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PSG announce Icardi capture in £45m deal
Paris Saint-Germain has signed Argentina global Mauro Icardi from Inter Milan on a four-year deal after taking up the option to buy the on-loan forward, the two clubs announced on Sunday. The signing brings closure to Icardi's soured relationship with Inter, with wife and agent Wanda Nara having initially caused controversy by calling out the club's players and management on television. [Full Article...]
Quarterback JT Daniels transfers from USC to Georgia
In this week's edition of Cover 4 Live, the DawgNation team talks all about the Daniels addition and what it means for the future of the Georgia offense, Newman, Vandagriff and everything in between. We asked The Athletic's Antonio Morales, who covered Daniels as USC beat writer in 2018 and 2019, about the former Trojans' makeup, circumstances leading to his transfer and what Georgia fans can ... [Full Article...]
NHL awards regular-season trophies for season cut short
Pastrnak, the prolific sniper with the Boston Bruins , is a first-time recipient of the award, which has been split this season for the first time in 10 years when Sidney Crosby and Steven Stamkos scored 51 apiece. "A little disappointed with what the team was able to accomplish the first 70 games and kind of the point spread we had between not only the teams in the league but the teams in our di... [Full Article...]
PSG : bonne nouvelle pour Neymar
Précédemment, le clan Neymar avait réussi à réduire le montant de la sanction. Le paiement des intérêts a été suspendu, ce qui fait pour le moment une grosse économie pour l'attaquant du PSG, même s'il faudra savoir si ces intérêts vont être définitivement oubliés. [Full Article...]
"Ce serait bien de voir Edinson Cavani à Boca Juniors" — Dario Benedetto
Alors que Boca Juniors rêve d'attirer Edinson Cavani, en fin de contrat au PSG en juin, "Pipa" aimerait voir évoluer l'avant-centre uruguayen dans son club de coeur en Argentine. [Full Article...]
Angleterre : la date de reprise de la Premier League fixée
Après la reprise de la Bundesliga allemande, le 16 mai, et la Liga espagnole, le 12 juin, la Premier League sera le troisième à relancer son championnat à huis clos. Cela laisse donc 7 semaines aux instances pour caser les 9 journées pleines restantes, dont deux pourraient être intercalées en milieu de semaine, expliquait le journal. [Full Article...]
Déconfinement: la France lève une bonne partie des restrictions
En Allemagne, en Espagne ou encore en Angleterre, où les entraînements de football ont déjà repris, les clubs ont proposé à leurs joueurs plusieurs étapes: des entraînements individuels, puis par groupe de 2 à 4 avant un retour à des entraînements classiques, avec l'ensemble de l'effectif. [Full Article...]
Australia announce schedule with full series against India
Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts has defended the governing body's decision to snub Perth for the opening test of Australia's series against India arguing Western Australia has seen it's fair share of test cricket in recent years. [Full Article...]
National Hockey League plans to return with 24 teams competing for Stanley Cup
Training camp will start no earlier than July 1, Bettman said . The NHL suspended its season on March 12 due to the coronavirus pandemic , having played 1,082 of the scheduled 1,271 regular season games. The league-leading Boston Bruins join the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning as +700 Stanley Cup favourites, just ahead of the Vegas Golden Knights and Philadelphia Flyers ... [Full Article...]
Christian Pulisic returns soon as Premier League announces provisional restart date
Villa are now 19th and heading for a return to the Championship, after just one year back in the Premier League, but a win of Chris Wilder's team actually take them into 16th place and drop Watford back into the bottom three. So far, just 12 people have tested positive for coronavirus after 2,752 tests across the Premier League. Liverpool is on the verge of winning the Premier League, sitting ... [Full Article...]
Ligue 1 : la LFP n’envisage pas de redémarrer la saison
Alors, déficit de lobbying, ou exception culturelle d'une France moins passionnée de football? Mais jeudi 29 mai, le Premier ministre a renvoyé ce ballon brûlant, lâchant: " Il ne m'appartient pas de me prononcer sur des décisions des ligues et fédérations ". [Full Article...]
English Premier League to restart on June 17, say reports
At least 25 of the 92 remaining Premier League matches will be shown on live TV on a "free to air" basis. Earlier this week, the clubs unanimously voted to resume contact training. The Telegraph report goes on to state that a game could be played on the Friday night of June 19 but that the full round of fixtures will resume on the Saturday, staggered across the weekend as usual. [Full Article...]
UConn student accused in killings, kidnapping captured in Maryland following manhunt: authorities
Manfredonia, a senior, allegedly attacked two men in Willington, Connecticut , killing Theodore Demers, 62, and wounding the unidentified second suspect, according to police. Police said Manfredonia then traveled by Uber to East Stroudsburg, where he was dropped off in front of the Walmart at 355 Lincoln Ave.in the borough. [Full Article...]
Players balk at MLB's pay-cut proposal
If anything, Tuesday's proposal, put forth by Major League Baseball in a digital meeting with the Players Association, seemed to widen the gap between the two sides. While that parallel negotiation isn't seen as almost so contentious, the two are also clearly not as separate as you might think. Players could propose a longer regular season, which would result in receiving a higher percentage o... [Full Article...]
Boston Marathon 2020 canceled because of coronavirus pandemic
The B.A.A. will also offer a series of virtual events and activities throughout September's Marathon Week in an effort to bring the Boston Marathon experience to the constituencies that the organization serves here in Boston, across the United States, and around the world. [Full Article...]
Lampard set to hold talks with Chelsea midfielder Kante
After a negative Covid-19 test ahead of the first day of training on Tuesday, the 29-year-old did complete one session before communicating his concerns ahead of missing the work-out on Wednesday . Kante also collapsed in the dressing room at Cobham in March 2018 in front of his team-mates, which led to him missing a match against Manchester City . [Full Article...]
Alex Telles au PSG, ce serait signé
Finalement ce sera bien le natif de Caxias do Sul, au Brésil, qui portera les couleurs parisiennes l'année prochaine. Le média portugais table sur une indemnité de transfert d'environ 25 millions d'euros . Quid de Layvin Kurzawa? Cet engagement expirera, on le rappelle, le 30 juin. En effet sur 40 matchs cette saison, le Brésilien a marqué 10 buts et délivré 9 passes décisives. [Full Article...]
Driver caught in e-sports cheating scandal
Abt was suspended by Audi on Tuesday after it transpired that sim racer Lorenz Hoerzing took his place in the Berlin round of the Race at Home Challenge , confirming later that he will not race again for Audi . "Integrity, transparency and consistent compliance with applicable rules are top priorities for Audi - this applies to all activities the brand is involved in without exception". [Full Article...]
NHL Announces 24-Team 2020 Playoffs Format
The league is still considering 10 cities, including St. Paul, to be hubs for the playoffs. On Feb. 22, the Russian became the eighth National Hockey League player to score 700 career goals , and he did it in the second-fewest games (1,144). [Full Article...]
Tom Brady's son steals the show in this hilarious family TikTok video
Woods and Manning went on to win the event. Brady later joked about the incident on Twitter saying, "The trousers wanted in on social distancing I guess". It was great. All of it was great, especially when it came to Barkley and Brady going back and forth. In that moment, Tom's microphone slipped and it caused his trousers to split down the seam in the back! All that, and they ended up halving... [Full Article...]