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Believes Cruz Azul boosts his World Cup chancesScored five goals in 33 games last two seasons with Atlas

He was cut from the Gold Cup roster by Aguirre

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Cruz Azul’s new signing, Jeremy Márquez, was all smiles as he spoke to the media during his official unveiling at the club’s facilities. The 24-year-old midfielder, formerly with Atlas, emphasized that the opportunity to compete for trophies was a major factor in his decision to join La Máquina.

“This is a club that’s always competing at the top, a team that fights for championships, even on the international stage, I came to fight for titles” he said. “Honestly, it’s a club that pulls you in. I had been thinking about Cruz Azul for a while – I always liked the team and had it on my radar.”

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Márquez, who has 12 career goals since debuting in Liga MX, added that his move to Cruz Azul comes at a pivotal time, with the 2026 World Cup getting closer.

“Being at a club like Cruz Azul puts you in the spotlight. If the team is doing well, the exposure increases – and that can help with national team opportunities,” the Mexico youth international said.

In the 2024–25 season, Márquez played 33 games and scored five goals for Atlas. Now with a fresh start in Mexico City, he’ll look to become a key piece under Nicolás Larcamón.

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The 25-year-old midfielder reflected on what led him to join , emphasizing both the club’s history and its current project.

“Cruz Azul has always stood out for its good football,” Márquez said at his introductory press conference. “The style of play, the quality of players, the energy around the team – all of that caught my attention. When the offer came and I saw the direction the club is heading under Larcamón, I didn’t hesitate.”

He added that Cruz Azul had been on his radar for a while

“It’s a big institution. I had thought about coming here before – it’s always been one of those clubs that attracts you," he said.

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Getty Images SportWHAT NEXT FOR CRUZ AZUL?Nicolás Larcamón's team opens its Apertura 2025 campaign this Saturday against Mazatlán FC.

It was the first offence in last 24 months for the India bowler, and he was handed a demerit point

ESPNcricinfo staff29-Jan-2024Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has been reprimanded for breaching level one of the ICC Code of Conduct in the opening Test between India and England in Hyderabad. He was found guilty, and as a result, handed a demerit point.Article 2.12 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, relates to “inappropriate physical contact with a Player, Player Support Personnel, Umpire, Match Referee or any other person (including a spectator during an International Match”.It was Bumrah’s first offence in 24 months, and he accepted the sanction proposed by the match referee Richie Richardson, which meant there was no need of an official hearing.The incident occurred in the 81st over of England’s second innings. Ollie Pope, who scored 196, pushed a delivery through the off side and went for a run, but Bumrah was reported to have intentionally stood in the way, a move which led to physical contact. Pope was not pleased, and was seen taking it to the on-field umpires even as Bumrah put his hands up in apology.Bumrah picked up six wickets in the game, including 4 for 41 in the second innings. He bamboozled Ben Stokes for 70 in the first innings, and dismissed Ben Duckett and Joe Root in successive overs in an inspired spell in the second dig.India lost the first of five Tests against England by 28 runs despite having a first-innings lead of 190. The second Test will be played in Visakhapatnam from February 2.

The first season of Necaxa, a production alongside Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, will premiere on Aug. 7

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On Wednesday, the first trailer for the docuseries was released – a project led by Eva Longoria and producers Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, who are also investors in the Mexican club.

"Football in Mexico is a language — it's the national language. My commitment to Necaxa is personal; it's about culture. I want to show the world the beauty of the Mexican people. It’s the idea of being an underdog one day and a sports empire the next," says Longoria in the trailer, which features scenes of the Aguascalientes-based team.

Ryan Reynolds adds, "We’re thrilled to join the team and be part of its story."

McElhenney and Reynolds, two well-known actors, have had previous success with their purchase of Wrexham, a club that is now in the English Championship after successive promotions under its American ownership.

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Work on the series began back in 2024. In collaboration with FX and Hulu, everything is now set for the launch of the first season. The release date for on Hulu was announced across the social media accounts of everyone involved: Aug 7.

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"I know our best days are ahead of us. It's more than just winning games. We're going to win hearts, we’re going to win pride, we’re going to empower the team. That’s what’s at stake…This is just the beginning," says Longoria in a segment of the trailer.

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Manager Fernando Gago began his journey with the Rayos with a 3-1 loss to reigning champions Toluca. This Friday, they host Querétaro as they look to earn their first three points.

Young Boys have rejected AC Milan's opening bid for Zachary Athekame, with the defender eyed as an alternative to Strasbourg target Guela Doue.

