might say it is naive, england would say it is brave. they scored quickly again and have given themselves a chance to reclaim the initiative on the third day here at lord s. manchester united have agreed a deal to buy england international mason mount from chelsea. talks to try to resolve the impasse over a fee for the midfielder have been successful, with an initial £55 million agreed that could rise to 60. mount will sign a five year deal at old trafford. ex chelsea midfielder n golo kante has bought a football club. the france international will become the chairman of the belgian third tier side royal excelsior virton on the same day he joins the saudi arabia pro league side al ittihad. the greatest cycle race in the world gets under way this weekend. the 110th tour de france will start in bilbao that s spain, of course on saturday. but the traditional grand depart always begins on the thursday night. tadej pogacar is one of two overwhelming favourites for the yellow
england are currently 181 1. zak crawley went for a8, stomped off the bowling of nathan lyon. ben duckett is currently on 86. england trailed by 235. with only a few days to go until the start of wimbledon, a former world number one has announced that she s coming out of retirement. caroline wozniaki will make a return to the sport, but not in time for the grass court season. the dane took a step back from tennis in 2020 after a 15 year career that saw her win the australian open and be world number one on two separate occasions. the 32 year old retired after a dignosis of rheumatoid arthritis. she announced her return on social media, saying that she still had goals that she wanted to accomplish. in football, one of the biggest transfer deals of the summer is closing in after arsenal agreed a fee worth £105 million to sign west ham s england midfielder declan rice. it s arsenal s third bid for rice and the initialfee of £100 million would equal the british record that manc
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and now the sport. we will start with some transfer news. arsenal have agreed a deal with chelsea for around £65 million for the forward kai havertz. chelsea bought him from bayer leverkeusen in 2020 for a deal worth around 71 million pounds. mikel arteta is looking to stregthen his squad arsenal had a second bid for west ham captain declan rice turned down this week. manchester city have agreed a deal with chelsea to buy mateo kovacic. the croatian midfielder willjoin the treble winners for an initialfee of £25 million with a further £5 million of potential add ons. kovacicjoined chelsea from real madrid in 2019. they re also getting rid of french midfielder n golo kante who has agreed to move to the saudi arabian champions al ittihad. his contract at stamford bridge expires at the end of the month. he helped leicester city win the premier league in 2016 before helping chelsea win the premier league, champions league, and the fa cup. jose mourinho has been banned forfou