Teenager Mason Greenwood has enjoyed a breakthrough season with Manchester United LONDON: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the “sky’s the limit” for Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood, describing the 18-year-old as “way ahead” of where he was at the same age. Greenwood has enjoyed a superb breakthrough season, claiming 13 […]
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REUTERS: McLaren see Racing Point’s ‘Pink Mercedes’ as the car to beat in the battle to be best of the rest behind Formula One’s top three this season, team principal Andreas Seidl said on Friday (Jul 3). The pink liveried RP20 car gained its nickname from the moment the covers […]
PARIS: Israel Folau, who was sacked by Rugby Australia in May 2019 over a homophobic social media post, has signed a one-year contract extension with Catalans Dragons, the French Super League side said on Friday (Jul 3). Folau, 31, made his return to the 13-a-side code in February with the […]
REUTERS: Leroy Sane has completed his move to Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich from Manchester City, the German club announced on Friday. Sane, 24, had signed a five-year deal with Bayern that would keep him at the club until 2025, the club said on their website. Financial terms of the deal […]
BERLIN: Leroy Sane has targeted Champions League glory with Bayern Munich after joining the Bundesliga giants from Manchester City for a fee of around 50 million euros (US$56 million) on Friday (Jul 3). The Germany winger has returned to his home country on a five-year contract after receiving the blessing […]
LONDON: Premier League champions Liverpool are the only club certain of their place in next season’s Champions League as the teams below them jostle for position and Manchester City await a court ruling. Pep Guardiola’s City, who humbled Liverpool 4-0 on Thursday, should still comfortably finish in the top four, […]
SPIELBERG, Austria: In the unlikely scenario of Romain Grosjean sweeping to a podium finish at Sunday’s (Jul 5) Austrian Grand Prix, he demands forgiveness should he break the strict COVID-19 health protocols put in place at the Red Bull Ring. “We will want to jump into the arms of the […]
PANAMA CITY: Panamanian Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran was released from hospital on Thursday (Jul 2) after being treated for COVID-19, the six-time boxing world champion announced via social media. “Today, with the blessing of God, I returned home after battling the COVID-19 virus. It was a World Championship fight,” […]
MADRID: Lionel Messi was reported on Thursday (Jul 2) to be planning to leave Barcelona in 2021, but Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane was hoping the Argentine maestro will stay in Spain. Messi’s current contract expires next year and he has halted negotiations due to frustrations with the direction of […]
BARCELONA: Barcelona captain Lionel Messi has called off negotiations over renewing his contract with the club and is ready to leave the Catalans when his current deal expires in 2021, according to a report by Spanish radio station Cadena Ser on Friday (Jul 3). The report said Messi and his […]