Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes played for 74 minutes as Portugal was eliminated from Euro 2024 after a loss to France. Both teams were unable to score in regular time, leading to extra time. After 120 minutes, a penalty shootout was needed to determine the winner. France emerged victorious after Ousmane Dembele, Youssouf Fofana, Jules…
1 Go Ahead Eagles technical director Paul Bosvelt has confirmed that head coach Rene Hake is on the brink of sealing a switch to Manchester United as he reiterated that they will not stand in his way. Erik ten Hag’s coaching staff is currently undergoing a revamp, with the likes of Hake and former United…
GS Iraklis BC Thessaloniki (Elite League) landed 32-year old 204cm power forward Nikolaos Kampouris for new season. Kampouris played most recently at Amyntas. In 29 Elite League games he averaged 3.6ppg and 2.7rpg last season. The previous (2022-23) season he played at Mykonou (B). He helped them to end the regular season as a second…
Aliaga Petkimspor Izmir (BSL) strengthened their roster with addition of 28-year old American 193cm shooting guard Wesley Van Beck (college: Houston) for upcoming season. Van Beck played most recently at NINERS Chemnitz in German BBL league. The team played in three different competitions (!!!) that year, and he was exposed to basketball on different levels….
Mersin BBGSK (BSL) strengthened their roster with addition of 25-year old 206cm power forward Emre Tanisan for season 2024-25. Tanisan played most recently at Petkim (BSL). BSL was a little too high level for him, where in 31 games he recorded just 1.6ppg and 1.0rpg last season. TBL will be definitely a better match and…
1 Apart from incomings, Manchester United need to sort out the futures of several stars who seemingly have no future at the club and at the forefront of that list lies Jadon Sancho. The star winger had arrived in Manchester back in 2021 for a mammoth £73 million but underwhelmed in his debut season under…
1 Sir Jim Ratcliffe has made it clear that under his stewardship, Manchester United will try and recruit young gems, moving away from the Glazers’ policy of buying only high-profile names. Academy recruitment suffered as a result of this approach, especially since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, but things are picking up slowly but…
AE Psychiko Athens (Elite League) added 22-year old shooting guard Vasileios Stavrakoukas (191cm-2001, agency: Octagon Europe) to their roster for the new 2024-25 season. Stavrakoukas played last season at Mykonou in Greek National League 1. In 19 Elite League games, he recorded 6.3ppg, 2.1rpg, and 1.2apg. He also played for Maroussi (GBL). However, in 5…
Lisandro Martinez scored his first ever goal for Argentina as they squeaked past a resolute Ecuador to make the semi-finals of Copa America. An even game finished 1-1 and the World Champions eventually made it through 4-2 on penalties. The Argentines had eight shots to Ecuador’s nine with both teams only having two shots on…
15 Marcus Rashford’s most prolific season at club level coincided with Erik ten Hag’s arrival as Manchester United manager with the Mancunian plundering 30 goals in all competitions, emerging as the club’s top scorer as the Red Devils clinched the Carabao Cup while also qualifying for the Champions League. His performances meant the Dutchman greenlit…
