San Francisco Unicorns fast bowler Haris Rauf has been ruled out of the remainder of MLC 2025 because of a hamstring injury.New Zealand fast bowler Ben Lister has replaced him in the side – Lister played the team’s last league game on July 6, which they lost to Los Angeles Knight Riders to miss out on a top-two finish.A statement from the MLC said that Rauf picked up the injury during Unicorns’ match against Texas Super Kings on July 4. Rauf bowled just one over in that game after injuring himself while fielding in the eighth over of the chase.Related

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Rauf, the joint-highest wicket-taker of the competition (17) at this stage, chased down the ball driven by Romario Shepherd from mid-off before leaving the field clutching his hamstring. He underwent an MRI scan, which revealed a Grade 1 hamstring strain, which has made him unavailable for the playoffs.The injury also meant that Rauf had to be removed from Pakistan’s squad for their upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh, starting on July 20.Unicorns finished third on the table with seven wins in ten games and will play the Eliminator against MI New York on Thursday in Dallas.Left-arm seamer Lister had been training with the Unicorns squad before his maiden MLC appearance in the match against Knight Riders on Sunday. Lister was expensive in that match, taken for 43 runs in 2.1 overs.

Adding fuel to the fire from the summer, one former Celtic star has now claimed that a Premier League player dreams of completing a move to the Bhoys.

Update on Brendan Rodgers' Celtic future

Whilst much of the change has been going on at their Old Firm rivals as of late, Celtic could yet be in for some change of their own.

The Hoops have endured a frustrating start to the campaign and now sit two points behind unexpected leaders, Hearts, in the Scottish Premiership table. Meanwhile, their European form hasn’t been much better, having failed to win both of their opening two Europa League games.

Questions have, therefore, been asked about Brendan Rodgers’ future. The manager has less than a year left on his current deal and is yet to put pen to paper on a fresh contract. If nothing changes, he will not be in the Celtic dugout this time next year.

A meeting was also recently held between the club and fan groups, in which Celtic chief Michael Nicholson claimed that Rodgers sanctions all signings after a summer which is yet to prove successful.

Talks are reportedly ongoing with Rodgers about his future and there remains hope that he could yet stay put, but there’s certainly some unrest creeping in at Celtic.

What’s more, if it is the manager in charge of sanctioning transfers, then the verdict of one former Celtic player about a current Premier League star should be music to Rodgers’ ears ahead of 2026.

Mulgrew claims McGinn dreams of Celtic move

According to former defender Charlie Mulgrew, John McGinn dreams of moving to Celtic even after a transfer away from Aston Villa failed to come into fruition over the summer.

Mulgrew told talkSPORT:

The Scotland international would certainly get Celtic’s transfer history back on track and away from recent flops, but — as Mulgrew said — it remains to be seen whether the Bhoys can secure his signature.

McGinn earns around £120,000-per-week at Villa Park right now, so he’d have to take a dramatic pay cut to seal a move back up north.

His deal expires in 2027, though, so perhaps the Villa captain could entertain a switch to Glasgow once his Birmingham stay comes to an end in under two years — unless he pens an extension.

At that point, a deal for McGinn would almost certainly be out of Celtic’s reach.

West Ham United have not always had the best of luck when it comes to the transfer market.

Sure, they’ve made some stellar signings over the years, like Jarrod Bowen, but they’ve also made their fair share of terrible additions to the team.

One man who certainly didn’t help the club in this regard is former technical director Tim Steidten, who oversaw the signing of a handful of poor players and fell out with David Moyes.

In fact, one of his worst purchases could even be described as being the club’s most significant waste of money since Gianluca Scamacca and Sébastien Haller.

Scamacca & Haller's West Ham careers

While there have been plenty of terrible West Ham signings over the years, two recent ones that tend to stick out in most fans’ minds are Scamacca and Haller.

