What Manchester United's 20-man squad for 2024/25 Premier League season could look like
Manchester United are close to completing deals to sign Matthijs de Ligt and Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich.
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Cristiano Ronaldo has already made his feelings clear on Matthijs de Ligt joining Man Utd
Cristiano Ronaldo has already delivered his verdict on Matthijs de Ligt as Manchester United edge closer to signing the Bayern Munich defender.
Ian Rush hopes Liverpool sort new deals for star trio
Liverpool’s record goalscorer Ian Rush admits no-one is bigger than the club but hopes contract renewals can still be agreed for the star trio of Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Which European countries are the best at which sport?
The Summer 2024 Olympics has delivered winners and losers across the sporting world.
Who Is B-Girl India? Meet The 18-Year-Old Breakdancing Sensation At Paris Olympics 2024
One of the new sports introduced into the Paris Olympics 2024 roster was breaking or breakdancing. And through this, a name that has risen to popularity in the Olympics, known as B-Girl India. The 18-year-old breakdancing sensation is already a serial winner, having won gold at the 2022 European Breaking Championship and the 2023 European Games. However, B-Girl India, despite her name, does not have any correlation to India. In fact, she represents the Netherlands. So why is she known by that name?
Charlotte Kool claims opening stage of Tour de France Femmes on home soil
Dutch rider Charlotte Kool of Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL clinched the opening stage of Tour de France Femmes, a 123-km ride from Rotterdam to The Hague in the Netherlands, to take the first yellow jersey of this year's edition. Uno-X Mobility's Anniina Ahtosalo finished second ahead of Elisa Balsamo of Lidl-Trek, while Marianne Vos took the green jersey after winning the intermediate sprint at Groeneweg. "It's unbelievable, it's a dream coming true. It was not an easy season, but this is where it is all about," Kool said. "It was really hectic, but I like it.
Watch: Bhutanese Runner Finishes Marathon 1.5 Hours After Winner, Gets Loudest Cheer
Kinzang Lhamo, a marathon-runner from Bhutan, received the loudest cheers from the Paris crowd as she crossed the line in the women's marathon event at the Paris Olympics 2024. But she wasn't the winner. Nor the runner-up. Not even the bronze medalist. In fact, the 26-year-old Lhamo finished last. Not just by a small margin either; Lhamo finished nearly an hour and a half after marathon winner Sifan Hassan had crossed the line. Netherlands' Sifan Hassan had smashed the Olympic women's marathon record with a time of 2 hours 22 minutes 55 seconds. But that wasn't enough to get the biggest applause of the day.
Dutch master Harrie paints Paris velodrome orange
SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France : When Britain opened seven compelling days of racing at the National Velodrome by winning the women's team sprint in a world record time it seemed the country's domination of Olympic track cycling would extend through the Paris Games.