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Arsenal want to sign Atletico Madrid’s Julian Alvarez, Aston Villa hijack Newcastle’s move for Johan Manzambi, and Pep Guardiola is on the shortlist to become Italy managerArsenal are attempting to sign Atletico Madrid and Argentina striker Julian Alvarez, 22, before pre-season begins. (Independent), externalAston Villa are finalising a move for Freiburg and Switzerland midfielder Johan Manzambi, 20, who was on course to join Newcastle. (Athletic – requires subscription) , externalManchester City’s former Spanish boss Pep Guardiola, 57, is on the shortlist to become the new Italy manager after Paulo Maldini was appointed as the country’s technical head. (Gazzetta dello Sport…

Jannik Sinner took slightly more time to prepare for his serve as he trailed 15-30 and 1-2 in the fourth set of his second Wimbledon final. In a serve-dominant match that had produced just one break for over three hours, this was a pivotal moment in the contest, but the gusty wind was completely out of control. The wind had only slightly settled down when Sinner stepped up to the baseline, but he still offered a decisive response under immense pressure: service winner, service winner, service winner. Hold.Sinner delivered this supreme level of serving for the entirety of a bruising…

Seeking a first T20 Blast crown, Yorkshire raced out of the blocks against Nottinghamshire at a sweltering Headingley as Lyth and Will Luxton (38) shared an 89-run opening stand inside the opening eight overs.Jonny Bairstow (32) and Logan van Beek (28) helped to set the already-qualified visitors a target of 194.Root’s two wickets, along with Andrew Tye (3-18) and Hassan Ali (2-30) helped reduce Notts to 107-7 but some late hitting from Dillon Pennington (37) threatened to derail the Yorkshire victory charge before he became Tye’s second victim.At Old Trafford, Lancashire made hard work of overhauling Durham’s 141 all out…

CM Punk didn’t waste much time stirring the pot after arriving on SmackDown as Undisputed WWE Champion. During the July 10 episode, the newly crowned champion had a blunt message for Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae, urging the longtime duo to move on from their recent backstage storyline and get back inside the ring. While the exchange was brief, Punk’s comments may have hinted at a major change for two of SmackDown’s most accomplished in-ring performers. CM Punk tells Johnny Gargano and Candice LeRae to return to wrestling on SmackDown The confrontation unfolded during a backstage interview with Cathy Kelley.…

You describe the 5ft 9in Arthur Fery as of “diminutive stature” (Report, 8 July). At 5ft 7in, Lionel Messi is even smaller than Fery, but I have never heard commentators describe him as diminutive. Closer to home, the previous Wimbledon winners Ken Rosewall and Rod Laver were of a similar height. Diminutive? You cannot be serious.Derek Carline (5ft 4in)Chorlton, Manchester After Donald Trump’s interference in sendings-off in the World Cup (Trump confirms he asked Infantino for review of Folarin Balogun red card, 6 July), perhaps it’s time to have an orange card for those who are sent off but have…

Evian Championship – round four-19 H Ryu (Kor)*, B Henderson (Can)* Ryu wins after after first hole of sudden-death play-offSelected others; -18 A Iwai (Jpn); -15 J-H Im (Kor), M Yamashita (Jpn), M Saigo (Jpn); -13 L Ko (NZ), A Nordqvist (Swe); -11 M Stark (Swe), J Thitikul (Tha); -8 C Hull (Eng), L Woad (Eng) Full leaderboardSouth Korea’s Haeran Ryu says it felt like she was in an “unreal dream” as she claimed her second major title in the space of two weeks by defeating Brooke Henderson in a play-off at the Evian Championship. Having made history with an…

McCullum combined the Test and white-ball roles in 2024, two years after he first took charge of the Test team. When he arrived as Test coach in 2022, he initially embarked on a spell of superb results earned with some breathtaking cricket.The partnership with Stokes – the Bazball style – revitalised an England team that had won only one of its previous 17 Tests.With some swashbuckling batting, England earned famous wins over New Zealand at Trent Bridge, India at Edgbaston and Pakistan in Rawalpindi, the latter the beginning of a 3-0 series win. Overall, England won 10 of their first…

Noam Galai/Getty Images Coming off the 30th anniversary of Hulk Hogan’s iconic heel turn at WCW Bash at the Beach to form the NWO, the company’s former promoter, Eric Bischoff, had some harsh words for the villains of WWE today, and of the last three decades. While reflecting on the reaction from the audience and the shock in the WCW locker room following Hogan’s explosive heel turn, Bischoff claimed on “83 Weeks” that WWE has failed to generate similar heat from any of the talent on its roster since the…

Japan’s Tokito Oda beat Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett to claim his third Wimbledon men’s wheelchair singles title.Oda, the number one seed and defending champion, dominated Sunday’s final on Court One to win 6-1 6-1.It is a sixth successive Grand Slam singles title won by 20-year-old Oda, who is unbeaten at the four majors since his loss to Hewett in the 2025 Australian Open final.Hewett won a seventh men’s wheelchair doubles title at Wimbledon alongside fellow Briton Gordon Reid on Saturday but, for the second year in succession, he was beaten by Oda in the singles final at SW19.Hewett struggled on…

Logan Paul watched Conor McGregor’s UFC 329 comeback fall apart, cashed in on it, and then made the whole night even worse by calling him “washed up” before challenging him to a boxing match. Paul took to Instagram after McGregor’s brutal first-round ending against Max Holloway and posted a video reacting in real time as the fight slipped away. He said he had money riding on Holloway, then celebrated as the odds swung heavily in his favor while McGregor struggled to stay on his feet. “Easiest money of my life! This is embarrassing. He looks slow. He looks lazy. Oh…