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Liverpool set to make bid for Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, Manchester United poised to reignite their interest in Everton defender Jarrad Branthwaite, Arsenal hold talks with Sporting forward Geovany Quenda. Liverpool are preparing a £50m bid for Real Madrid’s 24-year-old France midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni. (Fichajes – in Spanish), external Juventus are keen on Lille striker Jonathan David, but the …

Majority owners Jason Levien and Steve Kaplan are in the process of selling their stake in Swansea City to fellow shareholders Andy Coleman, Brett Cravatt and Nigel Morris as well as businessman Jason Cohen. American duo Levien and Kaplan bought a 68% stake in the Championship club – then in the Premier League – in the summer of 2016 in …

Getty Images The Football Association has opened a safeguarding inquiry into a Premier League club boss, a year on from a BBC investigation. The investigation found that despite three women reporting the man to the police for alleged sexual offences, he remained in position at the club. One of the women told the BBC the FA had failed to protect …

Eighth seed Krejcikova’s victory was bad news for Swiatek, who has been eliminated at the group stage of the WTA Finals for the first time since 2021. Swiatek has been the dominant player on the Tour for the majority of the past two years and started this season strongly by winning the Doha, Indian Wells, Madrid, Rome and French Open …

Gainsborough Trinity’s tie at Harrogate Town and Kettering Town’s home match with Doncaster Rovers in the FA Cup second round will be broadcast live on BBC Two. Seventh-tier Trinity are the lowest-ranked side left in the competition after they beat fellow Northern Premier League team Hednesford Town on penalties in the first round. Kettering – leaders of the Southern League …

England have been drawn in the same group as world champions Spain for the 2025 Women’s Nations League. Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses fell to a 1-0 defeat by Spain in the 2023 Women’s World Cup final, while Spain are also the reigning Nations League champions. The two sides are joined by Belgium and Portugal in League A Group A3. Scotland have …

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta gets a yellow card after handling the ball while it is still in play during Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat against Inter Milan in the Champions League at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. READ MORE: Inter inflict Arsenal’s first Champions League defeat Available to UK users only.

Homosexuality is illegal in Saudi Arabia, while Amnesty International has cited the country’s “jailing of women’s rights activists, suppression of free speech and rampant use of the death penalty”. BBC Sport asked all eight singles players the same question: “Did you personally have any reservations or concerns about coming here given the record on human rights, particularly around women’s rights …

Salt watched on from the non-striker’s end as West Indies ripped through the England top order. After the tourists were forced on to the back foot early, the opener played an uncharacteristically sedate knock to lend some respect to the England total. Matthew Forde had found some early movement to dismiss Will Jacks in the third over before Jordan Cox’s …

Match of the Day’s Stephen Warnock’s shows how Arne Slot’s half-time midfield rearrangement helped change the game in Liverpool’s 4-0 victory over Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen. WATCH MORE: Diaz hat-trick fires Liverpool to dominant win against Leverkusen Available to UK users only.