[ad_1] Olympique de Marseille manager Jean-Louis Gasset will take charge of his last game on Sunday before retiring from management, the 70-year-old said on Friday. Gasset was appointed as interim manager by the Ligue 1 club in February after the sacking of Gennaro Gattuso, and Marseille are eight in the standings going into their final […]
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Southampton ease past West Brom to reach playoff final
[ad_1] SOUTHAMPTON, England: Southampton moved a step closer to returning to the Premier League with a 3-1 home win over West Bromwich Albion in the second leg of their Championship playoff semi-final on Friday (May 18) to reach the final 3-1 on aggregate. Russell Martin’s side will face Leeds United, who beat Norwich City 4-0 […]
Dutchman Arne Slot confirms he will replace Klopp as Liverpool manager
[ad_1] “GREAT JOB, GREAT TEAM” Feyenoord have enjoyed a strong season, winning the Dutch Cup and coming second to an all-conquering PSV Eindhoven side with one game remaining. But Slot has only lost two league games all season and noted: “If we win (on Sunday), we will have 84 points and we will be the […]
Woods packing his bags after disastrous PGA Championship outing
[ad_1] A disastrous six-over-par 77 in the second round of the PGA Championship saw 15-times major winner Tiger Woods miles from the projected cut line in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday, in his first tournament since the Masters. Woods enjoyed a Masters milestone last month with his 24th consecutive made cut at the major but was […]
Jarry becomes first Chilean to reach Masters 1000 final in 17 years
[ad_1] Nicolas Jarry claimed the biggest win of his career on Friday, defeating Tommy Paul 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 in the Italian Open to reach his first ATP Masters 1000 final. The Chilean, seeded 21st, is the first player from his country to reach a Masters 1000 final since Fernando Gonzalez in Rome in 2007. He […]
Napkin used by Barcelona to sign Messi sold for nearly US$1 million
[ad_1] He also won a record eight Ballon d’Or awards for the world’s best player and led Argentina to the World Cup crown in 2022. Messi now plays for US club Inter Miami in Major League Soccer. “Yes, it’s a paper napkin, but it’s the famous napkin that was at the inception of Lionel Messi’s […]
Southampton east past West Brom to reach playoff final
[ad_1] SOUTHAMPTON, England : Southampton moved a step closer to returning to the Premier League with a 3-1 home win over West Bromwich Albion in the second leg of their Championship playoff semi-final on Friday to reach the final 3-1 on aggregate. Russell Martin’s side will face Leeds United, who beat Norwich City 4-0 on […]
Morikawa in PGA contention after five straight birdies
[ad_1] Five birdies in a row put American Collin Morikawa in good position heading into PGA Championship weekend, as the former winner harnessed a red-hot putter to card a six-under par second-round 65 in Louisville, Kentucky on Friday. Morikawa ended the day 11-under, one shot off the record for a PGA Championship through 36 holes […]
Marta celebrates Brazil hosting 2027 Women’s World Cup
[ad_1] Brazil’s all-time leading scorer Marta celebrated her country’s selection to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup on Friday and called for the opening match to be played in Rio Grande do Sul, which has been devastated by recent flooding. Brazil was chosen by the FIFA Congress to stage the tournament, beating a joint bid […]
Fury weighs in nearly 30 pounds heavier than Usyk
[ad_1] RIYADH : Briton Tyson Fury was nearly 30 pounds heavier than Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk at Friday’s weigh-in ahead of their unified world heavyweight title bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Usyk weighed in at 233.5 pounds (105.9 kg) – the heaviest he has been in his career – while Fury tipped the scales at 262 […]