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Newcastle are in talks with Sheffield United to sign forward William Osula and have made an offer of £15m according to Sky Sports.It’s been a quiet summer at St James’ Park with Lloyd Kelly and goalkeepers John Ruddy and Odysseas Vlachodimos arriving at the club, whilst Lewis Hall’s loan move from Chelsea became permanent.The Magpies will need further signings if they are to secure qualification for  European football and are thought to be in the market for attacking reinforcements.Newcastle in talks for OsulaNewcastle are believed to be looking for a winger with doubts surrounding the future of Miguel Almiron, and they are…

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As an interviewee, Murray has almost always been polite, patient and generous with his time – and very good value. I can count on one hand the number of times he turned me down for an interview, and one of those occasions was after the 2016 Australian Open final against Novak Djokovic. He went straight from the Rod Laver Arena to the airport to catch the last flight of the night, as wife Kim was at home, heavily pregnant with their first child.Murray is often shivering when I interview him – a recent plunge in the ice bath tends to…

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Sugar Ray Leonard punches Thomas Hearns during a match at Ceasars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 16, 1981. Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Thomas Hearns in the 14th round with a declared knockout – Photo by Focus on Sport/ Getty Images The welterweight division has been home to some of the very best fighters in boxing history. Seven pounds north is the less traditional junior middleweight class. It was once a stop-over between two of boxing’s glamour divisions welterweight and middleweight, but with time it earned a reputation of its own. On Saturday, Terence Crawford will look to become a…

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Don’t miss the chance to see stars of the LIV Golf League including Ian Poulter, Graeme McDowell and Richard Bland when the International Series England takes place from 8-11 August at Foxhills Club & Resort. Fresh from the action in last weekend’s LIV Golf UK by JCB, the British stars will line-up alongside leading talent from the Asian Tour plus former English amateur prodigy Tom Lewis and the 2023 PGA Championship’s breakout star Michael Block. The International Series would like to offer GolfNews subscribers a 20% discount on GA tickets for all four days of the tournament.Simply visit International Series England and enter the…

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Gordon Hayward is retiring from the NBA after a 14-year career. Hayward announced his retirement via posts on social media. Hayward played for the Utah Jazz, Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets and Oklahoma City during his 14-year NBA career. He retires with career averages of 15.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists. Hayward played the first seven years of his career with the Jazz, before moving to the Celtics in 2017. Hayward fractured his leg just five minutes into his Boston debut and was never again fully healthy in his career. Hayward signed with the Hornets in 2020, following three years…

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Tony Ferguson is ready to bring the fight against Michel Chiesa. This Saturday, ‘El Cucuy‘ will head to Abu Dhabi for what could very well be his last shot at getting back into the win column. As it stands, Ferguson has lost his last seven fights, tying him with BJ Penn for the longest losing streak in UFC history. If he comes up short against the TUF alumnus on Saturday, he’ll have the record all to himself. The former interim titleholder is hellbent on preventing that from happening and is feeling as confident as ever ahead of his 24th walk…

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Paris Olympics: Ben Proud Not Questioning Pan Zhanle’s WR: “A Great Swim By A Good Athlete” While Ben Proud believes Pan Zhanle’s 100 free WR is transformative for swimming, he is not calling into question the Chinese athlete’s performance but instead described it as “a great swim by a good athlete.” Questions around the Chinese swimming programme rose in volume on Wednesday night after Pan cut 0.40 from his own WR to stop the clock at 46.40. The 19-year-old set the previous standard of 46.80 leading off the Chinese 4×1 free quartet to victory at the Doha worlds in February.…

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Julian Alaphilippe followed a different path to the Paris 2024 Olympics to the other favourites for the men’s road race, but the Frenchman struck a confident note when he met the press on Thursday.While Mathieu van der Poel, Remco Evenepoel and Wout van Aert spent July in action at the Tour de France, Alaphilippe built towards his home Olympics with stage victories at the Tour of Slovakia and the Czech Tour.Alaphilippe’s sparkling stage victory at the Giro in May had prompted speculation that he might be drafted into Evenepoel’s supporting cast at the Tour, but Soudal-QuickStep manager Patrick Lefevere quickly…

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