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Manchester City hope Rodri will sign new deal as Real Madrid weigh up offer
Manchester City are hoping to persuade Rodri to sign a new contract, but face the prospect of losing him after Real Madrid changed their stance and prepared a bid following his outstanding performances at the World Cup. The Spanish midfielder’s current deal runs out in June 2027, and although talks with City are ongoing and…
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Chelsea open talks to sign Brighton striker Welbeck
Chelsea are in talks to sign 35-year-old Brighton striker Danny Welbeck, with both the player keen and the club optimistic a deal can be reached. The move reflects a shift in Chelsea’s recruitment strategy, with owner Behdad Eghbali having acknowledged in April that the club’s focus on signing young players needs a “tweak” – Welbeck’s…
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English football agrees trial to end goalkeeper tactical timeouts
English football authorities are set to trial a new rule this season aimed at stopping goalkeepers from using injury treatment as a disguised tactical timeout. The Football Association, Premier League, English Football League, National League and Women’s Super League have agreed the measure, which still needs clearance from the International Football Association Board, after the…
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Jeffries says DNC chief ‘has my full support’ amid scrutiny
The article page is inaccessible (returns an access-denied/JavaScript-required error, and I don’t have permission to fetch it via WebFetch), so I have no article content to summarise — only the headline is available. Based on the headline alone: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries has said DNC Chair Ken Martin “has my full support” amid unspecified…
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Kalpana’s King George win ‘number one’ for Balding
Andrew Balding has described training Kalpana to victory in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Ascot as the standout win of his career, ranking it above all of his roughly 2,000 winners to date. The result carries added significance as it came six months after the death of his father, the…
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Second again – why has Scheffler stopped winning?
World number one Scottie Scheffler has gone six months without a tournament victory, a striking drought for a player who won 14 times over the previous two seasons and both the US PGA Championship and The Open in 2025. His barren run continued at the weekend when he finished runner-up at the 3M Open in…
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Football Daily | Vinícius to Arsenal? Club football’s military industrial complex kicks back into gear
The Guardian’s Football Daily column previews the return of club football transfer gossip now that the “Geopolitics World Cup” (GWC) has concluded, focusing on speculation linking Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior with a move to Arsenal. The piece treats the rumour with scepticism, noting that Real Madrid and president Florentino Pérez have a history of using…
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NASCAR race looks pathetic with empty seats, driver gives the finger & the most embarrassing command ever?
A NASCAR opinion column has criticised the sport’s Brickyard 400 weekend, highlighting sparsely filled grandstands, a driver making an obscene gesture, and what the writer calls an embarrassing directive from race officials. The piece, part of Fox News/OutKick’s regular “Monday Morning Pit-Stop” column, argues these incidents reflect deeper problems with the sport’s image and its…
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How do you score points in artistic gymnastics?
BBC Sport has published an explainer on how points are awarded in artistic gymnastics, timed to Team Scotland’s strong start at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, where Reuben Ward won the nation’s first ever gold medal in the men’s all-around and England took bronze in the women’s all-around team event. Gymnastics is one of only two…