By Rune Gjerulff @runegjerulff According to Sky Germany, Bayern and Sven Ulreich have reached an agreement on a new deal. Sven Ulreich.Photo: Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0 Bayern Munich and Sven Ulreich have reportedly agreed on a contract extension. According to Sky Germany, the 35-year-old goalkeeper’s contract will be extended by one year until 2025. Ulreich’s extension is expected to be announced before Christmas. Although he has never been Bayern’s number one goalkeeper, Ulreich has made 98 appearances for the German champions over the years. He filled in for Manuel Neuer earlier this season, playing 12 games before the 37-year-old returned from injury.More about…
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Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has said he wants to emulate ex-Reds star Luis Suarez and is hoping to learn from the Uruguay legend on international duty this month.Suarez, now 36 and playing his club football in Brazil with Gremio following a short stint at Nacional back home, had been left out of every Uruguay squad since the 2022 World Cup until he was recalled for the November qualifiers against Argentina and Bolivia.The veteran didn’t get on the pitch in the 2-0 victory over the former last week, but Nunez celebrated with his idol after scoring Uruguay’s late second against their…
The race is on for RB Salzburg’s hottest prospect, Oscar Gloukh who is being courted by several top European clubs. Goal earlier reported that Premier League heavyweights, Manchester United and Liverpool are battling over the 19-year-old Isreal International after watching him impress in the Champions League. The attacking midfielder made himself known when he scored three goals and provided two assists in the under-19 European championships held in Slovakia, where Israel eventually lost to England in the finals. The 19-year-old made the UEFA’s Team of the Tournament and secured a move from Maccabi Tel Aviv to Salzburg in January. Gloukh…
Bellator as we know it is no more. Following PFL’s long-awaited acquisition of Bellator, MMA Fighting’s Shaun Al-Shatti, Jed Meshew, and Damon Martin react to Monday’s events and PFL chairman Donn Davis’ interview on The MMA Hour about the vision of PFL and Bellator moving forward. What should we make of how Bellator’s sale ultimately played out? Are the PFL’s plans destined to create a 1B to the UFC’s 1A or is this just history repeating itself all over again? Is Monday’s sale a good or bad development for the fans of the sport, but more importantly, is it a…
Taylor Tatum (Photo: Collin Kennedy, 247Sports) Taylor Tatum, 2024 Top247 four-star RB, Oklahoma commit (online stream): Tatum ran really hard in Longview (Texas) High School’s convincing 52-14 Texas Class 5A Division I second-round playoff rout of Frisco (Texas) Reedy from McKinney ISD Stadium. He punched in two early short-yardage goal-line touchdowns, and also erased a couple of pursuit angles on a 37-yard reverse that set up a half-ending 22-yard field goal for a 31-7 intermission lead. According to StarLocalMedia.com, Tatum finished the night with 17 carries for 136 yards and the two touchdowns. Tatum continues to show highly instinctive running…
Japanese phenom Yoshinobu Yamamoto is coming to the Majors via the posting system. MLB.com is keeping track of the latest news and rumors surrounding the right-handed pitcher. Teams have 45 days, beginning at 8 a.m. ET on Tuesday, to negotiate with the 25-year-old Japanese ace. The negotiating period ends at 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 4, 2024. So, we should soon find out where Yamamoto will begin his Major League career. We know that Shohei Ohtani is the No. 1 free agent this offseason, but Yamamoto might be this year’s most important free agent. That’s because many players, including Ohtani,…
Who are the hottest players in the league at any given moment? To determine that, we’re introducing HoopsHype’s Form Rating metric. This advanced metric takes into account each player’s overall rating in the previous 15 days to identify the most productive lately. This algorithm places greater emphasis on the most recent games, so exceptional performances in the past few days will boost a player’s Form Rating in a big manner. (RNK: Form Rating ranking; RAT: Form Rating; 2023-24: Season Global Rating).
Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterNov 20, 2023, 03:55 PM ETCloseJamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews might not be finished for the season, after all.Ravens coach John Harbaugh provided…
Antoine Dupont was the 2021 World Rugby player of the yearFrance captain Antoine Dupont will make the “perfect sevens player”, says England scrum-half Danny Care.He captained France in their home World Cup quarter-final defeat by South Africa in the XVs game in October.”If anyone can go there and be the best player in [sevens] it is him,” Care told the Rugby Union Weekly podcast.”He is the perfect sevens player and will be a joke. He will be incredible, people won’t touch him. He will score and set up tries.”He is the best player in the world and it is something…
The ICC Board on Tuesday decided to shift the 2024 men’s Under-19 World Cup from Sri Lanka to South Africa. The move, a unanimous decision by the board, was taken as a consequence of the ICC recently provisionally suspending the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) due to extensive government interference in the board’s administration.The development will have no immediate implication on the daily running of cricket. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the ICC Board agreed that cricket at all levels, including any bilateral and domestic series and tournaments, will not be disrupted by the suspension. As for the ICC annual funding, that…