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data-mm-id=”_z0t4km9th”>Golf fans were thrilled to hear Netflix is bringing back its docuseries “Full Swing,” which chronicles the lives of men’s professional golfers, for a third season in 2025. The show has taken fans behind the scenes at marquee events such as the Masters and Ryder Cup, detailed the struggles of life on the road and featured rising stars in the game and their families. While not every episode is a hit – insert Ian Poulter in Season One and anything Zach Johnson said in Season Two here – the series has been widely praised by both casual and hardcore golf fans.The 2024 professional golf season wasn’t short on storylines, and there may still be more to come with the FedExCup Fall events and Presidents Cup still to come. Here are a handful storylines fans wa…
Arsenal have identified a number of midfield targets amidst the growing possibility Jorginho will leave the club this summer, according to reports.
Jorginho is out of contract at the end of the season and there have been rumours that he is eyeing a return to Italy.
Arsenal: Jorginho could leave this summer
The 32-year-old last played in Serie A in 2018, joining Chelsea from Napoli for around £50million.
He won the Champions League and Europa League during his time at Stamford Bridge and made the surprising move to London rivals Arsenal last January.
Mikel Arteta was eager to sign Moises Caicedo from Brighton but ended up turning to Jorginho as an alternative when the Seagulls were not willing to sell for less than £100m.
The Italian has surpri…
Man Utd prepared to sell almost any player they receive a reasonable bid for this summer, including Marcus Rashford, according to reports.
There are set to be big changes at Old Trafford over the summer after Sir Jim Ratcliffe completed his deal to buy 27.7 per cent of the club earlier this year.
Ratcliffe and INEOS have already moved to bring in Omar Berrada as the club s new CEO from arch-rivals Man City, while Jason Wilcox has joined from Southampton as the new technical director.
, who is currently on gardening leave, in from Newcastle as the Red Devils new sporting director.
Ratcliffe is determined to avoid the same mistakes they ve been making in the transfer market for the last decade in a huge overhaul of the recruitment department.
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Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has hit out at Gary Neville, as his comments about the Premier League club were outrageous .
have been docked four points this season for breaching the Premier League s Profit and Sustainability rules but they are pretty much safe ahead of their final game of the 2023/24 campaign on Sunday against Burnley.
Nuno Espirito Santo s side are three points clear of 18th-placed Luton Town and they also have a superior goal difference, with a 12-goal gap between the two teams.
Nottm Forest feels they have been hard done to by referee decisions this season. At the start of this year, they made the controversial decision of appointing ex-Premier League official Mark Clattenburg as their in-house referee analyst.
Clattenbu…
Erik ten Hag has growing support from some of the Man Utd hierarchy as they continue to deliberate the Dutchman s future, according to reports.
Ten Hag had a positive first season in charge of the Red Devils last term with the Dutchman guiding his side to an FA Cup final, League Cup sucess and a top-four finish in the Premier League.
But this season had been heading for disaster after they were knocked out of the Champions League before Christmas and recorded an eighth-placed finish in the Premier League but their FA Cup final win over Man City on Saturday has salvaged some success from the campaign.
that Man Utd were set to sack Ten Hag after the FA Cup final, even if he won the competition.
The Red Devils did the unexpected on Saturday with most peop…
Trent Alexander-Arnold is in pole position to start Euro 2024 as Declan Rice s midfield partner as Cole Palmer has been handed a boost in his bid to start against Serbia.
Alexander-Arnold started in midfield alongside Conor Gallagher in , and a report suggests he s beaten off competition from the Chelsea man, Kobbie Mainoo and Adam Wharton to play in the Three Lions double pivot alongside Rice.
Given No.8 shirt for a reason
The Liverpool star scored in that game having moved to right-back and looked more comfortable in his natural position, but with Kyle Walker sure to start in that role, and Gareth Southgate keen on having Alexander-Arnold s passing range as a weapon, .
England have nearly a week of training ahead of their Group C opener against Serbia on Su…
Gary Lineker has criticised England boss Gareth Southgate for insulting his players over his comments about replacing Kalvin Phillips.
have picked up four points from two games in Group C following a 1-0 win against Serbia and a 1-1 draw with Denmark at Euro 2024.
However, the team have faced criticism for their performances after defending deep against Serbia and struggling to impose themselves during the Denmark clash.
has not worked so far with the Liverpool right-back brought off early in both their opening two matches.
And , a player who was a regular under the Three Lions boss before he was dropped from the squad before the Euros.
Commenting on Southgate s quotes, : It s insulting to some of the players that are there, and also it s wrong…
Jordan Pickford was the shoot-out hero as England kept their Euro 2024 dreams alive by beating Switzerland on penalties to reach the semi-finals.
Three years on from being denied the continental crown on spot-kicks, they had to fight their demons from 12 yards to continue their quest to go one better in Germany.
Bukayo Saka cancelled out Breel Embolo’s opener to take the quarter-final to extra-time and onto penalties after it ended 1-1, with the England star converting to bury the ghosts of his Euro 2020 final miss.
But Pickford was the star as he saved Manuel Akanji’s penalty, with Trent Alexander-Arnold wrapping up a 5-3 triumph to spark bedlam in Dusseldorf and seal a semi-final spot.
It was a dramatic end to an edgy encounter and England’s firs…