According to reports, Manchester United are closing in on signing Uruguay international Manuel Ugarte from Ligue Un giants Paris Saint-Germain.
So far this summer, have invested around £150m to sign Joshua Zirkzee, Leny Yoro, Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui.
The Red Devils had their first Premier League game of the 2024/25 season on Friday night. They are without Yoro due to a foot injury for around three months but De Ligt and Mazraoui made their debuts against Fulham, while Zirkzee scored the winning goal in his side s 1-0 win.
Erik ten Hag s side were the deserving winners and a couple more signings could boost their prospects this season.
Co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe and his recruitment team are understood to be considering signings in various…
According to reports, Liverpool are preparing a bombshell signing before the summer transfer window closes as they target three centre-backs.
For most of this summer, supporters have been left feeling frustrated as the Premier League giants have been inactive in the transfer market.
After missing out on Martin Zubimendi earlier this summer, the prospect of Liverpool not making a single signing during this window was a real possibility.
However, Arne Slot s side have been making moves in recent days and they could complete one or two signings before the window closes on Friday night.
The Reds have already confirmed they have an agreement with Valencia to sign Georgia international Giorgi Mamardashvili, who will complete his move to the Premier League club…
According to reports, Wayne Rooney s wife Coleen Rooney has blocked the Plymouth Argyle boss from taking a job in the Saudi Pro League.
when they replaced John Eustace with .
The Blues were flirting with the Championship play offs when Rooney took over in October, but the legend won just two of his 15 games in charge before being sacked in January. The club were relegated to League One at the end of the 2023/24 campaign.
Despite this, Rooney returned to management ahead of the 2024/25 season as Plymouth Argyle made him their new head coach.
Under Rooney, Plymouth have endured a disastrous start to the new campaign. They were beaten 4-0 by Sheffield Wednesday on the opening weekend and they are winless in four Championship matches.
Rooney is get…
Bayern Munich director Max Eberl has commented on their decision to sell Netherlands international Matthijs de Ligt to Manchester United in the summer.
invested an initial fee of around £38m to sign De Ligt from Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.
The centre-back previously worked with at Ajax and he shone for the Eredivisie side, but he has struggled at Juventus and Bayern Munich in recent years.
De Ligt was poor for the Netherlands during the international break, but he produced an improved performance over the weekend as he scored in Man Utd s 3-0 win at Southampton.
Speaking post-match, Ten Hag admitted the defender is still not at 100% speed .
I m not surprised. At this moment he is not fit, he s not at 100% speed. He needs the games to go u…
Former Premier League forward Tuncay Sanli has reacted angrily after Turkish football pundit Serhat Akin was shot in the foot on Thursday evening.
Ex-Turkey international Akin was attacked when leaving a television studio in Istanbul after Turkish giants Fenerbahce beat Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 in .
Security footage showed two individuals on a motorcycle with one dismounting the vehicle to shoot Akin.
The footage on social media reveals the attacker aiming for Akin s legs with the former Fenerbahce player lying on the ground wounded after the incident.
Former Stoke City and Middlesbrough forward Tuncay visited his friend Akin who started off his career at Fenerbahce before playing elsewhere in Europe for Anderlecht and Cologne in hospital and gave an…
Vermont is inching closer to legalizing online sports betting after a Senate committee approved an online sports betting bill and will now send the document to the floor.
The Vermont Senate Finance Committee approved , a online sports betting bill that will authorize at a minimum two online sports betting licenses and a maximum of six licenses for the Green Mountain State.
The bill was by a voice vote in the House of Representatives in late March. There is no brick-and-mortar sportsbook element in the bill.
Senate Approval Likely
Rep. Matthew Birong’s (D-3) bill was introduced in January about two months after a study committee recommended Vermont legalize sports betting in the 2023 legislative session.
Birong s sports betting bill is expected to be …
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his legal team came in under the buzzer and filed their response to West Flagler s petition for a writ of quo warranto with the Florida Supreme Court to strip the online sports betting language out of the state s 2021 gaming compact.
Ashley Moody, Florida Attorney General, and DeSantis submitted their response at 11:22 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, the deadline to file the response.
West Flagler s choice to wait two-and-a-half years to file suit in Florida is unjustifiable, DeSantis notes, and fails on its own merits as does not fall under casino gambling as defined in the Florida Constitution.
Online Sports Betting is Not Casino Gambling
Online sports betting is not casino gambling, DeSantis noted in the response, under the definition provided…
In the UFC 302 Fight Night odds for the main card, Islam Makhachev is the heaviest favorite at -675 in his bout with Dustin Poirier. Makhachev s implied chance of winning based on the odds is 87%.
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Islam Makhachev (-675) vs. Dustin Poirier (+490)
Makhachev has looked nearly unbeatable since winning the lightweight strap, notching two successful title defenses over featherweight champ Alexander Volkanovski. The Dagestani grappling ace is a massive -675 favorite here.
However, Poirier is by far the best lightweight Makhachev…
Hold on just a second, sports betting, you re not cleared for the November general election ballot just yet.
A lawsuit filed in the Circuit Court of Cole County against Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft asserts that the official improperly certified the sports wagering petition for the upcoming general election.
The plaintiffs allege that Ashcroft incorrectly calculated the necessary number of valid signatures for the petition to appear on the ballot and the campaign did not reach the signature threshold in all necessary Missouri counties.
If Judge Cotton Walker rules in favor of the plaintiffs, the sports betting initiative will not appear on the November general election ballot.
Did the Campaign Actually Come up Short?
The plaintiffs, who are …
Despite the 'friendly' designation for the USMNT-Canada match, there is much at stake for both sides
Not all friendlies are created equal. Most are experimental in nature, allowing coaches and players to try new things or make new statements. The purpose of a friendly match in international soccer is to look inward, learn things about your team, rather than beat down the opponent in front of you.
In some ways, Saturday's friendly against Canada falls into that category for the U.S. men's national team. It's a chance for players to prove themselves, for new systems to take hold.
Of course, in this case, it's also more than that. Much more.
Saturday's 4 p.m. match in Kansas City is one of the most storyline-driven friendlies in recen…