On August 19, Ferrovial (NASDAQ:FER) announced it had been selected to deliver the I-24 Southeast Choice Lanes, a 26-mile project running between Nashville and Murfreesboro. It is the largest single capital investment in Tennessee's history and the state's first public-private partnership. The price tag is $9.2 billion, though Ferrovial isn't carrying it alone, since its DriveTN consortium also counts Transurban and Tikehau Star Infra as partners.
Choice lanes are familiar ground for Ferrovial, which has replicated the model in Washington, D.C., Charlotte and Dallas-Fort Worth. On Virginia's 66 Express corridor, similar lanes shaved up to 50% off peak-hour travel times. That is the pitch for I-24, a stretch of highway that already ranks among the region's most jammed: drivers who opt in get steadier speeds, and those in the free lanes should see less traffic too.
The business behind the bid looks healthy, too. Ferrovial's July 28 results showed adjusted EBITDA up 21.6% on a like-for-like basis to €746 million over the first six months of the year, with U.S. highways doing most of the lifting. Those roads are sending cash home as well, since Ferrovial received €357 million in dividends from North America. And the construction order book reached an all-time high of €18 billion, so plenty of work is already in hand. The pipeline keeps filling: Ferrovial bid on I-285 East in Georgia in July, and its D35 Highway bid in the Czech Republic was the most cost-effective submitted, with technical evaluation still underway.
Beyond the roads, the balance sheet looks sturdy. Ferrovial ended the first half with €1.3 billion in net cash, excluding infrastructure projects, meaning cash outweighs debt outside those projects. The airport arm is progressing too: Ferrovial has finished funding the $1.1 billion in equity it pledged for New Terminal One at JFK, and construction there is 92% complete.
Start with the line that looks worst on the page. Net profit for the first half of 2026 came in at €258 million, versus €540 million for the same period of 2025. That earlier figure included capital gains from ******* et rotation, which makes the comparison harsh, but the mismatch is still there: EBITDA climbed while reported profit fell.

#first #million #choice

NEW YORK – It was a double celebration for Katerina Siniakova and for Taylor Townsend, the final piece of the puzzle to a career Grand Slam.
Siniakova and Townsend, the tournament's No. 1 seed, captured their first U.S. Open women's doubles ******* le together, rallying to beat young Americans Ashlyn Krueger and Robin Montgomery 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 in the final in Arthur Ashe Stadium on on Friday, Sept. 11.
Townsend, a 30 year-old American, and Siniakova, a 30-year-old from Czechia, captured their first major ******* le at Wimbledon in 2024 before adding the 2025 Australian Open, the 2026 French Open and this US Open championship.
Townsend and Siniakova found themselves down 0-3, and went on to lose the first set, but then they turned it on, blanking the wildcard entrants in the second set, before slamming and forehand baselining their way to a 6-2 closing set.
MEN'S SEMIFINALS HIGHLIGHTS: Zverev faces Khachanov and Shelton faces Tiafoe for place in final

#open #final

Nebraska 3-New Mexico 0: 25-12, 25-13, 25-15
Well that was a quick match to start out the Huskers' season at the Bob Devaney Center! Everyone was excited to be back in the Bob tonight to watch some Husker volleyball and they really kept it short and sweet for the fans tonight with a 3-0 sweep.
Former Husker Allie Sczech was on the call, for B1G+, tonight along with 2 others and they had said a couple times how New Mexico was getting into their rhythm after a win against their rival, New Mexico State, earlier this week. The Huskers kind of just squashed whatever confidence they had coming in by shutting them down.
We saw the same lineup we've been seeing since the first match so we should ******* ume this is the starting lineup that DBK is going with this year. Olivia Mauch got the libero jersey once again too. I wonder when, or if, we'll see Laney Choboy as the libero at all this season.
This is meant to be no shade whatsoever towards New Mexico, but the Huskers kind of made them look like a high school team. The first set especially was a hard one for the Lobos. New Mexico just didn't seem ready for what was to come.

#Huskers #season #first #libero

When does Caitlin Clark play again? Team USA's next game comes Thursday after the Americans completed an unbeaten run through group play at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
Clark and Team USA advanced directly to the quarterfinals by winning Group D with victories over China, Italy and Czechia. The Americans will play either Hungary or ******* an on Thursday, Sept. 10, while Clark enters the knockout round leading Team USA in ******* ists and coming off a record-setting World Cup debut against China.
Caitlin Clark and Team USA will play next on Thursday, Sept. 10, in the quarterfinals of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. The Americans advanced directly to the quarterfinals after finishing 3-0 in Group D.
No. Team USA does not play Tuesday.
The Americans earned a direct trip to the quarterfinals and will not return to the court until Thursday, Sept. 10, where they will play the winner of today's matchup, ******* an vs. Hungary.

