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Nuno Espirito Santo is keen to add to his Wolves squad before the new Premier League season begins. Wolves finished an impressive seventh in their first season back in the top flight last term but Nuno feels more quality is needed to sustain those levels. Raul Jimenez and Leander Dendoncker have made their loan moves permanent this summer but Molineux is yet to welcome any new faces. “It is obvious that we need to bring in (players) but there are...

The Dublin-born batsman was speaking after England won their first Cricket World Cup.

Manchester City have finally been cleared to fly to China for their pre-season tour after two days of frustrating delays. The champions were due to travel to Shanghai ahead of the Premier League Asia Trophy on Saturday but their departure was twice put back due to to an administrative issue involving travel agent Thomas Cook Sport. The delays embarrassingly meant City were absent as organisers opened with the exhibition event at a press conference on Monday that was due to...

It has been reported that Newcastle United managerial target Steve Bruce has resigned from Sheffield Wednesday. Newcastle have been without a manager since Rafael Benitez left in late June, saying the club "did not share his vision". "It's in the hands of the clubs," said 58-year-old ex-Sunderland boss Bruce, said at the end of last week. "It's come from nowhere over the last two or three days, so let's see what the weekend brings." Paul Joyce, Northern Football Correspondent for The...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists second-choice goalkeeper Simon Mignolet is staying at the club this season despite the Belgian having concerns about his pitch time. The 31-year-old lost his place to Alisson Becker last summer with the Brazil already proving good value for his £65million fee after playing a key role in their Champions League victory and finishing the campaign as Golden Glove winner with 21 clean sheets. That restricted Mignolet, with 204 appearances for the Reds, to just 180...

What the papers say The Sun, in what it bills as an exclusive, says Manchester United have agreed a world-record £80million fee to sign Harry Maguire from Leicester. The defender is set to have a medical on Monday, the paper reports. Now having some spare cash to splash, Leicester are set to replace Maguire with Brighton’s England international Lewis Dunk, having agreed a £45million deal for the 27-year-old, The Sun adds. Brighton’s Lewis Dunk is reportedly a Leicester target (Adam...

It seemed as though nothing could separate them from New Zealand.

If Williams wins today she will equal the women’s record for the most grand slam wins.

Barcelona have triggered a 120 million buyout clause to land the France forward.