MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona will offer Lionel Messi a lifetime contract at the club, CEO Oscar Grau said on Saturday. Messi, 30, agreed a four-year deal with Barcelona in July, although has not officially signed it yet. Grau, speaking at the club’s annual general meeting, said the Argentine forward would be offered a similar deal […]
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BRISBANE (Reuters) – Australia produced a performance of huge character to beat New Zealand 23-18 and secure their first victory over the world champions in eight tests after a thunderous scrap of a third Bledisloe Cup clash at Lang Park on Saturday. The match was a dead rubber after New Zealand beat Australia twice in […]
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By Rik Sharma MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu confirmed on Saturday the club wishes to continue playing in La Liga even if Catalonia is granted independence from Spain. The Spanish government is holding a special cabinet meeting to deal with the crisis after Catalonia’s president Carles Puigdemont wrote Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy […]
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MADRID (Reuters) – Uruguay have left Luis Suarez out of their squad for November friendlies against Poland and Austria to help him overcome a knee problem. The Barcelona striker sustained the injury in August against Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup but has been playing since for both club and country, helping Uruguay seal […]
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By John O’Brien SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Garbine Muguruza feels fit and fresh ahead of the WTA Finals with the Spanish world number two keen to bank on her experience of previous visits to Singapore to emerge from a group containing the tour’s hardest hitters in the round-robin phase. The Wimbledon champion starts her campaign on […]
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MELBOURNE (Reuters) – French manufacturer Michelin will continue to be the exclusive supplier of tyres to the MotoGP world championship until the end of 2023 after agreeing a new five-year deal with commercial rights holders Dorna Sports. Michelin took over from Bridgestone at the end of the 2015 season after the Japanese company spent seven […]
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SEOUL (Reuters) – Justin Thomas refused to be thrown off his game by a double bogey midway through the third round of the $9.25 million CJ Cup in South Korea on Saturday, carding a battling 70 to set the pace with Scott Brown at the Nine Bridges course on Jeju island. FedExCup champion Thomas coped […]
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By John O’Brien SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Simona Halep is still coming to terms with her rise to the top of the world rankings at the start of the month but is trying not to let the euphoria of the achievement distract her at the eight-woman WTA Finals which starts on Sunday. Halep became the first […]
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By John O’Brien SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Venus Williams will get an opportunity to avenge her Wimbledon final defeat by Garbine Muguruza at the eight-player WTA Finals after the veteran American was placed in the same round-robin group as the Spaniard at Friday’s draw. World number two Muguruza swatted aside the 37-year-old 7-5 6-0 in July […]
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(Reuters) – Beaten finalists Juventus emerged as the biggest cash winners from last season’s Champions League after securing 110.4 million euros ($130.3 million) in prize money and revenue, European soccer’s governing body (UEFA) said on Friday. Leicester City remarkably edged eventual title-winners Real Madrid, with their run to the quarter-finals earning the club 81.6 million […]
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(Reuters) – Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero is ready to face Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday, three weeks after breaking a rib in a car crash in Amsterdam, manager Pep Guardiola has said. The 29-year-old missed the last three Manchester City games and both of Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers earlier this month following […]
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(Reuters) – West Ham United’s back-up goalkeeper Adrian could get more chances in the starting line-up and must continue competing with England international Joe Hart, manager Slaven Bilic said. Adrian, who has featured in just two League Cup games this season, believes he has not been given a chance to prove himself but is determined […]
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