#play #caitlin

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The FIBA Women's World Cup is underway. The USA continues its ***** le defense on Sunday against Italy.
The four-time defending champions, the USA earned a 94-61 opening win against China. Paige Bueckers, Rhyne Howard and Caitlyn Clark each recorded 14 points in the victory.
Italy, too, is 1-0 after its 63-54 win over Czechia. Cecilia Zandalasini scored 19 points for her squad.
Expectations are high for the American team, but underestimating an opponent is the last thing they want. Can they keep the pressure on during their second group stage match of the tournament?

#italy #sporting #time #source

Amanda Anisimova, runner-up at the 2025 US Open, fell Saturday in the third round to Anastasia Potapova, who capitalized on a flood of unforced errors from the American.
Potapova, seeded 24th, topped the 10th-seeded Anisimova 6-2, 7-5.
Anisimova enjoyed a sterling 2025, also reaching the final of Wimbledon and winning two prestigious tour events, but she has struggled to approach her level from last year.
Potapova took full advantage of 46 unforced errors from Anisimova, who had already been pushed hard in her second-round win over another Austrian, Lilli Tagger.
Potapova, who was born in Russia but now plays for Austria, will next face either fifth-seeded reigning French Open champion Mirra Andreeva, a 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) winner over Czech Nikola Bartunkova.

#potapova #amanda

AUMOVIO has agreed to sell its washer and cleaning business to Munich-based industrial holding company CERTINA Group, as the automotive supplier continues to streamline its portfolio and focus capital on core technologies.
The deal, announced on 3 September, covers production, research and development, employees and all related business activities.
Closing is subject to customary conditions and is expected by the end of 2026.
The companies did not disclose the purchase price.
The business is headquartered in Adrspach and operates entirely in the Czech Republic, employing around 700 people.

#certina #september #czech

Team USA's bid to win a fifth consecutive FIBA Women's World Cup gold medal begins now.
The Americans open the World Cup with a a preliminary round-robin matchup against China on Friday, Sept. 4, to kick off Group D play, which features Italy and Czechia, in addition to USA and China.
Team USA has been dominant in this tournament, winning nine of the last 12 FIBA World Cups, including four straight. This year's team will be coached by Kara Lawson and features rising American stars like Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers.
Both teams had to make last minute adjustments to their rosters. Four-time WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson, who was also the MVP of the 2022 World Cup, and Kelsey Plum won't play for Team USA in Germany due to health reasons. Meanwhile, two-time Olympian and Dallas Wings center Li Yueru won't suit up for the Chinese national team at the World Cup because her passport was lost in the mail, preventing her from traveling to Berlin for the international tournament. Yueru helped China capture a silver medal in the 2022 World Cup.
USA TODAY Sports will provide live coverage of Team USA's World Cup opener. Here's everything you need to know:

#features

Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston of the Indiana Fever are playing for Team USA in the FIBA Women's World Cup from Sept. 4-13 in Berlin, Germany. Fever coach Stephanie White is on the staff.
Sixteen teams qualified for the tournament: Australia, Czechia, Hungary, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Belgium, France, Italy, Mali, Spain, China, Germany, **** an, Nigeria and Turkiye are also participating.
Group play begins Friday, Sept. 4, and continues through Monday, Sept. 7. Team USA plays China, Turkiye and Italy in the group round. Knockout rounds begin Tuesday, Sept. 8.
In the World Cup: Caitlin Clark ready for 'very different scenario'
(all times ET)

#team #germany #italy #turkiye

Britain's Harriet Dart said she felt "under the weather" as she struggled in the heat during her second-round loss to Marie Bouzkova at the US Open.
Dart struggled for rhythm in a 6-2 6-2 defeat by Czech 25th seed Bouzkova as temperatures reached around 30C in New York.
Dart's defeat means Fran Jones is the last remaining Briton in either singles draw at Flushing Meadows.
Jones faces American 14th seed Iva Jovic later on Thursday.
Dart draped ice towels around her neck and used cold-air hoses at the changeovers against Bouzkova as she attempted to cool down.

