The 2021 Copa America has been surrounded by a great deal of controversy in recent weeks. The tournament had been due to be played in Colombia and Argentina, but has since been swi
Barcelona, 25 years since he left the club.
He has been announced as
Joan Laporta s new sporting advisor at the Blaugrana and is excited to be back. I left the club 25 years ago and it s been a long track record since then, it s like coming home, he told
Barcelona s club media channels. I also know this place very well and that will help me in my work. The motivation is enormous. This is a very special club for me and my family. It gives me immense pride to be here and I ll give my all to help the team and the club.
Real Madrid have no plans to dip into the transfer market this summer other than to fulfil their dream of signing Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain. Carlo Ancelotti, then, is
Max Verstappen set the fastest time in the first practice session Friday for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Verstappen set a time of 1 minute, 43.184 seconds in his Red Bull to beat Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc by .043 seconds. The second Ferrari of
Carlos Sainz was third, .337 seconds off the pace.
Mercedes didn t challenge for the top positions, with
Lewis Hamilton seventh and
Valtteri Bottas 10th.
Verstappen heads into the weekend as championship leader for the first time after winning the Monaco Grand Prix.
Leclerc took pole position in Monaco but couldn t start the race because of car damage. Leclerc has predicted Ferrari would drop back in Azerbaijan because the circuit has a long straight section.
England have confirmed that the injury picked up by Trent Alexander-Arnold during their friendly match with Austria is serious enough to rule him out of the upcoming European Champ