AC Milan's negotiations for Guela Doue hit roadblockSee Zachary Athekame as replacementYoung Boys reject the first bidFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED

According to , Milan's initial bid of €7 million for Athekame has been rejected as it didn't match Young Boy's €10m asking price. The clubs are not far apart in the player's valuation and the Serie A club believe they can get the deal done soon. The Italian side scouted Athekame after not being able to find an agreement to sign Strasbourg's Doue.

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Athekame was signed by Young Boys in 2024 from Swiss second division side Neuchatel Xamax. The 20-year-old didn't take time to cement his position as an integral part of the team as he played 43 games across all competitions, scoring a goal and providing three assists. The right-back also played 10 games for Switzerland's U-21 team. The Italian club appreciate the youngster and believe he has every quality of a modern full-back. 

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Milan's first priority was to sign Doue but the French side were not budging on their asking price of €30m (£26m/$34m) while the Serie A side could only facilitate a deal worth €23m (£20m/$26m). The two sides could not find common ground and the negotiations have since stalled.

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Athekame is a good prospect and can turn out to be a good bet for the Italian side. However, Bologna and Udinese are also reportedly monitoring the player and could swoop in. 

Skipper leads from the front as George Balderson made inroads after Lancashire post 331

ECB Reporters Network11-May-2024Haseeb Hameed posted his first Vitality County Championship hundred since September 2022 and his first since being made captain but his Nottinghamshire side still have work to do to match Lancashire’s first innings total in their Division One match at Trent Bridge, where they trail by 52 runs on 279 for 7.Hameed, who still harbours ambitions of playing Test cricket despite being tried and discarded twice by England, finished day two unbeaten on 137 after hitting 16 fours, although he was dropped on 104 off left-arm spinner Tom Hartley.Hartley went wicketless in 18 overs in his last county match before joining the England squad as they prepare for the upcoming white-ball series against Pakistan and the T20 World Cup as all-rounder George Balderson took the bowling honours for his side. Balderson, who shared a key partnership with Keaton Jennings in Lancashire’s first innings, has 4 for 72 from 22 overs.Lancashire could reflect on a satisfactory morning’s work after Nottinghamshire’s strong finish to day one. Forcing the home side to concede another 25 runs for their last two wickets, most of them courtesy of Tom Bailey’s bat. The 33-year-old seam bowler hit five boundaries in his 42-ball unbeaten 31.Olly Stone, whose performance with the ball on day one deserved more than his one wicket, dismissed Will Williams, caught at second slip, and Saqib Mahmood, who chipped to extra cover, to finish with three for 56 from 23.2 overs.Seeking to overhaul Lancashire’s 331, Nottinghamshire started on the front foot but Ben Slater’s second-over boundary turned out to be his only scoring shot as Mahmood, bowling for the first time in a senior match for 12 months following a stress fracture, claimed his first comeback wicket via an edge to third slip.Hameed and Will Young looked as though they could put that setback behind them, weathering what remained of Mahmood and Tom Bailey’s new-ball offensive, but when Williams replaced Bailey at the Stuart Broad End, Young was dropped at second slip on 17 and then bowled for 27, shouldering arms to a ball that hit his middle stump, having come back sharply off the pitch.A sequence of beautiful shots by Hameed greeted the afternoon, and when Joe Clarke followed a deft steer to the third-man boundary off Bailey with a handsome drive through the covers to greet the return of Mahmood, it appeared the Lancashire bowlers might be in for a tough session.But again a potentially damaging partnership fizzled out as Balderson came back into the attack, his away movement finding a thin edge to have Clarke caught behind before Tom Moores, recalled after a couple of hundreds in the Second XI, rather gave his wicket away with a rash swing outside off stump that saw him caught behind too in Balderson’s next over.Jack Haynes proved to be a more patient accomplice, content with diligent accumulation as his captain cashed in on his form to dominate the bowling, most productively through the on side. Having reached his half-century from 99 balls, Hameed went past 100 in just 63 more, bringing up the milestone with his 15th boundary, tucked away backward of square off Balderson.After going a full season without reaching three figures last year, in which his numbers were generally disappointing after an excellent 2022, there was relief in his celebration on account of that, but also in quelling any fears that the challenge of stepping into Steven Mullaney’s shoes as captain might detract from his batting.It is his first hundred against his former county and his first against First Division bowling since 2016, when he was a 19-year-old prodigy hailed as the ‘new Boycott’ and made hundreds in both innings in the Roses match at Old Trafford.He was promptly put down on 104, a difficult chance coming hard to slip Luke Wells off Hartley, but though Hameed survived Nottinghamshire suffered another setback in the last over before tea, Haynes, on 35, becoming the second batter on the day to be out not playing a stroke as Balderson brought one back to claim his third success.With Hartley and seamer Williams matching each other for economy, Hameed and new batter Lyndon James had to graft for runs after tea, the first 50 runs of their partnership needing 145 deliveries.The sixth-wicket pair reduced the deficit to 83 runs but the second new ball, with which the Nottinghamshire bowlers had enjoyed success on the first day, brought a rapid dividend. James, driving expansively, was caught at first slip as Balderson picked up his fourth scalp, before Calvin Harrison’s bright 21 ended with an edge to second slip off Bailey.

