The Corriere della Sera newspaper claims Inter are keeping a tight leash on spending because Oaktree are preparing to sell the Serie A club.
Oaktree had provided a loan to previous owners Suning, and when the Chinese company failed to keep up repayments, the team was effectively repossessed in the summer of 2024.
It always seemed to be the plan for the American investment fund to get Inter back on track, bring down their debts and boost revenue, so that it could be sold on at a profit down the line.
According to the Corriere della Sera newspaper, that time is fast approaching, because it is reported Oaktree are starting the process of finding buyers.
ROME, ITALY – MAY 13: Ceo of FC Internazionale Giuseppe Marotta celebrates with team after winning the Coppa Italia final match between SS Lazio and FC Internazionale at Stadio Olimpico on May 13, 2026 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Images)

#oaktree #italy #internazionale #Newspaper

Donyell Malen said it would be 'a dream' to win the Scudetto with Roma, explains he's 'not jealous' of Aston Villa winning the Europa League, and tried to talk Crysencio Summerville into a move.
The striker made an astonishing impact on Italian football when he arrived from Aston Villa in January, scoring 14 goals in just 18 competitive games.
TURIN, ITALY – JANUARY 18: Donyell Malen of AS Roma celebrates a goal during the Serie A match between Torino FC and AS Roma at Stadio Olimpico di Torino on January 18, 2026 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Images)
Considering that was just with six months, could he aim to become the first Roma player since Edin Dzeko a decade ago to be Serie A Capocannoniere?
"I hope so, but I want to focus on improving week by week, then we'll see how many goals I manage to score," Malen told Il Messaggero newspaper.

#malen #donyell #aston

Reports are growing that Roma have turned their focus to Atletico Madrid and Argentina international Nahuel Molina, offering €13m plus €3m add-ons.
Their first choice for the right-back role after Zeki Celik's departure had been Givairo Read of Feyenoord, but after their top bid of €25m plus €3m bonus and a 10 per cent cut of the sell-on fee was rejected, they seem unwilling to push any higher.
MADRID, SPAIN – MARCH 22: Nahuel Molina of Atletico de Madrid celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the LaLiga EA Sports match between Real Madrid CF and Atletico de Madrid at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on March 22, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Angel Martinez/Getty Images)
Instead, Sportitalia noted that Molina was the next on the list, considerably more affordable than Ivan Fresneda of Sporting CP.
Now Il Tempo newspaper suggest that an opening proposal has been put forward to Atletico Madrid worth €13m plus €3m in add-ons.

#molina #spain #reports

When you hear the name Warren Buffett and the conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway that he built into one of the world's largest market caps, you do not think of cutting-edge technology or artificial intelligence (AI). Buffett made his dough mostly in insurance, newspapers, and consumer goods brands like Coca-Cola.
However, before retiring from day-to-day operations at the end of 2025, Buffett began making a massive new Berkshire investment in Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the parent company of Google, as he confirmed in a recent CNBC interview. Berkshire now has a whopping $30 billion bet on Alphabet.
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Back in June, Alphabet sold $10 billion in newly issued common stock to Berkshire Hathaway at a price of roughly $350 per share. On July 30, the stock closed at $333.

#berkshire #alphabet #buffett #NASDAQ

Phil Collins has admitted his "personal life is a minefield".
In a long-form interview with The Sunday Times, the Grammy winner opened up about his three failed marriages and revealed he hopes to fall in love again.
"My personal life is a minefield," Phil, 75, told the outlet, before describing how his first marriage, to childhood sweetheart Andrea Bertorelli, failed after his constant international touring with the band Genesis impelled her to have an affair with their interior decorator.
"I felt I had a duty to the guys (in the band) not to be the one to say, I'm sorry, I can't go to America three times this year and Europe twice and ******* an," he explained, before adding he had been "frustrated and angry" that Andrea had not been particularly understanding.
Phil's next marriage, to Jill Tavelman - with whom he shares actress daughter Lily Collins, 37 - lasted 12 years, until he fell in love with a 21-year-old translator, Orianne Cevey. The split was made public after an angry, five-page fax he had sent to Jill was leaked to The Sun newspaper.
Finally, seven years later, his third wife left him and they divorced - only for Phil and Orianne to reunite and move to Florida together six years after that. Shortly afterwards, she blindsided him by marrying another man in Las Vegas.

