captain is said to have rejected a more lucrative offer from the saudi arabian side al hilal to move to major league soccer. it s thought messi wanted to stay in europe but there were no satista ctory offers. messi already owns a house in florida and his contract with inter miami includes sponsorship deals with adidas and apple. elsewhere, real madrid have agreed a deal with borussia dortmund to sign the england midfielder jude bellingham for $ 107 million dollars or £86 million pounds. 19 year old bellingham, who joined dortmund only three years ago from birmingham city, was one of england s top performers at last year s world cup in qatar and was recently voted player of the year in the bundesliga. bellingham who s agreed a six year deal with real madrid is due to have medical in the next few days. staying with football, the final of the europa conference league is well under way in prague where fiorentina are playing west ham united. west ham are looking to
the world number one remains on course to retain the title she won last year after a straight sets win over the number six seed coca gauff the woman she beat in last year s final. wiatek won this one 6 4, 6 2 injust under an hour and a half. it was a little bit different tactically but also the conditions because coco gauff used to wind a bit more and last year i don t think it was windier in the final but i don t remember. yet, for sure it it was more tight in the first set so i m happy that in the important moments when i was solid and i could put a bit more pressure on her. wiatek will now face beatrice haddad maia the number 14 seed from brazil who came from a set down to beat 0n5 jabeur, the tunisian who reached two grand slam finals last year. haddad maia raced through the deciding set 6 1 to become the first brazilian woman to reach the last four of a major since 1968.
swiatek will now face beatrice haddad maia, the number 14 seed from brazil who came from a set down to beat ons jabeur, the tunisian who reached two grand slam finals last year. haddad maia raced through the deciding set 6 1 to become the first brazilian woman to reach the last four of a major since 1968. australia s cricketers are on top against india after the opening day of the world test championship final at the oval in london. they were put into bat after india won the toss, and recovered from 76 for 3 which included usman khawaja being dismissed for a duck to close the day on 327 for 3. travis head scored a sparkling century, his sixth in test matches, and he ll resume on 146 not out. steve smith is only five runs short of his 31st test century. their unbroken stand is worth 251 so far. i v e i ve always said i do really
we are 31 minutes in and not worth telling you much more that it is 0-0. the winners will qualify for the group phase of the europa league next season. top seed and defending champion iga wiatek is through to the semi finals of the french open. the world number one remains on course to retain the title she won last year after a straight sets win over the number six seed coca gauff the woman she beat in last year s final. wiatek won this one 6 4, 6 2 injust under an hour and a half. wiatek will now face beatrice haddad maia the number 1a seed from brazil who came from a set down to beat 0ns jabeur, the tunisian who reached two grand slam finals last year. haddad maia raced through the deciding set 6 1 to become the first brazilian woman to reach the last four of a major since 1968. in the mens singles, alexander zverev is through to the semi finals. he beate the unseeded argentine tomas martin etcheverry in four sets to reach the last four