Premier League chiefs are said to be concerned about the "eye-watering" legal fees being incurred over Manchester City's alleged financial breaches.

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Manchester City were charged by the Premier League over 115 alleged breaches of financial rules in February 2023. The long-running saga is yet to be resolved and there has been criticism of the length of time the process is taking to reach a verdict. Fears are also growing that the legal costs from cases involving Manchester City and Chelsea are spiralling out of control and already top £200 million ($266m), according to .

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Elite lawyers are known to charge thousands of pounds an hour for their services, leading to potentially huge legal bills for the Premier League and their clubs. The Premier League has also been embroiled in a legal battle this year with Manchester City over Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules.

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An unnamed club chief told : "The sums involved are eye-watering. And the money that is going to the lawyers is money that could have gone to the clubs."

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Other clubs have also faced legal action recently. Nottingham Forest and Everton have both been involved in cases with the Premier League after being accused of breaching Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR).

England’s record Test wicket-taker could play his final summer as management looks to future

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Why it’s time for Anderson to bid farewell to his Test career

James Anderson looks set to retire from international cricket at the end of England’s home summer.The reported on Friday that Brendon McCullum, England’s Test coach, travelled to the UK from New Zealand earlier this week and told Anderson in person over a round of golf that he intends to look to the future this summer, building towards the 2025-26 Ashes.Anderson became the third man to reach 700 Test wickets earlier this year in the final match of England’s tour to India but had a relatively light workload in India, bowling 110 overs across seven innings. He also struggled to make an impact against Australia last summer, taking five wickets at 85.40 across four Tests.Related

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Anderson 'unlikely' to play for Lancashire before June

He will turn 42 at the end of England’s three-match series against West Indies in July, and could bow out during their subsequent three-match series against Sri Lanka – which starts at his home ground, Emirates Old Trafford, in late August.Anderson is expected to address his future on Saturday, when he appears on the BBC’s coverage of England women’s T20I against Pakistan at Edgbaston. The ECB declined to comment when contacted by ESPNcricinfo on Friday evening.He is yet to feature for Lancashire this summer and said last month that he was unlikely to do so before the end of May at the earliest, managing his workload ahead of the series against West Indies.Rob Key, England men’s managing director, said in a newspaper interview earlier this year that he would look to a new generation of seamers to “take us forward” in the coming years following Stuart Broad’s retirement at the end of last summer, citing Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue, Matt Potts, Gus Atkinson, Matt Fisher, Saqib Mahmood and John Turner.

Chelsea have officially unveiled Estevao Willian a year on from initially announcing his transfer from Palmeiras.

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Chelsea fans have had to wait a year to see Estevao in their shirt but the moment has finally arrived as the Blues begin their pre-season preparations. The young forward joins from Palmeiras having faced his new side at the Club World Cup this summer. But now his extended loan spell with the Brazilian giants is over, he can finally get a taste of life with the World Champions.

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Speaking to the club website, Estevao said: "I am very happy, it feels very rewarding to represent Chelsea, one of the biggest clubs in the world,' Estevao said during his first day at Chelsea. 'I am very happy and I hope to help the team in the best way possible.

"I had almost a year and a half to wait until I arrived here. But it has been a year and a half that I have worked hard and have done my best to get here in the best shape possible.

"I am very, very excited. It is a new experience in my life, a new stage. I am looking forward to it and hope that it will go as well as possible."

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While Estevao's arrival has been anticipated for the best part of 14 months, he faces serious competition for places at Stamford Bridge. The winger will have to fight the likes of Cole Palmer, Jamie Gittens and Pedro Neto for a place in Enzo Maresca's starting XI.

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The 18-year-old may get his first taste of action in a Chelsea shirt when the Blues face Bayer Leverkusen on Friday, before kicking off their Premier League campaign against Crystal Palace on 17 August.

Complete guide to the Red Devils' pre-season preparations, including friendlies and training camps, ahead of the 2025-26 season.