#open

British number one Katie Boulter was dumped out of the US Open in the second round as she won just one game in a 58-minute demolition by Karolina Muchova.
The match, originally scheduled to be played on one of the outer courts, was moved to the 14,000-capacity Louis Armstrong Stadium after heavy rain in New York.
But fans who had counted themselves lucky to have gained a third match on their day session ticket may have been left feeling short-changed, as Boulter fell to a swift 6-1 6-0 defeat by the Czech seventh seed.
Francesca Jones had better fortune as she returned to win her first-round match against Poland's Magda Linette after it was interrupted by rain on Tuesday.
Boulter's serve let her down as she hit eight double faults and no aces, while she won just 33% of points behind her first serve.

#karolina

Rangers are aiming to string together consecutive victories in the Scottish Premiership as they head to Falkirk for a Wednesday night fixture.
Currently sitting seventh in the table with four points, Rangers have displayed inconsistent performances across their various competitions. Their league record so far stands at one win, one draw, and one loss, with their most recent result being a gritty 1-0 triumph against Aberdeen. That domestic upturn comes after a painful exit from Europe, where they were eliminated from the UEFA Conference League play-offs by Czech outfit FK Jablonec in a penalty shoot-out.
The Gers arrive in better physical condition overall, although manager Derek McInnes still has to contend with several long-term absentees and off-field complications.
Forward Youssef Chermiti continues to be unavailable as he works his way back from a severe cruciate ligament injury.
Left-back Tuur Rommens is also expected to be sidelined for several weeks because of an ongoing groin issue, while midfielder Jose Cifuentes remains out after undergoing a recent operation.

#rangers #several #premiership

Jordan Staal was 3 days old when Jaromir Jágr made his pro hockey debut.
Since then, Staal has grown up; made the NHL; won the Stanley Cup twice and the Conn Smythe Trophy once; played more than 1,500 games between the regular season and playoffs; and, as he's less than two weeks away from his 38th birthday, is likely entering the final stage of his career.
And Jágr is still playing.
Jágr, 54, ranks second all-time in NHL points behind only Wayne Gretzky. Since leaving the NHL in 2018, he has played parts of nine seasons for his hometown Kladno Knights in Czechia — a team that he once owned outright, and now holds a 20% stake.
"The fans won't see me anymore. A miracle would have to happen. God would have to come into me and make me 15 years younger."

#since #jordan

Looking at the WNBA schedule and wondering why there's a two-week gap in games?
That's because from Monday to Sept. 16 the league is taking a hiatus for the women's basketball FIBA World Cup where a cohort of its best players will be competing with their respective national teams. Players began arriving in Berlin this week with the tournament's group stages set to tip off on Sept. 4.
This break is a standard procedure during any World Cup year, but this season as the pool of international talent has expanded in the WNBA, even more stars will be on the global stage.
The U.S. women's national team will be competing for its fifth consecutive World Cup gold medal with a roster composed of some of the WNBA's biggest stars. Las Vegas Aces forward A'ja Wilson and Phoenix Mercury guard Kelsey Plum were late scratches from Team USA's roster due to injuries. But a new era of players, including Caitlin Clark (Indiana Fever), Paige Bueckers (Dallas Wings) and Angel Reese (Atlanta Dream), will make their debuts with other young stars like Aliyah Boston (Fever) and Rhyne Howard (Dream). Washington Mystics teammates Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron will be making their debuts as well, replacing Wilson and Plum. Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx) and Jackie Young (Aces) will also be starring alongside veterans Chelsea Gray (Aces), Kahleah Copper (Mercury) and Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty).
The U.S., who will be led by Duke coach Kara Lawson, tip off the group stage against China, which it holds an all-time 8-0 record against. Team USA will continue the group stages with a Sept. 6 game against Italy, which it is 1-1 against in World Cup play, and on Sept. 7 against Czechia, which it has a 2-0 edge against, before the quarterfinals begin on Sept. 8.

#mercury

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Small boats stand idle on cracked ground in a shriveled side channel of the Danube River in northern Serbia, where the water has receded into a couple of shrinking ponds under pressure from extreme drought and heat. Fish circle in the shallow waters.
"This is all we have, these two little ponds that are full of juvenile fish," fisherman Dusan Jovanovic said. He said the fish are in danger because there is too little water and its temperature is over 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
"If they start to die, they will all die at once," Jovanovic said.
Persistent drought and scorching heat this summer have ravaged ecosystems and businesses across the region, from a lake in Slovenia and the side channel of the Danube in Serbia, to fish farms in Bosnia, the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary.
The fish industry has been hit especially hard, with damage estimated in the millions of euros (dollars). This is adding to the already high toll caused by problems with energy and water supplies, devastated crops, losses in river traffic and trade.