#jill #times #personal

FC Barcelona reportedly won't stand in the way of Paris Saint-Germain signing Ferran Torres if he wants to leave.
FC Barcelona is now willing to let Ferran Torres join Paris Saint-Germain this summer according to MARCA, which cited anonymous sources.
The Spanish newspaper writes that the Catalans are waiting for an offer to arrive from the Qatar-backed outfit in order to study it. Nothing has come through so far, though Barça is aware of an unofficial approach from PSG for the scorer of Spain's winning goal at the 2026 World Cup.
With Robert Lewandowski now gone, and indeed scoring a brace on Saturday during a 2-1 comeback win for the Chicago Fire in his MLS debut, Barça ideally needs Ferran to stay from a sporting perspective.
Failed pursuits for Julian Alvarez and Junior Kroupi leave them understaffed up front. However if the 26-year-old wants to leave, Barça will not close the Spotify Camp Nou exit door to him.

#leave #marca

July 31 (Reuters) - A selloff in U.S. Treasuries this week signaled the need for the Federal Reserve ‌to earn its inflation-fighting "credibility" with interest rate increases, ‌St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem told the Financial Times.
"At this juncture, earlier, incremental, gradual interest-rate action is preferable, less costly and less disruptive than potentially later, larger and abrupt actions," Musalem, who is not a voting member of the Federal ‌Open Market Committee ⁠this year, told the FT.
Musalem, who sits on the rate-setting body, told the newspaper he ⁠had "expressed a preference" towards a quarter-percentage-point interest rate increase at this week's policy meeting, where the Fed left rates unchanged.
The interest rate decision and a hint from Fed chief Kevin Warsh ‌that the central bank may look to change its inflation goal posts helped send 30-year Treasury yields above 5.2%, a 19-year high.
The widely expected decision to leave policy on hold drew dissents from three of the 12 ‌FOMC members who wanted a quarter-percentage-point hike instead.

#interest #musalem #year #less

(NewsNation) — Puerto Rico police say they have identified a person of interest in the execution-style killing of an Ohio man who was fatally shot during a solo camping trip earlier this month, after he had texted friends about a mysterious "howler" outside his tent in the nights before his death.
Tyler Wilkin, 35, of Wilmington, Ohio, was found shot once in the head in the mangroves near Playa La Selva in Luquillo on July 10.
His body was discovered by a beachgoer during a morning walk just after 6 a.m., some distance from the campsite where his tent and belongings remained set up.
20-year-old fatally shot at Ohio car dealership
Police Superintendent Joseph González told the newspaper El Nuevo Día on Thursday that investigators have identified a person of interest but declined to release further details, saying he did not want to interfere with the investigation.

#police #person #interest #fatally

In conjunction with the United States celebrating its 250th birthday this year, USA Today Co. newspapers in Michigan have been looking at some of the top athletes to come out of each region in the state.
Over the last few weeks, the Lansing State Journal has unveiled some of the top athletes to come out of Greater Lansing. This is among the final stories in our daily series taking a look at the top 10 male and female athletes from the region. These athletes are determined by more than just high school performance. Accomplishments in college and as a professional were also taken into consideration when determining the area's best.
The athletes are not ranked in order. Here is a look at our latest male athlete.
The Eastern graduate is considered one of the top freestyle wrestlers in United States history with his top highlight being winning gold at 181 pounds in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. He also captured ***** les at the 1991 and 1995 World Championships and was a four-time member of the U.S. world team.
Prior to finding international success that also included three World Cup gold medals and Pan American Games ***** les, Jackson shined on the mat at Eastern and then collegiately at LSU and Iowa State.

