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Summer Transfer Window For The Premier League And English Football League
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This summer’s transfer window will be open for 10 weeks for the Premier League and English Football League between 27 July and 5 October, subject to approval from World football governing body, FIFA.
There would also be a domestic-only window (EPL & EFL) between 5-16 October.
"During this window, clubs will only be able to trade with EFL clubs (either loans or permanent registrations)," reads a Premier League statement.
"No transfers can take place between Premier League clubs in this period."
The EFL went on to state that any new signings by its clubs could not play until the start of the 2020-21 season.
"This is applicable to clubs involved in the Championship play-offs," it said.
"The window for international registrations closes at 23:00 BST on Monday, 5 October, with an agreement in place with the Premier League for an extended two-week domestic-only window, which will close at 17:00 on Friday, 16 October."
No new dates has been announced for the start of the 2020-21 season.
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Manchester City Agrees To Sell Leroy Sane To Bayern Munich
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Manchester City have reached an agreement to sell German winger, Leroy Sane to Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich for £54m.
Sane will join the German side for an initial fee of about £44.7m, while add-ons could rise by more than £10m.
The 24 year old who joined City in 2016 form Schalke 04 for around £37m is a two-time Premier League winner with the club.
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola, last week said the German whose current deal was due to expire at the end of next season, had refused the offer of an extension and wanted out of the Etihad stadium.
The Manchester outfit were unwilling to match the £20m annual salary Sane was offered by Bayern.
Sane is expected to travel to Germany in the next 24 hours to have a medical and complete the transfer.
The winger leaves the Etihad having racked up 192 appearances and scoring 52 goals for City.
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Vince Carter Announces Retirement From Basketball
Vince Carter Has Announced His Retirement From Basketball After Playing A Record 22 Seasons In The NBA At The Age Of 43.
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Vince Carter Announces Retirement From Basketball
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Vince Carter has announced his retirement from basketball after playing a record 22 seasons in the NBA at the age of 43.
Carter, who was fondly called “VICINITY,spent was with the Atlanta Hawks in the last two seasons and played his last game on 11 March before the NBA season was abruptly halted owing to the coronavirus pandemic.
Carter, who was drafted in 1998 by the Toronto Raptors as the 5th overall pick, is the first NBA player to play in four decades, and 22 seasons in the league.
"I'm officially done playing basketball professionally," Carter said.
Despite having a great season with an All-Star performance from their best player, Trae Young, the Hawks would not be among the 22 teams on parade for the NBA restart which will take place at Florida’s Disney World Resort from m 30 July.
Carter, who is an Olympic gold medalist said his last shot, which was a three-pointer in a 136-131 loss to the New York Knicks, helped his decision to retire.
"I think if I didn't make my last shot, it'd have been a little different. I'd have been itching to, at least get back and just play one minute and just make one shot."
He further said: "I'm not going to say since March 11 [I knew I was going to retire], I'm not going to say since that day, but pretty close.
"With the coronavirus, it was taking people's lives rapidly -that's the big picture in my mind. I was able to put the weird ending, the abrupt stoppage of play to an ending, aside for the bigger picture."
The 6 ft 6 guard/forward who is regarded as one of the greatest dunkers of all time would be remembered for his time with the Raptors with whom he won the slam dunk contest and was nicknamed “Air Canada.â€
Carter who also played for the Memphis Grizzlies and New Jersey Nets, played for eight different teams in the NBA and was named rookie of the year in 1998 and was an eight-time NBA All Star.
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Manchester City Forward, Sergio Aguero To See A Knee Specialist
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Argentine striker Sergio Aguero will travel to Spain to see a specialist concerning fears his season might be over after he picked up an injury on Monday night.
The Manchester City forward was taken off in the first half of 5-0 Premier League home win over Burnley following a challenge by Claret’s defender Ben Mee.
The former Atletico Madrid forward took to Twitter and said: "The scans I did have confirmed that I have damaged my left knee.
"I'm in good spirits and so focused to come back as soon as possible."
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola said the marksman had been suffering from a knee problem before the match, during his press briefing after the game.
"He has struggled in the last month, some pain in his knee, so we will see," Guardiola said.
"I'm not a doctor, but it doesn't look good." The Spaniard replied when asked about the prospects of the strike.rs season being over.
The Argentine was replaced by fellow South American Gabriel Jesus as City won easily, with Phil Foden and Riyad Mahrez both scoring twice and David Silva among the goals.
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Novak Djokovic Tests Positive For Corona Virus
Novak Djokovic Has Tested Positive For Corona Virus.
The World Number One Tennis Player Becomes The Latest Player...
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Novak Djokovic Tests Positive For Corona Virus
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Novak Djokovic has tested positive for Corona virus.
The world number one tennis player becomes the latest player to test positive, days after Grigor Dimitrov, Borna Coric and Viktor Troicki all confirmed they had the virus after taking part at Djokovic's Adria Tour competition.
