Trent Alexander-Arnold to join Real Madrid from Liverpool before Club World Cup
Liverpool have agreed a deal for Trent Alexander-Arnold to join Real Madrid on June 1. The new Premier League champions confirmed a deal had been reached for him to join Real prior to the expiry of his Liverpool contract on June 30, and Real said this would enable the England international to play for the Spanish side at this summer's Club World Cup. The Reds confirmed a fee had been paid to secure the 26-year-old's services at the start of June rather than from July 1, with Real announcing Alexander-Arnold had agreed a six-year contract.
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2 hours ago
- ABC News
Djokovic's French Open match interrupted by cheers for PSG's Champions League win
Novak Djokovic has reached the fourth round of the French Open for the 16th consecutive year with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 victory over qualifier Filip Misolic in a match marked by noise from Paris Saint-Germain fans cheering as they watched the Champions League final on their phones. There were also frequent sounds of fireworks popping from PSG's stadium, which is just a few blocks from Court Philippe-Chatrier. The French club won its first championship in the top soccer competition for European clubs, beating Italy's Inter Milan 5-0 in Munich, Germany. Djokovic originally was hoping to avoid playing at the same time as the match so he could watch it on TV. "It was interesting. The crowd was really following the game. And I could hear when they scored. It was way too many times that they were celebrating," Djokovic said about the spectators in the Chatrier stands. "I was like, 'wow, this is a lot of goals from Paris! What's going on?' Now I heard it's 5-0. Quite a result, to be honest." During one lengthy tennis point in the third set, some shouts accompanied PSG's fourth goal, and afterward, the chair umpire asked spectators to keep it down, drawing boos and whistles in response. "Night sessions are always different. They're always louder. The people are always more excited. Everything is always loud and different from a day session," said Djokovic, who has won all nine sets he has played so far in this year's tournament. "I knew I was going to have to be scheduled once to play at night. And it's OK. It's fine. I mean, I would be watching football, for sure. … [PSG] won it for the first time, so I don't know how we're all going to go back to our hotels. "It's going to be quite a journey. Quite an adventure. But I think we are in for a long celebration and probably not much sleep tonight. It's a fun night to be in Paris, I guess." Djokovic has never lost to anyone ranked as low as No.153 Misolic at a grand slam tournament, and this one was never really in doubt. There was just a slight delay for him to take control. In the second game, with Misolic serving, Djokovic held seven break points — and failed to convert any. That made it 1-all. But Djokovic kept accumulating break chances and, eventually, cashed in on his 10th, to lead 4-2. That was essentially that. Against a man 15 years his junior, who was appearing in only his second grand slam tournament, the 38-year-old Djokovic made only 14 unforced errors — compared to 33 winners — and saved the only break point he faced. "Solid when I needed to be," Djokovic said. "There's always something to improve. Something to get better at. But overall, I have to be pleased with the level of tennis so far." He improved his career record at the French Open to 99-16, equalling his number of match wins at the Australian Open. He has won three of his 24 major championships in Paris. A year ago in a fourth-round victory, Djokovic tore his the meniscus in his right knee and needed to withdraw from the tournament before his next match. This time, Djokovic will try to reach the quarterfinals by beating Cam Norrie on Monday. Djokovic is 5-0 against Norrie, including a win at the Geneva Open the week before the French Open en route to the Serb's 100th career trophy. "He's a big fighter. He's a grinder," said Djokovic, who beat Norrie in the 2022 Wimbledon semifinals. "Cameron is known for that on the tour." AP
The Australian
3 hours ago
- The Australian
Djokovic and Sinner flex muscles to reach French Open last 16 as Keys survives
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News.com.au
3 hours ago
- News.com.au
‘Humiliated': World says same thing as PSG win Champions League in 63-year first
Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League for the first time in their history as Luis Enrique's brilliant young side outclassed Inter Milan on Saturday in the most one-sided final ever and teenager Desire Doue scored twice in an astonishing 5-0 victory. Achraf Hakimi, playing against his former club, gave PSG an early lead and Doue went from provider to finisher as his deflected shot doubled their advantage in the 20th minute. Doue scored again just after the hour mark, ending any doubt about the outcome before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ran away to get the fourth and substitute Senny Mayulu made it five. Inter were simply no match for the French club, who recorded the biggest victory by any team in the final in the 70-year history of the European Cup and Champions League. 'This means everything. It's my dream, it's our dream. It's incredible. The result is not by magic. I'm happy we did it like this, we're now going to celebrate,' said Portuguese midfielder Vitinha, who was one of PSG's creative sparks. Watch the highlights from the Champions League final in the video above UK football pundit Mark Pougatch said on Stan Sport: 'I've watched a lot of big finals … I've never seen anything like that. Where one team absolutely humiliated the other. They could have won by seven or eight tonight.' The triumph for the Parisians comes after more than a decade of huge investment from their Qatari owners, and five years after they lost to Bayern Munich in their only previous final appearance. Already French league and cup double winners, they are remarkably just the second ever French winners of European football's biggest prize — Marseille were the first in 1993, when they beat AC Milan in a final also played in Munich. It is also a second Champions League for PSG coach Luis Enrique, who won with Lionel Messi's Barcelona a decade ago. This youthful PSG side is the best the competition has seen since, one that has been intelligently pieced together over the last two years and fully unleashed this season following the departure of Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid. Brazil's Neymar and Lionel Messi couldn't get PSG over the hump, but it seems the team has blossomed into an all-round juggernaut without the trio of superstars. Real Madrid was knocked out of this year's Champions League by Arsenal in the quarterfinals. Indeed the star on the night was teenager Doue, who delivered a masterclass just before he turns 20 on Tuesday. For Inter, there was to be no first Champions League title since 2010 as they failed to add to their three previous triumphs in the competition. Simone Inzaghi's side have now got to the final twice in three seasons and lost both, and this defeat comes a week after they missed out on the Serie A title to Napoli. They end the campaign trophyless, and their ageing side will need to be rebuilt. -Mbappe rejects chance to join Real Madrid and stays with PSG in 2022 -Real Madrid wins 2024 UCL -Mbappe joins Real Madrid the same summer -Real Madrid eliminated from 2025 UCL in quarterfinals -PSG win 2025 UCL Final Tough. — ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) May 31, 2025 Erling Haaland joins Man City and wins the treble Kylian Mbappe leaves PSG and they win the treble Levels to this game — 17 (@DxBruyneSZN) May 31, 2025 PSG gave their opponents no chance from the off on a sweaty night at the Allianz Arena, and they were ahead in the 12th minute. It was a glorious goal, Vitinha threading a pass to Doue who squared for Hakimi to finish into an empty net, before refusing to celebrate against his former club. It was also the earliest goal in a Champions League final since 2019, and recent history was already firmly against Inter. The last final in which both teams scored was in 2018, while the last team to concede the first goal but still win were Real Madrid in 2014. But soon Inter were further behind with a goal that came on a counterattack. Willian Pacho prevented Inter from winning a corner, his clearance falling to Kvaratskhelia, who released Ousmane Dembele. His pass found Doue, and the youngster who was preferred in the starting line-up to Bradley Barcola fired past Yann Sommer, via a deflection off Federico Dimarco. Inter only really came close to scoring in the first half when Marcus Thuram headed just wide at a corner, but things got worse after the break. The night for Inzaghi's side was summed up by defender Yann Bisseck, who came on for Benjamin Pavard early in the second half but limped off less than 10 minutes later. Their back line was at sixes and sevens as PSG made it 3-0 on 63 minutes, Dembele's flick releasing Vitinha before the little Portuguese playmaker set up Doue to beat Sommer at his near post. Doue came off shortly after to rapturous applause, but his teammates were far from done. Dembele sent Kvaratskhelia away to make it 4-0 in the 73rd minute, and the 19-year-old Mayulu then played a one-two with Barcola before lashing in the fifth on 86 minutes. That rounded off an incredible night, with PSG becoming the first team to score five goals in the final since Benfica in 1962.