#states #eastern

As we are all well aware of, it has been an interesting summer for Juventus and their new CEO, Giovanni Carnevali. The transfer window has been one that has been slow to develop, but it's also one in which the majority of the Bianconeri's signings thus far have been ones in which we haven't really seen coming. That, of course, doesn't involve the long-standing negotiations that multiple Juve sporting chiefs had with Paris Saint-Germain for striker Randal Kolo Muani, a deal that is actually about to cross the finish line.
No, really. It is. Juventus are about to sign Kolo Muani after Carnevali reportedly got things done earlier this week.
We also know this because Carnevali himself told us that same exact thing during an interview on Thursday night in which he touched on Kolo Muani and the big surprise that came shortly after news broke of there being an agreement with the two-time defending European champions: the deal for Bosnian teenager Kerim Alajbegović.
On Kolo Muani front, Carnevali said the following:
"We're finalizing the deal for Kolo Muani now. It's been a long-running negotiation. When I arrived at Juve, I read the newspapers and thought it was a done deal, but it wasn't. There were some difficulties, and we needed to mend relations with PSG, remedying previous problems. We're finalizing the deal right now and we're in the final phase."

#carnevali #deal #juventus #really

Stephen Fleming always seems to possess a wonderful sense of timing. It was on 12 July that England made the decision to stand down Brendon McCullum as Test head coach and, in serendipitous circumstances, on 13 July that the man they would come to anoint as his successor began his search for a new job. It was nothing more than mere coincidence that the Chennai Super Kings and Fleming mutually parted ways so soon after his former teammate's departure, but within three days he was expressing interest in the England role in a newspaper interview, and within three weeks impressing the ECB interview panel sufficiently for a hasty appointment after Andy Flower had withdrawn himself from consideration for the role.
Not that Fleming will arrive with undue hustle or hurry; Marcus Trescothick will take interim charge of the three Tests against Pakistan this summer before the 53-year-old begins a four-year deal ahead of the tour to South Africa in December. While Fleming has expressed a desire to spend time with his family, it is a curious situation that again highlights the mistake made by the ECB in not taking the opportunity for a clean break after the Ashes.
Stephen Fleming has not worked in the red-ball game as a coach (Getty)
One might term this, then, a marriage of convenience – a coach in search of a new challenge taking over a team in need of new direction. On the face of it, Fleming's credentials are modest: there is no red-ball coaching whatsoever on his CV, nor any past suggestion of a desire to turn away from a franchise T20 circuit he was perhaps the first coach to truly master. He had even turned England down in 2009, feeling it was too soon into his coaching career.
Fleming proved highly successful with Chennai Super Kings in the IPL (Getty)

#coach #three #july #kings

A new chapter in the Alessio Romagnoli saga has begun, as Al-Sadd and Lazio resume their negotiations in the hopes of resurrecting the deal.
The seven-month soap opera has already witnessed a plethora of twists and turns. At the start of the summer, the two clubs had an agreement on a €3 million transfer, while the defender was prepared to sign a three-year contract with a €6 million salary. But in recent days, it was reported that the operation collapsed due to the situation in the Middle East.
With the state of Qatar imposing restrictions on monetary transactions, Al-Sadd requested that the payment be delayed until January. However, the cash-strapped Lazio refused, instead reinstating the player into Gennaro Gattuso's squad.
According to Il Corriere dello Sport, Romagnoli's transfer to Al-Sadd hasn't been entirely ruled out, as the Qatari champions are still seeking a solution. As the Roman newspaper explains, the club launched a new attempt this week, reopening talks with Lazio.
Al Sadd have reportedly made a new payment proposal on Tuesday, with the Aquile sending a counter-offer on Wednesday. Therefore, it remains to be seen whether the two parties can reach a compromise that would put an end to this exhausting transfer saga.

