Real Madrid leave Liverpool and Bayern Munich to fight it out over Marc Guehi, Tottenham eye Bundesliga defender, and Barcelona hit Rashford snag.
Real Madrid have pulled out of the race for Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi, 25, who is out of contract in the summer because of high salary and signing-on demands, with Liverpool and Bayern Munich more likely destinations for the England defender. (AS – in Spanish)
Several Premier League clubs are interested in signing Feyenoord’s 19-year-old Dutch right-back Givairo Read but face competition from Bayern Munich. (Teamtalk)
Tottenham and Liverpool are keeping tabs on Wolfsburg’s Greece defender Konstantinos Koulieraki, 21. (TBR Football)
Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has no intention of leaving the club next summer despite reports in Spain that he is “tired” of the club and plans to resign. (Sky Germany – in German)
Leeds face a battle to retain the services of English goalkeeper Alex Baird, 18, beyond January with a host of clubs interested. (Caught Offside)
Barcelona want to sign Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford, 28, on a permanent basis, but cannot afford the £25.5 million purchase option in his loan deal. (Fichajes – in Spanish)
Juventus plan to open contract negotiations with Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal target Kenan Yildiz, 20, and expect the Turkey forward to stay in Turin. (Teamtalk)
Real Madrid leave Liverpool and Bayern Munich to fight it out over Marc Guehi, Tottenham eye Bundesliga defender, and Barcelona hit Rashford snag.
Real Madrid have pulled out of the race for Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi, 25, who is out of contract in the summer because of high salary and signing-on demands, with Liverpool and Bayern Munich more likely destinations for the England defender. (AS – in Spanish)
Several Premier League clubs are interested in signing Feyenoord’s 19-year-old Dutch right-back Givairo Read but face competition from Bayern Munich. (Teamtalk)
Tottenham and Liverpool are keeping tabs on Wolfsburg’s Greece defender Konstantinos Koulieraki, 21. (TBR Football)
Barcelona manager Hansi Flick has no intention of leaving the club next summer despite reports in Spain that he is “tired” of the club and plans to resign. (Sky Germany – in German)
Leeds face a battle to retain the services of English goalkeeper Alex Baird, 18, beyond January with a host of clubs interested. (Caught Offside)
Barcelona want to sign Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford, 28, on a permanent basis, but cannot afford the £25.5 million purchase option in his loan deal. (Fichajes – in Spanish)
Juventus plan to open contract negotiations with Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal target Kenan Yildiz, 20, and expect the Turkey forward to stay in Turin. (Teamtalk)
Following the visit of the Russian prime minister, Beijing and Moscow commit to boosting their ties.
For 15 years, China has been Russia’s principal trading partner. In 2024, trade between the two nations increased by 1.9 percent year over year to reach a total of $ 245 billion.
However, Donald Trump’s pressure has caused the pair’s business to decline in recent months.
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Evangelos Marinakis, owner of Nottingham Forest, is charged with instigator of supporting a criminal organization and inciting football violence in Athens.
The 58-year-old owner of Greek side Olympiacos is accused of supporting a criminal organization and making two misdemeanor counts against him and four other board members.
Marinakis and the other Olympiacos board members have dismissed misdemeanour charges as unfounded. His lawyer Vassilis Dimakopoulos represented him in court.
142 fans are accused of being members of a criminal organization and of causing fatal explosions at sporting events total. Seven of them have been accused of running the criminal organization.
The death of 31-year-old riot police officer George Lyngeridis, who was killed outside a women’s volleyball match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in 2023, is the subject of the charges.
During the clashes, Lyngeridis was struck by a flare, and he later passed away from his injuries.
What transpired on the trial’s first day?
Reuters
The trial was scheduled for midday, but it didn’t begin until 13:30 local time, which brought the trial’s conclusion at 15:00.
The trial is taking place in a specially designed room next to the Korydallos high-security prison in southern Attica because of the large number of defendants and witnesses present. There are more than 140 defendants and 220 witnesses.
The judges will decide the size of the courtroom when the lawyers’ next appearance is later this month.
Three senior judges will rule by majority, making the court a three-member panel.
The defendants are supporters who are set to go on trial for allegedly killing a police officer in a 2023 hooligan violence incident in Piraeus-port city.
The street outside the building was blocked off by police early on Wednesday morning. Some Olympiacos fans gathered, but there wasn’t a planned demonstration to show their support for the defendants.
Everybody who entered the courtroom had their ID checked, and backpacks were scanned with a metal detector. In the trial, journalists and attorneys have their own entrances, separate from witnesses and witnesses. In a room next to the one, a makeshift media center was constructed.
As the judges demanded the defendants’ presence on the bench, the trial began in total silence. The defendants and witnesses’ names were read out. Police officers were heavily armed and wore hoods.
Evangelos Marinakis, owner of Nottingham Forest, is charged with instigator of supporting a criminal organization and inciting football violence in Athens.
The 58-year-old owner of Greek side Olympiacos is accused of supporting a criminal organization and making two misdemeanor counts against him and four other board members.
Marinakis and the other Olympiacos board members have dismissed misdemeanour charges as unfounded. His lawyer Vassilis Dimakopoulos represented him in court.
