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Ilkay Gundogan has left Manchester City with the widely-coveted German international signing as a free agent in Barcelona on a contract that could run for three years. The 32-year-old, who City were eager to keep, had interested parties in Saudi Arabia and was coveted by Arsenal but in leaving the Treble winners opted to pursue a career in La Liga, where he has agreed to a two-year contract with the option to extend by a further 12 months.His buyout clause has been set at €400 million with Barcelona adding a veteran presence to their midfield who can ease the burden on young duo Pedri and Gavi. He will also reunite with former Borussia Dortmund teammate Robert Lewandowski.Gundogan's seven years in the Premier League ...

Jun 25, 2023, 11:20 AM ETBelgium shot put and hammer throw champion Jolien Boumkwo displayed great team spirit at the European Championships in Poland when she stepped up to run the 100-meter hurdles and save her team from getting disqualified.Boumkwo appeared all smiles as she carefully attempted each hurdle Saturday. The 29-year-old finished the race without knocking any of the hurdles down in 32.81 seconds, 19 seconds after winning sprinter Teresa Errandonea of Spain.Every point *does* count at the European Team Championships!Seventh in the shot put, Jolien Boumkwo 🇧🇪 steps in for the 100m hurdles at the very last minute in #Silesia2023! 👏 #EG2023(@TeamBelgium, @The_EOC) pic.twitter.com/3rhERw9y5I— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 24, 2023 Boumkwo agreed to compete when Belgium...

During a recent episode of "The Stephen A. Smith Show" podcast, the longtime sports commentator weighed in on the Titan submersible tragedy.After conducting a search that lasted several days, the Coast Guard confirmed that a "catastrophic implosion" killed all five passengers on board the submersible that was traveling towards the sunken Titanic.But, Smith said he could not understand why anyone would want to visit the wreckage of the famous passenger liner.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith during NBA All Star Weekend on Feb. 19, 2022, at Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. (KeShawn Ennis/NBAE via Getty Images)"It's a tragedy," the television host solemnly began. "But certain things in life dare I say are unnecessary."MISSING TITAN SUBME...

Mark Burnett can’t get Victor Wembanyama out of his head. Well, he could, but it would be like taking a knife to the “Mona Lisa.”Burnett, a San Antonio Spurs superfan, had Joe Barajas, a well-known local barber, shear Wembanyama’s likeness into the side of his head just over a week ago. He, like pretty much everyone else in the basketball world, had been expecting the Spurs to select Wembanyama No. 1 overall in the N.B.A. draft on Thursday.“I wanted to show Victor something special, that the city of San Antonio already loves him,” Burnett said at a draft night party at the Spurs’ home arena, moments before San Antonio indeed selected Wembanyama, who had shared a photo of Burnett on his Instagram account.Fanatical? Perhaps. But also eminently reasonable, and not just because of the immense...

Cincinnati Reds third baseman Elly De La Cruz has been in the big leagues for less than three weeks, but he's already taking the baseball world by storm.The Reds called up De La Cruz, the third-ranked prospect in the majors, on June 6, and in his first game, he got his first hit that came off the bat at 112 mph. One night later, he hit a 458-foot homer, the first of his big-league career.Two-and-a-half weeks later, he hit for the cycle — and he did it in just six innings of work.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Cincinnati Reds third baseman Elly De La Cruz celebrates after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of the game against the Atlanta Braves at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Friday. (Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK)In his first ...

The 2023 NHL Draft takes place next week. Here's everything you need to know. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)The Vegas Golden Knights took home the Stanley Cup, the 2022-23 NHL season is over, and now it's finally (almost) time for the long-awaited NHL Draft. With all eyes on Regina (Saskatchewan) Pats center and world junior championships MVP Connor Bedard — who finished out the last WHL season with 143 points in 57 games — and his presumed new team, the Chicago Blackhawks, this year’s NHL Draft is definitely one to watch. And Bedard isn’t the only buzzy new player coming into the mix this season. Adam Fantilli, Will Smith and Matvei Michkov are also drawing major attention from the league.Here’s what you need to know about tuning into the NHL Draft next week, including how to watc...

It's the NFL offseason, which means there's reason for fans of all 32 teams to have hope. But with offseason optimism can also come exaggerated hype. We're not one to rain on summer parades, but sometimes reality checks are important going into a new year. Identify a potential problem early, after all, and maybe it becomes that much simpler to correct.With that in mind, we're exploring the biggest red flags for some of this year's top contenders, including prominent playoff teams and others widely expected to make the leap into the 2023 postseason:Bengals: A shuffled secondaryEverything revolves around Joe Burrow; as long as he's functioning alongside their elite crop of wideouts, they should be in the hunt for an AF...

Charlotte Gibson, ESPNJun 22, 2023, 07:30 AM ETIT'S BEEN LESS than one month since Rose Zhang turned pro.And this week, she tees it up in her first major as a professional at the 2023 KPMG Women's PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey. Zhang will be among the 156 women golfers competing for the major title and $10 million purse.As the 20-year-old prepares for the only major she hasn't competed in as an amateur, she faces pressure and expectations to make history again at a storied venue.On May 26, the Stanford sophomore announced via Instagram that she was "officially turning professional." The post came just days after she won back-to-back NCAA individual titles, marking her 12th win in her 20th collegiate career event, breaking the previous school record he...