Since moving to Ferrari, he has had two podium finishes, but no win. Consistency on the weekends his better-decorated championship rivals struggled has been his commendable strength. Saturday to have the pole, and to win the race on Sunday the way we did. Vettel has consistency on his side, with the German finishing all but three of his 12 races so far on the podium while Hamilton has been out o... [Full Article...]
Llorente was a Chelsea target in last January's winter transfer market but Swansea manager Paul Clement blocked the sale as he made the former Spain worldwide integral to the club's bid to survive relegation. Real Madrid's young midfielder, Marcos Llorente, has attracted a significant amount of attention this summer, prompting Real to reject as many as 20 bids for the 22-year-old, according to... [Full Article...]
He scored just once last season. The New York Jets have been looking to move Sheldon Richardson for quite a while. Plus, the NFL's cap figure might not be $178 million next year. There was also a little cost in re-working the contract of Doug Baldwin to convert most of his 2017 salary into signing bonus, allowing the Seahawks to gain nearly $6 million in cap room for this year, cap hit... [Full Article...]
Alexis Sanchez was a target of Manchester City this summer. But Arsenal could not get the transfer over the line and Wenger has now revealed that it was Lemar's decision to remain in the principality. Lemar has been lined with some of Europe's largest clubs, including Manchester United, Barcelona , Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal , with the latter two clubs both making bids for the F... [Full Article...]
The Tigers will receive right-hander Grayson Long and a low-level player to be named later in the deal, per Morosi. The move shows that the Halos are very serious about making the playoffs this year - as they should be. According to The Athletic's Katie Strang, the impetus behind the move is that it became clear to Upton that the Tigers were intent on rebuilding and it became clear to th... [Full Article...]
The Ohio State football team will donate $10,000 to the American Red Cross to help with Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Houston. "We kind of let that one go", Meyer said. And in a made-for-television irony, the No. 2 Buckeyes open the regular season Thursday night on national television against Indiana . Points scored by IN in a 1-point bowl game victory over No. [Full Article...]
The England Under-17 forward has not yet played first-team football professionally but impressed for City's youth squad last season, scoring 20 goals in 35 appearances. He told his club's official website: "We are very pleased that Jadon Sancho , who is now one of the greatest talents in European football, will definitely play at BVB". [Full Article...]
After breezing through the first set 6-1, Federer dropped the second in a tie-breaker (7-3) and the third set 6-4 to be one set away from elimination. Tiafoe has had an improbable tennis journey, which was recounted in a Herald story earlier this year . However, despite losing his advantage, Youzhny continued to play much better than he had in the first set, and his continued consistency paid... [Full Article...]
But he has suffered a hard time at the Nou Camp and wants to play regular first-team football. Gomes only made 17 appearances for the Catalans last season and does not appear to be in Ernesto Valverde's plans for the new campaign. Tottenham aren't mentioned once by Record, who have been concentrating on the Carvalho and West Ham slant. Both Tottenham and the Hammers could offer him Gomes star... [Full Article...]
Southgate added: "I wanted to see how he would respond because he has had a hard start to the season with his club". Joe has trained really well. "I think we've focused too much on Wayne in particular in the past few years". Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate was considering the defender for the squad he named in May for matches against Scotland and France only for Maguire to be ruled out by a kn... [Full Article...]
Open play wiped out by rain on Tuesday, an inordinate number of matches took place on Wednesday. Zverev took the first set relatively easily, but Coric showed tremendous strength in winning the match by a 3-6, 7-5, 7-6, 7-6 margin. It's just as simple as that", Zverev said. Zverev's defeat leaves 2014 champion and Wimbledon finalist Marin Cilic , a 6-3 6-3 6-3 victor over Florian Mayer in r... [Full Article...]
Manchester United have been in search of a quality attacking player this summer but will they be able to sign one before the deadline ends tonight? The Red Devils have spent £140million so far this summer but there's room left in the budget for a wide player. [Full Article...]
Nevertheless, Arsenal will need to be confident of getting their replacement in before they can sign off Sanchez's move to the Etihad in what is likely to be a chaotic deadline day for the club. The "shaaambles" hashtag is believed to refer to Oxlade-Chamberlain's nickname, rather than being a comment on Arsenal's dealings. Campbell has been on Arsenal's books since 2011 but this is his si... [Full Article...]
Open the way he prefers to prepare for a Grand Slam tournament. "These five-set battles are actually quite a lot of fun", Federer said in his on-court interview in Arthur Ashe Stadium , "and I feel quite warmed up by now". Pliskova won the second set 6-3 after Gibbs took the first set 6-2. Federer, who also claimed a come-from-behind five-set victory in his first round match against 19-yea... [Full Article...]
Argentina's Lionel Messi reacts after missing a shot against Uruguay . Messi is back from a one-game ban for insulting a match official. However the Argentinians are level with fourth placed Chile on 23 points. Philippe Coutinho, who came on as a substitute amid an ongoing transfer saga with club team Liverpool, blasted home Brazil's second after a clever flick and header from Gabrie... [Full Article...]
There are already shelters set up, aid workers on the scene, and supplies being distributed in affected areas. Consistent with Boeing employee gift match programs, the company will match qualifying employee contributions made to American Red Cross for Hurricane Harvey relief . [Full Article...]
The league cited findings of three instances of domestic violence by Elliott against ex-girlfriend Tiffany Thompson based on the victim's testimony and photographic evidence. Fantasy Impact As Elliott's appeals hearing ended Friday, Henderson has yet to come to a decision. However, Elliott and his representatives have announced plans to fight the suspension to the furthest extent of the law if it... [Full Article...]
NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that the Houston Texans are finalizing a five-year contract extension for the superstar receiver, according to a source informed of the deal. The QB situation in Houston was a mess in 2016, to put it bluntly, and he still managed nearly 1,000 yards. Despite a down season past year, mainly due to having Brock Osweiler at QB, DeAndre Hopkins... [Full Article...]
The preseason game between Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans has been canceled , according to latest reports. Hurricane Harvey may go down as the biggest storm in US history and, just as with Katrina nearly 12 years ago to the day in New Orleans, the city of Houston is seemingly getting America's best shot from grass roots heroism. [Full Article...]
Tomlinson must pass a physical for the trade to be executed. Bob Quinn has put a priority on both the offensive and defensive lines in his first two drafts while Tomlinson , a pick of former general manager Martin Mayhew , fell out of favor. [Full Article...]