The 33 year old Serbian played compatriot Viktor Troicki in the first event in Belgrade.
Novak Djokovic's brother Djordje, who is a director of the tournament confirmed that the remaining Aria Tour events in Sarajevo and Banja Luka have been cancelled.
"Unfortunately, due to all the events that happened in the last few days, we have decided that the most important thing right now is to stabilise the epidemiological situation, as well as for everyone to recover," Djordje Djokovic said.
British tennis star, Andy Murray believes the positive tests were a "lesson for us", while Australian player, Nick Kyrgios called it a "bone-headed decision".
"Immediately upon his arrival in Belgrade [after the second event] Novak was tested along with all members of the family and the team with whom he was in Belgrade and Zadar. He is not showing any symptoms." A statement on Djokovic's website read.
There were pictures on social media of the tournament from Friday showing Dimitrov playing basketball with Djokovic, Alexander Zverev and Marin Cilic.
Players were also seen not observing social distancing rules as they were seen embracing each other before and at the end of their matches, while also dancing close to one another in a night club in Belgrade.
The ATP have not hosted any events since February because of the Corona virus pandemic.
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Rubi Sacked As Real Betis Coach
Joan Francesc "Rubi" Ferrer Has Been Sacked As Coach Of Spanish Side, Real Betis After Three Games Into The Resumption Of The S...
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Rubi Sacked As Real Betis Coach
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Joan Francesc "Rubi" Ferrer has been sacked as coach of Spanish side, Real Betis after three games into the resumption of the Spanish league.
Betis lost 1-0 at Athletic Bilbao and are 14th on the table, eight points ahead of the relegation places with eight games remaining.
Alexis Trujillo who is the Sports Director and played over 220 games for Betis, will be in charge for the remaining games of the season.
Betis next faces Espanyol on Thursday.
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Solksjaer: Pogba To Make Up For Lost Times
Manchester United Manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Says Paul Pogba Is “desperate To Make Up For Lost Time†After He Ma...
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Solksjaer: Pogba To Make Up For Lost Times
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Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Paul Pogba is “desperate to make up for lost time†after he made an inspiring return to help United secure a draw at the New Tottenham Stadium.
The 27 year-old Pogba was making his first appearance for United since he suffered an ankle injury in December 2019.
The French world cup winner who came off the bench for Fred, won a penalty which was converted by Bruno Fernandes to help United secure a 1-1 draw at Tottenham.
"Paul Pogba is a fantastic player and is finally fit again," Solskjaer said.
The former Juventus midfielder was on for 34 minutes and completed 17 of his 18 passes, with two blocks and won the ball back four times.
Solskjaer who described Pogba's display as that of an "all-round midfielder,†also urged the Frenchman to show his qualities as a leader.
"It is great to see him show his qualities and the contribution he made was big in us getting a penalty.
"He has had horrific, injury-hit season and he is desperate to make up for lost time. Paul has always wanted to play. He loves football.
"It has been great having him back training with us. On and off the pitch, he is such an enthusiastic and passionate boy. Everyone can see the quality he can provide.
"Paul always has a point to prove to himself and to us. He expects a lot from himself and wants to be the best. He trains hard and loves football."
Solksjaer also gave his thoughts on Pogba’s partnership with January signing Bruno Fernandez who moved from Sporting Lisbon:
"It is a partnership that we want to build on. They have trained together now they have had half an hour on the pitch together.
"We want the best players on the pitch, of course, and want to find a balance in the team."
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Klopp: Liverpool Have Been Given The Chance To Win The League
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Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp said he was afraid his side would not be given the chance of winning the Premier League title after calls were made for the season to be voided due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The football season in England was halted in March with the Merseyside club needing two wins from nine games to win a first top-flight title in 30 years.
"I became worried when people started talking about 'null and void' this season," Klopp said.
"I felt it physically. I was like 'wow'. That would have been hard."
"But when it was off the table I felt quite relieved. He added.
"I didn't think when we went to lockdown 'Oh my god, that is our season, we are so close', because it was not important in that moment."
Should the Red's win their next two games; Sunday's Merseyside derby at Everton and Crystal Palace's visit to Anfield on Wednesday, Liverpool will win her first league title in the Premier League era and a 19th top-flight title, irrespective of Manchester City's result at home to Burnley on Monday.
Liverpool who are 22 points ahead of City with nine games remaining, will also secure a 1st top-flight title in 30 years if they beat Everton and Man City lose against Burnley.
However, the former Borussia Dortmund manager is just excited that his side have been given the opportunity to win the league.
"We don't expect to get it as a present. We didn't want to have a points-per-game basis so we were really happy when it was decided we could play again," he said.
"If they had done points per game and we couldn't have played then we would have been champions but now we have to play for it and that is great, that is how it should be in sports.
"Now we go for it."
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