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Yahoo
01-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
£10m winger on board with Albion as transfer window opens
Tommy Watson is now an Albion player (Image: PA Wire/Nick Potts) Wembley matchwinner Tommy Watson is an Albion player as the summer transfer window opens. But he will be focussed on international action for the coming weeks. The 19-year-old winger comes south from Sunderland on what is now looking a bargain £10 million deal, which was announced in April. Advertisement He is under contact until 2029. Watson ended his time with his local club on Wearside by scoring a superb winner in the final seconds of the Championship play-off final against Sheffield United. His next target is the Under-19s Euros, in which England face Norway, Germany and the Netherlands . He will then get his chance to impress Fabian Hurzeler and coaching staff in pre-season and potentially secure a place in the Premier League squad for the 2025-26 season. Sunderland were happy to make the agreement with Albion public well before the end of the season to prevent it becoming a distraction during the play-offs. Advertisement The announcement did not go down well with Black Cats fans but they cheered as his precise low curler took them back to the Prem. Albion forward Julio Enciso gets married as summer milestone is announced Albion were close to signing Watson in the January transfer window but the deal faltered with the Sunderland unable to find a replacement before the deadline. When the agreement was finally announced, Albion technical director David Weir said: "Tommy is an exciting young talent who we have been tracking for a significant period of time. 'He's had an excellent breakthrough season with Sunderland, and we are looking forward to him joining us in the summer.' Advertisement The window remains open, for now, until 7pm a week on Tuesday. It will re-open on Monday, June 16 until Monday, September 1 (7pm).
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Barega & Eisa claim Great Manchester Run wins
Ethiopians Selemon Barega and Medina Eisa won the men's and women's 10km races at the Great Manchester Run respectively. Barega, who was Olympic champion in the distance on the track at Tokyo 2020, won in 27 minutes and 49 seconds. Uruguay's Santiago Catrofe finished three seconds behind, while last year's champion, Vincent Ngetich Kipkemoi of Kenya, was third with 27:58. There were two British finishers in the top 10, with Alfie Manthorpe fifth and Welshman Dewi Griffiths in eighth. Olympic 800m champions Keely Hodgkinson MBE and Dame Kelly Holmes were in attendance to start the men's 10k and the half marathons. In the women's 10km, it was a comfortable win for 20-year-old Eisa in 30:42. American Emily Sisson was second in 31:11, with Eisa's fellow Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreslase in third. British athletes Amy-Eloise Neale and Verity Ockenden finished seventh and ninth respectively. Couch to 5K In the half marathon, which has been part of the run since 2017, local athlete Josh Birmingham won comfortably in one hour, six minutes and 25 seconds, with Welshman Josh Griffiths in second and Simon Crawford in third. Australian Melissa Duncan won the women's race in 1:16:27, with British athletes Bethan Lowe and Eden O'Dea completing the podium. In the elite wheelchair races, which are also 10km, six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir was the men's champion with Jade Hall winning the women's. More than 35,000 runners took part in the event overall.
BBC News
18-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Barega & Eisa claim Great Manchester Run wins
Ethiopians Selemon Barega and Medina Eisa won the men's and women's 10km races at the Great Manchester Run respectively. Barega, who was Olympic champion in the distance on the track at Tokyo 2020, won in 27 minutes and 49 Santiago Catrofe finished three seconds behind, while last year's champion, Vincent Ngetich Kipkemoi of Kenya, was third with 27:58. There were two British finishers in the top 10, with Alfie Manthorpe fifth and Welshman Dewi Griffiths in eighth. Olympic 800m champions Keely Hodgkinson MBE and Dame Kelly Holmes were in attendance to start the men's 10k and the half marathons. In the women's 10km, it was a comfortable win for 20-year-old Eisa in 30:42. American Emily Sisson was second in 31:11, with Eisa's fellow Ethiopian Gotytom Gebreslase in third. British athletes Amy-Eloise Neale and Verity Ockenden finished seventh and ninth respectively. In the half marathon, which has been part of the run since 2017, local athlete Josh Birmingham won comfortably in one hour, six minutes and 25 seconds, with Welshman Josh Griffiths in second and Simon Crawford in third. Australian Melissa Duncan won the women's race in 1:16:27, with British athletes Bethan Lowe and Eden O'Dea completing the podium. In the elite wheelchair races, which are also 10km, six-time Paralympic gold medallist David Weir was the men's champion with Jade Hall winning the women's. More than 35,000 runners took part in the event overall.
BBC News
21-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Brighton sign teenager Yoon
Brighton have signed 18-year-old winger Yoon Doyoung from South Korean club Daejeon Hana who has penned a five-year-deal, will join the Seagulls on 1 July, after completing the remainder of the season on loan at his current Director David Weir said: "Yoon is widely regarded as one of the best young talents in Asia and we're very pleased he's chosen to become a Brighton player."We will be watching closely as he continues his development in the South Korean League through until the summer, and then look to find a suitable loan for him next season."
BBC News
13-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Gossip: Everton eye director of football Weir
Everton would like to bring in former player David Weir as their director of football, a position the 54-year-old Scot currently occupies at Brighton. (Telegraph - subscription required), externalWant more news? Read Thursday's full gossip columnFollow the gossip column on BBC Sport
