England midfielder heading for Madrid after Chelsea accept cut-price deal August 5, 2024 Conor Gallagher has agreed to sign for Atletico Madrid after Chelsea accepted a cut-price £34m deal for the England midfielder. Gallagher spent the weekend mulling over a move to the Spanish club after rejecting Chelsea’s offer of a contract extension. It will bring to an end the boyhood Blues fan’s 16-year association with the south-west [...]
English cricket mourns ‘beloved’ batter and coach Thorpe after he dies aged 55 August 5, 2024 Thorpe scored more than 9,000 runs for England in 100 Tests and 82 one-day internationals.
Lyles wins Paris 2024 Olympic gold by just 0.005 seconds at Stade de France August 4, 2024 American Noah Lyles beat Kishane Thompson to the Paris 2024 100m gold medal by just 0.005 seconds to win the most iconic race at the Olympic Games. Lyles crossed the line first in a final that saw the eight men covered by just 0.12 seconds – the times clocked for fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and [...]
Fleetwood falls agonisingly short of another triumph in Paris at 2024 Olympics August 4, 2024 leetwood carded a five-under-par final round of 66 to finish on 18 under at Le Golf National.
West Ham close in on double swoop as club back new boss Lopetegui August 4, 2024 Both players were due to fly to England at the weekend to undergo medical tests and sign their contracts.
Novak Djokovic career achievements after winning Paris 2024 Olympic Games gold August 4, 2024 Novak Djokovic became just the fifth tennis player to complete the career Golden Slam after beating Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 7-6 yesterday in the men’s singles final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He joins Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal and Sarena Williams in the exclusive club made up of players who have won [...]
‘Angry’ Asher-Smith leads three Team GB women into 200m semi-finals August 4, 2024 Asher-Smith failed to even make the final of the shorter sprint on Saturday.
England call up uncapped batter to replace injured Crawley for Sri Lanka series August 4, 2024 Crawley has been ruled out of the three-match series, which is due to begin on August 21.
Sport, tax and the Olympics: Why France is attractive for international athletes August 3, 2024 In this Olympic and Paralympic year, sport is in the spotlight, especially in France where more than 10,000 international athletes are expected. At the same time, all eyes are on possible tax changes in the next coming months following the latest snap elections that took place further to the dissolution of the French Parliament by [...]
Kylian Mbappe and five success stories of footballers who own teams August 2, 2024 As well as being potentially lucrative investments, team ownership can keep former players involved in the game without having to become managers.