Chelsea have completed the signing of Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid in a deal worth £46.3m, while Conor Gallagher has moved in the opposite direction for £36m. The Blues have paid a £42m fixed fee for Felix, plus £4.3m in add-ons, while the Portugal international has signed a seven-year contract at Stamford Bridge. The 24-year-old…
Conor Gallagher has completed his protracted move to Atletico Madrid from Chelsea in a £36m deal. Gallagher’s transfer looked to have fallen through following the collapse of Chelsea’s move for Atletico striker Samu Omorodion, but the deal was revived after the Blues agreed to sign Joao Felix from the Spanish club. Atletico remained determined to…
Celtic have completed their first summer signing after Finland international goalkeeper Viljami Sinisalo joined on a five-year contract from Aston Villa. Sky Sports News has been told that Celtic have paid a fee in the region of £1m for Sinisalo. The 22-year-old came through the Premier League club’s academy and spent last season on loan…
England youth international Asmita Ale is poised to join Leicester City, Sky Sports News understands. Ale, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Leicester from Tottenham, was the only footballer from a South Asian background – male or female – to play top-division football in England last season. The full-back played…
Toby King has revealed how his season-long loan with Wigan Warriors helped re-establish himself at Warrington Wolves during the 2024 Betfred Super League season. “It’s surreal, to be told you’re not wanted, to come back to the club then it’s, ‘Can you do another year somewhere else?’ and Wigan take me on and just put…
Barbora Krejcikova sealed her maiden Wimbledon title after holding off Italian seventh seed Jasmine Paolini 6-2 2-6 6-4 on Centre Court on Saturday. The 28-year-old Czech squandered two match points in a tension-filled final game before taking her third to wrap up a famous victory in an hour and 56 minutes, adding the Venus Rosewater…
Seven-time champion Novak Djokovic will resume his ‘love affair’ with Wimbledon after a four-day cooling off period when he returns for his semi-final with Lorenzo Musetti on Friday. Djokovic and Centre Court had a fractious parting following his straight-sets fourth-round triumph over Holger Rune on Monday night, with the former world No 1 accusing some…
Jannik Sinner has revealed he struggled with dizziness and a lack of energy during his Wimbledon quarter-final defeat to Daniil Medvedev. The No 1 seed secured a gruelling first-set tie-break win, but then lost the second set, and, once a break down in the third, he required a medical time-out which saw him leave Centre…
Was seven-time champion Novak Djokovic disrespected by the Centre Court crowd at Wimbledon? Tennis legend James Blake says the Serb uses chants to fuel the fire as he bids to become a 25-time Grand Slam winner. Djokovic took aim at Centre Court spectators he claimed disrespected him during a straight-sets win over Holger Rune in…
Emma Raducanu said “pressure is a privilege” after her third-round Wimbledon victory on Friday, adding she “thrives on the big occasion”. A clinical Raducanu conjured memories of her stunning US Open title win by defeating ninth seed Maria Sakkari to ease into the fourth round at her home Grand Slam. Raducanu had thumped Greece’s Sakkari…