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The former joined the club from Serie A side Sassuolo for around £30.5m in the summer of 2022, and did so off the back of a brilliant season in Italy, in which he scored 16 goals and provided one assist in 38 games.

It was safe to say that there was a level of expectation that he’d be able to hit the ground running in East London, but unfortunately, that could not have been further from what actually happened.

In all, the Italian only lasted a season, scoring a paltry eight goals in 27 appearances before returning to Italy amid claims he was homesick.

What made the whole move even more of a “disappointment,” per The Athletic’s Roshane Thomas, is that even his eight goals were underwhelming, with just two in the Premier League.

It was a situation that felt all too familiar to Haller’s time at the club just a couple of years earlier.

The Ivorian international joined the Irons for a club record fee of £45m in the summer of 2019, and off the back of a season in which he scored 20 goals and provided 12 assists in 41 games for Eintracht Frankfurt.

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19

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Unfortunately, he too lost his shooting boots upon his arrival in East London, and over the next season and a half, he scored just 14 goals and provided two assists in 54 games, which isn’t anywhere near good enough for a record signing.

The bad news keeps on coming for West Ham, though, as while they were able to get rid of both strikers, they now have another player in the squad who has arguably been the biggest waste of money for the club since both of them.

West Ham's biggest waste of money since Scamacca and Haller

Unfortunately for West Ham, there are probably a few players who could fit this description, but as things stand, it is hard to look past Max Kilman.

The former Wolverhampton Wanderers star joined the club for a massive £40m last summer.

Now, there have been glimpses of quality here and there since then, but that is all there has been, and for such an expensive signing, that simply isn’t good enough.

Moreover, while the decent performances have been few and far between, the worrying ones have been far more regular, and seemingly only more so over the last couple of months.

For example, one content creator labelled his performance against Brentford as “shocking,” and former manager Gary O’Neil explained his most significant problem is that he likes to “switch off” during games.

It’s a criticism that’s easy to believe, as he looked utterly lost for the Bees’ opening goal, and didn’t get any better as the game went on.

Moreover, his statistics from the following game away to Leeds United do not make for pretty reading either.

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2/6 (33%)

Lost Possession

8

In his 94 minutes on the pitch, the Englishman didn’t win a single tackle, nor make an interception, he lost 100% of his ground duels, gave away two fouls, was accurate in just 33% of his long balls, lost the ball eight times and completed just 88% of passes.

Ultimately, there are a lot of problems at West Ham at the moment, and while it’s harsh to single out players, Kilman is one of the big ones.

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It was another night to forget for Celtic on the European stage as they were condemned to another defeat by SC Braga, but it was VAR that stole the biggest headlines.

Rodgers admits he must find Celtic "solution"

Whilst Rangers’ struggles have taken much of the focus in Scotland this season, Celtic are quietly enduring a frustrating season of their own by their standards. The Bhoys haven’t won in three games and now sit second in the Scottish Premiership courtesy of a surprisingly quick start from Hearts, with things not getting much better on the European stage.

Playing host to Braga in their first home game of the Europa League campaign, Celtic were put to the sword and found themselves behind in the first-half courtesy of Ricardo Horta’s effort from range, before Gabri Martinez sealed the three points from the bench in the 85th minute.

After another disappointing evening, Brendan Rodgers admitted that he must find a “solution” to his side’s current problems.

It’s not just Celtic’s performance that the manager will be frustrated by, though. It was also an interesting night in the VAR room, with the officials deciding to rule Kelechi Iheanacho’s goal out to deny Celtic their equaliser in controversial fashion.

The Nigerian has been in excellent form since arriving in Scotland, but had his best moment yet chalked off in a decision that has left Celtic and Rodgers fuming.

VAR audio exposes why Iheanacho had goal ruled out

The VAR audio, shared by commentator Jamie Lyall, exposed why officials denied Celtic an equaliser. Lyall said: “Officials are saying there is a clear brush of the left arm somewhere in the footage.”

