Carlos Sainz says updates that are hopefully forthcoming could solve Ferrari’s current weakness and “completely change” its season. The Italian outfit was hoping that its disappointing opening display in Bahrain had been track-specific, but last weekend’s performance in Jeddah clearly showed that the Scuderia has lost significant ground this season to Red Bull. Although Charles Leclerc qualified well in Saudi Arabia, conceding just 0.155s to poleman Sergio Perez in Q3, Sunday’s race saw both Ferrari…

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Sale Sharks and England centre Manu Tuilagi has not been cited for his challenge on Harlequins fly-half Tommy Allan at the Stoop. Tuilagi mistimed his tackle on Allan during Sale’s 24-16 victory over Quins in the Premiership on Sunday, with the challenge forcing the Italian fly-half off the pitch. ‘I don’t see any foul play there’ The incident occurred in the 55th minute when Sale Sharks scrum-half Gus Warr stuck a box-kick up, which Allan…

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L’Équipe report today that Marseille are closing in on the signing of Manchester City’s right wing-back Issa Kabore, who spent last year out on loan at Ligue 1 side Troyes, who are part of the City Football Group. Foot Mercato report that an agreement has been found between the two clubs, and that the player is expected to travel to Marseille today. OM were initially in talks with the Burkina Faso international back in early July, as he…

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According to Gianluca Di Marzio, Serie B side Cagliari are targeting AS Monaco’s Antonio Barreca (27), who spent last season on loan at Leece.  The Italian left-back, who spent half a year on loan at Newcastle United during the 2018/19 season, has only made nine appearances for Monaco since joining from Torino for €10m in 2018.  He spent last season on loan at Serie B side Leece, making 24 appearances for the club in all competitions, and…

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Sergio Perez said he was determined not to lose out on victory in the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix for a second year running. Perez started last year’s race from pole but ended up missing out on victory in Jeddah while his Red Bull team mate sailed on to victory. He wasn’t about to accept the same fate this year, even though things didn’t exactly start well for him when the lights went out. The RB19…

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The Stormers are set to rely on their young stars as the prolific Leolin Zas has returned to Cape Town following a muscle injury against Glasgow Warriors last weekend. The loss of last season’s top try scorer in the United Rugby Championship is a hefty one for the Stormers, but the Capetonians are grateful to have some talented young stars to step in. Talent ready to go One is Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, who is fit and…

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L’Équipe are reporting that PSG’s Éric Junior Dina Ebimbe (21) is set to conclude his transfer to Frankfurt this week. Sources contacted by Get French Football News have revealed the fee to be €7m. Ebimbe is expected to wrap up his move to the Europa League champions by the end of the week, with negotiations between the clubs expected to be completed in the coming hours. According to sources contacted by Get French Football News, Frankfurt will pay…

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According to The Times INEOS billionaire and owner of OGC Nice Sir Jim Ratcliffe has expressed his desire to buy a minority stake in Manchester United – with a long-term view to taking full control of the Premier League side.  A spokesperson for the billionaire confirmed that the Ineos owner would be interested in talking to the Glazor family over a potential minority stake deal – in reaction to a Bloomberg story which claimed the United owners…

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There was no stomach bug holding back Max Verstappen in Friday’s opening practice in Jeddah where the Red Bull charger led teammate Sergio Perez by a comfortable margin in the session. The Red Bull duo thus picked up where it left off in Bahrain with its RB19 once again the class of the field. Fernando Alonso put to rest the doubters that thought that Aston Martin’s remarkable performance at Sakhir was overrated. The Spaniard was…

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England head coach Steve Borthwick insists his focus is on their Six Nations opener against Scotland rather than the potential meeting with new Wallabies head coach Eddie Jones in the Rugby World Cup. Borthwick replaced Jones at the helm of the Red Rose after the Rugby Football Union sacked the veteran coach following a poor Test season in 2022. The former second-row worked under Jones as an assistant coach during the Australian’s tenure with England…

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