#serbia #ponds

Two eagles propelled overnight leader Casandra Alexander to a second-round 66 as the South African seized control of the Women's Irish Open at the K Club.
Following a bogey-free 63 on Thursday, Alexander eagled the par-five 10th - her opening hole - on Friday and followed that with back-to-back birdies.
Having dropped a shot on 13, the 27-year-old carded a birdie two on 17 before recording her second eagle of the round at the third.
After a bogey on six, a birdie on seven gave Alexander a 36-hole total of 129 to sit five shots clear of the Czech Republic's Sara Kouskova, who followed an opening 68 with a 66.
Canice Screene leads the home challenge on five under after mixing seven birdies with two bogeys in a five-under 67, but Aine Donegan slipped back to two under with a disappointing 73.

#alexander #second #round #followed

On Friday, SC Freiburg found out which teams they will face in the league phase of the Europa Conference League this season. Julian Schuster's side booked their place in today's draw after beating Motherwell FC 7-2 on aggregate.
Last season's Europa League finalists were in Pot 1. Unlike the Champions League and Europa League, there were six pots with only six league phase matchdays in the Conference League.
Freiburg's home games will be against Panathinaikos, Twente and Czechia side Jablonec. They will face AS Monaco, Mohamed Salah's Trabzonspor and Lithuanian side Kauno Žalgiris away from home.
AS Monaco (A)
Panathinaikos (H)

#Friday

Manager Derek McInnes says he take "full responsibility" for Rangers' "embarrassing" Conference League exit at the hands of Jablonec.
Rangers, who held a 1-0 lead going into the second leg of the play-off in Czech Republic, lost 4-3 on penalties on Thursday to crash out of Europe completely.
Derek McInnes' side actually led early in the shootout, only for Findlay Curtis and James Penrice to miss their final two penalties.
It leaves them without European football beyond August for the first time since the 2-1 aggregate defeat by Luxembourg's Progres Niederkorn in the Europa League first qualifying round in 2017.
Rangers out of Europe after wretched penalty defeat in Jablonec

#manager

Arsenal are set to play the likes of Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the Champions League's first phase this season, as the Gunners aim to bounce back from their final heartbreak.
In May, ***** nal lost the Champions League final to Paris Saint-Germain after coming up short in a penalty shootout, meaning their wait for a first trophy in the competition goes on.
As they bid to reach a second consecutive final – and third overall – the reigning Premier League winners will this season take on Real Madrid and their Spanish colleagues Real Betis, as well as German duo Bayern and Borussia Dortmund.
Martin Odegaard (left) and Mikel Merino react to their defeat in the 25/26 Champions League final (Getty)
Furthermore, the north London club will face Italy's Napoli, French side Lille, Czech Republic's Slavia Prague, and Azerbaijani debutants Sabah.

#real #madrid

Czechia continues to have a great summer as Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik win the 2026 US Open mixed doubles.
Muchova earns a long-awaited Grand Slam ****** le after two previous finals singles appearances at the 2023 French Open and last month's Wimbledon final where she lost a heartbreaker to compatriot Linda Noskova.
Mensik, whose biggest win to date was defeating Novak Djokovic at the 2025 Miami Open, looked like a natural doubles star. He has not played much doubles tennis in his young career. Mensik crowded the net and played great defensive tennis while delivering his trademark big serves.
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Muchova shared that Mensik was the reason they dressed alike. He texted her the night before they took the court for the first time on August 25 coordinating their outfits. In her victory speech, she joked that the matching outfits worked.

#doubles #great

Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik won the US Open's unique mixed doubles tournament on Wednesday, taking home a $1 million grand prize (or $500,000 each). Which isn't bad for two days' work.
As the clock neared midnight in New York City, the Czechs defeated Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 1-6, 10-6 in front of a crowd thinned out by the late hour. Both teams had already played a three-set semifinal earlier in the evening.
The 30-year-old Muchova and 20-year-old Mensik, who were unseeded, won the later semifinal against the Russian pairing of Mirra Andreeva and Andrey Rublev. With a turnaround of less than an hour, they pounced early, breaking Bencic's serve and coasting to a first-set win.
Bencic and Cobolli, seeded No. 4, bounced back to take the second set in lopsided fashion, but a run of four straight points in the 10-point third-set tiebreaker left the Czechs with room for error.
The big-serving Mensik closed things out with a 131-mph ace.

