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Brighton midfielder will join Tielemans and Santos Club’s most expensive summer signing at initial £65m Manchester United have agreed a deal worth an initial £65m for Carlos Baleba and the Brighton midfielder will have his medical this weekend in Manchester. If the 22-year-old is signed he will be the third midfielder added to Michael Carrick’s squad in the window. Baleba, a No 6, will join Youri…

Super League: Wigan 26-12 Wakefield French leads the way as Warriors break club record If you are a Wigan Warriors supporter and a keen believer in omens, it may be wise to cancel any plans you had for the first weekend of October. The Warriors are back on top of Super League, albeit for potentially just 48 hours before Leeds Rhinos get the chance to return serve on Sunday in York. But this was a…

Today’s fluff does not do Sudoku Since Vinícius Júnior signed a shiny new deal at Real Madrid, Arsenal have been having to look elsewhere for a new winger. Turkey’s and Juventus’s Kenan Yildizm is of interest to Mikel Arteta and the Gunners hierarchy. One potential way of getting the deal done is to send Gabriel Martinelli in the opposite direction. It is all fun and games at Manchester City, whe…

What a difference a title makes. The last time Arsenal played in front of their own supporters, you could cut the nervous tension with a knife as Mikel Arteta’s side scraped to a 1-0 victory over already relegated Burnley. Ninety-five days on and, Arsenal having ended their long wait to be crowned champions the following night when Manchester City slipped up against Bournemouth, Coventry were giv…

‘It’s great that he’s very invested already,’ says captain England bowlers ‘don’t understand how good they are’ Joe Root celebrated a commanding start to his latest reign as England’s Test captain, his side thumping Pakistan in Leeds and afterwards said Stephen Fleming has been in daily contact before he starts his role as head coach. Fleming does not take up his position until after the series a…

Briton felt ‘tired’ before Lausanne Diamond League 200m Audrey Werro triumphs in 800m in front of home crowd Britain’s Amy Hunt, who won a historic four golds at the recent European Athletics Championships, had to be happy with second behind the American Kayla White in the 200m at the Lausanne Diamond League on Friday. White won in 22.18sec, with Hunt holding off Nigeria’s Favour Ofili in a photo…

In this content-driven age, we consume sport as fleeting entertainment – but the fate of Captain Matthew Webb suggests we always have Pull. Breathe. Kick. Glide. Three decades since my last swimming lesson, I found myself sitting in a lecture theatre chanting these words with a few dozen strangers, all of us trying not to take anyone’s eye out as we matched them to the actions. Pull. Breathe. Kic…

Bolt’s name appears in Wythenshawe FC squad list Team features several former Premier League stars The sprinting legend Usain Bolt appears set to turn out for a star-studded Sunday league team in Greater Manchester after his name appeared in their online squad list. The eight-time Olympic champion, who still holds the world records for the 100 metres and 200m, appears on the player list for Wythe…

39-year-old collapsed during event in June American won world title in 2011 Former 1500m world champion Jenny Simpson says she will not return to running after she collapsed during a track event in June . Simpson, a three-time Olympian and one of the most accomplished American female runners in history, was pacing a mile group at an event in North Carolina when she went into cardiac arrest. She w…

South Africa welcome New Zealand for their Greatest Rivalry series with the suspicion that they plan on beating the tourists at their own game The problem with Test weeks is that they can feel long. Cricketers can play for days on end, footballers every few nights, but rugby players step on to the international stage for just 80 minutes per week. The result is a drawn-out vacuum in the buildup an…

Nahuel Molina, Thiago Almada and Gavi also suspended Fifa issue $321,000 fine for Falkland Islands banner Three Argentina players have been banned for their part in a brawl at the end of last month’s World Cup final against Spain , but they have only been fined for displaying a Falkland Islands banner after the semi-final win over England. Leandro Paredes has been given a 10-match ban and a $90,0…

The Essex batsman, filling in for Jacob Bethell, wasted no time in laying down a claim to a longer run in the England side When Jordan Cox was 19, playing in his fifth first-class match and unbeaten overnight on 167 for Kent against Sussex, he decided to set himself a new task. Cox told Sam Billings, his captain and an England international, that he would go past Billings’ first-class best of 171…

From the manager’s divorce to tension with the club hierarchy, new documentary is an honest portrayal of his difficult last two seasons Having occupied a front-row seat for the final two seasons of Pep Guardiola’s gilded Manchester City tenure, the subject of Amazon’s A Beautiful Obsession, the surprise to me is how unfiltered the four-part series is. Particularly, the telling of the torrid 2024-…

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! A brand new season of the Premier League is already upon us. Yay? It seems like it’s been barely a month since the Geopolitics World Cup final for goodness sake … though that’s because it is barely a month since the GWC final. Are we not allowed summers any more? Well, yes, thanks to good old fossil fuel, come sit by the fire, it’s lovely and wa…

The young Italian has a substantial lead but his rivals will not see him as being out of reach going into the Dutch GP The Dutch Grand Prix may be hosting its final meeting on the Formula One calendar this weekend but its farewell heralds the opening of a championship run-in that is far from over. Rested, reset and ready to rumble, there is an anticipatory air among the title contenders in Zandvo…