It was a performance that we have come to expect week in week out with this Klopp team, being calm, collected, fast, strong and clinical. Wilshere missed out on England World Cup squad but Pellegrini feels the 26-year-old has a skillset suited to worldwide football and believes he can use his move to West Ham as a springboard to get back into Gareth Southgate's good graces. [Full Article...]
Celtic will not be playing in the Champions League group stages this season after losing to AEK Athens 2-1 tonight. Celtic took control, with Tom Rogic and Griffiths both having luckless efforts on goal before the latter sent a fine Callum McGregor cross inches past the post from eight yards. [Full Article...]
Svitolina won the Rogers Cup previous year when it was held in Toronto. Of course, she's a strong player. The third title in the season brought Simone Halep over 500 thousand dollars in prize money and 900 ranking points, which will allow the Romanian Monday to increase their lead from her nearest competitor up to 1800 points. [Full Article...]
Now that Woods is trying to write a redemption narrative, he has more fans than ever before because people see him as an underdog trying to win his 15th major. Players have the next several weeks to make an impression. The first three wild cards will be named after the Dell Technologies Championship on September 3 and the final selection announced following the BMW Championship on September 9. [Full Article...]
According to reports emerging this morning, Thierry Henry has "verbally agreed" to take over at Villa Park, sparking further speculation that Bruce will be on his way out. He's a top man and a top manager. "I loved the players, staff, city". Bruce is on a rolling contract at Villa and has already missed out on promotion to the Premier League with the club twice. [Full Article...]
He was 10th in the standings and missed the cut at a PGA Championship that was ripe for scoring. Koepka could only laugh as he was largely ignored. An bad drive right on the par-5 17th snuffed out any chance of making a birdie and in the end he was two behind despite a finishing birdie. [Full Article...]
It's been 599 days since the Browns last win. Bud Light and the Browns now are teaming up to help fans commemorate what they hope will be a brighter future . Goeler says the beer in the victory fridges will be changed out every month, if necessary, to ensure the product stays fresh, per ESPN. "It's going to be fun to be part of the celebration when the team earns their first victory of the seas... [Full Article...]
Lynch was disappointed, Joseph said, "but he understands that it's a performance business". "Chad's played well. He played well in the scrimmage. And everything we do, it's graded and it's counted". That meant Keenum was out two months after leading the Vikings to the NFC championship, and he signed a $36 million, two-year deal with Denver. "We'll move on from that and work on Chicago". [Full Article...]
In a video seen by the jury, body camera footage from arresting officer PC Stacey Allway showed Stokes handcuffed in a police vehicle, being told: "You're being arrested because of the man in the red with the blood". And when he intervened, telling the pair: "You shouldn't be taking the piss because they are gay", Stokes said Ali replied: "Shut the **** up or I'll bottle you". [Full Article...]
Open winners. Koepka had the luxury of requiring only a bogey at the par-four 18th, and he needed it after hooking his approach shot so far left it bounced off the base of a grandstand. I felt for Fleetwood, though. "I've got nothing but respect for how well Brooks did, just to hole the putts at the right time". "He kept it together, and he's a world player". [Full Article...]
His agent, Jacques Lichtenstein , was subsequently quoted as saying that, because the Belgium defender is in the final year of his Celtic contract, he could not afford to risk playing when not 100% fit. " Dedryck Boyata should be grateful Celtic gave him the opportunity to play... while he has some good attributes he has been a bombscare at times", Sutton wrote on Twitter . [Full Article...]
The midfielder, who burst onto the world stage during his stint with Serie A giants Juventus, dominated the midfield under the floodlights at Old Trafford on Friday night. According to the Daily Express , the Red Devils could make a shock move for La Galaxy striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and also put in fresh bids for Tottenham Hotspur's Toby Alderweireld and Chelsea's Willian in the next transfer wi... [Full Article...]
The second set looked to be going much the same way until Tsitsipas mounted a late charge that briefly shifted momentum in his favour. The second set though was a lot more solid from Murray who broke Pouille immediately and kept him at bay with no break points against his own serve as he levelled up the match. [Full Article...]
Juventus fans will get their first glimpse of superstar summer signing Cristiano Ronaldo in rarified surroundings on Sunday, when he makes his debut for the Italian champions at the foot of the Alps a week before the start of the new Serie A season. [Full Article...]
He was a few seconds behind Harvick's No. 4 Ford when trouble struck (which he speculated was a loose wheel or a tire unraveling), prompting an animated but joyful conversation with his grandfather and vehicle owner Richard Childress in the pits. [Full Article...]
Mane scored 20 goals last season, the last coming in the Champions League defeat to Real Madrid in May, and he is up and running with two already. Mark Hughes's side looked the more likely to score after the break but England global Hart, who joined Burnley last week from Manchester City , produced some fine saves. [Full Article...]
It's been widely claimed for quite some time that Pogba doesn't get along with Jose Mourinho , who made comments after the victory that appear to verify some tension between the club manager and CEO Ed Woodward. "I can not see United selling one of their greatest assets right now, the relationship between Mourinho and the player appears to be strained and it really doesn't need to be", he added. [Full Article...]
Bild was the first to report about Boateng's rejection of United on Tuesday. Paris Saint-Germain is linked with the 2010 World Cup victor. With Bayern 4-0 up thanks to a Robert Lewandowski hat trick and a goal from Kingsley Coman , Alaba tangled with Eintracht's Danny da Costa and had to leave the pitch after prolonged treatment. [Full Article...]
But what else did we learn from a gripping contest? Joselu battled, scrapped and led the line admirably for the 59 minutes he was on the field, before being replaced by new signing Salomon Rondon . However, any concerns about a lack of fresh faces were quickly alleviated in an end-to-end opening at a sun-kissed St James' Park. Speaking after the game, he said: "I told you [the other day] th... [Full Article...]
Tiger Woods makes stunning charge but Brooks Koepka holds on for third major win at the PGA Championship . But after a slow start to his round, including a bogey at the first, Scott proved he had a little fight left. "I can give myself a pass now for sure", he said. Need an example? When Woods birdied the 15th hole on Sunday to pull within a shot at 13-under par - almost dunking his appr... [Full Article...]