Arsenal had been strongly linked with a bid for the German flyer in January and were believed to have been deep into negotiations with Schalke, but with the deal having not been completed, there was a suggestion that Bayern could hijack their bid and bring the young forward to the Allianz Arena instead. But chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has dismissed such talk out of hand, ruling out any move for Draxler in the near future....
Bayern president expects €200m transfer Leipzig had previously been unbeaten in their maiden top-flight campaign, but fell to a 1-0 defeat at lowly Ingolstadt, whose Bavarian neighbours Bayern thrashed Wolfsburg 5-0 to take pole position on goal difference. And Rummenigge now wants to reward Ingolstadt - who moved off the bottom with victory - for their efforts. “Now they can have a cartload of sausages and beer from Munich, then they can support us at a distance,” he said....
Alaba scored the third goal in Bayern’s 3-1 win at Signal Iduna Park, a result that moved them four points clear at the top of the Bundesliga. FCB 15/2 to win CL However, his performance came at a cost, the full-back withdrawn in the 74th minute. Further tests have revealed a muscle injury and the Austrian Football Association confirmed he would not feature in next week’s clash with Uruguay in Vienna....
Goals from Toni Kroos, Mario Gotze and Franck Ribery saw the unbeaten Bavarians claim the championship with a history-making seven games to spare. Bayern's victory in the German capital saw the club move to 77 points from 27 rounds of action, meaning it could also yet break its own record points haul of 91, which was set last year. Of course, the Bavarians are also perfectly placed to pull off a second successive treble, as they are already through to the semifinals of the DFB-Pokal and will next month play Manchester United in the quarterfinals of the Champions League....
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Baylor announced on Wednesday it promoted Kristan Tucker to succeed Crawford. Tucker had been serving as Baylor’s senior deputy Title IX coordinator. MORE: Baylor football fighting to restore integrity “Kristan Tucker is a capable and experienced Title IX professional, and I have full confidence in her ability to lead our Title IX Office,” Baylor’s interim president David E. Garland said in a statement. “Kristan has been an integral part of our efforts to build a strong and responsive Title IX Office, and she serves, alongside her staff members, on implementation teams focused on the recommendations from Pepper Hamilton....
Looking at the rest of Baylor’s schedule, those odds are a tough sell. After a bye week this week, the Bears are at Kansas State, home vs. Oklahoma, at Oklahoma State, at TCU and home vs. Texas. No gimmes in that run. More college football: Week 9 opening line report | Week 8 bad beats Russell, who needs surgery on his neck after sustaining damage to the cervical vertebra in Saturday’s game against Iowa State, is being replaced by freshman Jarrett Stidham....
Police said Gathers was spotted by a store employee loading two pillows, a tote bag, a water dispenser and trash can into his shopping cart before leaving the retailer in Waco, Texas, on June 1, according to the Waco Tribune-Herald. The items were valued at $171. MORE: NCAA basketball needs to change to quarters | Dick Vitale signs contract extension with ESPN The employee recognized Gathers, who police said has been suspected of stealing items during previous visits to the store, and provided investigators with surveillance footage from the incident two days later....
Bayreuth trailed their German rivals by 11 points in the third quarter and were nine adrift in the fourth, but rallied to take a five-point advantage on the road. Gabe York top scored with 18 points, while Nate Linhart and James Robinson finished with 14 apiece to give Bayreuth the edge. Thomas Walkup poured in 19 points and grabbed five rebounds for a Ludwigsburg side that must raise their game in the second leg at Oberfrankenhalle next Wednesday....
The amount the players will be receiving is equal to the actual match fee they receive. Hence, the first-team players will be receiving ₹ 15 lakhs while the reserve players will be receiving ₹ 7.5 lakhs each. Meanwhile, the coaches will receive ₹ 25 lakhs each and the support staff will receive bonuses equivalent to their pro-rata salary/professional fee. After the draw at Sydney in the final Test, India ended a 71-year wait of winning a Test series in Australia....
