West Ham will turn attacking midfielder Said Benrahma’s loan from Brentford into a permanent deal. The Hammers paid £4.25m to take the 25-year-old Algeria international on loan and will pay another £21.75m to buy the player outright. (Eurosport)external-link Chelsea are interested in signing 20-year-old striker Erling Braut Haaland from Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich’s Austrian…
Peter Lawwell says he first raised the possibility of retiring last yearCeltic chief executive Peter Lawwell is to leave his position at the end of June, with Dominic McKay moving from Scottish Rugby as his replacement. The reigning Scottish champions have announced that Lawwell has decided to retire after 17 years in the role. McKay…
At the moment it feels like we want six Manchester City players in our squads. I’ve got the double defence of John Stones and Ruben Dias and I brought Ilkay Gundogan in to replace Kevin de Bruyne in gameweek 20, so I was delighted to see him continue his remarkable goal-scoring form. But I also…
It has been a year since Bruno Fernandes signed for Manchester United and his arrival has “single-handedly” changed the fortunes of the club, according to one pundit. Prior to Fernandes joining from Sporting Lisbon for £47m in last season’s January transfer window, the Red Devils had suffered back-to-back to defeats and were in fifth place…
Grosjean will miss this weekend’s Sakhir GP event while burns on his hands heal, and his place will be taken by reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi. However, he wants to return for the last race of the season, assuming he gets medical clearance to drive. He will also stay an extra night in hospital as his…
As motor racing’s governing body begins a detailed investigation into Romain Grosjean’s escape from his terrifying accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix, Todt said the way the car burst in to flames was a key issue for him. In an exclusive video interview with Motorsport.com, Todt admitted that the Grosjean crash had been ‘scary’ to…
Having had an unbroken run since he made his debut at the 2007 Australian Grand Prix, Hamilton is definitely out of the Sakhir Grand Prix and may yet miss the season finale in Abu Dhabi. But the surprise of Hamilton’s positive test is increased by the fact that the Mercedes driver had been one of…
The team has always been well-prepared with reserve drivers on standby should anything happen to either Hamilton or Valtteri Bottas, but by learning of this news so early in the week, it has more time to consider the decision. Mercedes said on Tuesday morning that it would announce “in due course” who will be replacing…
Having run a pair of standalone events on a purpose-built track at the Utah Motorsports Complex in 2018 and 2019, Nitro Rallycross will expand to five rounds next year, with plans to grow to a 10-round global series in 2022, with events in North America, Europe and the Middle East. For 2022, the series will introduce…
Long-time Nissan GT500 driver de Oliveira delivered the marque its first title in SUPER GT’s lower division since 2015 last weekend alongside Kondo Racing teammate Kiyoto Fujinami, as the pair finished second in the season finale at Fuji Speedway. It follows a tough first season in the GT300 ranks for de Oliveira, who moved to…