Ben Clarke

Barcelona believes the $85.8m deal to bring Willian to the Catalan capital is sealed. The Brasil international grew disheartened at Chelsea following former coach Antonio Conte's decision to drop him to the bench. Having spent the summer with Brasil at the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia, Willian is keen to start afresh for the new season. Barcelona is a long-time...

Toronto Raptors decided to part ways with their franchise star DeMar DeRozan recently, sending him to San Antonio Spurs as part of the trade for Kawhi Leonard. DeRozan, who apparently thought he will retire as a Raptor, was shocked by this decision primarily because he was promised just a few weeks ago that he won't be traded. Or maybe...

Cleveland Indians announced on Thursday that they have acquired All-Star closer Brad Hand and pitcher Adam Cimber from San Diego Padres. This was a badly needed move by the Indians, who looked for a way to fill a hole in their bullpen. Padres also profited from this deal, since they got highly rated catching prospect Francisco Mejia. https://twitter.com/Indians/status/1019971508859473920 Although Cleveland Indians...

New Orleans Saints confirmed on Wednesday that they have signed free-agent running back Shane Vereen. Vereen, who previously played for New England Patriots and New York Giants, is expected to serve as a backup option while Mark Ingram serves his four games suspension. In order to free up the roster spot, the Saints waived RB Daniel Lasco with a...

Arizona Cardinals' wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is apparently a one-team man. Fitzgerald, who was drafted into the NFL by the Cardinals in 2004, said on Monday that he doesn't intend to play for any other team during the rest of his career. "If I'm not playing in Arizona, I won't be playing anywhere,"- said Fitzgerald during his youth camp in...

Isaiah Thomas will try to resurrect his basketball career with the Denver Nuggets. According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, Thomas will ink a one-year, $2 million deal which will see him reunite with Michael Malone, who coached him with the Sacramento Kings. https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1017615703602487296 Isaiah Thomas met with Malone and Denver's president of basketball operations Tim Connelly in Las Vegas recently where he...

After D.C. United managed to land Everton star Wayne Rooney, it was rumored that Patrick Mullins will have to find playing time somewhere else. This turned out to be true since Mullins left United on Wednesday and joined the Columbus Crew SC, who sent $150,000 in targeted allocation money in exchange. https://twitter.com/ColumbusCrewSC/status/1017446837240975360 Patrick Mullins has played in 10 games for D.C....

France is the first nation to clinch the 2018 World Cup spot after a 1-0 win against Belgium. Samuel Umtiti scored a header from Antoine Griezmann's corner at the beginning of the second half, which ultimately proved to be the only goal of the game. France will now wait for the winner of the other semi-finals match between England and...

As of Monday, Carolina Panthers officially have a new owner. Hedge fund billionaire David Tepper finalized the purchase of the Panthers from former owner Jerry Richardson, who founded the franchise back in 1993. Tepper paid $2.275 billion for the ownership, which stands as the highest amount paid for a North American sports franchise. He was approved as the team's new...

Hamburg SV has been relegated from the German's top-flight Bundesliga for the first time in their history and will spend the next season playing in 2. Bundesliga. This didn't sit well with some of the club's players, who are trying to find their way out of Hamburg in order to play on the top level. One of them is...