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Luka Modric offered Real Madrid return amid retirement talk
Real Madrid are embarking on a new era this summer, with Jose Mourinho having returned as manager 13 years after his first spell in charge. As it turns out, he may not be only club icon to make a Bernabeu comeback, as there are also chances for midfield maestro Luka Modric to be heading back.
Modric, who left Real Madrid last summer and spent the 2025-26 season with AC Milan, has just bowed out of the 2026 World Cup after Croatia lost to Portugal in the last 32.

Report: Cheslea set to battle Liverpool in the race for World Cup midfielder
Yasin Ayari transfer race gathers pace as Brighton face Chelsea and Liverpool pressure

Brighton have seen this film before. A young player develops fast, attracts the right kind of attention, and the bigger clubs start circling. This time the focus is on Yasin Ayari, the 22-year-old Sweden international whose rise has put Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle United and Tottenham on alert.

According to Caught Offside, Brighton have already opened discussions over a new long-term contract.

George Furbank made his England debut against France in 2020 [Getty Images]
Full-back George Furbank has been ruled out of England’s Nations Championship opener against South Africa in Johannesburg on Saturday with appendicitis.
Furbank, 29, had been preparing for his first England game in nearly two years before falling ill on Friday evening.
Marcus Smith has replaced him at 15, with Henry Slade stepping up to the bench.
Steve Borthwick’s side face the world champion Springboks at 16:40 BST at the iconic Ellis park in Johannesburg.

Serena Williams’ Wimbledon comeback has been brought to a premature end after the 44-year-old was forced to withdraw from her first-round doubles match with sister Venus Williams due to a knee injury.
The 23-time grand slam champion “tweaked” her right knee during her first singles match in four years on Tuesday night,putting her involvement in the doubles in major doubt after a thrilling three-set defeat to Maya Joint under the roof on Centre Court.

Alexandra Eala made more history for the Philippines as the 21-year-old rising star stunned defending Wimbledon champion Iga Swiatek to extend her record run to the fourth round.
Eala, the 29th seed, won 7-6 6-2 in two hours and 14 minutes for the biggest win of her blossoming career as well as the most significant upset of this year’s Championships.
Eala won a titanic 85-minute first set on Centre Court, saving set points as she won the tiebreak 11-9, before breaking an increasingly erratic Swiatek twice in quick succession to seize control.

MUMBAI: Former India and Mumbai players-turned coaches Ramesh Powar and Wasim Jaffer will coach sides in the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence’s four-team Emerging Men’s Tournament in CoE in Bengaluru, which will be held from July 6-24. It will be a red-ball tournament involving three matches per team of four-day duration each. The tourney is an exercise by the BCCI to identify promising young talents who could potentially go on to play Test cricket for India in the future.

The Philadelphia 76ers pulled off the stunner of the offseason when they found a way to acquire Jaylen Brown from the Boston Celtics by giving up Paul George, two first-round picks, and two second-round picks. When considering the season Brown just had, as well as his overall resume, one would have thought that Philadelphia would probably have to give up more than just that package in a deal.
Brown, obviously, had a weird ending to his 10-year career with the Celtics. He, obviously, had a helluva season, but his name was squarely in trade talks for Boston to chase Giannis Antetokounmpo.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – JULY 01: Harry Kane #9 of England celebrates after the FIFA World Cup 2026 Round Of 32 match between England and Congo DR at Atlanta Stadium on July 01, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Round of 16 is set at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
And by Tuesday night, the final eight teams will be left standing.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi’s wait for his senior India cap went on after the teenager was again left out of the playing eleven for the first T20I against England at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street on Wednesday.
His stunning IPL 2026 campaign, where he topped the run charts with 776 runs to claim the Orange Cap, had many expecting his debut to come on British soil.

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However, at the toss during the first T20I, captain Shreyas Iyer confirmed the top order would remain unchanged, with Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson keeping their places.

Former NFL MVP Cam Newton isn’t defending Terrion Arnold’s legal situation, but he is urging people to view it through a broader lens.
Speaking on a recent episode of his 4th & 1 podcast, Newton addressed the former Detroit Lions cornerback’s ongoing legal case after Arnold was arrested and charged with multiple felonies. Newton also used the situation to deliver a message to athletes and public figures about the responsibility that comes with fame.