#million #romagnoli

Prince Harry and his fellow claimants may have to cover millions in their opponent's legal fees after losing their high-profile lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail
At a hearing on July 29, **** ociated Newspapers Limited demanded an initial payment of £10m towards its legal costs
The publisher of The Daily Mail and other U.K. outlets also seeks to recoup much more
Prince Harry and his fellow claimants may have to cover hefty court costs after losing a high-profile legal case earlier this month.
Justice Matthew Nicklin handed down the decision on July 7, declaring that the Duke of Sussex and six other high-profile claimants — including Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley and Jude Law's ex-wife, Sadie Frost — had lost their case against **** ociated Newspapers Limited (ANL), the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, failing to prove that the publications had engaged in illegal information gathering.

#mail #daily #high #prince

FIFA said Tuesday it plans to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a semi-private subsidiary.
World football's governing body said it would retain a majority share in FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) but hoped to raise $4.2 billion later this year by "carefully selecting long-term investors who will purchase minority, non-controlling interests".
FIFA's statement was a rapid response to a story in British newspapers The Times and The Financial Times based on leaks of the plan from two sources.
The Times reported that FIFA president Gianni Infantino, 56, stood to profit from the scheme by becoming commissioner of the FFE after his expected next term expires in 2031. FIFA denied that this had been discussed.
The article also said discussion had started with financial advisors and potential investors.

#World #enterprise

As Justin Baldoni's production company is deadlocked with Blake Lively over legal fees, another legal battle is coming to an end.
Wayfarer Studios, which Baldoni cofounded with investor Steve Sarowitz, has been ordered to pay the legal fees that The New York Times incurred in fighting a 2024 defamation lawsuit from the "It Ends with Us" studio.
In a July 27 order from New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits, which was reviewed by USA TODAY, The New York Times Co. was determined to be entitled to $171,616.20 in damages. The company was seeking $181,622.70 in fees billed by outside counsel and its in-house legal team, but Lebovits did not agree that some fees were warranted.
The Times had sought attorney fees under New York's anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation law after the claims against the newspaper in Wayfarer's federal lawsuit were dismissed in June 2025.

#york #company #justin

FIFA said Tuesday it plans to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a semi-private subsidiary.
World football's governing body said it would retain a majority share in FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) but hoped to raise $4.2 billion later this year by "carefully selecting long-term investors who will purchase minority, non-controlling interests".
FIFA's statement was a rapid response to a story in British newspaper The Times based on leaks of the plan from two sources.
The Times reported that FIFA president Gianni Infantino, 56, stood to profit from the scheme by becoming commissioner of the FFE after his expected next term expires in 2031.
The article also said discussion had started with potential investors.

#forward #enterprise

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It's the number of the summer — 250.
With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year, that impressive number has been linked to nearly everything this summer.
And, at the Battle Creek Enquirer and USA Today, we are no different.
The Battle Creek Enquirer combined with other USA Today Network newspapers recently to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States with the top 250 athletes from around the state. You can see that list here, broken down by regions.
Locally, we have come up with our own select list, naming the top 250 athletes among Battle Creek city schools. It is Battle Creek's 250.

#battle #creek #birthday #America

Aston Villa are facing a serious battle in the race to sign AC Milan winger Rafael Leao.
According to Italian newspaper Gazzetta, Turkish giants Fenerbahce have leapfrogged Villa and are now considered frontrunners to sign Leao after tabling a significant bid.
Villa are on the market for a winger to replace Morgan Rogers, who recently completed a British record £117 million move to Chelsea, and Leao is one of several names under consideration.
The Portuguese international is expected to leave Milan this summer, but Villa aren't the only club keeping tabs on his situation.
Their reluctance to act on their interest could now come back to bite them, with Fenerbahce seriously pushing to beat Villa to the signing of the Portuguese winger.

#fenerbahce #portuguese #rafael #according

(NewsNation) — Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell was the subject of a scathing "pre-obituary" by his hometown newspaper.
Joseph Gerth, a columnist for the Louisville Courier Journal, published a piece reflecting on the 84-year-old's career even though McConnell is still alive.
The piece was highly critical, saying McConnell dismantled civil rights protections he once advocated and enabled President Donald Trump.
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"Unlike Nixon, McConnell never paid for his sins that have damaged our nation's trust in government, destroyed the country's ability to have meaningful dialogue and cemented our nation's politics as an arena in which winning is the only thing that matters," Gerth wrote in the publication, calling McConnell a "detestable figure."

