Arsenal have stepped up talks with Newcastle in a bid to sign Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, according to reports on Tuesday.

Gianni Infantino's bid for a fourth and final term as FIFA president next March is increasingly shaping up as a political battle, with his once-solid global support beginning to fracture even as Africa appears determined to remain his strongest pillar.

Reigning league champions Bashundhara Kings, runners-up Abahani and Fakirerpool Young Mens Club are set to get three more days to resolve their FIFA registration bans after the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) extended the deadline for submitting club licensing documents until August 7.

The Premier League has never been afraid of change. Players come and go, fortunes rise and fall, owners rewrite club identities almost overnight. Yet for nearly four decades there was always a familiar figure standing in one of English football's biggest technical areas.

Hannan, Bangladesh's highest run-scorer during the Tigers' only previous Test tour of Australia in 2003, believes restraint outside off stump will be crucial

The crisis triggered by FIFA President Gianni Infantino's abandoned proposal to sell off a stake in the World Cup deepened on Tuesday with influential executives publicly distancing themselves from the project while scrambling to contain the damage.

A total of 17 players from the qualifying squad retained their places.

Asked whether England had a problem with alcohol, Stokes rejected the suggestion.

Fans wearing red and black AC Milan shirts, former team mates and opponents bade farewell to Franco Baresi as the funeral of the much-loved defender was held at the city's Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio on Tuesday.

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said the decision to scrap FIFA president Gianni Infantino's controversial plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup was "absolutely necessary and beyond question".

Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen joined Ajax on loan for the 2026/27 season on Tuesday.

There has been excitement around Alexandra Eala for years. On Monday, the 21-year-old Filipina finally gave the tennis world tangible proof that the hype was justified

New AC Milan coach Ruben Amorim vowed on Tuesday to honour the legacy of club legend Franco Baresi, who died last week, as he sets about reviving the fortunes of the ailing Italian giants.

The pacer will undergo further assessments after a week before entering the main phase of his recovery, with the rehabilitation period estimated at eight weeks from the date of injury.

Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Claudio Tapia has described the current national team as the greatest in the country's history, saying their record of reaching five finals and winning four sets them apart from every previous generation.

The Portuguese playmaker, who officially began life as a Real Madrid player on Tuesday, said the club's unmatched history and winning culture left him with no doubts when the offer arrived.

Babar, the only visitor to emerge with any credit from a disastrous second innings of the first Test when he finished unbeaten on 58, was again unbowed on 86.

The commemorative shirt features the slogan prominently on the front, reaffirming Argentina's long-standing claim over the Falkland Islands, which the country refers to as the Islas Malvinas.

The sisters, who have won 14 major doubles titles and three Olympic gold medals, last played doubles together at the 2022 US Open.

Palacios, 21, and Real academy product Garcia, 22, will reunite with former coach Alvaro Arbeloa at Fulham.