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Now, this is where things begin to get controversial. In the replay of the goal, it’s difficult to spot just where this “clear brush of the arm” is that the VAR officials have spotted. The more that the moment is replayed, the more it seems as though Celtic have every right to be frustrated.

Rodgers had his say on the moment after the game, telling reporters: “I can’t understand why the referee isn’t asked to go and have a look at it.

“Even if you look at it once, twice, and I’m assuming the guys in the VAR will have watched it more than that, because of the time it took, there’s absolutely no way from every angle you look at that he’s touched it. It’s hit his face, he’s gone on and finished it really, really well.”

في جلسة حوارية سريعة وممتعة مع “433”، أجاب الأسطورة الأرجنتينية ليونيل ميسي على سلسلة من الأسئلة السريعة التي تناولت كل شيء من طموحاته في كأس العالم المقبل.

وسئل ليونيل ميسي وأجاب في ردود قصيرة، حول إذا كان يفضل الفوز بكأس العالم آخر أو الكرة الذهبية ورد لحساب “433” عبر منصة “إكس”: “الفوز بكأس عالم آخر”.

وأضاف حول إذا كان يرغب في اللعب في مناخ ميامي أم مناخ برشلونة، وقال: “مناخ برشلونة”.

وسئل عن تسجيل هاتريك وخسارة مباراة أو إذا كان يفضل تسجيل هدف الفوز لفريقه، وأجاب: “تسجيل هدف الفوز”.

اقرأ أيضاً.. لابورتا: برشلونة منزل ميسي لأنه فخرنا.. وعلاقتنا مع ريال مدريد متوترة

وسئل أيضًا حول إذا كان يرغب بأن يكون مدربًا أم مالك للنادي، وأجاب :”أن أصبح مالك للنادي”.

وإذا كان يفضل تمرير كرة بين قدميه أم تسجيل هدف في مرماه بالخطأ، وأجاب :”تمريرة بين قدمي”.

كذلك فضل نجم إنتر ميامي ومنتخب الأرجنتين التسجيل من ركلة ركنية على تسجيل هدف من منتصف الملعب، وسئل إذا كان يفضل اللعب كمدافع أم حارس مرمى، واختار: “مدافع”، وأكد تفضيله خطة 4-3-3 على خطة 4-4-2.

وكان ميسي قد قام بزيارة تجديدات ملعب “الكامب نو” في وقت سابق، وقد ترددت عدة تكهنات صحفية حول رغبته في العودة لبرشلونة كلاعب، ولكن وفقاً للصحفي “ألفريدو مارتينيز” فقد أكد أن الأسطورة الأرجنتينية لا يفكر في العودة للبلوجرانا كلاعب على الأقل في الوقت الحالي وأنه أغلق هذه الصفحة من مسيرته ويلتزم تماماً مع إنتر ميامي بعد شعوره بالتأقلم مع الحياة داخل وخارج الملعب.

The New York Yankees turned Game 3 of the American League division series on its head in the span of two batters.

The Yankees entered the top of the eighth inning trailing the Cleveland Guardians 3-1. After reliever Hunter Gaddis retired the first two batters, Juan Soto worked a walk to bring up Aaron Judge representing the tying run. Cleveland countered by bringing in lights-out closer Emmanuel Clase. And that's where things got crazy.

Clase got ahead 0-2, then threw a 99 mph cutter that missed the plate. On 1-2, he went back to the cutter, again at 99 mph, and Judge turned it around. The Yankees superstar launched the ball off the bat at 109.9 mph and sent an absolute laser just over the wall in right field to tie the game 3-3.

The Yankees dugout exploded as the ball left the park. But that wasn't the end of it.

Giancarlo Stanton stepped to the plate next and Clase, once again, got ahead of him 1-2. After Stanton fouled off two cutters, Clase threw a slider for the seventh pitch of the at-bat and he hung it. Stanton blasted it 390 feet to center field at 106.1 mph. It cleared the fence and sent New York's dugout into a frenzy.