#kentucky #senator

It's the number of the summer — 250.
With America celebrating its 250th birthday this year, that impressive number has been linked to nearly everything this summer.
And, at the Battle Creek Enquirer and USA Today, we are no different.
The Battle Creek Enquirer combined with other USA Today Network newspapers recently to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States with the top 250 athletes from around the state. You can see that list here, broken down by regions.
Locally, we have come up with our own select list, naming the top 250 athletes among Battle Creek city schools. It is Battle Creek's 250.

#number #birthday

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Republican Steve Hilton launched his general election campaign for California governor Wednesday with a gambit to win over left-leaning voters who dominate the state: Even if they loathe President Donald Trump, he said, they should consider voting for him.
During an event in Los Angeles, against the backdrop of a stinking, scorched food warehouse he described as a symbol of the state's political incompetence, Hilton rolled out a list of campaign promises clearly aimed at residents buckling under California's notoriously high cost of living. He vowed to bring the price of gasoline down to $3 a gallon, about half the current cost, cut residents' utility bills in half, now among the nation's highest, and eliminate state income taxes on the first $150,000 in earnings.
He blamed the state's problems — from homelessness to low student test scores — squarely on Democrats, who hold every statewide office and supermajorities in the Legislature. He called Democrats a "rotten regime that has abandoned the working class."
In his campaign remarks and ads he took out in leading newspapers throughout the state, Hilton addressed his relationship with Trump, who has endorsed him in the race.
"This is not about who you hate in Washington. It's about what we love about California and what we can do to make California once again the best place anywhere in the country to start and raise a family, to start and run a business," he said before a small group of supporters. "That's what this election is about."

#campaign #Trump

The 2026 FIFA World Cup has barely ended, and behind the scenes rumors are already starting about the next World Cups.
In addition to the possible expansion from 48 to 64 teams, discussions are emerging about the host nations from 2038 onward.
According to the newspaper Le Parisien, France is considering a joint bid with Germany for 2038 or 2042.
It is worth remembering that the next two World Cups will be held in Portugal, Spain, and Morocco (with opening matches in Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay) in 2030, and in Saudi Arabia in 2034.
According to the publication, a report commissioned by the French Ministry of Sports concluded that the French would be ready to host the event, with the aim of adapting stadiums to today's new social and environmental requirements.

#according #fifa

Cycling governing body the UCI has defended overnight doping controls on riders at the Tour de France.
Tour leader Tadej Pogačar was tested at 5 am (0300 GMT) on Sunday before the gruelling 15th stage. Jonas Vingegaard - second at the time - received a visit from drugs testers even earlier at 2 am and later suffered a dramatic crash, meaning he had to quit the race.
There has been widespread criticism of the overnight controls, which according to French newspaper L'Equipe were possible due to a court ruling. It was the first application of provisions introduced into French law in 2015.
The independent International Testing Agency (ITA) carries out the controls on behalf of the UCI, but the governing body decided to issue a statement on Wednesday.
"The UCI of course acknowledges that night-time testing can disrupt riders' rest and recovery, and wishes to reiterate that carrying out such controls outside normal hours remains an exceptional measure, reserved for limited and justified circumstances," it read.

#governing #time

Former Germany international Sven Bender is set to be named one of Jürgen Klopp's ****** istants when he is appointed German national team coach, the Bild newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Klopp's unveiling is widely expected on Friday, but the German Football Federation (DFB) has not yet confirmed his ****** istants.
The 37-year-old, who enjoyed his most successful spell as a midfielder under Klopp at Borussia Dortmund and won the 2011 and 2012 Bundesliga ****** les, was head coach at fourth-tier club Unterhaching until recently.
Klopp is set to succeed Julian Nagelsmann, who resigned following Germany's third early exit at a men's World Cup in a row. The former Liverpool boss is expected to sign a contract until 2030.
Pundits consider it certain that Klopp, 59, will bring his long-time confidants Peter Krawietz, 54, and Pepijn Lijnders, 43, with him to the DFB as ****** istant coaches, with Bender now entering the mix.

