of the previous seven Grand Slams. No. 1-ranked Novak Djokovic, the hottest player on the planet, has also been to six of seven major finals. Only Serena is in a position to make it seven of eight.She has now won 22 matches in the past four Slams, far ahead of her competitors. With two more here, she would collect her 22nd major singles title, matching Steffi Grafs Open era record.Earlier in this tournament, Serena was oddly passive -- almost too serene, as it were. But a racket-smashing episode against fellow American Christina McHale in the second round seemed to liberate her.Serena looked sharp in the third and fourth rounds, beating Annika Beck 6-3, 6-0 and Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-0. Note the two bagels.On Tuesday, Serenas serve, considered to be the best in womens history, was typically sublime. She had 11 aces and won 36 of 40 (90 percent) of her first-serve points. She did not face a break point and converted the only two she managed against Pavlyuchenkova.Afterward, Serena said she wont be thinking about another rendezvous with Venus when the world No. 1 plays Vesnina.No, Serena said, Im just trying to win my match. One thing Ive learned this year is to just focus on the match.It would be great [if Venus could reach the final]. Obviously, shes such a tough opponent. I want her to win so bad, but not if Im in the final. ' ' '