142 fans are accused of being members of a criminal organization and of causing fatal explosions at sporting events total. Seven of them have been accused of running the criminal organization.
The death of 31-year-old riot police officer George Lyngeridis, who was killed outside a women’s volleyball match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos in 2023, is the subject of the charges.
During the clashes, Lyngeridis was struck by a flare, and he later passed away from his injuries.
What transpired on the trial’s first day?
Reuters
The trial was scheduled for midday, but it didn’t begin until 13:30 local time, which brought the trial’s conclusion at 15:00.
The trial is taking place in a specially designed room next to the Korydallos high-security prison in southern Attica because of the large number of defendants and witnesses present. There are more than 140 defendants and 220 witnesses.
The judges will decide the size of the courtroom when the lawyers’ next appearance is later this month.
Three senior judges will rule by majority, making the court a three-member panel.
The defendants are supporters who are set to go on trial for allegedly killing a police officer in a 2023 hooligan violence incident in Piraeus-port city.
The street outside the building was blocked off by police early on Wednesday morning. Some Olympiacos fans gathered, but there wasn’t a planned demonstration to show their support for the defendants.
Everybody who entered the courtroom had their ID checked, and backpacks were scanned with a metal detector. In the trial, journalists and attorneys have their own entrances, separate from witnesses and witnesses. In a room next to the one, a makeshift media center was constructed.
As the judges demanded the defendants’ presence on the bench, the trial began in total silence. The defendants and witnesses’ names were read out. Police officers were heavily armed and wore hoods.
Amanda Anisimova pulled off a stellar comeback on Wednesday to get the better of Iga Swiatek 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-2 and book her spot in the last four of the WTA Finals in Riyadh.
Making her tournament debut this week, the fourth-seeded Anisimova secured the runner-up spot in the Serena Williams Group behind Elena Rybakina.
Rybakina completed round-robin play with a perfect 3-0 mark, thanks to a 6-4, 6-4 success against Russian alternate Ekaterina Alexandrova earlier in the day.
Anisimova improved her three-set record this season to an impressive 15-3 by posting her 10th top-10 win of the year.
“It’s so funny, my mom keeps telling me: ‘You know you’ve won like so many three-set matches this year? You’re so strong’. I was actually thinking about that. Against Iga today it was so, so tough, but honestly, I enjoyed it,” said Anisimova, who reached the finals at Wimbledon and the US Open this year.
“I’m so excited (to be in the semi-finals), this is surreal, especially for my first time playing here.”
Poland’s Iga Swiatek reacts after a point against US’ Amanda Anisimova during their WTA Finals tennis tournament in Riyadh on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP)
Swiatek and Anisimova split their two previous meetings, with the former triumphing in the Wimbledon final and the latter avenging that loss in the US Open quarter-finals.
On Wednesday at King Saud University Indoor Arena, the Pole saved all four break points she faced before she clinched the tiebreak to bag the opening set in 65 minutes.
The quality was incredibly high throughout and little separated the pair until Anisimova finally converted a break point in game 10 of the second set to draw level and force a decider.
The American made the first move in the final set, breaking in the fourth game on a Swiatek double-fault. Another break sealed the deal for Anisimova over the six-time Grand Slam champion in two hours and 36 minutes.
This is the first time in Swiatek’s entire career that she has suffered two successive losses after winning the opening set.
The 24-year-old Pole was at a loss for words when trying to explain the reasons behind her defeat.
“I felt good mentally, physically, and tennis-wise also it was nice, looking at the conditions and everything; so, I don’t really get why I couldn’t go out of the group,” said a disappointed Swiatek.
“Maybe I won too much in the last years and this is karma. It’s really hard for me to say. It feels weird. It’s not like I’m expecting (to win), but from my experiences, if I put so much intensity and grit and I cared that much, it usually paid off. So we’ll see if I keep working if it’s going to pay off or not.”
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In-form Rybakina
US’ Amanda Anisimova reacts after a point against Poland’s Iga Swiatek during their WTA Finals tennis tournament in Riyadh on November 5, 2025. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP)
In a rematch of the Ningbo final from three weeks ago, won by Rybakina, the Kazakh fired eight aces and saved five of six break points en route to a 73-minute victory.
The world number six extended her current winning streak to nine consecutive matches –- a run than began in Ningbo on October 16 and has continued through Tokyo, from which she withdrew at the semi-final stage, and now Riyadh.
“Ekaterina is always a tough opponent and has a big serve. I’m happy I was able to win in straight sets. Each win gives you confidence and I’m pretty happy that for now my last matches have been great,” said Rybakina, who was playing with taping on her shoulder.
Rybakina entered the match with Alexandrova having already secured her place in the semi-finals as the winner of the group.
Alexandrova was brought in as a replacement for American Madison Keys, who withdrew ahead of the match due to a viral illness.
The Australian Open champion suffered two defeats in round-robin play this week in Riyadh, to Swiatek and Anisimova, and had no chance of advancing to the knockout stage.
Thursday will see the conclusion of the Stefanie Graf Group, with Belarusian top seed Sabalenka taking on defending champion Gauff of the USA, and America’s Pegula scheduled to play Jasmine Paolini, although the Italian has also reported feeling unwell.