#hour #semifinal

This despatch comes on the journey from Celtic's debacle in Linz to the Czech Republic, where Rangers will hope a more positive European experience awaits.
There will be Rangers supporters revelling in Celtic's downfall last night but they will surely be wary their own nightmare scenario could yet unfold, with the prospect of no European football whatsoever still a possibility.
If they turn in another performance like the first leg against Jablonec they will struggle to get the job done, though Derek McInnes will hope his players can find several more levels to help Rangers secure passage to the league stage of the Conference League.
The alternative is unthinkable for a club that has spent tens of millions of pounds over the past year, though the prize money available in this third-tier competition will not scratch the surface in terms of recouping some of that outlay.
Rather it is for reasons of self-respect that Rangers cannot afford to fail at this stage. Jablonec are not of a standard that should cause the Glasgow side any real issues, yet the slender advantage they take to the Czech Republic does not make for a comfortable evening.

#though

Jessica Pegula beat Iga Swiatek in a match that lasted almost three hours to book her spot in the final of the Cincinnati Open.
Third seed Pegula won 7-5 4-6 6-4 against the six-time Grand Slam champion in a contest featuring 13 breaks of serve.
Pegula and Coco Gauff, who beat unseeded Czech Sara Bejlek 6-4 6-1 earlier on Saturday, will contest the first all‑American women's final in Cincinnati in 56 years on Sunday.
Rosie Casals beat Nancy Richey in the 1970 final.
Pegula said: "I felt like we were playing well at times and then not playing well at times, so it was really tough to get a gauge on the match.

#contest #times #jessica

The Cincinnati Open will host its first all-American women's final in 56 years after Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula won through their respective semi-finals.
Fourth-seed Gauff cruised home in her clash with Sara Bejlek, eclipsing the Czech 6-4, 6-1.
Third-seed Pegula then earned her way through with a hard-fought 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 win over seventh-seed Iga Swiatek.
Speaking after the match – which took almost three hours – Pegula told wtatennis.com: "I felt like we were playing well at times and then not playing well at times, so it was really tough to get a gauge on the match.
"So (I'm) really happy with the way I was able to handle a lot that was going on today."

#pegula #seed

Tottenham Hotspur fans would have been expectant of great things coming into this season. Roberto De Zerbi had the squad performing admirably at the conclusion of last season as the club narrowly avoided relegation, and a strong preseason campaign combined with a flurry of activity in the transfer market seemed to herald a new dawn for the North London club. Instead, Spurs looked all at sea in their opening match of the 2026/27 season, crashing to a 3-0 defeat as they were dominated in all facets by a buoyant Brentford side.
Spurs' starting XI was much as expected, in line with the side De Zerbi had used in preseason accounting for absences due to World Cup duties, fitness, and injury. Mikey Moore made his second Spurs start on the right wing while Archie Gray captained the side, lining up at right back. He rounded out a new-look backline, with Gray, Jan Paul van Hecke, Marcos Senesi, and Andy Robertson making up the back four. Keith Andrews named a strong side of his own, with new signing Mamadou Sangare lining up in midfield for Brentford and no room for Mikel Damsgaard, such was the quality of Brentford's other attacking options.
The first half was all Brentford, with Spurs looking all at sea. The home side nearly opened the scoring early via a set piece, as Andy Robertson's defensive header deflected narrowly over the crossbar, before Nathan Collins couldn't direct a header of his own on target. The chances kept coming for Brentford, as Keane Lewis-Potter easily beat Archie Gray to deliver a cross that was fortunate to not be directed by Jan Paul van Hecke into his own goal.
Brentford finally made their domination count. Mamadou Sangare played a one-two with Dango Outtara, as both Lucas Bergvall and Andy Robertson failed to track the run of the Malian midfielder. Outtara squared simply for Lewis-Potter, who was open on the penalty spot for essentially a tap-in.
It wasn't long before Brentford doubled their lead. Richarlison's pass back to Bergvall was loose with the Swede then too casual taking the ball in possession, losing out to Mathias Jensen. The Dane ripped a shot from the top of the 18-yard box and Antonin Kinsky made a meal of it, seemingly misjudging the direction of the shot as he reached back across his body to make the save. The Czech keeper succeeded only in palming the ball out to Vitaly Janelt who finished comfortable from close range. Spurs were stunned, and Brentford took a 2-0 lead into the half.

