BARCELONA expect Lionel Messi to join Manchester City at the end of this season, according to reports. And the stunning switch will be a FREE transfer with the Argentine's Nou Camp contract set to expire next summer. Messi, 33, was close to re-uniting with Pep Guardiola during the most recent transfer window. TRANSFER NEWS LIVE: Breaking news, juicy gossip and […]

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Unbeaten Teofimo Lopez upset Vasiliy Lomachenko by a unanimous decision on Saturday (Oct 17) to become the undisputed world lightweight champion in Las Vegas. Lopez defended his 135-pound International Boxing Federation lightweight title and seized the World Boxing Council, World Boxing Organisation and World Boxing Association belts from Ukraine’s Lomachenko who suffered his first loss in […]

LEEDS UNITED travel to Wolves on Monday night to cap this weekend's Premier League action. Manchester United got back to winning ways, Arsenal failed at Man City while Liverpool and Everton played out a Merseyside derby thriller. Leeds vs Wolves, Monday 8pm (Sky Sports) The league's great entertainers are back. We expected Leeds to hit the ground running this season […]

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A positive COVID-19 test couldn’t keep Nick Saban from the sideline, and Georgia’s heralded defense had scant hope of keeping Alabama’s playmakers out of the end zone. Jones passed for 417 yards and four touchdowns and the Crimson Tide picked apart No. 3 Georgia’s heralded defense in the second half of a 41-24 victory Saturday night. It […]

Shikhar Dhawan rode his luck to score his maiden IPL century and lead Delhi Capitals to a dramatic five-wicket victory over Chennai Super Kings. Scorecard IPL table The Indian opener played superbly and took just 57 balls to reach three figures and ended unbeaten on 101, although he benefitted from being dropped three times plus another half chance as well […]

Nick Saban won’t miss Alabama’s biggest game of the season after all. After testing positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, Saban returned three straight negative tests, the last one coming Saturday morning. He will be on the sidelines Saturday night for the No. 2 Crimson Tide’s showdown with No. 3 Georgia, Alabama announced. Under SEC protocols, Saban’s Wednesday test is now […]

CHELSEA are set to face Southampton this weekend as the Premier League returns from the international break. Meanwhile we have the very latest on Jorginho's future, while it is claimed that the Blues wanted to sign AC Milan's Gianluigi Donnarumma before opting for Edouard Mendy. Get all the latest updates from Stamford Bridge here… Jake Lambourne6 minutes ago SPEAKING FRANKLY […]

THE domestic deadline for clubs to do business between the EFL and Premier League has now passed. Brentford star Said Benranha has completed a loan move to West Ham – despite failing a medical earlier in the day. Get all the latest deals, transfer updates and gossip here… Jake Lambourne5 minutes ago SPEAKING FRANKLY Frank Lampard has revealed Chelsea needed […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board has warned players and officials they will be expelled from tournaments if there are any further breaches of the bio-secure bubble at the National Twenty20 Cup in Rawalpindi. Nine players and three officials tested negative for coronavirus after violating Covid-19 protocols at the hotel, with it understood the 12 unnamed figures were made to pay for their […]

FOR a manager who plays his cards close to his chest, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was surprisingly forthcoming about Harry Maguire having a knock. In fact, he volunteered the information TWICE. So if the under-fire Manchester United captain does not appear for Saturday's match against Newcastle we all know why. To be fair, Maguire did tweak a muscle leading to his […]