The £25m deal between Aston Villa and Watford for Ismaïla Sarr is in danger of collapsing after the Premier League club failed to agree personal terms with the Senegal forward.
The 24-year-old looked set to move after the two clubs settled on the fee but it now looks like he will stay at Vicarage Road.
Football transfer window summer 2022 – Europe’s top five men’s leaguesRead more
Villa have allowed Bertrand Traoré to join İstanbul Başakşehir on a season-long loan. The 26-year-old winger joined Villa from Lyon for a fee around £17m in 2020. The Burkina Faso international has made 55 Premier League appearances and scored nine goals for Villa in two seasons.
West Ham have complete…
Roméo Lavia, who has played 32 minutes of competitive football since joining Chelsea for £53m in August, has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a thigh injury.
The update on the Belgium midfielder is the latest in a long line of worrying developments for Mauricio Pochettino, who has had to cope without a number of key players at various points of a testing campaign. Reece James, Chelsea’s captain, has not played since December and Christopher Nkunku, Lesley Ugochukwu, Levi Colwill and Wesley Fofana are also in the treatment room.
Injuries have made it hard for Pochettino to rotate and his options in midfield will be limited by Lavia’s absence. The 20-year-old, who has endured a frustratin…
As the NFL season approaches, the value of futures prop bets begins to decrease as players accumulate stats and the field of potential winners in a given category drops off during the regular season. With higher risk comes higher reward, and it’s always the most bang for your buck to wager on stats-driven props before the season. The value will never be higher, pending injury during the preseason.Here are the three best bets for players that could lead the NFL in receiving yards in 2024 and their odds, courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook. CeeDee Lamb, WR, Dallas Cowboys (+650)In 2023, Lamb finished just 50 yards shy of leading the league in receiving, trailing only Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill. This came after he saw 181 targets, caught 135 passes, and had 1,749 yards. This…
Happy holidays, you filthy animals, and welcome to Deadspin’s annual IDIOT OF THE YEAR extravaganza. Within these hallowed slides are 50 of the year’s least bearable dorks, whose transgressions range from “just kinda silly,” to “dangerously stupid,” to “Trevor Bauer.” The IDIOT OF THE YEAR selections ahead were voted on by an expert team of Deadspin staffers, whose first round of balloting was thrown out after they’d unanimously picked themselves No. 1. With that conflict of interest loophole sewn up, the team tried again. This list is the product of that scrupulous process. The qualities considered include, but are not limited to: Volume/Wrongness Coefficient: Look, nobody cares if you’re wildly off the mark about everything in private. But please don’t shout abo…
South Korea and Japan have been feuding over a pair of tiny, barely inhabited (and even then, only to gain an upper hand in the dispute) volcanic islands almost exactly halfway between the two countries for over half a century. So naturally, the former used the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang to flout their current control. And, well, it didn’t go unnoticed by the latter. In 1905, Japan incorporated the islands, which it calls Takeshima, into Shimane prefecture, citing centuries-old territorial rights. But following post-World War II peace treaties, Korea drew up new borders that included the islands, known there as Dokdo, stationing members of the coast guard (and a single citizen couple) on the rocky cliffs. The two countries also disagree over whether the water surrounding…
As reported yesterday, MLB, the players' union, and the umpires' union have agreed on three rule changes to be implemented immediately, all with the express purpose of—and, I believe, a very good chance of—stopping baseball games from taking so damn long. It's official now, and we have the details. "The most fundamental starting point for improving the pace of the average game involves getting into and out of breaks seamlessly," commissioner Rob Manfred said in remarks distributed by MLB this morning. An ad break in a local game is two minutes long. Going forward, there will be strict scheduling on pitchers warming up and batters getting ready to start the next half-inning, designed to put hitters in the batter's box just as the broadcast returns from c…
The slumping Washington Capitals will try to salvage the finale of their four-game road trip when they visit the Dallas Stars on Saturday afternoon. The Capitals have been outscored 14-5 on the road trip thus far and will be looking to reverse course ahead of their bye week and the All-Star break. Dallas is heading in the other direction, having won two straight and five of seven after rallying for a 4-3 overtime win against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. Thomas Harley scored the game-winner 38 seconds into overtime. Fellow defenseman Miro Heiskanen scored the game-tying goal in the third period and Matt Duchene and Craig Smith also scored for the Stars. Jake Oettinger made 18 saves. "There's a real good composure to our group," Stars coach Pete DeBoer said. …
data-mm-id=”_ovvczho8e”>We're through our second Sunday of the 2019 NFL season and there are already four NFL coaches who should be fired. Check out our list below.Pat Shurmur, New York GiantsShurmur is in his second year with the Giants, and after going 5-11 in 2018, he's opened 2019 with an embarrassing 0-2 start. The G-Men got smoked by the Cowboys 35-17 in Week 1, and were outclassed by a bad Bills team 28-14 in Week 2. On top of that, he patently refuses to give rookie Daniel Jones a chance to replace the awful Eli Manning.Shurmur clearly believes the Giants can win now given his marriage to Manning. I'm here to tell you, the Giants can absolutely not win now. Shurmur has had Eli for a year and still somehow thinks he's a viable NFL quarterback. He's wasti…
data-mm-id=”_c2d8rrhbd”>Myles Garrett should be done for the season. After the brawl late in Thursday night's matchup between the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers, Garrett needs to be suspended for a very long time. In fact, the Browns' defensive lineman is lucky not to be in jail after he ripped Mason Rudolph's helmet off and swung it at him. With less than 10 seconds to go in the game and the Browns leading 21-7, Garrett took down Rudolph after he released a pass. He took the Steelers' quarterback to the ground roughly, and Rudolph took exception and grabbed Garrett's helmet. Garrett responded by attempting to lift Rudolph off the ground by his helmet, then ripping it off, then swinging it violently at him. Video of the incident is below:Here…
data-mm-id=”_znzmjaq67″>The Dallas Mavericks beat the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, 130-111. After putting together a three-game winning streak, the Kings now head into the All-Star break with two straight loses and a 21-33 record. During the third quarter of the loss, Luke Walton got a technical foul and then turned his attention to Luka Doncic. Walton yelled at Doncic to give the referees autographs because they were fans. Kings coach Luke Walton after picking up a technical in the 3rd quarter, calls over to Luka Doncic and says: "Hey Luka, do me a favor, give him your autograph after the game. (points at official) – He's a fan, he's a fan of yours." ?? pic.twitter.com/HU1SQ5oQe7— Sean Cunningham (@SeanCunningham) February 13, 2020There was a time when Luke Walto…