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Why do teams choose not to disclose transfer fees?

• Undisclosed fees hide clubs' spending and reinvestment budgets from rivals
• Homegrown status depends on years registered in England/Wales before turning 21
• Manchester City retain a 20% sell-on clause for James Trafford

BBC Sport answered reader questions on Premier League transfer rules, explaining why some clubs choose not to disclose transfer fees and how "homegrown" player status is determined. Undisclosed fees allow clubs to avoid revealing how much of their transfer budget has been spent or how much money a…

Marvel’s Wolverine Limited Edition PS5 Console Announced, Plus Physical Disc Drive Covers

PlayStation 5 exclusive Marvel's Wolverine will be accompanied by a limited edition PS5 console bundle, plus cover plates for both digital PS5 consoles and those with disc drives.

50 Years Ago Today: The Ramones Took on the Punk Skeptics at Their West Coast Debut

• Ramones marked 50th anniversary of first West Coast shows at LA's Roxy.
• Critics like Robert Hilburn doubted punk's authenticity and appeal in 1976.
• Shows helped punk gain a foothold on the West Coast music scene.

Fifty years ago today, on 11 August 1976, the Ramones played their first West Coast shows at the Roxy in Los Angeles, bringing New York's fledgling punk sound to a city that remained largely unconvinced by it. Despite having already released their debut album, signed to Sire Records…

Thief designer says that the immersive sim audience is too small for AAA games: ‘There’s quite a few of us who think the way to do it is be III or AA’

• Thief designer says immersive sims suit AA or III budgets, not AAA
• Genre's niche audience seen as too small for big-budget games
• Smaller-scale development favoured to preserve the genre's identity

A designer who worked on the Thief series has argued that immersive sims are unlikely to succeed as big-budget "AAA" productions, suggesting the genre's audience is too niche to support such investment. Instead, they believe the format is better suited to smaller-scale "III" or "AA" development, where lower…

Shabazz Palaces Announces New Album It’s A Style Sport: Hear “Ahh World (I Won The Alphabet)”

• Shabazz Palaces announce new album "It's A Style Sport", out 23rd October on Sub Pop
• Ishmael Butler co-produced the ten-track LP with Erik Blood in Seattle
• Lead single "Ahh World" video released; band to play Queens festival show

Shabazz Palaces, the Seattle art-rap project led by Digable Planets member Ishmael Butler, has announced a new album titled "It's A Style Sport", set for release on Sub Pop Records. The record follows 2024's mini-album Exotic Birds Of Prey and the standalone single "Time Knows Me", continuing a…

Darius Rucker Mourns the Death of His Best Friend in Emotional Tribute: “Thank U for Changing My Life”

• Darius Rucker's bodyguard and close friend Buddy Wright has died aged 66.
• Rucker called him his "best friend" and thanked him for "changing my life."
• Wright had battled cancer for about eight years before his death.

Country star Darius Rucker has paid an emotional tribute to his longtime bodyguard, Eugene "Buddy" Wright, following his death at the age of 66. Rucker, best known as the frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish, described Wright as far more than an employee, calling him his friend, brother,…

The Blood of Dawnwalker Is a Serious Witcher 3 Competitor, and It’s Launching Soon

• The Blood of Dawnwalker launches 2 September 2026 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X
• Made by ex-Witcher 3 director and key Witcher 3 developers at Rebel Wolves
• Vampire RPG with a time-limited clock; up to 70 hours, first in a planned saga

The Blood of Dawnwalker, a new open-world RPG from Rebel Wolves, launches on 2 September 2026 for Windows PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and is being pitched as a genuine successor to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The comparison is no accident: Rebel Wolves was founded…