The 29-year-old, who rakes in £200,000-a-week at the Bernabeu, has struggled for consistency over the past few years. Rodriguez was signed by Toffees manager Carlo Ancelotti in 2014 and 2017 while the Italian was in charge of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich , respectively. [Full Article...]
It appears the right-hander is thrilled about his new home. The most recent word, however, is that other teams may have pulled ahead of San Diego, as USA Today's Bob Nightengale ( Twitter links ) reports that the Indians "have requested players' physicals from at least two teams" but haven't asked the Padres to submit such information. [Full Article...]
The second day proved to be much tougher. I was a bit disappointed to make a bogey on 12 and a par on 15, but from there on my goal was just to give myself some good chances coming in and that shot on 17 was quite good and set up an eagle. "I'm 39 now, you wonder how many opportunities you will get going forward with all the youngsters coming through". Kaymer looks primed to test Walters' mettle... [Full Article...]
Not because they don't deserve to be there, but in this team, you have to be competing for who is the best and who has to play. A team, which I think is the best in the world, can not have 13 professional players and the rest are youngsters. [Full Article...]
However, according to ESPN's insiders, Barcelona argues that the deadline for activating the clause expired in June - meaning the only way for Messi to leave is to forgo his salary for the 2020/2021 season and not sign up with another club until next summer. [Full Article...]
Osaka, the fourth seed and a wild card entry, had entered the tournament looking for her first championship since October. Osaka saved 18 of 21 break points in her 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) victory, advancing to Saturday's championship match against two-time Australian Open victor Victoria Azarenka in the same New York Covid-19 quarantine bubble where the US Open begins on Monday. [Full Article...]
He was 78 years old. His cause of death is now unclear. He also played college ball himself, for Providence, and he played two seasons with the NBA's Boston Celtics in the 1960s. At six-foot-10, with an ever-present white towel slung over his shoulder, Thompson literally and figuratively towered over the Hoyas for decades, becoming a patriarch of sorts after he quit coaching in 1999. [Full Article...]
Malan had been happy to defer to his captain but the Yorkshrie batsman hammered Shadab for six over deep mid-wicket before Morgan reached a 27-ball fifty by creaming Shaheen over the same area while three successive fours later in the over left England needing just 34 in the final five overs. [Full Article...]