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Palace attempt to hijack Villa move for Ordonez
Crystal Palace are trying to overtake Aston Villa in the race to sign Club Brugge centre-back Joel Ordonez. The move matters because both clubs are seeking defensive reinforcements, with Palace responding to Chadi Riad’s injury and Villa replacing Ezri Konsa after his sale to Arsenal. Villa turned to the 22-year-old Ecuador international after failing to…
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MGM Alternative’s Kitty Gambel Joins Skydance Sports
Kitty Gambel, formerly a senior executive at Amazon MGM Alternative, has been appointed Skydance Sports’ senior vice-president of alternative unscripted programming. Starting on 8 September, she will report to Head of Unscripted Jon Weinbach, strengthening Skydance Sports’ capacity to develop entertainment formats alongside its established sports documentary output. At MGM Alternative, Gambel led creative development…
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Capital F closes $17M debut fund with goal to back the future of the ‘female economy’
Capital F, an all-female-led venture capital firm, has closed its debut fund at $17 million, aiming to invest in companies serving the “female economy” — markets where women drive demand. Co-founders Margaret Coblentz and Dawn Dobras, who have three decades of combined retail and beauty industry leadership experience, launched the firm after noticing few women…
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Fourteen babies die in Islamabad hospital fire as Dolly Parton dies aged 80
DNA testing is needed to identify the infant victims of a Pakistani hospital blaze, while India confirms its first Gaganyaan test launch this year, Waspi women await Burnham’s pension pledge, and County Fermanagh celebrates a barn owl breeding boom.
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Coventry sign defender Pinnock from Brentford
Coventry City have signed Jamaica international centre-back Ethan Pinnock from Brentford for an undisclosed fee reported to be around £6m, as the newly promoted Premier League club continues a busy summer of squad building. The 33-year-old was out of contract at the end of the season and had lost his place in Brentford’s starting line-up,…
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Football Daily | Celtic raise the bar for calamitous capitulations in Europe
Celtic suffered a chastening Champions League qualifying exit after leading 4-0 on aggregate against Austrian side Lask, only to collapse in the second leg and go out following a 5-1 defeat that took the tie into extra time. Manager Martin O’Neill admitted his side should have been “out of sight by half-time” but instead conceded…
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Manchester City sign Lille midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi for £85m
Manchester City have signed 18-year-old Ayyoub Bouaddi from Lille for £85m, tasking the Morocco international with the daunting job of filling the void left by Rodri, widely regarded as the world’s best central midfielder, following his move to Barcelona. Despite his youth, Bouaddi is no novice, having made his European debut just days after turning…
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Chelsea in talks with Emiliano Martínez’s camp after being offered goalkeeper
Chelsea are in discussions with Emiliano Martínez’s representatives after the goalkeeper was offered to them, with the club weighing up whether to make a formal move. Martínez has told Aston Villa he wants to leave, and a proposed switch to Juventus fell through last week once Villa signed Zion Suzuki from Parma as his replacement.…
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Will a Premier League club break record for transfer sales in one window?
Several Premier League clubs are generating record-breaking income from player sales this summer, with Aston Villa, Manchester City and Newcastle United all moving into the all-time top six for transfer income in a single window. This marks a shift from the usual narrative of Premier League clubs as big spenders, and with days left in…