Report details when tide turned in Florian Wirtz choosing Liverpool over Bayern Munich — did the executives and coaching staff give mixed messages?

There is a bizarre report coming out of England, which implies that someone at Bayern Munich killed the club’s hopes for signing Florian Wirtz. Previously, reports indicated that Bayern Munich has an inconsistent plan for Wirtz with the executives communicating one thing and Kompany stating another. There were also reports that Liverpool FC’s Arne Slot … Read more

Silva fires back at Topuria over ‘imitation’ games: ‘I did better than you’

Ilia Topuria and Jean Silva may no longer be in the same weight class (here’s why), but that isn’t stopping them from going back-and-forth through the media. Silva kicked things off by laying out a laundry list of alleged holes in Topuria’s game before offering to help Charles Oliveira prepare for his career-defining fight against … Read more

Everything I did was for my country, Duterte says via daughter

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Philippine ex-president Rodrigo Duterte, facing International Criminal Court charges over his deadly narcotics crackdown, said “everything I did, I did for my country,” his daughter told reporters Friday. Sara Duterte, who is also her country’s vice president, was briefing journalists at the detention centre in The Hague after a long conversation … Read more

Alejandro Balde says Barcelona did an ‘incredible job’ beating Rayo Vallecano to move top of La Liga table

Barcelona defender Alejandro Balde felt his side did an “incredible job” in beating Rayo Vallecano 1-0 in La Liga on Monday night. A single goal from Robert Lewandowski was enough to inflict a first defeat of 2025 on Rayo and send Hansi Flick’s side top of the table in Spain. Here’s what Balde made of … Read more