The experienced Maurizio Sarri is the latest incumbent in the Chelsea hot seat having replaced Antonio Conte last month. "Most people recognised that our defence was poor last season", Burgess confessed. Emery has wasted no time leaving his mark on the Gunners squad following the additions of Juventus veteran Stephan Lichtsteiner and Borussia Dortmund centre-half Sokratis Papastath... [Full Article...]
Hard Knocks , the annual summer-time tradition from HBO that lifts the curtain on National Football League training camps, premiered on Tuesday night and as usual the show had social media buzzing. Straight up. Like that [expletive] is weakness, and that [expletive] is contagious as [expletive], and that [expletive] ain't going to be in this room, bro. [Full Article...]
The Germany global was on a list of names that Mourinho gave to executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward during the summer transfer window, but talks for Boateng never materialised until recently as the club were hopeful of landing one of their other targets. [Full Article...]
Louis. Imagine checking your bank account and seeing an extra thousand dollars or so mysteriously deposited overnight. The mix-up was revealed by the American Fleetwood's friend Greg Thorner, a teaching pro from Tampa, who said: 'I was with him when he looked at his statement and shouted: 'Holy smoke, I've just had $154,000 paid into my account'. [Full Article...]
That much we do know. Manchester United wanted to sign Atletico Madrid star Godin after failing to lure the likes of Toby Alderwiereld, Harry Maguire and Yerry Mina to Old Trafford. He has 122 global caps and has scored 8 times for Uruguay. It is believed that Manchester United were willing to pay off the 32-year old's £17.5 million release clause and had tabled a lucrative two-year co... [Full Article...]
Yerry Mina is having his Everton medical in Barcelona as the club attempt to finalise a deal for the Colombia worldwide defender. The United boss is hoping to sign at least one more top class player today with a centre-back the priority and the Manchester giants have reportedly failed to agree terms for the likes of Harry Maguire, Toby Alderweireld, Jerome Boateng and Yerry Mina in recent wee... [Full Article...]
The Blues have had a busy couple of days in the transfer window , with Chelsea signing Kepa in a world-record deal yesterday. Courtois, who is now into the final 12 months of his contract at Stamford Bridge, wants to move to the Spanish giants. [Full Article...]
Another target, Fred, joined Manchester United. The 25-year-old signed from Shakhtar Donetsk in a deal worth around £50 million and joined up with United for part of their preseason tour of the US after a post-World Cup break. 'My view is that first of all is hard for me to believe we finished second when I listen, when I read, not much but sometimes I do, is hard to believe that we finished secon... [Full Article...]
But, according to reports in Bild and kicker as well as on broadcaster Sky, Boateng called United manager Mourinho on Tuesday to inform him he won't move to Old Trafford. 'When I listen, when I read, it's hard to believe we finished second because you are capable of making people who finish second (sound like we) were relegated. [Full Article...]
Everton were tentatively linked with the diminutive playmaker earlier in the close season, but are now set to bring him to Merseyside. Marco Silva has fought off the interest of numerous Premier League rivals and European clubs to lure the 26-year-old to Goodison Park. [Full Article...]
Perez has found first-team opportunities limited following his move to the Emirates from Deportivo in August 2016 for a fee understood to be £17.1m - scoring once in 11 Premier League matches. But the Spaniard is now on the verge of leaving, with Arsenal taking a huge hit on their £17m outlay. The Hammers have splashed the cash to bring in the likes of Felipe Anderson, Andriy Yarmolenko, Lukas... [Full Article...]
The Reds beat City on three occasions last season, once in the Premier League and twice in the Champions League quarter-finals. After the worldwide break, attention turns to Huddersfield Town v Liverpool (Saturday, October 20th, 5.30pm) and Leicester City v West Ham United (Saturday, October 27th, 5.30pm). [Full Article...]
Courtois has been on strike this week in an effort to force Chelsea to sell him, and the team relented after lining up Kepa Arrizabalaga as his replacement. Real Madrid signed Courtois from Chelsea yesterday with Mateo Kovacic going the other way on a season-long loan. "It's an accumulation of things, and I am very glad Chelsea has made a decision to trust me and to take me in as wel... [Full Article...]
Jasprit Bumrah, who bowled briefly in the nets, would not be ready for Thursday's second Test, Arun stated. This is not the first time when Arjun has bowled to the Indian team in the nets- the yound all rounder, son of the leagendary Sachin Tendulkar - has bowled to Indian batsmen in the past too. [Full Article...]
On Kovacic, they said: " Real Madrid CF and Chelsea FC have agreed to the transfer of player Mateo Kovacic for the next season, until June 30, 2019". Real Madrid announced in its statement Courtois will sign a six-year contract, and the club will present him to its fans Thursday at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. [Full Article...]
While that may seem like a big deal on its face, the fact that it's. The NCAA and its member schools are part of the broader higher education community, and today's actions renew our commitment to our core objective - preparing students for a lifetime of opportunity. [Full Article...]
The 21-year-old German captured his ninth career ATP title, and third of the year after Munich and Madrid, at the US Open hardcourt tuneup event. He also was runner-up at Miami and Rome. In the first set Rublev, who previously eased past Denis Kudla 6-1 6-4 in a quarterfinal completed early in the day, saved four break points on his serve, and then broke ADM late at love to take the opening set ... [Full Article...]
But his skills behind the wheel might need a bit more honing before his Anfield team-mates allow him to drive them forward off the pitch as well as on it. "But it was done for the reasons the clubs wanted to do it, for the purposes of not having a situation where clubs are threatened with players leaving to go to other Premier League clubs". [Full Article...]
Bell became the first series driver since Dale Earnhardt Jr .in 1999 to win three straight with a victory last week at Iowa. All three of Truex's road course wins were won with strategy, including last year at The Glen and this year at Sonoma in California's wine country. [Full Article...]
This time next week, we will be in the long, dark offseason between major championships (and next year it will get even longer!). So that's something that I'm just trying to go through and try to figure out what I need to do to make that little step from contending and getting into final groups to lifting trophies. [Full Article...]