The Blues are close to securing a move for their main transfer target, as significant progress is made with the Supercoppa winners Chelsea have reached an agreement with Juventus over the January transfer of Gonzalo Higuain, Goal understands, with the Argentine’s loan deal with AC Milan set to be cut short. The deal will see…

Hopes that the Crusaders’ temporary home ground would be ready for their first Super Rugby home match in March have been dashed. It was hoped a new $NZ20 million ($A15.39 million) temporary stadium at Rugby League Park in Addington would be finished in time to host the Chiefs on March 9. But Crusaders chief executive…

Passion has been replaced by analytics in the Waratahs front row but prop Paddy Ryan says the Waratahs can continue to improve their set piece. Cameron Blades has replaced Mario Ledesma as the Waratahs’ set piece coach and Ryan said both had a unique style when it came to leading the group. “I think Mario’s…

The Bash Brothers are back. Rebels captain Sean McMahon will be reunited with Jordy Reid in the Rebels’ starting back row and the 21-year-old is thrilled. Reid will start at blindside against the Reds, with Adam Thomson and number eight and Lopeti Timani moving to the second row. “Jordy’s back – part of the Bash…

The Brumbies have broken the streak with a 32-15 win over the NSW Waratahs.  After four straight defeats to their fiercest rivals dating back to 2014, the Brumbies sealed it with a three try-to-one second half in front of  20,142. The Brumbies had the advantage for much of the night but failed to convert during…

The Brumbies will have to wait another week to snatch back the Australian conference lead, after a 23-10  loss to the Highlanders on Saturday. The ACT franchise were ground into submission by a Highlanders side happy to make tackle after tackle, finishing with a 120-32 count in the Kiwis’ favour. The Brumbies dominated the early…

Curtis Rona opted to stay in rugby to embark on some unfinished business and the former Force centre is in the swing of doing just that in Sydney. Rona opted to sign with the Waratahs after the Western Force’s axing, with a view to being a part of Michael Cheika’s 2019 Rugby World Cup squad,…

For the first time in their managerial careers, the two Arsenal legends are set to face off against each other Thierry Henry says he and former Arsenal team-mate Patrick Vieira “are not going to like each other” when they meet as managerial adversaries for the first time. Henry and Vieira, part of Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’ side…

The 36-year-old has plied his trade with the reserve and youth teams at Dortmund and Germany – and his next challenge is coaching the Terriers In the same manner that the youth academy of Borussia Dortmund has had the tendency to spurn out some of the best young talents in football – Jadon Sancho, Christian…

After almost 20 years working alongside his compatriot, Faria is striking out on his own having left Man United at the end of 2017-18 Long-time Jose Mourinho collaborator Rui Faria has taken his first head coaching job with Qatar’s Al Duhail, the club confirmed on Friday. Faria, 43, left his assistant manager’s job at Manchester…