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The top stories and transfer rumours from Friday’s newspapers… Transfers Manchester United will go all-out to sign Antoine Semenyo in January and hope the uncertainty over Pep Guardiola’s future could strengthen their hand – The Telegraph. Ruben Neves wants to return to the Premier League as he approaches the final six months of his contract … Read more

Our football betting expert Jones Knows provides his insight across the Premier League card and tips up a 13/1 weekend treble with Sky Bet. Newcastle vs Chelsea, Saturday 12.30pm Newcastle’s injury crisis has had a huge influence on this market where Chelsea are now favourites at 29/20 with Sky Bet. It’s a price which looks … Read more

Florian Wirtz has made an underwhelming start to his Liverpool career but the player is “too good to fail”, according to former Germany international Benedikt Howedes. The 2014 World Cup winner, who later served as Germany’s team manager, was speaking to a small group of international reporters about the fortunes of German players in the … Read more

Premier League players taking part in AFCON 2025 departed to join up with their national teams this week ahead of the tournament opener on Sunday, when hosts Morocco face Comoros. The players called up could be absent for over a month, with the final of the tournament scheduled for January 18. So which Premier League … Read more

Raymond van Barneveld has admitted he will ask himself “what’s next?” after he lost his first match at the World Darts Championship for a second year running. Van Barneveld was thrashed 3-0 by Switzerland’s Stefan Bellmont on Wednesday, winning just two legs, and is set to drop significantly down from his current ranking of 35th … Read more

Manchester City have progressed to the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup for the first time since winning the competition back in 2021 after beating Brentford 2-0, which included a stunning opener from Rayan Cherki. But the game was not without incident as, before Cherki’s excellent opener, Brentford felt as if Abdukodir Khusanov should have seen … Read more

​​​​​​​For Nathan Broadhead, returning to Wrexham was more of a spiritual return, rather than a literal one. “I moved from here to Everton when I was 10 for about ten grand so it was too long ago to feel like a full homecoming,” Broadhead tells Sky Sports. “I didn’t expect to come back, especially with … Read more

Forget cricketing god Sachin Tendulkar, India have a new slinger in town with darting superstar Nitin Kumar making a name for himself at the World Darts Championship. Kumar made history on the Alexandra Palace stage when he became the first Indian winner at the event when he beat Dutchman Richard Veenstra 3-2 to set up … Read more

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UFC stars Paddy Pimblett and Luke Riley take on the nine-dart challenge at the World Darts Championship. Source link