Jesse Lingard has been released by Nottingham Forest less than 12 months after being made the club’s highest earner.Lingard moved to Forest last summer on a 12-month deal as one of 30 arrivals in 2022-23 after seeing his contract at boyhood club Manchester United expire, but has failed to have the desired impact at the City Ground this season. The 30-year-old – earning a base salary of £115,000 per week plus incentives – did not manage to register a single goal or assist in 17 Premier League appearances for Forest.Miltiadis Marinakis – son of the Forest owner Evangelos – was…
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Sam Allardyce has left Leeds after failing to save the club from Premier League relegation.Allardyce, who had not managed since 2021 before replacing Javi Gracia, was given four games to keep Leeds up but failed to win, losing three matches and drawing the other. Leeds are now back in the Championship and managerless after three years in the Premier League.But the club says an announcement on a new head coach “will be made in the coming weeks”. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sam Allardyce says he is on par with Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp and…
The NHL and the NHL Players Association have reached a one-summer trial agreement amending the collective bargaining agreement to allow for limited on-ice training from coaching staff in the off-season, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported on Thursday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Starting this summer, one skills coach will be allowed to participate in on-ice sessions with a player which the player must request through the NHLPA. The trial agreement is valid for one summer only. The CBA currently stipulatesunder section 15.11, that clubs are not permitted to have coaching or hockey operations staff participate in on-ice training sessions…
The Minnesota Twins announced Thursday that they optioned Canadian infielder Edouard Julien to triple-A St. Paul to make room for Jorge Polanco, who was reinstated from the 10-day injured list. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Julien, a native of Longueuil, Que., was in his second stint with the Twins this season, playing in 19 total games with a .210/.296/.435 slashline and four home runs. The 24-year-old played in 11 games on this recent trip to the majors, hitting .200, including a 3-for-5 game with two doubles and a home run against the Toronto Blue Jays. Julien starred for…
Aberdeen have signed Livingston captain Nicky Devlin on a two-year deal. The 29-year-old right back was available as a free agent after his departure from Livingston upon expiry of his contract and believed to be a target for a number of clubs north and south of the border. Devlin moved to the Tony Macaroni Arena from Walsall in 2019 and has made 144 appearances for the West Lothian club.Devlin, who has been Livi captain for the past two years, is Aberdeen manager Barry Robson’s first signing of the summer window, with more incomings and outgoings expected to follow.Speaking to the…
Emma Raducanu has split with her fifth coach in under two years after parting ways with Sebastian Sachs.The 20-year-old had only started working with Sachs – who had guided Belinda Bencic to an Olympic gold medal in 2021 – in December. Raducanu is currently recovering from a triple surgery on her wrists and ankle which have ruled her out of the French Open and grass-court season.The 2021 US Open champion posted on Twitter: “I have really enjoyed Seb’s coaching and working with him, it’s unfortunate that circumstances made it unfeasible for both of us to continue right now and we…
At long last, Denis Shapovalov is moving on to the third round at the French Open after downing unseeded Italian Matteo Arnaldi in four sets on Wednesday. The 24-year-old Canadian, who is the No. 26 seed, won 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3. Shapovalov had never advanced past the second round at the clay-court major, making it that far on two previous occasions (2018, 2020). Getting to the next round won’t be easy. He will next play No. 1 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain on Friday. Alcaraz defeated Japan’s Taro Daniel 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Both Shapovalov and Arnaldi held serve through…
Three days after a dacoity gang, posing themselves as Income Tax Department officials, looted gold worth Rs 60 lakh from a jewellery manufacturer in Secunderabad in a film-like operation, the Hyderabad police Tuesday nabbed four of the suspects. The robbery was a real-life recreation of the 2013 Bollywood film Special 26, starring Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher and Manoj Bajpayee. Police Commissioner C V Anand Tuesday said about 573 grams of gold were recovered, and they were looking for five other suspects.
The federal government is imposing new conditions on funding for Canada Soccer, the sports ministry confirmed to The Canadian Press on Tuesday. The announcement comes after several parliamentary committee hearings where the organization faced criticism for its handling of a sex abuse scandal, questions about a controversial broadcasting deal as well as the treatment of female soccer players, including women’s team captain Christine Sinclair, by former executives. The story was first reported by CBC News. The government wants to commission an independent audit of Canada Soccer’s finances covering the period from March 1, 2017 to March 31, 2023. The organization…
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu earned a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over No. 18 seed Victoria Azarenka in the first round of the French Open on Tuesday. The 22-year-old did not start well, finding herself a set and a break down. However, she fought her way back into the match, breaking back immediately in the second set and finding her mojo as the game went on. Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., converted her break point opportunities relatively efficiently and used her aggressive groundstrokes well. The World No. 42’s win is all the remarkable considering the fact that she tore two ligaments in her…