The Yankees poured out of the dugout to greet him with their newfound 4-3 lead.

Amazing. Simply amazing.

Clase was nearly perfect during the regular season, racking up 47 saves, an ERA of 0.61 and a WHIP of 0.66. After that inning and those two home runs, his ERA in the 2024 MLB playoffs is now up to 9.00.

Stand-in captain Maharaj suffered a left groin strain while batting in the second innings of the first Test, Muthusamy will replace him in the team

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Jul-2025Stand-in South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj has been ruled out of the second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo because of a left groin strain. Allrounder Wiaan Mulder will lead the side in the second Test starting July 6.Maharaj captained South Africa in Test cricket for the first time after Temba Bavuma did not recover from the hamstring strain he suffered in the World Test Championship final. Maharaj returned a match-haul of four wickets with his left-arm spin apart from scoring a half-century in the second innings. He sustained the injury while batting on the third day of the first Test, which South Africa won by a whopping 328 runs.This will be Mulder’s first time of leading a team in first-class cricket. He has made 87 red-ball appearances, 20 of them in Tests. His only experience of captaining the team came for Leicestershire in the quarter-final of the One Day Cup 2022 against Kent. Mulder is coming off a productive match, scoring his Test best of 147 in the second innings to follow his four-wicket haul in the first innings.Fellow left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy has been named Maharaj’s replacement for the next Test while Lungi Ngidi, originally set to join the squad ahead of the game, has been released. Maharaj was not part of the T20I tri-series to follow, with New Zealand being the third team.

GOAL reviews the major takeaways from Americans playing in Europe, including consequential goals from Pepi and Adams

There were two U.S. men’s national team stars on the scoresheet this weekend. One was expected – Ricardo Pepi, given how often he scores. The other? Not so much. Who had Tyler Adams popping up with a goal?

Pepi's goal came off the bench in a win. Adams, meanwhile, wasn't so lucky as his Bournemouth side succumbed to Manchester City, as so many do.

They weren’t the only ones to impress. While Christian Pulisic, Malik Tillman, and Antonee Robinson were unavailable, several other USMNT regulars made their mark at the club level. Chris Richards helped Crystal Palace keep a clean sheet, while Weston McKennie showed another layer to his game under a fresh manager.

The November international break is around the corner, and there will be some difficult decisions to make with that squad. This weekend, though, was largely a good one, setting the scene for the roster selection to come later this week.

GOAL looks at the major takeaways from this weekend's Americans Abroad.

Getty Images SportPSV's Pepi problem

Since making his return from injury, Pepi hasn't been starting for PSV. Instead, they've been leaning on Guus Til and Ismael Saibari to lead the attack. Peter Bosz, the club's manager, is the first to acknowledge that, while Til and Saibari have done so many things right, it is a bit unlucky that Pepi isn't getting his chance, too.

"Pepi is my first striker," Bosz said. "It's just that things are going so well right now…. And he understands that."

To Bosz's point, PSV have been scoring without Pepi. Saibari and Til both found the back of the net on Friday, but Pepi made sure he got in on the fun, too, scoring to send a message to his coach that things could be even better with him in the XI.

Pepi netted PSV's fourth in a 5-2 beatdown of Fortuna Sittard, finding the back of the net in the 82nd minute. The goal came as part of a 30-minute cameo, one that Pepi, as always, made the most of. He now has three league goals in less than 300 minutes played. You can mix in his goal and assist in a six-minute cameo against Napoli in the Champions League, too.

It seems, then, that it's a matter of when, not if, Pepi gets back into the starting XI. For now, though, PSV have a good problem: too many goal scorers scoring too many goals.

