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Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea has been named in the Premier League club’s squad for a pre-season tour of the United States despite reported interest from Spanish giants Real Madrid. The 24-year-old former Atletico Madrid player has been linked with a move to Real after goalkeeper Iker Casillas ended his 16-season spell at the Bernabeu by joining Porto. De ...

Barcelona’s Spain forward Pedro has revealed the La Liga champions have received offers for him after agreeing to reduce the size of his buyout clause amid reports he is poised to join English champions Chelsea. A World Cup and European Championship winner with La Roja, Pedro, 27, lost his place in the Barca starting line-up following the arrival of Uruguay ...

Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will win “four or five more Grand Slams” in the next two years, according to former world number one John McEnroe. Djokovic, 28, beat Roger Federer on Sunday to retain his title, his third at SW19 and his ninth Major in total. “Novak is just coming into his prime and it is pretty hard not to ...

Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling has been withdrawn from the club’s pre-season tour, with the Reds in talks over a transfer with Manchester City. Sterling has asked to leave Anfield and was the subject of two bids from City in June, which were rejected. The 20-year-old is under contract until 2017, but has turned down a new £100,000-a-week deal at Liverpool. He ...

Serena Williams beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza to win Wimbledon for the sixth time and complete the ‘Serena Slam’ as the holder of all four major titles. The 33-year-old American won 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court to claim her 21st Grand Slam title and third of 2015. Williams withstood a late fightback from 20th seed Muguruza, 21, to come through in ...

Crowds have gathered in Manhattan for a rare ticker-tape parade to honour the US women’s football team, fresh from their victory at the World Cup. Some onlookers took their seats along the stretch of Broadway, the Canyon of Heroes, in the early hours. Spectators wearing star-spangled headbands and waving American flags cheered the players as they passed on an open-topped ...

Fenerbahce have opened transfer talks with Manchester United over signing Netherlands striker Robin van Persie, the Turkish club said on Thursday. The 31-year-old joined United from Arsenal for £24 million in August 2012 and had an impressive debut season, finishing as the Premier League’s top scorer as the Old Trafford side won the title. But the Dutchman struggled for form ...

World number one Serena Williams brushed aside fourth seed Maria Sharapova to set up a Wimbledon final against Spain’s Garbine Muguruza. The American, 33, extended her winning run against Sharapova to 17 matches over 11 years with a 6-2 6-4 victory. Williams could win a sixth Wimbledon and 21st major title on Saturday, when she can also complete a ‘Serena ...

Arsenal captain Mikel Arteta has signed a one-year contract extension, the Premier League club announced on Wednesday. The 33-year-old Spanish midfielder joined the north London club from Everton in 2011 and has since made 136 appearances — winning the FA Cup in 2014 and 2015. “He will stay with us for one more year because he has extended his contract,” ...

Budapest has announced  its intention to bid to host the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. The Hungarian capital joins Rome, Boston, Hamburg and Paris as cities expected to submit bids to host the Games. Hungary is the only one of the 10 most successful medal-winning countries at the Summer Olympics never to have hosted the event. The deadline for cities to ...