Chelsea are interested in signing Sunderland midfielder Granit Xhaka. There has been no club-to-club contact and Sunderland would not welcome any offers, with the midfielder not for sale. Xhaka is one of the midfield options Chelsea are looking at as they want to buy experienced players with proven Premier League experience. Image: Xhaka worked with…
Barcelona continue to prioritize a move for Julian Alvarez this summer, but the club is already preparing contingency plans should negotiations with Atletico Madrid fail. Among the names under serious consideration, Bournemouth forward Eli Junior Kroupi has emerged as one of the most highly rated alternatives, reports SPORT. The 20-year-old French striker has enjoyed a…
England were stifled creatively against Ghana as the Three Lions’ second-game curse struck again in perhaps its most frustrating iteration – but do Thomas Tuchel’s biggest worries lie at the other end of the pitch? England have given away just 0.87xG across their opening two games and faced only a solitary shot on target against…
Ina Yoon stretched her lead at the Women’s PGA Championship with a three-under 69 that put her five strokes up on second-place pack after another strong showing from the South Korean. Yoon, who shot a record 63 in the first round at Hazeltine National Golf Club, had two bogeys with one birdie on the back…
Iran had a last-gasp goal overturned as they just missed out on grabbing second spot in Group G – but a first-ever progression to the World Cup knockouts could still be achieved after their dramatic 1-1 draw with Egypt. Shoja Khalilzadeh’s foot was spotted just ahead of play on the offside review after he had…
The pre-match handshake in football is usually a formality. For England’s game against Ghana, it became far more. How would England’s players respond when they crossed paths with Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey, who, until last summer, played for Premier League club Arsenal alongside England stars Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka, and who, shortly after leaving…
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Scottie Scheffler failed to convert a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at the Travelers Championship, narrowly missing out on a chance to join Jim Furyk as the only players in PGA Tour history with two sub-60 rounds. Scheffler had to settle for a 10-under 60 on the soft TPC River Highlands course, setting…
Ousmane Dembele’s 25-minute hat-trick allowed France to comfortably beat Norway’s second string 4-1 and complete a perfect Group I campaign. With qualification already secured for both sides, and only top spot to play for, Norway made 10 changes – leaving Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard on the bench – and it showed. Their back-up defenders…
Bastian Schweinsteiger has defended comments he made ahead of Germany’s World Cup match against Ivory Coast last weekend. Schweinsteiger, who is working for German broadcaster ARD during the tournament, described African football as “wild”, “unorthodox” and “perhaps not tactically driven” before the match in Toronto, drawing significant criticism. In a statement released by ARD on…