According to Foot Mercato there was no contract extension meeting between Lyon and young right-winger Rayan Cherki (18) – despite reports suggesting that the player was going to finalise his extension on Monday. The 18-year-old made a good showing against Inter on Saturday night (2-2) – enough to encourage the club to speed up their discussions.  Cherki’s current deal is set to expire at the end of the upcoming season – as Lyon set a deadline for the…

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Alpine team boss Otmar Szafnauer says a proposition he submitted to have benign offenses wiped from Pierre Gasly’s superlicence was “opportunistically” rejected by several of the French outfit’s rivals. Last year, during his final campaign with AlphaTauri, Gasly accumulated ten penalty points on his superlicence, which means he’s just two points away from incurring an automatic one-race ban. Based on F1’s 12-month rolling schedule, the Alpine charger’s tally won’t start to expire until May 22,…

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Saracens fly-half Owen Farrell was lucky to escape a red card against Gloucester before he landed a game-winning drop-goal to hand his side a 19-16 Premiership win. The three-pointer in the dying embers of the match saw Farrell and Saracens to a narrow victory at Kingsholm on Friday, but he was lucky to be on the field. Minutes earlier, the England international made contact with the head of Gloucester forward Jack Clement, but the TMO…

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As reported by Gianluca di Marzio, Argentinian international midfielder Leandro Paredes has reached an agreement over personal terms with Serie A outfit Juventus ahead of a possible move from PSG this summer. The 28-year-old Argentinian international was placed on the list of “undesirables” by PSG’s new Sporting Director Luis Campos at the beginning of the summer and, despite very close relationships with key dressing room figures such as Neymar and Lionel Messi, the ex-Zenit midfielder has…

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In a declaration seemingly aimed at further demoralising their rivals, Red Bull insists that it has not made a massive step in performance over the winter – implying that its current dominance is a reflection of the weakness of other teams. Red Bull has swept the first two races of the season with Max Verstappen winning the season opener in Bahrain ahead of team mate Sergio Perez, and Perez taking the honours in Saudi Arabia…

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According to Foot Mercato, AS Monaco are attempting a coup for Napoli defensive midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (26) – but it could be difficult to lure away the Cameroonian international who is under contract at the Italian side until June 2026.  The former Marseille man comes off the back of an active season, making 33 appearances and creating two assists from defensive midfield for Napoli, after joining the club on loan from Fulham. He made his move…

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Alex Albon rued a terminal brake issue that put an end to his Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after 27 laps, but the Williams charger noted that his mount was the best it’s ever felt last weekend. Albon was disappointed by his P17 performance in qualifying that left him with a heavy task on his hands for race day. But the Anglo-Thai racer progressed nicely during his first stint on the medium tyre, the Williams driver…

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RMC Sport report this afternoon that Chilean forward Alexis Sánchez is expected to complete his switch to Marseille over the course of next week, in a move that will be completed once he has agreed on a contract termination with Inter. The former Arsenal and Barcelona man, who will also have to iron out some personal administrative issues once he is no longer linked with the Nerazzurri, is set to sign a two-year deal with OM.…

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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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