Everton are in talks to sign Lyon defender Jake O'Brien.The Republic of Ireland international, 23, is ready to switch to Goodison Park and return to English football after leaving Crystal Palace last summer.Negotiations are ongoing over a transfer fee with personal terms expected to be agreed quickly.O'Brien played 27 times for Lyon in Ligue 1 last season.

Toffees close in on O'Brien

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Chelsea are reportedly nearing an agreement to sign Villarreal goalkeeper Filip Jørgensen.

Chelsea apparently closing in on Villarreal's Filip Jorgensen: Deal almost done?

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 Chelsea play their second game of their pre-season tour of the United States tonight against Celtic. The Blues got the Enzo Maresca era underway earlier this week, albeit in fairly underwhelming fashion.CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW CHELSEA VS CELTIC LIVE!Maresca’s side laboured to a 2-2 draw with League One side Wrexham in Santa Clara, California and now face a step up in class.Celtic beat Manchester City 4-3 earlier this week and are further along in their pre-season preparations.Here’s everything you need to know about the game.Date, kick-off time and venueChelsea vs Celtic is scheduled for a 9pm BST kick-off time...

Chelsea vs Celtic: Friendly prediction, kick-off time today, team news, TV, live stream, h2h results

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Liverpool face Real Betis in a pre-season friendly on Saturday. Preview includes team news, predicted lineups, how to watch on TV and live stream and more.

Liverpool vs Real Betis: Preview, predictions and lineups

West Ham have agreed a deal to sign Man Utd target Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich, a report has claimed.

Erik ten Hag's plan to 'unlock Antony' handed huge blow as West Ham 'agree transfer'

It wasn’t to be for Keanna MacInnes in the women’s 100m butterfly semi-finals.The 22-year-old, out in lane eight, came in just slower than the Scottish record she set in the heats, touching in 58:11 to finish in eighth place.

MacInnes misses out on 100m fly final

Watch the best plays from Saturday's action as London Spirit faced Birmingham Phoenix on day five of the Hundred.

'Spectacular' run-out & 'fantastic' fielding - The Hundred plays of the day

The television presenter says she wants to set the record straight.

Laura Whitmore alleges 'inappropriate behaviour' on Strictly

Great Britain's Charley Davison is out of the Olympics after being beaten by Hatice Akbas in the preliminary round.

GB boxer Davison beaten in Paris opener

Duncan Scott missed out on his first chance to burnish his status as Britain's most decorated Olympic swimmer after Team GB finished fifth in the men's 4x100m freestyle relay.  The 27-year-old from Alloa swam the third leg but was unable to retrieve the damage done by Britain finishing the opening leg in last place.Scott will have further to add to his tally in the 200m freestyle, the 200m individual medley and the 4x200m freestyle relay later in the meet. 

Opening night disappointment for swimmer Scott

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Italian rider Emiliano Portale has been eliminated from the Olympics after his horse was found to be bleeding from the mouth following the eventing dressage qualifiers.

Italian rider expelled after horse found bleeding

Josh Tarling reacts to narrowly missing out on a medal in the cycling time trial in unfortunate circumstances at the Olympic Games in Paris. Tarling, 20, suffered a costly puncture, as the pre-race favourite was forced to settle for fourth place.

Tarling reflects on ‘bad luck’ in time trial

Great Britain's Adam Burgess qualified for the men's canoe singles semi-final.The 32-year-old had the second fastest time of 90.87 seconds in heat one, and had a clean second run to cross the line in 95.08 seconds.Burgess finished fourth at the Tokyo 2020 Games and missed out on a medal by 0.16 seconds. France's Nicolas Gestin finished in first, with Croatia's Matika Marinic in third.The semi-final takes place on Monday 29 July at 14:30 BST.

GB's Burgess qualifies for canoe singles semi-final

A mother who was left "suicidal" by the menopause hopes new research will help women be treated more fairly in the workplace. Karen Farquharson, 50, from Aberdeen, successfully sued for unfair dismissal and harassment after being told she used the menopause as an excuse for everything. "Work-wise I just felt...

'Menopause made me feel like I couldn't cope'

We asked for your views on Nottingham Forest's 1-0 friendly defeat to Elche.Coxsy got in touch and said: I think Nuno must be hammering the point to the chairman about needing a new striker and winger.Playing Ui-jo, Dennis and Bowler upfront doesn't give me much hope for the season if we get a few injuries. Big mention for Sangare and Dominguez as a midfield two - they've been stand-out players. That said, I am not liking the 3-4-3 system.

'Nuno must be hammering the point to the chairman'

Ipswich manager Kieran McKenna says midfielder Nathan Broadhead will likely miss two months with a hamstring injury.Broadhead, who played 38 games in the Championship last term, will not need surgery."Nathan has seen a specialist so doesn't require surgery but it's going to be a couple of months. So he will be a loss," said McKenna.McKenna hopes Omari Hutchinson and Axel Tuanzebe will be back in training next week but the likes of Harry Clarke and Ali Al-Hamadi are recovering from surgery and haven't joined his training group yet in pre-season."We are a little bit light on bodies. The boys training...

McKenna details Broadhead injury

The mechanical bovine, built for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, has been at New Street for a year.

Ozzy the bull marks anniversary of station display

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Spoilers from Soaps.com reveal that during the week of July 29 to August 8, on The Bold and the Beautiful, Luna Nozawa (Lisa Yamada) will lash out at Katie Logan Spencer for making accusations against her mom Poppy Nozawa ( Romy Park).

The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Luna finds something shocking in Poppy's old apartment

West Ham take on Wolves in a friendly this Saturday. Preview includes team news, predicted lineups, how to watch on TV and live stream and more.

West Ham vs Wolves: Preview, predictions and lineups

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Chelsea are closing in on a double signing in the form of 19-year-old Boca Juniors defender...

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