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[ad_1] When Jed Wallace walked into West Bromwich Albion’s training ground for the first time, club staff were confident they had secured one of the Championship’s signings of the summer. Fifty-six combined league goals and assists across his final three seasons with Millwall enticed second-tier clubs with even the slimmest chance of landing his services to make an approach, with his status as a free agent only making a deal more straightforward. While his on-the-field exploits initially put him on their radar, Albion’s higher-ups put equal value into his reputation…

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[ad_1] Manchester United co-owner Avram Glazer has held talks with potential investors during his trip to Doha for the World Cup, including from Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The Glazer family announced their intention to “explore strategic alternatives” for United “including new investment into the club, a sale, or other transactions” in November. The Raine Group, who are acting as United’s exclusive financial advisor, is aiming for a full sale of the club in the first quarter of 2023 at a price between £6billion and £7bn. The nature of the talks…

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[ad_1] Gareth Southgate will stay on as England manager. The Football Association has now confirmed that Southgate will stay in charge of the national team, with the aim of seeing out the final two years of his contract. There had been a widespread expectation that he would quit after the World Cup, but he has now decided to stay on. After England lost their World Cup quarter-final against France, the 52-year-old said: “Whenever I finish these tournaments I have needed time to take the correct decisions. “Emotionally you go through…

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[ad_1] VANCOUVER — The Canucks and Jets shared a few similarities going into this season. Both teams were coming off a disappointing 2021-22 campaign where they fell short of the playoffs. Questions were raised in both markets about whether the existing core needed to be dismantled, especially as Pierre-Luc Dubois reportedly communicated his desire to test free agency in 2024 and as Mark Scheifele questioned his own future at the end of last season. Both clubs took a high-leverage gamble to double down on their core without making many splashy…

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[ad_1] LAS VEGAS, Nev. — No matter the system changes, no matter who comes in and out of the lineup, and maybe even no matter the potential alterations general manager Lou Lamoriello makes to the roster over the next few weeks, it seems evident that the Islanders are only going to go as far as their goaltending takes them. That’s not necessarily a tragedy. When Ilya Sorokin is on his game he’s one of the best goalies in the league. He’s backed up by a veteran who has played 15…

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[ad_1] CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — With just over 11 minutes left in the second half of Houston’s 69-61 win at Virginia on Saturday, star freshman forward Jarace Walker was playing, literally and figuratively, long after the whistle. Virginia forward Ben Vander Plas had just been fouled out top, and Vander Plas was doing what struggling shooters do after the whistle is blown: He was shooting. As the two teams sauntered to the sideline for a TV timeout, Vander Plas chucked up a 3 from near where he was fouled. That rimmed…

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[ad_1] First, the Colts fired Frank Reich and replaced him with a guy who had zero coaching experience at the college and NFL level, which was insult enough. Then the same comically inept organization did him dirty one more time: With the whole country watching (again, and again the Monday after next), they were victims of the greatest comeback in NFL history, a meltdown of biblical proportions, leading 33-0 over the Minnesota Vikings at halftime before losing 39-36 in overtime. That meltdown allowed Kirk Cousins and the Vikings to surpass…

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[ad_1] The Gators are leaving Las Vegas with a mandate to rebuild and not much else. Decimated and dominated, they absorbed a 30-3 loss to No. 14 Oregon State on Saturday, the best aspect of which was that it ended with four days remaining before the early signing period. Florida coaches are primed to land a top-10 recruiting class — while seeking help from many corners of the transfer portal — as they turn over a roster that produced the program’s first consecutive losing seasons since 1978-79. More observations from…

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[ad_1] MINNEAPOLIS — Most of them didn’t even know. DeForest Buckner sat at his locker, picking a scab from his knee, trying to stop the blood from trickling down his shin. “Shoot, I’m in disbelief, man,” the defensive tackle said. “We preach the word ‘FINISH’ all the time around here. But we don’t finish.” Across the room, Quenton Nelson slumped in his seat, his eyes fixed on the floor, his mind lost in thought. The Pro Bowl guard sat silently, trying to process what he’d just been a part of…

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