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Crystal Palace have slapped a £50m price tag on Marc Guehi following an enquiry from Newcastle United, according to reports. The 24-year-old centre-back’s stock has risen substantially following his role in helping England reach the Euro 2024 final over the summer, building on a 2023/24 Premier League campaign in which he starred as Palace finished 10th — their highest return since 2014/15.According to Football Insider, Newcastle have made contact with Crystal Palace, who have told the Magpies they want £50m up-front for their star defender, with that fee to be supplemented by add-ons.Newcastle are understood to be ‘reluctant’ to meet that…
Eddie Jones’s Japan nightmare continues He has lost his first three games in charge Jones ditched the Wallabies, who have since improved By Ap Published: 04:53 EDT, 22 July 2024 | Updated: 04:58 EDT, 22 July 2024 Japan remains without a win in three matches under returning coach Eddie Jones after losing 42-14, by five tries to two at the Sapporo Dome on Sunday.Australia-born Jones coached Japan from 2012 to 2015 and returned to the head coaching role in controversial circumstances this year after quitting as Wallabies coach. In the second Jones era, Japan has lost to England, Georgia and now Italy and…
Watch highlights as China’s Zheng Qinwen won gold in the women’s tennis singles after beating Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2 6-3 at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
By: Sean Crose He was one of the more interesting fighters on the heavyweight scene. A confident, outspoken New Yorker who could turn out the nights at a moment’s notice. Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller was unquestionably a fighter to watch in a newly invigorated, post-Klitschko heavyweight division. Then came a scheduled bout against heavyweight multititlist Anthony Joshua in Joshua’s American debut. Miller tested positive for a banned substance before the bout, meaning that his chance to become a world titlist was gone. Andy Ruiz replaced Miller as Joshua’s opponent – and bested Joshua in exciting fashion. Now, five years later,…
Matt Fitzpatrick shot an 81 on Saturday before withdrawing. Kevin C. Cox/Getty ImagesFormer U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick of Team GB withdrew from the Olympic men’s golf competition after he shot an 81 on Saturday because of a thumb injury.A statement from the International Golf Federation said Fitzpatrick had a strain in his right thumb going into the tournament at Le Golf National.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedFitzpatrick shot a 64 on Friday to get back to the fringe of contention. The third round left him far behind. He hit into the water for a double bogey on the 13th, and then found the…
The Los Angeles Lakers home locker that NBA Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant used at Staples Center from 2003-04 to his final season in 2015-16 has sold for a record-setting $2.9 million, the auction house that brokered the sale said Friday. According to Sotheby’s, it’s the most valuable sports locker to ever sell at auction. It’s also the third-most expensive piece of Bryant memorabilia of all time, trailing just a game-used, autographed and photo-matched jersey from Bryant’s rookie season. Bryant’s rookie season jersey sold for $3.69 million in 2021. His home locker also fell short of a signed, game-used and…
MMA Fighting has Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov live round-by-round updates for one of the most anticipated boxing fights of the year on Saturday night at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, Calif. The main event is expected to begin around 11 p.m. ET on DAZN and PPV.com pay-per-view. Check out our Crawford vs. Madrimov results page to find out what happened on the undercard. Terence Crawford (40-0) is arguably boxing’s top pound-for-pound fighter on the planet. Crawford is jumping up in weight to try to win the fourth divisional title of his career. A rumored showdown with Canelo Alvarez…
2024 PARIS SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES In the final of the men’s 100 butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Canadian swimmer Josh Liendo clocked a time of 49.99 to take silver behind Hungary’s Kristof Milak. With this swim, Liendo takes down his own Canadian record, and becomes just the five swimmer in history to go under 50 seconds in the 100 fly. His previous record had been a time of 50.06 from May of this year at Canadian Olympic trials. Liendo is now the fifth-fastest performer of all-time in the men’s 100 fly. His Canadian teammate Ilya Kharun, who went 50.25…
A perfect race, the perfect terrain, and a perfect team strategy delivered Belgian Remco Evenepoel to a historic gold medal in the Paris Olympics men’s road race. With the victory, Evenepoel became the first male rider to win both road events at the Olympic Games. Leontien Zijlaard van Moorsel of the Netherlands is the only other athlete to do so, in Sydney in 2000.But Evenepoel’s road race win came with one heart-stopping moment when, with 3.8km to go, he suffered a puncture. Waving frantically for his team car, Evenepoel believed his medal hopes could have been over when he was…