Pablo Garcia left his boyhood club Real Betis to join Racing Santander on deadline day (Getty) Racing Santander’s sporting director, Chema Aragon, has claimed that Arsenal were close to signing Pablo Garcia from Real Betis on deadline day. Garcia has been with Betis since the age of five but struggled to secure a regular role […]
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John Higgins’ epic snooker career is nearing its end (Picture: Getty Images) John Higgins is planning to wind down his snooker schedule as he eyes up retirement in the next two years. The legendary four-time world champion is 51 years old but still competing at the top of the sport, reaching the World Championship semi-finals […]
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Premier League transfer spending spree has made a dog’s dinner of Europe’s old elite | Football
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Enzo Fernandez joined Man City in a £125m deal from Chelsea on deadline day (Manchester City FC) You know what’s fun? Tight games of football with a couple of nice goals. Interspersed with plenty of creative passages of play until the team you support wins and you go for a lovely pint. Or, actually, battering […]
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Arsenal made approach to sign £73m striker instead of Julian Alvarez before deadline day | Football
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Arsenal considered a move for Lautaro Martinez in the closing stages of the summer transfer window (Shutterstock) Arsenal made an attempt to sign Inter striker Lautaro Martinez in the closing stages of the summer transfer window, according to reports. Mikel Arteta had made Julian Alvarez one of his top attacking targets for the window but […]
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Mark Selby has joined calls for a change to the ranking system (Picture: Getty Images) Mark Selby agrees with Judd Trump’s calls to change snooker’s ranking system, believing the current method is ‘madness’. After a two-year stint as world number one, Trump was dethroned by 2025 world champion Zhao Xintong, at the Wuhan Open last […]
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World number one Zhao Xintong is looking for some new wood (Picture: Xinhua/Shutterstock) Zhao Xintong is looking to ditch the cue he won the World Championship title with and has used for nearly 15 years, in a bid to improve his game. The Cyclone reached the top of the world rankings for the first time […]
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Former Chelsea captain John Terry (Picture: Getty) John Terry has revealed that Tosin Adarabioyo was left ‘gutted’ after he was told he was not in Xabi Alonso’s plans at Chelsea. Tosin arrived at Stamford Bridge two years ago on a free transfer from Fulham and went on to make 70 appearances in all competitions for […]
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Chelsea have made a move to sign Georginio Wijnaldum on a free transfer (AFP via Getty) Chelsea are in talks to sign former Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum on a free transfer, according to reports. On deadline day, Chelsea finally approved the £125 million sale of Enzo Fernandez to Manchester City but aimed to bring in […]
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Peter Crouch is confident Chelsea can beat Arsenal at the Emirates (Picture: That Peter Crouch Podcast) Ex-England striker Peter Crouch has backed Chelsea to get the better of Arsenal and throw a ‘cat amongst the pigeons’ in the Premier League this weekend. Arsenal got their title defence off to a flying start by sweeping aside […]
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Alonso sees a role for him in the squad this season (Picture: Qin Zhicheng/VCG via Getty Images) Xabi Alonso blocked a possible loan exit for Chelsea striker Emmanuel Emegha during the final days of the summer transfer window. Emegha was signed by Chelsea for £21million last year, spending the 2025-26 season on loan at Strasbourg […]