Colombia’s twenty eight match unbeaten run came to an end Monday as Lautaro Martinez scored an extra-time winner to help Argentina defend their Copa America title and win a record 16th title A poor game which had been marred by security and crowd issues, forcing a 82-minute delay, was decided by a quality finish from…
Southampton have signed Japan defender Yukinari Sugawara from Dutch club AZ Alkmaar. The 24-year-old has joined for an undisclosed fee reported to be in the region of £6m and signed a four-year contract at St Mary’s. Sugawara is Saints boss Russell Martin’s seventh signing of the summer and the club’s fifth defensive addition. Martin said…
English Premier League side Manchester United have agreed to sell their central defender Willy Kambwala to Villarreal. United will receive €5.5m (£4.63m) as an initial payment, with add-ons potentially taking the fee to €11.5m (£9.68m). In addition, United have a buy-back option and negotiated a sizeable share of any sell-on fee for the 19-year-old. Kambwala…
Former world number one and multiple grand slam winner Novak Djokovic says Sunday’s Wimbledon final loss to Carlos Alcaraz will certainly not be his final appearance at the All England Club but vowed to return to fight another day. For the second year in a row Djokovic suffered defeat in a Wimbledon final to 21-year-old…
Manchester United have signed Bologna and Netherlands striker Joshua Zirkzee in a deal worth £36.54m. The 23-year-old has signed a five-year contract at Old Trafford, with the option of a further 12 months. Zirkzee’s Bologna contract included a 40m euros (£33.6m) release clause, but United opted to agree a slightly increased price in order to…
England captain Harry Kane shared the Euro 2024 Golden Boot with five other players after finishing the tournament on three goals. Spain’s Dani Olmo, Georgia’s Georges Mikautadze, the Netherlands’ Cody Gakpo, Slovakia’s Ivan Schranz and Germany’s Jamal Musiala also won a share of the award. Neither Kane nor Olmo scored in the Euro 2024 final,…
A late goal by substitute Mikel Oyarzabal helped Spain Beat England 2-1 and win a record fourth European Championship title on Sunday With about four minutes of normal time left and the game at 1-1 Oyarzabal slid in to poke home Marc Cucurella’s cross, just when the game at Berlin’s Olympiastadion seemed destined for extra…
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz powered to victory over an out-of-sorts Novak Djokovic to retain his men’s singles title at Wimbledon. Although the players on show made this a repeat of last year’s final, it failed to live up to the five-set thriller of 12 months ago as Djokovic appeared mostly helpless against the dominant Spaniard. Despite…
Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz said Sunday will be a “good day for his country as he prepares to defend his Wimbledon title on the same day Spain play England in the final of Euro 2024. The 21-year-old Spaniard clinched a 6-7 (1-7) 6-3 6-4 6-4 comeback victory over fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in Friday’s first semi-final….
Jadon Sancho has returned to training with Manchester United following a meeting with manager Erik ten Hag. The English winger, 24, fell out with Ten Hag last season and was forced to train away from the first team before rejoining former club Borussia Dortmund on loan in January. Sancho impressed at Dortmund and his future…
