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Manchester City want Bayer Leverkusen’s Florian Wirtz, Alexander Isak could leave Newcastle in the summer and Paul Pogba may join Inter Miami. Manchester City are chasing Bayer Leverkusen’s Germany midfielder Florian Wirtz, 21, with English midfielder James McAtee, 22, potentially moving the other way. (Mail), external Sweden striker Alexander Isak may be allowed to leave Newcastle if they do not …

Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martin must have hand surgery for the second time in less than a month. The 27-year-old Spaniard suffered a broken right hand in a crash on day one of pre-season testing in Malaysia earlier this month. The Aprilia rider will now have surgery on his left hand after suffering fractures in a training crash before Sunday’s …

In beaming up four Rangers men to plug the gaps left behind by Philippe Clement’s fallen enterprise, chief executive Patrick Stewart has decided, somewhat predictably, to go where many have gone before at Ibrox. The club’s fixation in employing ex-players as coaches hit a new level on Monday. How many Rangers men does it take to change a club? Turns …

Manchester United will make up to 200 jobs redundant to “return the club to profitability”. About 250 members of staff were made redundant last year in a first wave of cost-cutting measures by co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe. In a meeting with staff on Monday, United chief executive Omar Berrada informed employees that there would be a fresh round of redundancies …

Codina says she hopes now the case is over, people will talk about Spanish players’ achievements in football. After becoming world champions in 2023, Spain went on to win the Women’s Nations League the next year, and they are currently preparing for Euro 2025. “I just hope that everything now goes well and we speak about football finally,” she said. …

Dubois and Usyk, 38, fought in August 2023 with the Ukrainian winning via a ninth-round stoppage. Dubois was promoted to IBF champion after Usyk vacated the belt last June shortly after beating Tyson Fury to become the first undisputed heavyweight boxing champion in 25 years. The Briton was hoping to add to his 22 pro fight wins against Parker, having …

For the second game in this championship, Ireland were behind at half-time against Wales before scoring 17 unanswered points to secure their 19th Six Nations victory from their past 21 games. The hosts were certainly better than advertised throughout their 15th consecutive loss – Easterby called commentary around Wales in the build-up “unnecessary” – but the head coach feels his …

Following former captain Matt Grimes’ switch to Championship rivals Coventry City in January, Cabango was announced as the club’s new skipper. Williams then left the Swansea.com Stadium on 17 February after a run of eight defeats in 10 games since the turn of the year. But Cabango says he is relishing the role of leading the squad after what has …

Match of the Day 2 pundits Mark Chapman, Troy Deeney & Joe Hart analyse how Manchester City were not able to get past Liverpool’s “red wall” as Liverpool won 2-0 in the Premier League to go 11 points clear. READ MORE: ‘Let’s call it now – the title race is over, Liverpool will be champions’ Watch Match of the Day …

Arsenal red cards, Isak milestone and a new Liverpool record: how closely have you been paying attention to what’s been going on over the past week in football?