Controversial fast bowler S Sreesanth’s much-hyped comeback to the game has hit a roadblock as the Board of Control for Cricket in India has denied him a No Objection Certificate (NOC), which effectively ends his hopes of turning up for the Scotland Cricket League. “The BCCI has an internal mechanism and it was their disciplinary committee which slapped a life ban on Sreesanth after conducting its own probe in the Indian Premier League (IPL) match-fixing case in which he was arrested in 2013,” IANS said quoting a source....
Former Indian international, Patil, served as the selection committee chairman until before the New Zealand series and earlier in the week revealed that Sachin Tendulkar was likely to be dropped from the ODI side if he hadn’t quit himself and Dhoni might have been replaced as captain before the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Also Read: India vs New Zealand 2016: K.L.Rahul injured, Gautam Gambhir possible replacement for the Kolkata Test...
The season will start from October this year and end on March 2016, in the build-up to the 2016 World Twenty20 tournament, which will be played in India after the completion of the domestic season. The Deodhar trophy will be played on a three-team format comprising the champions of the Vijay Hazare tournament and two other teams which will be selected by the selectors. The Ranji Trophy will begin on October 1, the Vinoo Mankad trophy for men Under-19 will begin on October 1, the womens U-19 One-Day competition will begin on September 20, the C....
Mostly, it’s in the form of fearless young PGA Tour players who are excelling early in their careers. MORE: PGA Tour 2015 schedule: Tiger tees it up early “Tiger was the reason that working out become popular,” tour veteran Charles Howell III said, according to The Associated Press. “These (younger) guys, it’s like they used him as a benchmark. When I came out (on tour), Tiger had this massive intimidation factor....
Footage of the close encounter was captured by guests at the party that Laura Majidian threw for her 2-year-old son on Sunday in West Hartford, Connecticut. Black Bears in America The video is a reminder that black bears reside in heavily forested areas across the United States, with more than 8,600 reported bear sightings in Connecticut in 2021 alone, according to the state. While bears are normally wary of humans, food-motivated bears can lose their fear of people and often search for food where people have disposed of it, including in trash cans left outside....
To give their current kicking candidates the ultimate test in being unnerved going up to kick a field goal, coach Matt Nagy and special teams coordinator Chris Tabor are implementing the “Augusta silence” during OTAs to make sure their kickers feel the pressure. “No one talks,” Tabor said, via ESPN. “Obviously we’re doing the ‘Augusta silence’ [for a reason]. That’s been awesome. I am used to people yelling at me....
The three North American countries are competing with Morocco to host world football’s showpiece event, with a decision to be made on June 13. Last week, FIFA confirmed the joint bid had scored four out of five in its evaluation report, receiving a better score than their African opponents, who managed just 2.7. Disgraced former FIFA president Sepp Blatter publicly backed Morocco’s proposal, but the United bid has its own high-profile supporter in Beckham....
The former Manchester United star and England captain will take up a role as a director of the National League club after passing the FA’s approval tests. Salford, who confirmed the news via Twitter, will present Beckham to fans at the Peninsula Stadium when they host Maidstone United on Saturday. Beckham joins ex-United team-mates from the ‘Class of ‘92’ in investing in the club, including Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt....
While the first trailer was created in-engine, much of what was shown teased what fans could expect from the actual gameplay. Maps look to be massive, each with their own story reasons for the in-game fighting, while destruction makes a big return and enhanced by in-game events and weather effects. As the first trailer continues to get dissected, fans didn’t have to wait long as actual multiplayer gameplay was finally revealed at Microsoft’s E3 2021 press conference....
EA and DICE haven’t yet allowed players to go hands-on with the rest of Battlefield 2042’s maps. However, they did give fans a sneak peek at three of them earlier today. RELATED: Battlefield 2042 Specialist Sundance is Non-Binary The Battlefield Twitter account shared a short video showcasing gameplay in the Renewal, Breakaway, and Discarded maps. The whole video is just over a minute long, but EA and DICE manage to cram a lot into that short segment....