AdvertisementGetty Images SportAdams stars, but Man City too much for Bournemouth

Adams doesn't score often. In fact, he hadn't scored a single goal since arriving at Bournemouth. That changed on Sunday against Manchester City. For a few minutes, it seemed as if Adams' first Premier League goal would make a difference. It didn't happen that way because Erling Haaland exists, but it's still worth acknowledging what Adams' goal means in the big picture.

After conceding an early goal to Haaland, Bournemouth fought back on Adams' first for the club: a scrappy finish to cap a set piece. What followed was, largely, not Adams' fault. City added two more goals of their own, one from Haaland and one from Nico O'Reilly, to effectively bury in the first 60 minutes en route to a routine 3-0 victory.

Back to Adams, though. He has taken his game to a new level this season, running the show from the midfield. He's also now adding goal contributions to his game, which has long been the big knock against him. At this level, there are few better defensive midfielders in the world. Adams is proving that every week.

Bournemouth will hope that the Adams' late injury scare Adams – he limped off the field – is just that and nothing more serious. They can’t afford to lose him. Sunday was further proof of that.

GettyReason for Reyna optimism

It's no secret that Gio Reyna hasn't had the easiest season, or few seasons, to put it frankly. Maybe this weekend was a sign of progress, then, even if that was ever so slight.

Having played just 36 minutes this month, Reyna got 12 minutes to work in Borussia Monchengladbach's 4-0 win over St. Pauli. In those 12, he looked something like the old Reyna. He created a chance, completed 16 of his 18 passes and completed two passes into the final third. Reyna, to put it simply, was dangerous.

Yes, there are obvious caveats when it comes to the state of the game and the time left in it. But when it comes to Reyna, any sign of progress is worth applauding. The hope is still that, at some point, he can break into the starting XI, but, for now, this cameo provided some reason for optimism for a player that sure could use a little bit of that right now.

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Getty Images SportRichards' usage an issue?

Richards has been playing a lot of soccer recently. He logged another 90 minutes on Saturday in a 2-0 win over Brentford. Even ahead of that game, Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner took aim at the USMNT for Richards' workload.

“My only complaint is the U.S. team didn’t talk to us because Chris was struggling with his calf for many weeks,” he said on Friday. “We talked to them and said he should rest as they were just friendlies. But they played him twice, every single minute. That’s a little bit disappointing. On the other side, we’ve tried to manage his minutes here, resting him against AEK Larnaca, but you can’t cheat your body."

Glasner became the second coach to raise concerns about USMNT duty, following AC Milan’s frustrations over Christian Pulisic’s usage. Yet the U.S. find themselves in a unique situation as World Cup hosts. Yes, they’re playing “friendlies,” but those matches are all they have to prepare without qualifiers.

International soccer is part of every top player’s workload, and it naturally brings fatigue. The USMNT, as a result, are facing growing scrutiny – fair or not. It's a good problem, in a way. It's an indication that Richards is as vital for club as he is for country. As long as that continues, expect Richards to continue being among the first names on Glasner's starting XI. 

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O Internacional anunciou a renovação de contrato do volante Gabriel nesta terça-feira (17). O vínculo anterior do jogador terminaria do fim deste ano. Agora, com o novo acordo, o jogador está comprometido com o Colorado até o final de 2025.

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– Depois de quase dois anos de clube, eu continuo com a mesma mentalidade de ganhar e ser campeão. Muito feliz. Espero continuar escrevendo a história. Tenho certeza que vamos chegar em coisas grandes. O próximo passo são as conquistas. O desejo de continuar da minha parte e desejo do clube de me manter aqui. Saber que eu tive uma temporada passada muito boa e ela foi interrompida por uma lesão que me tirou por nove meses. Isso me deixou muito mal em termos físicos e mentais, mais pelo fato de ficar fora. Fui muito forte e resiliente. Procurei fazer a melhor recuperação. O Inter cuidou muito bem de mim. Hoje, estou me sentindo muito bem. A próxima temporada vai ser ainda melhor – disse Gabriel em entrevista ao canal do Internacional no Youtube.