#brentford #back #andy #archie

Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, and second-ranked Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, a seven-time Slam singles winner, will compete together in US Open mixed doubles, organizers announced Saturday.
The US Tennis ******* ociation announced mixed doubles pairings topped by 44-year-old American Williams making her return to the US Open for the first time since 2022.
Williams, a six-time US Open singles champion, captured the 1998 US Open mixed doubles ******* le with Max Mirnyi.
She and Alcaraz received one of the last three wildcard entries into the main draw for mixed doubles, with other spots going to Czechs Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik and Americans Emma Navarro and Tommy Paul.
Williams played women's doubles with her sister Venus for the first time since 2022 at Cincinnati but lost in the first round.

#singles

Switzerland's Audrey Werro clocked a meet best to win the 800m on home soil at the Lausanne Diamond League on Friday, but fell well short of the world record.
The newly-crowned European champion, the third fastest ever in the women's two-lap race, is aiming to break the 1min 53.28sec run by Jarmila Kratochvilova of then-Czechoslovakia in 1983.
It remains the oldest world record in track and field, albeit one that is highly contested having come during a period when systemic doping of athletes was prevalent. Kratochvilova, however, never failed a doping test.
Unlike the European champs, the Diamond League features wavelight technology, trackside lighting that enables runners to see at what pace they are running.
Werro also had Myrte van der Schoot as her pacemaker, but depite the Dutchwoman clocking an electric 54.64sec for the opening 400m, the 22-year-old Swiss could not maintain the pace, ultimately winning in a meet record of 1:55.33.

#werro #diamond #World

Ryan Naderi believes Rangers are "going in the right direction" despite an unconvincing display against Jablonec in their Conference League play-off first leg.
German striker Naderi, 23, scored Rangers' only goal at Ibrox, his second in as many games, to give Derek McInnes' side a slender lead over the Czechs before Thursday's away leg.
It was a second straight victory after McInnes' tenure had begun with two defeats and two draws.
"We're here to play for the qualifying for European competition, so obviously the opponent is tough," Naderi said.
"I agree that the first half wasn't amazing but I'm happy we kept a clean sheet. That was really important.

#second

Newcastle United's goalkeeping department has undergone a huge transformation this summer following the arrivals of two new goalies and the departure of on-loan Aaron Ramsdale.
All of that left Nick Pope facing the prospect of beginning the new Premier League season outside Matthias Jaissle's starting XI, if not entirely out of Tyneside, as there have been suggestions of a likely sale ahead of the new campaign.
The Magpies have spent heavily on two younger goalkeepers, paying £25.7 million (€29.8 million) for Lukas Hornicek from Braga and £18.5 million (€21.5 million) for Ewen Jaouen. Pope, meanwhile, has been omitted from Newcastle's last three preseason friendlies while entering the final year of his contract, and Jaissle already acknowledged that both sides were looking for a solution just over a week ago.
Despite all of those signs pointing toward a possible departure, talkSPORT has now reported that Pope has no intention of simply surrendering his Newcastle career and is prepared to compete with Hornicek for the No. 1 job.
"Nick Pope wants to stay at Newcastle and fight for his place, talkSPORT understands," the outlet reported. "Pope's status as the Magpies' number one goalkeeper is in doubt following the arrival of giant Czech stopper Lukas Hornicek."

#newcastle

With Arne Engels now a West Ham United player, after his £25 million move, and Reo Hatate seeking a move elsewhere, it's imperative that we add some more quality to our low on numbers midfield.
Mika Baur has of course arrived, but we are still in need of more additions all the same.
One of the several midfield players Celtic have been credited with an interest in is Bosnian international Ermin Mahmic. Mahmec who starred for his nation in the recent World Cup, plays his club football for Czech side Slovan Liberec, and is undoubtedly a player of great potential.
Having studied the 22 year old quite a bit since he was credited as a player of interest, it's clear to see that he's more than just a playmaker, with his ability to score from outside the box also forming a huge part of his game.
The youngster regularly likes to have a pop from distance, and more often than not he hits the target, with the ball either ending up in the back of the net, or resulting in the keeper having to make a save.

#arne #engels #united