Newcastle United set to complete 'brilliant' £15m Aston Villa transfer
Newcastle United have reportedly agreed a £15million fee for the permanent transfer of Matt Targett from Aston Villa.
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'A player they're tracking' - Reporter talks up Southampton links with 'excellent' midfield gem
Southampton are interested in signing Manchester United youngster James Garner this summer, according to journalist Tom Barclay.
Leeds and Watford boost survival hopes
Joe Gelhardt stepped off the bench to fire a stoppage-time winner as Leeds United beat Premier League relegation rivals Norwich City 2-1.
Watford boost survival hopes with vital win over Southampton
A brace from Cucho Hernandez kickstarted Watford’s survival bid with a 2-1 win at Southampton.
Transfer rumours: Phillips, Ten Hag, Pochettino, Tuchel, Rudiger, Sanches
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Bruno Guimaraes Has Just Scored An Simply Outrageous Backheel Volley, We've Broken The Replay Button
Bruno Guimaraes' sensational backheel volley has earned Newcastle a 2-1 win over Southampton.
Newcastle United fans all say the same thing as Chris Wood scores first Magpies goal
Newcastle United fans are delighted after Chris Wood netted his first goal in black-and-white against Southampton. The New Zealand international made the breakthrough in his eight appearance with the equaliser at St Mary's Stadium on Thursday night.
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich among seven oligarchs in new UK sanctions
LONDON: Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich was on Thursday hit with an assets freeze and travel ban as part of new UK government sanctions targeting seven Russian oligarchs.Among others sanctioned are leading industrialist Oleg Deripaska, Rosneft chief executive Igor Sechin and the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller, the government announced.Speculation has swirled for weeks about whether Abramovich would be included on the targeted action against Russian billionaires perceived to be close to the Kremlin.Abramovich announced last week that he was selling Chelsea, after buying the English Premier League side in 2003, and bankrolled its successes at domestic and European level.The UK government estimated his net worth at $12.2 billion (£9.4 billion), but said it was mitigating the effect of the sanctions on Chelsea by allowing the club to continue to operate.A special license “authorizes a number of football-related activities,” the government said in a statement.“This includes permissions for the club to continue playing matches and other football-related activity which will in turn protect the Premier League, the wider football pyramid, loyal fans and other clubs,” it added.Deripaska is Abramovich’s one-time business partner, while officials described Sechin as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “right-hand man.”The four others — Miller, VTB bank chairman Andrey Kostin, Transneft president Nikolai Tokarev and Bank Rossiya chairman Dmitri Lebedev — are part of his inner circle,Collectively, the seven have a net worth of about £15 billion, the statement read.Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the sanctions “the latest step in the UK’s unwavering support for the Ukrainian people.”Foreign Secretary Liz Truss added: