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Champions League qualifying kicks off as Finland's KuPS and Sweden's Malmo win first-leg games
GENEVA (AP) — Qualifying for next season's Champions League kicked off Tuesday even as freshly crowned title holder Paris Saint-Germain is still playing games at the Club World Cup. GENEVA (AP) — Qualifying for next season's Champions League...

When Arsenal can complete Noni Madueke transfer with clear Chelsea timeline revealed
Noni Madueke's 2024/25 season is already the longest of his professional career. It is 52 games and counting in all competitions for club and country. With at least one more to come, maybe two, he will be due a rest at the end. Madueke missed a...

Tuchel told England don’t sit among ‘top six’ of ‘big boys’
Thomas Tuchel has been told that England do not sit in the “top five or six” of football’s “big boys” as he plots a bid for 2026 World Cup glory. WHAT HAPPENED? Ex-Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain boss Tuchel has stepped into the international...

Angel Gomes, Mason Greenwood, and Neal Maupay present as Marseille pre-season begins this week
13Olympique de Marseille’s pre-season has begun earnestly this week, as the first team squad have started returning to the Commanderie training ground. Players have started arriving at the training centre for the traditional medicals and kit...

Jon Speelman: Defeat and redemption
[Note that Jon Speelman also looks at the content of the article in video format, here embedded at the end of the article.] Once upon a time, near the beginning of a century not far from our own, there were relatively few top chess players and...

Defender Harris joins Eastleigh for season-long loan
Harris joins the National League outfit having impressed for the Bournemouth development squad last season, making two Premier League match day squads. He was an unused substitute against Crystal Palace on Boxing Day and for the trip to Fulham...

Visa runs explained: How to legally extend your UAE visa without overstaying
A visa run is a fully legal and widely practiced method to extend your stay in the UAE, as long as it's done through the proper channels and within immigration guidelines./ Image: VisaRun.ae TL;DR: Visa runs are a legitimate and convenient way to...

Qualifier preview: Are Luxembourg's football clubs ready for Europe?
The qualifying rounds for 2025/26's European club competitions get underway on Tuesday evening when FC Differdange kick off the first match of their tie against Kosovar outfit Drita. As has been customary for the last couple of years, Luxembourg...

Joyful Aging — Carole Carson: Creating a new life at age 80
Do you have the impulse to pick up and move to another country? To start over where new ways must be learned and old habits are disrupted? Many Americans do. Nearly four million expatriates like me live outside the United States as immigrants in...

The Transfer DealSheet: Latest on Man Utd, Arsenal, Real Madrid and more
Welcome to the sixth edition of The Athletic’s Transfer DealSheet for the summer 2025 transfer window. Our team of dedicated writers, including David Ornstein, will take you inside the market to explain the deals being worked on. The mini-window...

Big-match preview: The New Saints are back in Champions League action
The Park Hall side go into the first qualifying round clash with a host of fond memories from last season’s impressive run which saw them play 14 European ties between July and December. Saints made history by becoming the first JD Cymru Premier...

Five Cherries academy players sign new deals - including dev squad stars
Midfielder Karlos Gregory, winger Remy Rees-Dottin and defender Archie Harris were all part of the development squad that reached the Professional Development League final last season and have been rewarded with new contracts. Rees-Dottin and...

Marseille to host Sevilla and Aston Villa at the Vélodrome in pre-season friendlies
20Olympique de Marseille have announced they will host two high-profile pre-season friendlies at the Orange Vélodrome this August, facing Sevilla FC and Aston Villa FC as part of their preparations for the 2025/26 season. Les Phocéens will be...

Kiwi gravity riders thrive in Italian Alps
New Zealand’s downhill mountain bike riders produced another beacon performance across all finals at the latest round of the UCI world series in La Thuile, nestled in the Italian Alps, yesterday. Promising Hawke’s Bay rider Tyler Waite was third...

WTA Grand Est Open 88 Results
Monday At Tennis Club de Contrexeville Contrexeville, France Purse: $100,000 Surface: Red clay CONTREXEVILLE, FRANCE (AP) _ Results Monday from Grand Est Open 88 at Tennis Club de Contrexeville (seedings in parentheses): Women's Singles...

Family & kids events this week in City of Philadelphia: July 6-12
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Family & kids events this week in East Montgomery County: July 6-12
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The West Brom loanee flop who resurrected his season with sparkling displays in Portugal
One of those was Serbian powerhouse midfielder Uros Racic, who arrived to some excitement after making a season long loan switch from Italian side Sassuolo. After an making an initial impression on his debut - the loan move to The Hawthorns did...

Monster Energy's Loris Vergier Takes Second Place At 2025 UCI Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup In La Thuile
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Also making the top five in the Elite Men division, 21-year-old Lachie Stevens-McNab from Rotorua, New Zealand, claimed fourth place. The Elite Women division final concluded with 35-year-old Camille Balanche from Le Locle,...

NZ's mountain bikers impress on world stage
New Zealand’s downhill mountain bike riders produced another beacon performance across all finals at the latest round of the UCI Whoop MTB World Series in La Thuile, nestled in the Italian Alps. Promising Hawke’s Bay rider Tyler Waite (Yeti-Fox...