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Lionel Messi agrees personal terms with Manchester City

The reports come following a recent 2-8 loss Barcelona suffered at the hands of Bayern Munich in a quarter-final match at the 2019-20 UEFA Champions League. C...

Eight Chelsea players now in quarantine

Chelsea did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment but the Telegraph report that players who are in quarantine are Jorginho, Ross Barkley,...

Bolt formally notified of positive COVID test result - health minister

And it is claimed the 34-year-old returned a positive test on Sunday. Raheem Sterling has tested negative for coronavirus after attending a party with Us...

Astros-Angels postponed Wednesday due to hurricane

They beat the Angels in the first game of the series on Monday night. Two batters later, Correa hit his bases-clearing double and Tucker added an RBI double for...

Naomi Osaka changes mind and agrees to play Friday after tournament pause

In consultation with the WTA and the U.S. Tennis Association, "I have agreed at their request to play on Friday", Osaka said in a statement through her manage...

National Hockey League to postpone tonight's playoff games

If you only ever have Black players and Filipino players and Lebanese players speaking up, they're not truly going to be heard at the volume needed to make a si...

Liverpool closing in on the capture of Thiago

Bayern have been vocal from the start that they are desperate for Thiago to remain in Germany and have even offered the Spaniard a new-and-improved long-term de...

Jared Kushner says National Basketball Association players took a night off work

The Milwaukee Bucks are reportedly boycotting their playoff game against the Orlando Magic in order to draw attention to the police shooting of Jacob Blake ...

Rodrigo Moreno: Leeds United agree deal to sign Valencia striker

Amid the chaos that ensued after Lionel Messi handed in a transfer request at FC Barcelona, a LaLiga star was confirmed to be on his way to Premier League n...

Arsenal confident Aubameyang will extend contract, says Arteta

The deal is not finalised. "I think he should be very happy if he's able to stay at the club for a long time", said Arteta. "Everything is ok only when both p...

Osaka pulls out of WTA semis over racial injustice

The Bucks did so after Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot multiple times in the back by police as he tried to get into his auto on Sunday in Kenosha, Wi...

F1 cars to carry special tribute to Anthoine Hubert at Spa

F2 has also announced it is retiring Hubert's auto number, 19, from the series as a mark of respect. A F2 statement read: "Nearly one year on from the tragic ...

Gold retreats as dollar gains; all eyes on Powell speech

SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings fell 0.3% to 1,248.87 tonnes on Tuesday from 1,252.38 tonnes on Monday....

Andy Murray claims biggest win of comeback at Western and Southern Open

Former world number one Murray, meanwhile, fell to Milos Raonic in straight sets. "He has had his injury struggles as well, so it is nice to see him back". ...

Ronald Koeman Identifies Former Player To Replace Lionel Messi

Messi has a 700-million-euro ($A1.1 billion) release clause in his contract but had a written agreement that he could leave for free if he notified the club of ...

National Basketball Association players discuss boycotting games following Jacob Blake shooting

The All-Star point guard didn't practice on Tuesday and is "day-to-day", according to Raptors head coach Nick Nurse. The dramatic series of moves began when t...

England squad: Kalvin Phillips and Jack Grealish given first call-ups

The potential inclusion of Harry Maguire is one of the dilemma's Southgate is faced with. And following Gareth Southgate's list for the Nations League , ...

'Adios Suarez' - speculation grows over Uruguayan's future at Barca

With Barcelona now having a new head coach in Koeman, perhaps it would be best for Coutinho to start afresh at Camp Nou. The Brazil international's season-l...

Novak Djokovic rolls on at Western and Southern Open, Andy Murray eliminated

That's when chair umpire Aurelie Tourte called a time violation. The other semi-final will send Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas , who advanced down 5-6 ...

VFL Tennys Sandgren falls in Western and Southern Open

The second set saw another tiebreaker and at 4-4, Isner committed a decisive error to hand Tsitsipas the advantage and two points later, another error by the Am...

Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp praises Bayern Munich's treble-winning run

France global Kinglsey Colman scored the decisive goal in the second half of the Champions League showpiece to secure Bayern's first European Cup since 2013. Re...

WNBA New York Liberty, Seattle Storm Walk Off Court During National Anthem

Stewart after that revealed a 26- 2nd instant of muteness, as Taylor was actually 26 years of ages. "We thought that was very fitting to do a moment of recogn...

Lionel Messi In IPL? Talk Of Barcelona Exit Triggers Hilarious KKR Tweet

He still has a year left in his current deal with a release clause of $826 million. Several respected journalists, including Marcelo Bachler, the Esporte Inte...

Raptors, Celtics meet to discuss boycotting Game 1

Prior to the Bucks game, the team's coach Mike Budenholzer said it would be hard for hit team to play the game given what is happening in the Bucks' home st...

Bengals' Alexander arrested amid search for missing father

Alexander's arrest allegedly stemmed from him confronting the man who left his father behind. The father, Jean Odney Alexandre , was last seen on a berry-pic...

Vancouver 5, Vegas 2

It was the first game back for Toffoli since the first game of the qualifying round against the Minnesota Wild on August 2. During a night where the Canuck...

Prosecution lawyer slams Man Utd captain Maguire: Shocking and unsportsmanlike

Maguire was arrested along with his brother and a friend after being driven from the club to a police station, where there was an altercation with the prosecuti...

Chelsea complete £50m Chilwell signing

The Brazilian occasionally wore the number 12 in the French capital too, but that is also now occupied at Chelsea by Ruben Loftus-Cheek. It's explained Sarr...

Texans, Falcons Not Interested in Earl Thomas

Adam Schefter reported that on Subnday that the franchise will move on from the safety today and will either release him for conduct detrimental to the team or ...

Chelsea close to signing Havertz, Chilwell, Thiago Silva

Chelsea were unable to sign players in the transfer window ahead of the 2019-20 season due to a ban imposed because of rule breaches relating to the signing of...

Murray, Azarenka win first up at Western & Southern Open

Murray won the 2012 US Open as well as the 2013 and 2016 Wimbledon titles plus the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medals. "That is the most important thing for me, ...

Mother appeals for calm after Wisconsin shooting

Blake, 29, was left paralyzed and "fighting for his life", his family and lawyers said yesterday, hours before the latest round of civil unrest in the lakefront...

Alexander Povetkin stuns Dillian Whyte with vicious knock-out victory

He said to BT Sport Boxing: " Eddie Hearn was trying to protect Joshua, trying to put a hurdle in the way with Whyte". He said: "I was so happy that Whyte ...

Usain Bolt ‘tests positive for coronavirus’ as star issues statement confirming quarantine

Jamaica now has had 1,529 confirmed cases, with 622 active cases, 16 deaths from coronavirus . According to Reuters , videos of the surprise party show guests...

Popov claims first major title

One thing that might help her is the fact there is only one proven major victor in the top 10, and New Zealander Lydia Ko will start six shots behind with her o...