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Barcelona decided to let Ilkay Gundogan go after just one season primarily for financial reasons, according to transfer news expert Fabrizio Romano as he reports on the player’s potential return to Manchester City.Speaking exclusively to CaughtOffside for the latest edition of his Daily Briefing column, Romano explained that Barca informed Gundogan of their decision as it could be important for them to get the former Germany international’s salary off their wage bill for financial reasons.Gundogan was a star player for Man City for many years before moving on at the end of his contract last summer, joining Barcelona on a…
Tua began his career with Northlands in the New Zealand Championship before the Auckland Blues offered him a first taste of top-flight rugby in 2018.He moved to the Canberra-based Brumbies in 2023 and played 31 games, scoring five tries.“People will be aware that centre is a position that we’ve had great strength in over a number of years,” director of rugby Rob Baxter told the club website., external “Through age and players moving on, that’s slowly changed in terms of experience. So it’s an area we’ve been wanting to strengthen.” Baxter added: “Unfortunately, he’s arrived with a neck issue which…
Kelly Cates and guests preview the US Open that begins on Monday.
By: Sean Crose WBC lightweight titlist Shakur Stevenson will be facing Joe Cordina on the Artur Beterbirev-Dmitry Bivol undisputed light heavyweight title card on October 12th in Saudi Arabia. The 22-0 Stevenson last fought in July when he bested Artem Harutyunyn in his hometown of Newark via unanimous decision. The 17-1 Cordina last saw action back in May when he was stopped by Anthony Cacace in 8. The Stevenson-Cordina bout is scheduled for 12. Saudi Arabia’s boxing guru, Turki Alalshikh, indicated he’s happy to have Stevenson fighting in his homeland. Speaking of Stevenson to ESPN, Alalshikh claimed “there’s a big…
Since technology is really advancing, it also intrudes into varying realms of life and sports betting world is not an exception. Golf being a popular game played across the world and featuring complex rules has not been left behind in the betting revolution that has been initiated by technology. From the applications that enable you to bet on your mobile phones to the use of analytics that help in the enhancement of betting strategies in golf, technology has come into play in golf sports betting. How Mobile Apps are Revolutionalising Golf Betting Mobile applications have revolutionized the way sports betting…
The NBA landscape is littered with massive contracts, but the largest ones aren’t always attached to the brightest stars. The hope is that players live up to the lofty expectations set by their contracts, but things don’t always go as planned. Whether due to injury, declining performance, or a team’s desperation to avoid losing a player for nothing, some of the league’s worst contracts end up as financial albatrosses for their respective teams. Bradley Beal (3 Years, $161 million) Trade Proposal: •San Antonio Spurs receive: Bradley Beal, 2026 second-round pick (via DEN), and two 2031 second-round picks (via DEN and…
Jamahal Hill snapped back at Magomed Ankalaev. ‘Sweet Dreams’ was non-too-pleased to learn that No. 8 ranked contender Khalil Rountree would be the next man to fight Alex Pereira, challenging the light heavyweight champion at UFC 307 this October. Hill’s biggest gripe being that Rountree was forced to pull out of a previously scheduled scrap in June after being suspended by the NSAC for the use of a banned substance. Now suddenly he’s rewarded with a title opportunity when he feels there are far more deserving candidates. Candidates like Magomed Ankalaev who is sitting on a 10-fight win streak and…
Pan Pacific Championships, Day 1 Prelims: Luka Mijatovic Leads in Both 200 Free, 800 Free Two years again in Hawaii, future Olympians like Thomas Heilman, Tomoyuki Matsushita, Alex Shackell and Erin Gemmell tested themselves internationally at the Junior Pan Pacific Championships. An early test of the emerging depth in countries lining the Pacific Ocean that happen to be some of the world’s powers, it’s a fitting look, just after the Paris Olympics, at who could be on that stage four years from now in Los Angeles. The first morning session of the 2024 meet, kicking off in Canberra, Australia, offered…
Australian Robert Stannard, 25, rejoined the WorldTour “with immediate effect” on Tuesday, signing with the Bahrain Victorious squad.The team announced with the signing that Stannard would make his debut at the upcoming Tour of Britain, September 3-8.Stannard last competed with Alpecin-Deceuninck (2022-2023), having started his career with Mitchelton-Scott in 2018. He won the Tour de Wallonie in 2022 but his racing career came to a halt in August last year when the UCI provisionally suspended him for “use of prohibited Methods and/or prohibited substances”.The case concluded in June with Stannard accepting a four-year back-dated suspension for “unexplained” abnormal values on…
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