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Gabriel está no Inter desde fevereiro de 2022 e assumiu rapidamente uma posição de liderançã no time. Em outubro do ano passado, o volante sofreu uma lesão grave no joelho e ficou nove meses afastado dos gramados.

Desde o retorno, Gabriel fez apenas 12 jogos pelo Colorado. O jogador acabou perdendo espaço por conta do excelente momento de Jhonny, com quem disputa posição.

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A próxima partida do Internacional será nesta quarta-feira (18), contra o Bahia, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. O Colorado vive momento crucial para se afastar da zona de rebaixamento e ainda sonha com uma classificação para a Libertadores do ano que vem.

Bangladesh have also had the luxury of rotating their fast bowlers, which Litton said helps with workload management

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Having all their first-choice players available helped Bangladesh turn around their six-match losing streak and seal their maiden T20I series wins against Sri Lanka and Pakistan, captain Litton Das has said.Bangladesh’s 2-1 series win against Pakistan at home came on the back of an away series win in Sri Lanka, with the same margin.”We were facing a [players] crisis in the UAE and Pakistan [in May],” Litton said after winning the recent series against Pakistan. “I didn’t get my best players during those two series. Taskin [Ahmed] wasn’t available. Mustafizur [Rahman] had left for the IPL. We are well aware of Mustafiz’s capability and how dangerous he can be for the opposition. We also had some players unavailable in Pakistan. Those who were there didn’t play up to the mark. I think we had the full set-up against Sri Lanka and Pakistan [this time]. We have to continue playing in such a manner.”Related

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Mustafizur was at his miserly best against Pakistan, conceding at just 2.86 in two games. Taskin took a total of six wickets, while spinners Mahedi Hasan and Rishad Hossain were crucial in the wins in Sri Lanka. Mustafizur had missed two matches in the UAE, while Taskin had missed the series against UAE and Pakistan due to an ankle injury.Left-arm quick Shoriful Islam wasn’t available for the series against Pakistan in May due to an injury, while Bangladesh couldn’t field Rishad and Nahid Rana in a game against UAE due to visa issues, and Rana skipped the Pakistan tour on personal grounds.Litton credited his bowlers for the victories against Pakistan, who were bowled out for low totals in the first two games of the series. “The bowlers definitely had a huge role in this series win,” he said. “They bowled out Pakistan for 110 runs [in the first T20I]. Then we defended 133 runs [in the second T20I]. Those were big challenges. We bowled well even today.”In Sri Lanka, Bangladesh lost the first T20I but turned it around to win the last two to seal the series. Litton said that the Bangladesh bowlers corrected their execution in the next game, to go on and win the last two T20Is.Mustafizur Rahman was at his miserly best in the Pakistan series•BCB

“I think we didn’t score enough in that game in Kandy, where 180 was a par score,” Litton said. “Sri Lanka were in attacking mode that day. I think we were behind on the execution of our plans. We didn’t bowl where we wanted to bowl at the Sri Lankan batters. We followed the same plan and came back into the series (against Sri Lanka).”Bangladesh’s pace bowlers have combined to take 51 wickets, which is 60.71% of all wickets Bangladesh have taken this year in T20Is. What has also impressed is the size of the pace attack. They have used eight pace bowlers this year, accommodating injuries, but in the last two series, Bangladesh have also had the luxury of rotating their fast bowlers.Litton said workload management will be considered going forward, but they are also looking at a bowler’s skillset to determine their selection. “We are fortunate to have some more really good bowlers,” he said. “We don’t want to lose them early. We want to give them enough opportunities, but we also want to consider their health.”Taskin is returning to cricket after a long injury break. We all know that he will have a high chance of more injuries if he plays continually. Shoriful is the same. He had a groin injury in Pakistan. He also had a similar problem in Sri Lanka. We have to determine who plays when and where.”