Ruben Amorim will have no excuses as he looks to resurrect the fortunes of Manchester United in 2025-26 after enjoying a full pre-season at the club.

The former Sporting head coach replaced Erik ten Hag mid-way through the 2024-25 campaign and had a tumultuous tenure in his first season, with the Red Devils finishing the season in the bottom half of the Premier League table and losing the Europa League final against Tottenham.

Here, GOAL brings you everything you need to know about Manchester United's pre-season plans ahead of the 2025-26 season. 

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May 28, 2025Manchester United 0-1 ASEAN All-Stars8:45 pm MYT (1:45 pm BST)Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala LumpurMay 30, 2025Manchester United 1-3 Hong Kong8 pm HKT (1 pm BST)Hong Kong Stadium, Hong KongJuly 19, 2025Manchester United 0-0 Leeds United3 pm CET (2 pm BST)Strawberry Arena, StockholmJuly 26, 2025Manchester United 2-1 West Ham7 pm ET (12 midnight BST)MetLife Stadium, East RutherfordJuly 30, 2025Manchester United 4-1 Bournemouth9:30 pm ET (2:30 am BST)Soldier Field, ChicagoAugust 3, 2025Manchester United 2-2 Everton5 pm ET (10 pm BST)Mercedes-Benz Stadium, AtlantaAugust 9, 2025Manchester United 1-1 Fiorentina7:45 am ET (12:45 pm BST)Old Trafford, Manchester

Manchester United lined up friendly games across three continents as they prepare for the 2025-26 campaign. 

The Red Devils kicked off their Asia pre-season tour with back-to-back losses against ASEAN All-Stars in Kuala Lumpur (0-1) and Hong Kong in China (1-3). After that, Ruben Amorim's side headed to Sweden, where they played out a goalless draw against Leeds United in a friendly match on July 19. 

United then jetted off to the States to take part in the Premier League Summer Series. They started with a hard-fought 2-1 win against West Ham in New Jersey (July 26). There were four different scores and an own-goal as they beat Bournemouth 4-1 in Illinois (July 30).  They clinched the Premier League Summer Series after a 2-2 draw with Everton in Georgia (August 3).

They wrapped up their pre-season by hosting Fiorentina on August 9, with the game finishing 1-1.

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Fans can buy tickets to see Manchester United's pre-season games through Ticketmaster or the club's official website.

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MUTV tends to stream select Manchester United pre-season fixtures to an international audience where local broadcasters are not confirmed. Furthermore, it is worth checking the in-house broadcasters of the opposition clubs, so keep an eye on Everton TV, WHTV, LUTV and AFCBTV.

In the United States, games in the 2025 Premier League Summer Series were broadcast exclusively across the NBC Sports network, including Peacock.

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Manchester United is set to kick off their 2025-26 Premier League season against Arsenal. This will be followed by matches against Fulham and Burnley before an early-season Manchester derby. After the derby, they will have a home game at Old Trafford against Chelsea. With the last pre-season game being played on August 9, United will have one week's time to tune up for their return to competitive action.

Jose Mourinho has revealed the truth about Neymar's reported transfer links with Fenerbahce. The Turkish giants were thought to be chasing the Brazilian before he signed a new contract at Santos in June, which runs until the end of 2025. His previous short-term deal, agreed in January, was due to expire this summer, sparking fears he might leave again.

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Mourinho has poured cold water on swirling speculation linking Neymar with a blockbuster switch to Fenerbahce. The former Real Madrid boss has expressed his belief that the Brazilian superstar was never fazed by rumours of a move to Turkey, despite whispers of an offer on the table.

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In an interview with ,Mourinho said Neymar has full freedom to dictate his own destiny, with his priorities no longer revolving around Europe or chasing contracts abroad.

"There wasn't anything. I don't think he cares," Mourinho said when quizzed on Fenerbahce's supposed approach. "He can choose his future and where he's happiest. He's already won the biggest competition in Europe, he's won financially in Saudi Arabia, which… It's not even worth thinking about the zeros. Now he's back in Brazil, to his passion."

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Neymar’s sights are clearly set further ahead. Mourinho believes the 33-year-old has one burning ambition left: finally conquering the World Cup with Brazil. 

"He's certainly more interested in the year that ends with the World Cup (2026), which is incredibly important for him, who has had so many frustrations with the Brazilian team. I think that will be a major focus," he added.

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However, the last week has been tough for Neymar as Santos were utterly dismantled 6-0 by Vasco da Gama in the Brazilian Serie A. Philippe Coutinho, Neymar’s former Barcelona team-mate, stole the headlines with a dazzling brace as Vasco embarrassed Santos at the MorumBIS.