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England's Harry Kane: Spurs' Mauricio Pochettino congratulated me after win
Russian media said authorities used planes in the months before the game to spray the area around the stadium, which is next to the massive Volga river, with a special substance created to kill off the bugs. He is England's most in-form player and was handed the captaincy ahead of the World Cup because his place in the starting XI is without question, simply because he has a track record of pr... [Full Article...]
Maurizio Sarri eyes Napoli star Dries Mertens as top summer target
Mertens had a £24.5million release clause in his Napoli contract that recently expired but the Telegraph claim Sarri sees him as the flawless player to occupy the right-hand side role of his front three. He said: "There are a lot of rumours about me at the moment and nothing has happened". Crystal Palace will offer Wilfried Zaha £120,000 a week to hold on to the Ivory Coast winger. [Full Article...]
Arsenal snap up German keeper Bernd Leno
The Uruguay worldwide, now away on World Cup duty in Russian Federation, was first tipped to join the Gunners following Unai Emery's arrival last month. Nzonzi swapped England for Spain in 2015 and has been one of Sevilla's stand-out performers in the last three years. Arsenal are on the brink of signing Lucas Torreira from Sampdoria , according to the Italian club's president Massimo ... [Full Article...]
Spurs' Leonard wants trade to LA
The Spurs star forward - who can become an unrestricted free agent in 2019 - is looking for a trade to Los Angeles, preferably the Lakers , league sources said. Despite Leonard's contentious relationship with the team, he is eligible to sign a five-year, $219 million super-maximum contract with the Spurs this summer. [Full Article...]
Cristiano Ronaldo's Sculpture Replaced At Madeira Airport
After the original bust of the Real Madrid and Portugal forward was revealed a year ago to commemorate Madeira Airport's rebranding as Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport, sculptor Emanuel Santos described his work as "a matter of taste". [Full Article...]
Neymar injured in practice, expected back in training
Neymar was absent from training on Monday , missing the session a day after Brazil drew 1-1 with Switzerland in their opening World Cup clash. " Neymar left the training session with some pain in his right ankle because of the number of fouls he suffered in the game against Switzerland , " federation spokesman Vinicius Rodrigues said. [Full Article...]
Tommy Fleetwood historic US Open round ends one shot short
Open at Shinnecock Hills . There was the stress of fighting back from 7 over par , which was where Koepka found himself in the second round. No one from the final 22 groups could match par . "You don't get mulligan's in business at this level. how can this team keep doing this without consequences". He never missed a putt from inside five feet all week, 44-from-44 overall, and he put the hammer... [Full Article...]
We hear from Ashwin Willemse moments after SuperSport walkout investigation
SuperSport may have cleared Nick Mallett and Naas Botha of racism, following their investigation into the infamous Ashwin Willemse walkout, but the report into the incident shows there had been bad blood between Mallett and Willemse for more than a year. [Full Article...]