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Manchester City have signed goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma from Paris St-Germain after selling Ederson to Fenerbahce.Switzerland defender Manuel Akanji also completed a move away from City before the transfer deadline, joining Inter Milan on a season-long loan.City have agreed to pay £26m for Donnarumma, who has joined them on a five-year deal with the option of a further year.The 26-year-old had become surplus to requirements at Ligue 1 and Champions League winners PSG following the signing of Lucas Chevalier from Lille.The former AC Milan keeper has already made 412 club appearances and also played 74 times for Italy, helping them beat…

By Grant Brisbee, Chad Jennings and Levi WeaverEvery week,​ we​ ask a selected group of our baseball​ writers​ — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results.It’s not time for award arguments yet. It is time for award-based scrutiny, though. There are favorites for some of the awards, and there are runaway favorites for others, but there are also awards that should be a happy mess, with several worthy contenders. What they do in September will matter quite a bit.For some teams, this will be a side note as they charge…

Nick ParkinsonSep 1, 2025, 07:49 AM ETCloseReports on boxing for ESPN.com and has been covering British boxing for over 25 years.Two of this generation’s best boxers meet on Sept. 13 when undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez takes on WBA junior middleweight champion Terence Crawford to settle a debate as to who is best after six years of competing for ESPN’s pound-for-pound top spot.Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) is boldly stepping up two weight classes to challenge Canelo, boxing’s biggest earner for most of the past decade.While Canelo’s star appeal remains as bright as ever, he enters the ring facing an…

DJ Bien-AimeSep 1, 2025, 03:15 PM ETCloseDJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets for the New York Daily News. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show “Talkin’ Texans.”HOUSTON — Coach DeMeco Ryans said Monday that he expects safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to be “ready for Week 1,” as the Houston Texans prepare to kick off the 2025 season against the Los Angeles Rams.Gardner-Johnson has been sidelined since Aug. 7 with a knee injury…

Marie McManamon seeks to erase the memory of her promotional debut disappointment. The English-Irish striker faces dangerous newcomer Selina Flores in her most important career crossroads. McManamon faces WBC Muay Thai World Champion Flores in atomweight Muay Thai action at ONE Fight Night 36 on Friday, October 3, inside Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The London-based fighter enters seeking her first ONE Championship victory after suffering a setback in her debut appearance. She challenged Allycia Hellen Rodrigues for the atomweight crown at ONE Fight Night 29 in March. The fourth-round TKO loss stung but revealed her heart and technical skills…

From the reigning champions to the most humble newly-promoted team, everyone has been busy wheeling and dealing this summer. Giancarlo Rinaldi tries to assess this year’s Calciomercato winners and losers.It is a great Italian summer pastime of pure conjecture and very little substance. Fans of every team pore over their sports paper to look at a little grid which shows the players they have bought, sold and are interested in. It is impossible to say with any certainty who has done the best business until the action actually begins, but that never stops people from trying. Last season, for example,…

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was carted off the field Monday night after he went down with an apparent non-contact knee injury.Gurriel was working to track down a deep shot from Texas Rangers first baseman Rowdy Tellez in the sixth inning of a 7-5 loss in Phoenix. Fellow outfielder Blaze Alexander beat Gurriel to the ball and actually made an incredible diving catch for the out to end the inning. But as Alexander went to dive, Gurriel planted hard on his right knee in an effort to get out of the way.AdvertisementGurriel’s knee wobbled hard, which sent him crashing…

Promoter Tom Loeffler has reignited debate over one of heavyweight boxing’s most famous nights, insisting Vitali Klitschko should have been allowed to continue against Lennox Lewis. The 2003 clash in Los Angeles ended in the sixth round when Klitschko, ahead on all three scorecards, was pulled out due to a severe cut above his left eye. The stoppage handed Lewis a TKO victory in what proved to be the final fight of his Hall of Fame career. Speaking two decades on, Loeffler, who guided the Klitschko brothers throughout their world championship reigns, says the decision robbed fans of a potentially…

On Monday night, North Carolina coach Bill Belichick had his first post-game press conference since his last game as the Patriots head coach. It came on the heels of the most points ever surrendered by a Belichick-coached team.“You know, we need to do a better job all the way around — coaching, playing, all three phases of the game, just wasn’t up to what it needs to be,” Belichick told reporters. “I know we’re lot better than that. So we’ll need to work on those things and show it on Saturday . . . , but give TCU credit, they…

Tom Aspinall’s father wants to see the UFC champ get paid in full.The Tom Aspinall era is upon us after the British heavyweight got promoted from interim titleholder to undisputed champion over the summer.Instead of unifying the title in a super-fight against Jon Jones, the new UFC Heavyweight Champion will make his first undisputed title defense vs. Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 321 on Oct. 25.Joining Aspinall along for the ride is his father and longtime coach, Andy Aspinall, who wouldn’t mind seeing his son make more money elsewhere.Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLCTom Aspinall’s dad expresses desire…