Manchester United make Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott their ‘dream target’

Manchester United have missed out Mateus Fernandes’ signing from West Ham United with the Portuguese international on his way to Tottenham Hotspur, but their search for an alternative is already moving in... Read more »

Spain star Lamine Yamal gives preferred World Cup semi-finals

Image via RFEF. Spain star Lamine Yamal has never been short of confidence, and believes that his side could make it to the semi-finals of the World Cup. If the brackets work... Read more »

Roma midfielder in demand from multiple Premier League teams

Neil El Aynaoui makes a tackle. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) Reports today claim Premier League teams are keeping a close eye on a midfielder breaking out for Morocco at the... Read more »

Summer books for grown-ups… who still want a scorching read: No airport novels here – our reviewers select the 18 best intelligent page-turners to make your holiday sizzle

POPULAR WENDY HOLDEN A FAR-FLUNG LIFE by M. L. Stedman (Doubleday £20, 448pp) This brilliant novel, set on an Australian sheep station, has an emotional scale as huge as the surrounding landscape.... Read more »

Manny Pacquiao says Terence Crawford fight couldn’t happen for one reason

Manny Pacquiao faced a who’s who of excellent fighters across several divisions, but never managed to cross paths with Terence Crawford despite both holding belts at 147lbs at the same time. The... Read more »

Tottenham ‘pushing’ to sign James Trafford from Man City

Tottenham Hotspur have expressed interest in signing James Trafford from Manchester City this summer, according to The Independent.  Last August, Trafford was presented with the 2024-25 PFA Championship Player of the Year... Read more »

Bournemouth in talks over £25m La Liga striker

Alvaro Rodriguez playing for Elche. (Photo by Pedro Salado/Getty Images) Bournemouth are close to agreeing a potential £25m deal for a La Liga striker who has impressed in his short career so... Read more »

Arsenal transfer alternatives after Fernandes and Tonali blow

Arsenal were at various points linked with both Mateus Fernandes and Sandro Tonali, but they’re both off to Tottenham, so who else is there? The Premier League champions can already boast a... Read more »

‘I grew up working-class – I didn’t have fancy cars or private jets. Then you get to F1 and see the people that had an easier path’: GEORGE RUSSELL on not caring what anyone thinks of him, his Kimi Antonelli rivalry and Lewis Hamilton

A yacht in Cannes. And an appointment with Reid Wiseman, commander of NASA’s Artemis II space mission that orbited the moon in April. The sun shines on the stern, and the beautiful... Read more »

Shakur Stevenson targets fight with world champion who will ‘bring the best out of him’

Shakur Stevenson has never looked close to losing during his professional career but he thinks there is one fighter out there that could potentially push him to his limit. Stevenson has become... Read more »