Tottenham Hotspur are in advanced talks with Bournemouth about a £60m deal for striker Dominic Solanke.
The 26-year-old’s release clause of about £65m was confirmed by Bournemouth owner Bill Foley in an interview with BBC Sport last month. The two clubs are however negotiating a fee below that for the striker, who has played once for England. Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou wants to reinforce his attack after failing to replace England […]
Celtic captain Callum McGregor has retired from international football.
The 31-year-old midfielder won 63 caps for Scotland and was part of Steve Clarke’s squad at Euro 2024. McGregor revealed he had spoken to Clarke this week and, while the national head coach is “disappointed” with the player’s decision, he “can understand the rationale”. He told Celtic’s website it was a “very difficult” decision but […]
Nigeria takes 2 steps forward, 2 steps backward – Obasanjo
Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Friday said the country can only progress when those in power change their mentality and critically re-examine themselves. Obasanjo also described Nigeria as a country that takes two steps forward and two steps backward. The former President spoke while receiving six lawmakers from the House of Representatives, led by […]
Pedro Neto Set to undergo Chelsea medicals
Chelsea have agreed to a £54 million deal with Wolves to sign Pedro Neto. According to The Athletic, the deal was reached earlier on Friday. The Blues have offered to pay an initial £51.4m payment and a further £2.6m (€3m) in add-ons. The player is understood to be travelling to London for a medical now. […]
Olympic Games debutant Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri blazed her way to a new national record in the women’s sprint event and beat the odds to make it to the knockout stage at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Velodrome in Paris.
The 20-year-old used the steep transition incline at the track to her advantage, clocking a superb 10.709s to shatter her own national record of 10.903s set at the Asian Championships in Nilai last year. Izzah’s time put her 21st overall out of 30 cyclists, earning her a place in the elimination rounds. A total of […]
Former world number three Stefanos Tsitsipas says his father Apostolos will no longer be his coach.
The 25-year-old from Greece, ranked 11th in the world, was critical of his father’s coaching methods after losing to Japan’s former world number four Kei Nishikori in the second round of the Canadian Open on Thursday. Tsitsipas, announcing the end of the coaching relationship, said the decision “to let this chapter and this phase close” […]
Liverpool remain in talks with Real Sociedad about a deal for Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi.
The 25-year-old has a release clause of 60m euros (£51.5m) but that would need to be paid in one full instalment if the Reds were to activate it. However, Liverpool are discussing the structure of a deal with Sociedad, and any move also depends on Zubimendi’s decision. Any delay is not understood to relate to […]
Spain continued their recent dominance of international football by edging past France – who fought back from 3-1 down to force extra time – to win Olympic men’s gold at Paris 2024.
A pulsating match saw the hosts take an early lead, quickly fall 3-1 behind before half-time and then mount a stunning second-half comeback. However, Thierry Henry’s side could not see the job through as Spain substitute Sergio Camello kept calm in the most tense of situations to score twice in the extra period. Both goals […]
An athlete has died while taking part in a swim at the CrossFit Games in Texas, organisers said.
Lazar Dukic, 28, from Serbia, was competing on Marine Creek Lake near the city of Fort Worth on Thursday morning when he disappeared under the water and failed to resurface, officials from Fort Worth emergency services said. Emergency services were called at around 08:00 local time (14:00 BST) and a body was recovered about an […]
Barcelona have signed Spain playmaker Dani Olmo from German side RB Leipzig.
The 26-year-old returns to Barcelona in a deal worth a reported 60m euros (£51m), external after playing for the Spanish club at youth level before joining Croatia’s Dinamo Zagreb in 2014. Olmo has signed a six-year contract with Barcelona that has a release clause of 500m euros (£429m). He was joint top-scorer at Euro 2024 […]