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After losing out on the Argentine international in January, Napoli wants to sign Alejandro Garnacho, while Bayern Munich and Arsenal are interested in Kaoru Mitoma, and Viktor Gyokeres will leave Sporting this summer.

Giovanni Manna, the head of Napoli’s sporting department, will meet with Manchester United to discuss a potential deal for 20-year-old Argentina’s Alejandro Garnacho, who was given a £40 million offer in January. (i paper)

Kaoru Mitoma, 28, a Japanese midfielder from Brighton, has joined Bayern Munich at the negotiating table. (Sky Germany)

This summer, Sweden’s Viktor Gyokeres will leave Sporting. The 26-year-old has a contract with the Portuguese club that allows him to leave with less than his £84 million release clause. He has connections to Arsenal and Chelsea. (Sky Sports)

Due to Real Madrid‘s interest in their 29-year-old Spain shot-stopper David Raya, Arsenal want Aston Villa’s 32-year-old Argentina goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez to rejoin the team. (Sun)

Ryan Mason, the most popular candidate to take over as West Brom manager, is the Tottenham assistant manager. (Talksport)

Bourg-en-Bresse‘s French club has made a bid to sign 18-year-old Guinean forward Abdoul Karim Traore. (Foot Mercato – in French)

Despite being linked with Real Sociedad’s 26-year-old Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi, the club wants Ghana defensive midfielder Thomas Partey to stay with the team beyond his current contract, which expires in the summer. (football) London

Following his departure from Manchester City this summer, Napoli have offered Belgium midfielder Kevin de Bruyne, 33, a three-year salary over a three-year contract. (Romano-Fabrizio)

Aurelio de Laurentiis, president of Napoli, has confirmed De Bruyne’s interest. (II Mattino, via Mirror)

Rafael Leao, 25, has been in talks with Arsenal’s sporting director Andrea Berta to persuade him to move to the Emirates Stadium this summer. (TeamTalk)

Bristol City manager Liam Manning may step down as Carrow Road manager next season after receiving an email from Norwich City. (Telegraph requires a subscription)

In a tense Indianapolis 500 matchup, Spain’s Alex Palou held off Sweden’s Marcus Ericsson.

With 14 laps left, Palou overtook Ericsson to win the 109th edition of the showpiece race before fending off the Swede’s late recovery.

Light rain caused the start to take longer and resulted in numerous yellow flags, with 14 drivers changing their hands 22 times.

Marco Andretti, the grandson of Mario Andretti, was only able to survive four laps after Ryan Hunter-Reay struck him. Kyle Larson’s attempt to finish the Indy 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on the same day was halted by a collision.

Over the 200 laps of the legendary 2.5-mile oval track at the Indianapolis Brickyard, Chip Ganassi Racing’s Palou averaged 168.9 mph, while American David Malukas, who was in third place, came Ericsson, who won the 2022 race for Ericsson, who finished 0.682 seconds behind.

Felix Rosenqvist finished fifth, followed by Mexico’s Pato O’Ward, and Sweden’s Pato O’Ward, who finished fourth.

Two-time champion Takuma Sato held the lead for 51 laps before skidding into his pit to lose ground, while pole-sitter Robert Shwartzman’s challenge ended when he collided with his pit team, though no one was seriously hurt.

Roger, Novak, and Andy, Rafa.

For a modern tennis fan, the names John, Paul, George, and Ringo do for a Beatles fan as quickly as they do Ringo.

This elite group of superstars from the ATP Tour’s post-millennium golden era is not often seen together these days, with Rafael Nadal being the third player to retire at the end of last year.

However, he, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, and Andy Murray reunited on Sunday to bid the French Open its 14-time champion a heartfelt farewell.

After his rivals, 37, ran out with him on Court Philippe Chatrier, Nadal said, “It’s unbelievable how time changes the perspective of things.

When you see someone as a rival, you experience all the nerves, pressure, and strange feelings. When you complete your career, it completely changes.

We created incredible rivalries, but I believe we did so well: we worked hard for titles, worked together, and treated one another with respect.

Federer received the first warm embrace from Djokovic and Murray, who famously held hands with Nadal as they cried during the 43-year-old Swiss’ career’s final game.

Djokovic, 38, arrived in Paris shortly after taking home his 100th career title on Saturday, while Briton Murray joked afterwards that he had assumed he would be there as Serb’s coach.

Amelie Mauresmo, French Open tournament director, asked Murray if he could still make it after their partnership ended earlier this month.

Nadal said, “I didn’t know they would be here, but I could picture them coming.”

“Sometimes people’s agendas are challenging. But they are aware that [being there] would truly make my day special.”

Murray’s travels to Paris and back on Sunday demonstrated his appreciation and respect for Nadal, who he soon became friends with when they were younger.

“People use records to justify it, but I genuinely believe this one,” and I would be very, very surprised if that is the case.

It will, in my opinion, stand the test of time.

“He’s a fantastic player, amazing player, and great guy, and it was great to see him receive a proper send-off.”

Later, Nadal shared a humorous anecdote that revealed more about his friendship with Murray.

He messaged me after Arsenal defeated Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Hey Rafa, I haven’t spoken to you in a while; I’m just checking in to make sure you’re okay.

Nadal won 14 of his matches on the world’s most renowned clay court, Court Philippe Chatrier, where he spent the majority of his 115 French Open victories.

He came back for a special farewell six months after his career-ending defeat at the Davis Cup Finals in Spain.

Spanish red and yellow were once the color of the Chatrier’s Nadal matches. The color scheme was terracotta from Roland Garros on Sunday.

