Snoop Dogg to carry Olympic torch ahead of Paris opening ceremony - ESPN
American rapper Snoop Dogg will be among the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame in the final stretch before the opening ceremony of the Paris Games on Friday.
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Manchester United give new contract to forward ahead of USA pre-season tour
Manchester United youngster Ethan Ennis has signed a new contract with the club.
Lionel Messi And Luis Suarez To Miss MLS All-Star Game
Argentina star Lionel Messi and Inter Miami teammate Luis Suarez will miss Wednesday's Major League Soccer All-Star Game with injuries, the league and team announced Monday. An updated MLS roster for the match-up against Mexico's Liga MX All-Stars at Columbus, Ohio, listed Messi and Uruguayan striker Suarez among those who would not play. Inter Miami detailed the injuries, with Messi still sidelined after missing two MLS matches last week with a right ankle injury suffered in Argentina's Copa America final triumph over Colombia.
France Home Minister Welcomes Israeli Delegation For Paris Olympics
President Emmanuel Macron said France was ready to host the Paris Olympics as he visited the Athletes' Village on Monday, four days before the Games begin. The Games return to the French capital for the first time since 1924, largely using temporary venues constructed in the centre of the city. "We are ready and we will be ready throughout the Games," Macron said. "We have been working on these Games for years now and we are at the start of a decisive week which on Friday will see the opening ceremony and then the Olympiad which will be held in Paris, 100 years since the last one."
Man United know Jarrad Branthwaite transfer truth as new blow exposed
Manchester United's defensive overhaul this summer was expected while the previous season was in its relative infancy.
Hojbjerg joins Marseille on loan from Spurs
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg has joined Olympique de Marseille on loan with an option to buy, both clubs said on Monday (Jul 22).
US women have task cut out in quest for record fifth gold
PARIS : The United States women's soccer team have won four golds at the Olympics since the sport's introduction in 1996 but they have not been on the top step of the podium in 12 years, with a record-extending fifth gold no longer a foregone conclusion.
The battle to save Manchester’s mysterious, 'unique', and oldest building from ‘unscrupulous developers’
Manchester’s oldest building is up for sale — and now a group of amateur historians are rallying to ‘save’ Wythenshawe’s ‘unique’ 700-year-old Hall.