West Ham sign Hermansen from Leicester
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3 days ago
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West Ham sign Hermansen from Leicester
West Ham have signed goalkeeper Mads Hermansen from Leicester for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £18 million ($20.9 million). The 25-year-old Dane has agreed a five-year deal with the Hammers and is reunited with their lead goalkeeper coach Casper Ankergren, who he worked with at former club Brondby. Hermansen said: 'I've heard a lot of great things about the club. I played West Ham twice last season and playing at London Stadium was a great experience. It's an amazing stadium with loud, passionate fans. 'It's what you dream of as a footballer and I can't wait to play in front of 62,500 fans as a West Ham player.' Hermansen, yet to make his senior debut for Denmark after being included in their Euro 2024 squad, made 72 appearances in total for Leicester after joining from Brondby in 2023.(PA Media/dpa)
Qatar Tribune
5 days ago
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Antonio a free agent after West Ham decide against offering new deal
PAMedia/dpa London West Ham United forward Michail Antonio is to leave the club after 10 years and 323 appearances as the Hammers decided not to offer him a new deal. The 35-year-old has not played for the club since being involved in a serious car accident in December which left him with a broken leg. He has been out of contract since the end of June, with head coach Graham Potter confirming this week that he was not a part of his plans for the new season. The club said they are exploring options for Antonio to remain at the London Stadium in a non-playing capacity. In a statement, West Ham said: 'Michail will always be a much-loved and respected member of the West Ham United family. 'As has been the case since December, the club will continue to support and assist him in his ongoing rehabilitation, offering him access to training, facilities and medical care if needed. 'Dialogue continues over his future involvement with the club in an alternative capacity - including one that would enable others to benefit from his experience and leadership qualities - and he will forever hold a special place in our 130-year history. 'Everyone at West Ham United would like to sincerely thank Michail for his outstanding, dedicated service in a claret and blue shirt over the last 10 years. 'Further recognition of his magnificent contribution will appear across Club channels in the coming days and weeks.' His departure brings to an end a hugely-memorable decade in east London for the Jamaica international, who joined from Nottingham Forest in 2015. The pinnacle of his time at the London Stadium came when he helped the club to a first trophy in 43 years with victory over Fiorentina in the Conference League final in 2023. He was part of three European campaigns under former boss David Moyes, which also included a run to the Europa League semi-finals in 2022 where they eventually lost to Eintracht Frankfurt. He scored the club's first goal in Europe in 22 years when he netted away to Dinamo Zagreb in September 2021. In all, he scored 83 goals for the club including 68 in 268 Premier League appearances, one of which came in West Ham's final match at their former Upton Park home, a 3-2 victory over Manchester United in 2016. His final appearance in claret and blue came in a 3-1 defeat away to Leicester on December 3, four days before the collision which left him with a broken leg, ruling him out for the remainder of the season.
Qatar Tribune
04-08-2025
- Qatar Tribune
Tauson takes revenge on Swiatek at Montreal Open
Agencies Montreal World number three Iga Swiatek suffered a surprise defeat at the National Bank Open as she was beaten by Clara Tauson in Montreal. Denmark's Tauson gained revenge for her Wimbledon defeat at the hands of Swiatek to reach the last eight with a 7-6 (7-1), 6-3 victory. Poland's Swiatek won a solitary point in the first-set tiebreak - that came from a Tauson double fault - and was then broken early in the second set. Swiatek broke back to make it 4-3 but failed to hold in her next service gamebas Tauson progressed to set up a quarter-final against Madison Keys. In a tight opening set, Tauson led nearly throughout. But after losing leads of 3-1 and 4-2 -- and failing to serve out the set at 5-4 -- she found a spark again in the tiebreak. The only point she lost in the first-set tiebreak was off of a double fault. In the second set, the Dane again raced out to an early lead, and regrouped when Swiatek hit back. After the Pole got the set back on serve, Tauson won eight of the last 11 points. 'I just felt like after I won the first set that I needed to continue, because I know she's never going to give up, and she's going to come out firing no matter what,' Tauson said afterwards. 'I think obviously getting a win against her after losing to her in Wimbledon and a couple of weeks ago is obviously nice, because I was not feeling great in that match, and I felt like I was playing some good tennis in Wimbledon. 'So I felt like if I could keep that going, I thought I had a shot.' Meanwhile, No. 6 seed Keys pulled off an escape from two match points down to defeat No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova, advancing to her eighth quarter-final of the season. Keys staved off both match points serving down 5-4 in the second set, ultimately taking the last three games of the match to win for the second time in as many meetings with Muchova. Keys advances to her second quarterfinal in Montreal, following her run to the 2016 final. Since then, she had not gone past the third round in Canada until this year.