On their way into the 15, 000-seater stadium, each ticketholder was given a T-shirt, setting up a color scheme that matched the Nadal era’s dominant surface for a while.

The “Rafa! ” chant began before Nadal made his appearance for the 50-minute ceremony. Rafa ! Rafa”! as his adoring audience waited for his arrival rang out.

A suit-and-booted Nadal exited, which included reigning women’s champion Iga Swiatek and Carlos Alcaraz, who have long been viewed as the heir to Nadal’s crown.

Following that, a protracted round of more than a minute of extended applause. As Nadal digested the acclaim, he bit his lip and wiped his mouth, causing him to become overcome with emotion.

Nadal was unable to hold back the tears as the speech was finished in Spanish, French, and English.

His uncle Toni, the one who had been teaching him tennis since he was three years old and who had helped him win 16 of his 22 major titles, snuck through a message of thanks to one particular family member.

There was still room for another surprise after Federer, Djokovic, and Murray’s cameo. Next to the Chatrier net post, Mauresmo and Gilles Moreton, president of the French Tennis Federation, unveiled a silver plaque with the footprint of Nadal.

“It was flawless. A more emotional day was beyond my wildest expectations. Nadal praised it as being unforgettable and full of emotion.

Max Burgin, a middle-distance runner from the UK, placed second in the 800-meter race at the Diamond League meeting in Rabat, setting a personal best time.

With a time of one minute, 43.34 seconds, the 23-year-old defeated Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi to take third place.

Tshepiso Masalela, a champion at the Olympics, set the meeting record of 1:42.69, ahead of Burgin, who was also a finalist.

Beatrice Chebet, the Olympic champion over both 5, 000m and 10, 000m, ran the second-fastest 3, 000m in Morocco, taking home the medal.

Her time of 8:11.56, which has been in place since 1993, is only second only to Wang Junxia’s 8:06.11, which is second only to her.

Shericka Jackson, the two-time 200m world champion, won her first 100m race of the year in 11.04 seconds elsewhere.

In the men’s race, where Olympic 200m champion Letsile Tebogo struggled and finished last, before resigning from the 200m event, South Africa’s Akani Simbine ran 9.90 seconds to claim his third 100m Diamond League victory of the year.

British pole vaulter Molly Caudery, who was previously eliminated from Rabat, gave way to American world champion Katie Moon.

Caudery, who won the competition last week at the Doha meeting, had to leave because she had a niggle during warm-up.

The Formula 1 calendar’s most anticipated race, the Monaco Grand Prix, featured the usual combination of glamour, famous faces, and breathtaking sights.

Lahore, Pakistan Super League

Quetta Gladiators 201-9 (20 overs): Hasan 76 (43), Shaheen 3-24

Lahore Qalandars 204-4 (19.5 overs): K Perera 62* (31), Raza 22* (7)

By six wickets, Lahore Qalandars won.

After losing their Test match against England at Trent Bridge, Sikandar Raza scored the winning runs to help Lahore Qalandars win the Pakistan Super League title.

With one ball to spare, the all-rounder scored six and four on consecutive deliveries to defeat Quetta Gladiators.

“I drove to Abu Dhabi for lunch after eating breakfast in Dubai and Birmingham for dinner.” In Pakistan, I boarded a plane and had dinner. A professional cricket player’s life follows this one. Raza, 39, said, “I’m truly humbled and blessed to have the life.”

With 20 balls left, Raza and Kusal Perera met at the crease and worked together to put together the highest chase in a PSL final. They needed 202 to win.

Hasan Nawaz struck a 43-ball 76 in the toss, and Shaheen Shah Afridi, a star Lahore seamer, took 3-24. Quetta came out on top with a score of 201-9.

With the game ending a day early, Raza had time to return to Pakistan and arrive at Gaddafi Stadium just before the toss.

After dismissing Rilee Rossouw in the opening innings, he finished with figures of 1-43, and Lahore needed 57 from 3.2 overs, having only managed to score 48 runs at halftime.

After Perera hit three sixes and two fours from the next 12 balls, Lahore was forced to need 13 from Faheem Ashraf’s final over to put his side back on track. He then immediately hit Mohammad Amir for a four and six.

Saud Shakeel (4) and Finn Allen (2) were quickly defeated in the opener, but Quetta came into the match on the back of an eight-game winless run.

Hasan, along with Avishka Fernando and Dinesh Chandimal, increased to number four with partnerships of 67 and 46.

Shaheen, who removed both batters in the 18th over with four deliveries, dramatically ended the second pairing.

After Amir and Abrar Ahmed failed to score in four consecutive Haris Rauf balls, Quetta had lost four wickets for two runs.

Faheem Ashraf (28 from 8 balls) hammering three sixes and a four from Salman Mirza’s final over before being taken off the final ball kept their innings from a whimper.

Fakhar Zaman was stowed by Abrar for 11 in the fourth over, which Lahore had the advantage of having all of their play-off games played at their home stadium.

By the time Bhanuka Rajapaksa was beaten off Amir in the 17th over, Mohammad Naeem (46) and Abdullah Shafique (41), Lahore was in a strong position.

Most of the time, runs

1. 449 runs for Sahibzada Farhan (Islamabad United).

2. Lahore Qalandars’ Fakhar Zaman (439)

3. Hasan Nawaz (Quetta Gladiators) – 399

4. 378 James Vince (Karachi Kings)

5. Abdullah Shafique (Lahore Qalandars) – 376

Most wickets

1. 19-year-old Shaheen Shah Afridi (Lahore Qalandars)