SPORT NEWS AND GIST FOR TODAY



Italy defeated China 2-0 in the round-of-16 of the FIFA Women’s World Cup yesterday to proceed into the quarter-final of the competition.

Netherlands also defeated Japan 2-1 to set up a quarter final clash with Italy. All Asian countries are now out of the competition and apart from USA who are from North America, the other seven teams in the quarterfinal are from Europe.

Quarter-final draw in full…

Norway Vs England

France Vs United States

Italy Vs Netherlands

Germany Vs Sweden

Results in full…

World Cup Women

Italy 2-0 China

Netherlands 2-1 Japan

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Jamaica 1-1 Curacao

Honduras 4-0 El Salvador

African Cup of Nations

Cameroon 2-0 Guinea-Bissau

Ghana 2-2 Benin

Matches continue today with the following fixtures…

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Trinidad & Tobago Vs Guyana 11:30pm


African Cup of Nations

Nigeria Vs Guinea 3:30pm

Uganda Vs Zimbabwe 6:00pm

Egypt Vs DR Congo 9:00pm


All time is in GMT+1…




GISTS

Everton have signed Andre Gomes from Barcelona on a five-year permanent deal for £22m. The Portuguese midfielder spent last season on loan at the Merseyside club and will now potentially spend the next five years at the club.


Leicester City have been told concerning Harry Maguire that Manchester City and Manchester United are ready to pay £65m for the England defender.


Tottenham have reportedly reached an agreement with Lyon to sign midfielder Tanguy Ndombele for £65m.


According to Romelu Lukaku’s agent, Federico Pastorello who was spotted in Milan, the Manchester United forward is interested in moving to Inter Milan.


Manchester City midfielder David Silva has revealed he will leave the club at the end of next season which will be after 10 years at the club. He joined the Etihad side in 2010 and has made 395 appearances so far.


Italian legend Gianluigi Buffon is set to rejoin Juventus as a free agent after departing PSG.


Liverpool are interested in Dutch star Sepp van den Berg and will battle for the PEC Zwolle star with series of other European sides.


Arsenal are ready to make an improved £19m bid for Celtic left-back Kieran Tierney.


Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has dismissed himself from rumour linking him with Newcastle after claiming he is not ready to join a club that he doesn’t share same ambitions with.


According to reports, Frank Lampard will become Chelsea boss next week on a three-year deal which is worth £5.5m per year after beating off a late bid from Portuguese man Vitor Pereira who was also interested.


Britain’s richest billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has enquired about takeover at Manchester United.


Newcastle star Ayoze Perez may be tempted to leave the club after the departure of Rafa Benitez.


Liverpool have dismissed news linking them to a £71m move for Lille star Nicolas Pepe.


Leicester are on the verge of signing Luton defender James Justin for an £8m fee.


Giovanni Bronckhorst, the former Arsenal player is interested in becoming Newscastle’s new boss.


Barcelona will make a move for Atletico Madrid star Antoine Griezmann on July 1when his £107m release clause gets activated.


Former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has also dismissed rumour linking him to Newcastle.


Manchester United are interested in Sevilla forward Wissam Ben Yedder for a £35.8m buy-out clause fee.


Manchester United are also interested in Lyon’s 15-year old kid Rayan Cherki.


Liverpool have revealed they will only accept to sell Simon Mignolet if they receive an acceptable offer. Crystal Palace are ready to make an £8m bid for him.


Real Betis are reportedly interested in signing Liverpool forward Divock Origi for a £10m fee.


West Ham forward Javier Hernandez is ready to make a move to Spain.


Roma star Stephen El Shaarawy has made an agreement with Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua for £16.11m.


Napoli are seriously interested in signing Real Madrid star James Rodriguez and are considering using their iconic number 10 shirt to entice him.


Real Madrid are interested in signing Ajax star Donny van de Beek as an alternative to Paul Pogba.


Lille star Thiago Mendes has reportedly agreed to join Lyon this summer.


In the world of Tennis…

Andy Murray crashes out of Eastbourne in the men’s double with Marcelo Melo. The pair were beaten 6-2 6-4 by Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal.

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