South Korea international Son Heung-Min is poised to sign with MLS side LAFC, with an unveiling happening as soon as Wednesday. Son, 33, announced his departure from Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur last weekend, concluding a 10-year spell at the London club, though at the time he didn’t specify his next destination.
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Lando Norris held off a late attack from McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris’ controlled, defensive drive in an intense race, with the two title rivals on divergent strategies, reduces his deficit to Piastri in the championship to nine points heading into Formula 1’s summer break. Mercedes’ George Russell took the final podium place, passing Charles Leclerc in the closing stages as the Ferrari faded from pole position.
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc took a sensational, surprise pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix ahead of McLaren’s title contenders Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. Leclerc, nowhere near the McLaren’s pace until the final part of qualifying, pipped Piastri by just 0.026 seconds. Norris, 16 points adrift in the championship, was 0.015secs behind his team-mate.
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On a foul night of torrential rain and threats of lightning strikes in Sydney that forced play to be suspended for 40 minutes, the Wallabies shocked the British and Irish Lions and won a riotous victory in the third and final Test at Stadium Australia. The hosts, and underdogs, were dominant for much of a dramatic evening, outscoring the Lions by three tries to two. They led the Sydney slugfest 8-0 through a Dylan Pietsch try and a Tom Lynagh penalty at the end of an intense first half.
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James Milner will wear the No.20 for Brighton this season in tribute to his former Liverpool teammate, Diogo Jota. It’s been nearly a month since the Liverpool forward died alongside his brother in a car crash in Spain, as the pair journeyed back to the United Kingdom ahead of the start of the Reds’ pre-season training schedule.
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