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Newcastle’s new signing Wissa to miss Wolves match

NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United’s new recruit Yoane Wissa will have to wait for his debut after an injury suffered on international duty ruled him out of Saturday’s Premier League match against Wolverhampton Wanderers, manager Eddie Howe said on Friday. Wissa was signed for a fee of 55 million pounds ($74.43 million), following a protracted transfer saga in which his previous club Brentford repeatedly rejected bids from Newcastle for the forward, leading to a stand-off. The 29-year-old played in a pair of World Cup qualifiers for DR Congo this month, scoring against South Sudan and Senegal before suffering a knee injury. Asked if he would be fit to face Wolves in the home fixture, Howe told reporters: “Unfortunately not, no. He won’t make this game, I saw him for the first time yesterday. “He’s feeling the effects of the injury he sustained just before he came off. So we are going to have to see how he is... I think he will go away for tests and maybe see a specialist to see. Unfortunately I can’t give you that update.”

Man Utd probe mystery of missing boots

MANCHESTER: Manchester United have launched an investigation into how players’ boots were lost on the way to their Women’s Champions League qualifier in Norway, forcing them to scramble for new ones. The Red Devils had to buy a number of replacement boots and shin pads from a local shop hours before the first leg of their tie at SK Brann on Thursday, which they lost 1-0. Shop owner Andre Gullord told the BBC that the club had spent several thousand pounds. “We are a big store but they were very lucky we had enough boots in stock that were the right size,” Gullord said. “They paid between £200 ($270) and £230 for each pair and £30 for the shin guards. “We have had the odd player come in because they have left their boots behind but never the entire team.” Midfielder Lisa Naalsund, who is from Bergen, where SK Brann are based, told Norwegian TV that she had asked her mother to bring some boots to the stadium for her. “A bag containing some of our players’ boots went missing during the journey to Bergen,” said a United spokesman. “We are investigating how this happened.

‘This time, I win’: Paul Hughes promises to topple Usman Nurmagomedov in title rematch

DUBAI: Over the past couple of years, Irish mixed martial arts star Paul “Big News” Hughes has been on a generational run.

Canelo vs Crawford will be ‘biggest fight in history of boxing’: Alalshikh

LAS VEGAS: Super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, and three-time champion in lower weight divisions Terence “Bud” Crawford, appeared on stage together at a press conference on Thursday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, attended by Arab News.

A healer and a fighter: the double life of UFC star Shi Ming

SHANGHAI: By day Shi Ming heals patients as a traditional Chinese medicine doctor. By night she trains to deliver brutal knockouts in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Inter thrash Torino with five-goal masterclass to start campaign

MILAN: Inter Milan wasted no time flexing their attacking muscle as they dismantled Torino 5-0 at home to open their Serie A campaign on Monday.

Venus Williams bows out of US Open as streamlined Alcaraz sails through

NEW YORK: Venus Williams battled bravely before bowing out of the US Open on her return to Grand Slam tennis on Monday as Spanish ace Carlos Alcaraz stormed into the second round with a dominant opening win. The second full day of action in New York saw all eyes turn to the Arthur Ashe Stadium’s night session, where the 45-year-old Williams lost in three sets to 11th seed Karolina Muchova. Williams only returned to competitive tennis in July following a 16-month absence from the sport and had been granted a wild card into the main draw at Flushing Meadows. But hopes of a fairytale run — 28 years after her debut in the tournament — ended in a 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 loss to Muchova, who was not even born when Williams turned professional in 1994. “I didn’t win today but I’m very proud of the way I played,” Williams, the US Open champion in 2000 and 2001, said. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a crowd on my side like that. I knew people around the world and around the United States were really rooting for me, and that felt great.” With the American exiting, 2022 men’s champion Alcaraz took center-stage in the late game in his first round tie against unseeded American Reilly Opelka. The Spaniard arrived for the game sporting a striking new hairstyle — a severe crew cut — and he duly chopped down the 6ft 11in Opelka with a blistering 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 victory in 2hr 5min. “Today was a really difficult one,” Alcaraz said.

Liverpool rely on 16-year-old Ngumoha to overcome 10-man Newcastle fightback

NEWCASTLE, United Kingdom: Liverpool needed a 100th minute winner from 16-year-old Rio Ngumoha to beat Newcastle 3-2, after blowing a two-goal lead against 10 men, in a Premier League thriller on Monday. Ryan Gravenberch and long-time Newcastle target Hugo Ekitike struck for the English champions, either side of Anthony Gordon’s red card for a wild lunge on Virgil van Dijk. But amid a frenzied atmosphere at St.

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Newcastle’s new signing Wissa to miss Wolves match

Man Utd probe mystery of missing boots

‘This time, I win’: Paul Hughes promises to topple Usman Nurmagomedov in title rematch

Canelo vs Crawford will be ‘biggest fight in history of boxing’: Alalshikh

A healer and a fighter: the double life of UFC star Shi Ming

Inter thrash Torino with five-goal masterclass to start campaign

Venus Williams bows out of US Open as streamlined Alcaraz sails through

Liverpool rely on 16-year-old Ngumoha to overcome 10-man Newcastle fightback