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Forest target Reijnders – Wednesday’s gossip
BBC Sport’s football gossip column rounds up transfer rumours from various British and European outlets, with Nottingham Forest reportedly eyeing Manchester City’s Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders in a deal worth around £55m. Tottenham are said to be pursuing several attacking options including Manchester City’s Savinho, Liverpool’s Cody Gakpo and Chelsea striker Nicolas Jackson, while Chelsea…
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Heavyweight Parker cleared to fight after drugs ban
Former WBO heavyweight champion Joseph Parker has had his provisional suspension lifted after testing positive for cocaine, clearing him to resume his boxing career. The New Zealander was tested by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association on 25 October, the same day he lost to Britain’s Fabio Wardley at London’s O2 Arena, and had faced a possible…
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Key questions as Infantino faces Fifa executives
Fifa president Gianni Infantino is meeting senior officials in Rabat, Morocco on Wednesday as he battles to contain a revolt sparked by his now-abandoned plan to sell off Fifa’s commercial and event operations to private investors. The gathering follows a highly critical internal memo from secretary general Mattias Grafstrom, the resignation of senior adviser Carlos…
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Continuity, chaos and Rodman: how Washington Spirit are thriving in NWSL
Washington Spirit have established themselves as one of the National Women’s Soccer League’s most consistent top performers, sitting among the top two teams for a third consecutive season despite the notoriously unpredictable nature of the competition. The club’s success is notable because it has come amid significant squad turnover, including the departure of former Rookie…
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Catherine Zeta-Jones Takes On The Seven Demons In Revenge Thriller ‘Kill Jackie’
Catherine Zeta-Jones stars as retired drug smuggler Jackie Price in “Kill Jackie,” a new revenge thriller series for Prime Video, with new promotional images released ahead of the show’s launch later this year. The eight-part series flips the gender of its source material’s protagonist, casting Zeta-Jones as a woman forced to hunt down a group…
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Republicans stand behind Trump on Iran even as unpopularity of conflict grows
Republicans are largely standing behind President Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict, even as the prolonged military campaign threatens to become a political liability for the GOP heading into November’s midterm elections. The conflict has stretched on for nearly six months, and multiple public opinion polls suggest the war is broadly unpopular with Americans, raising…
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New winger Yokota hopes to make ‘special memories’ at Rangers
Rangers have signed Japanese winger Daisuke Yokota from German club Hannover on a three-year deal, with the option of a further year, marking the Ibrox club’s ninth signing of the summer transfer window. The 26-year-old, who moved to Germany as a teenager, brings experience from several European leagues and is intended to strengthen manager Derek…
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Arsenal agree £75m fee with Newcastle for Bruno Guimarães as clubs reach compromise
Arsenal have agreed a £75m fee with Newcastle United for Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimarães, ending a tense negotiation between the two clubs. The Newcastle captain is set to leave the club’s pre-season training camp in southern Spain to fly to London for a medical, with the move marking a significant blow for Newcastle, who had…
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Ted Lasso’s fourth season splits critics with soft reboot approach
Ted Lasso’s fourth season landed on Apple TV+ after a three-year gap, adopting a soft-reboot approach that opens with Ted working a modest grocery store job in Kansas City before circumstances draw him back to football and London. New showrunner Jack Burditt sought to tighten the show’s pacing and trim its previous excesses, but critical…
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Riders’ clothing checked at women’s Tour over bra padding concerns
Officials at the Tour de France Femmes have begun checking riders’ clothing and bikes before stages amid concerns that some competitors have used padded bras or similar inserts as “body fairings” to gain an unfair aerodynamic advantage. Race organiser ASO issued a statement confirming the checks after Dutch media reported that padding could be smoothing…