#bender #former #coach

Former Netherlands midfielder Mark van Bommel is set to become Belgium coach, according to a media report.
The 49-year-old is expected to sign a contract with the Red Devils until Euro 2028, Belgian newspaper Nieuwsblad reported on Wednesday.
Van Bommel, a World Cup runner-up with the Dutch in 2010, played for Fortuna Sittard, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and AC Milan.
As a coach, he took charge of PSV, VfL Wolfsburg and Royal Antwerp, where he won the Belgian double. Van Bommel has been without a club since 2024.
Frenchman Rudi Garcia was let go despite leading Belgium to the recent World Cup quarter-finals.

#bommel #belgian #World #mark

Jeff Pearlman has spent much of the last several years positioning himself as one of sports media's loudest critics, frequently calling out journalists, broadcasters and media personalities over their work and ethics.
Now, the longtime sportswriter and bestselling author finds himself on the other side of that conversation.
Pearlman, a Southern California resident who has taught journalism as an adjunct professor at Chapman University for the past decade, publicly apologized after YouTube creator Velodus accused him of plagiarizing large portions of a 2021 video about former New York Yankees prospect Ruben Rivera. Awful Announcing was the first to detail the scandal.
Velodus published a detailed follow-up video identifying what he said were 23 instances in which Pearlman's video mirrored his original work, including newspaper clippings, archival footage, photographs and editing choices. According to Velodus, several graphics even retained alterations unique to his original edit.
Pearlman's version appeared on his Press Box Chronicles YouTube channel, which has a significantly larger audience than Velodus' channel, and included a sponsored advertisement. After the allegations gained traction, Pearlman made the Rivera video private, deleted his Bluesky account (he had already previously deleted his X/Twitter account) and later released a TikTok video addressing the controversy.

#several

Argentina will wear their dark blue change kits in the World Cup semi-final with England on Wednesday, prompting fans of the Three Lions to fear the worst.
The three-time champions normally wear white and light blue stripes but that would clash with England's white.
England are the designated home team but the holders are more than happy to wear blue given its World Cup history against their rivals.
"Bad omen for England?" wrote UK tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail in its online headline on Tuesday, while social media was awash with England fans wishing they could wear their red change kit in Atlanta.
In the 1986 quarter-final, Argentina beat England 2-1 wearing dark blue in a game made famous by Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" goal. His second was one of the greatest goals of all-time.

In conjunction with the United States celebrating its 250th birthday this year, USA Today Co. newspapers in Michigan have been looking at some of the top athletes to come out of each region in the state.
Over the next several weeks, the Lansing State Journal will unveil some of the top athletes from Greater Lansing. We will take a daily look at one of the top 10 male or female athletes from the region. These athletes are determined by more than just high school performance. Accomplishments in college and as a professional were also taken into consideration when determining the area's best.
The athletes are not ranked in order. Here is a look at our first female athlete.
Whether it was at Okemos or Michigan State University, Bograkos made a significant mark on the diamond. The 2004 Spartan graduate is part of the Michigan State Athletic Hall of Fame as one of the most decorated softball players in school history.
Bograkos ranks as MSU's all-time career leader in wins (72), shutouts (24), strikeouts (659) and no-hitters (four). She also led Okemos to a state **** le and was Michigan’s Miss Softball winner in that 2000 season, finishing her high school career with 57 straight victories. Bograkos was also an all-state basketball and volleyball player at Okemos.

Forward Kylian Mbappé has dispelled doubts about his fitness on the eve of the decisive clash between France and Spain in the 2026 World Cup semifinal.
According to Spanish newspaper AS, the No. 10 trained without showing any discomfort in the French national team’s latest session.
Mbappé finished the 2-0 quarterfinal win over Morocco with ankle pain and even wore protection on the area, causing concern behind the scenes.
In the session ahead of the match, held at the same time as kickoff and under intense 30°C heat in Dallas, the star trained normally and confirmed he is available to coach Didier Deschamps.