India Beat England by 270 Runs in Women’s Test

India’s bowlers rattled England, leaving them 139‑7 after 44 overs and setting the stage for a 270‑run win. The match, played at Lord’s, saw England struggle to keep up with the Indian attack, who capitalised on every opportunity. somethingsdifferent.biz

Andoni Iraola holdt sin første pressekonferanse som Liverpool-manager mandag. Der innrømmet han at laget er i en vanskelig situasjon på grunn av skader og spillere som forlater klubben.
– Vi har signert to spillere allerede, men vi trenger flere spillere. Det vet vi. Som trener ønsker jeg at spillerne skal være her fra første dag av pre-season, men vi vet at fotball ikke fungerer slik. Klubben jobber hardt med disse signeringene, sier Iraola ifølge Sky Sports.
Til nå har Liverpool sikret seg midtstopper Jeremy Jacquet fra Rennes og angrepsspiller Victor Munoz fra Osasuna.
Iraola kom fra Bournemouth på en toårskontrakt i sommer etter at Arne Slot fikk sparken.

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The Spain captain on his team’s chances in the World Cup semi-final, analysing every game so far and how to get the best out of Lamine Yamal

“I’m not that bad,” Rodri Hernández says. It’s the morning after the World Cup’s 100th game and in a conference room at the Cotton Bowl where old posters line the walls and Spain are about to start their penultimate training session before the 101st, their captain is doing the calculations. Even with the six he’s played in and all the travel, from Atlanta to Guadalajara and Dallas to Los Angeles and back, 9,000 miles so far, he reckons he’s watched the “immense majority”. More than anyone else here, anyway. “Some as a fan, teams we can’t face; others I analyse. But it’s not like I’m there with pen and paper,” he says. Then he cracks up and concedes: “But, yeah, I probably am the worst.”

They wouldn’t have it another way; he couldn’t have it any other way. This is who Rodri is: Ballon d’Or winner and business graduate from Castellón University. The kid who was on camp in the Connecticut woods, aged 14, when Spain last won the World Cup and the captain who aspires to lift the trophy again, back in the USA 16 years on. The midfielder who sometimes seems like a de facto coach, analysing everything. The adult in the room, a leader aware of his responsibility. When Rodri talks, they listen. Sometimes they have to. And, oh, Rodri talks, a calm authority about him.

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Aston Villa have hijacked Newcastle’s pursuit of Johan Manzambi, and are close to completing a £49m deal with Freiburg for the Switzerland midfielder.

Manzambi’s arrival will boost Villa before a season in which they return to the Champions League and represents a considerable blow for Newcastle. St James’ Park executives thought they had sealed a deal for the versatile 20-year-old, who has impressed at the World Cup, after flying to Germany last week but although Manzambi is understood to have offered them verbal assurances that the personal terms on offer were acceptable, he did not want anything formalised until Switzerland exited the World Cup, which they did following defeat to Argentina on Sunday. As soon as that happened, with Manzambi currently sidelined with a minor knee injury, Villa stepped in.