Manchester United are prepared to sell Harry Maguire in January, Erling Haaland will not join Paris St-Germain from Manchester City, who are also interested in signing Diogo Costa.

Manchester United will listen to cut-price offers for England defender Harry Maguire, 31, in January. (Star), external

Norway forward Erling Haaland, 24, has decided on his future away from Manchester City but will not be joining Paris St-Germain. (El Nacional – in Spanish), external

Manchester City are interested in signing 25-year-old Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa from Porto as a long-term replacement for Brazilian Ederson, 31. (Football Insider), external

Real Madrid and Barcelona are interested in Spanish 21-year-old Benfica and former Manchester United defender Alvaro Fernandez Carreras. (O Jogo – in Portuguese, external)

Liverpool are also in the race to sign the Benfica player. (AS – in Spanish), external

Chelsea, Tottenham and Liverpool have sent scouts to watch Borussia Dortmund and England Under-21 winger Jamie Gittens in recent weeks (Bild – in German, external)

Shane van Gisbergen is missing out on the Bathurst 1000 this weekend for the first time since 2006, but he’s making the most of it as he dominates the NASCAR time sheets in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is his first pole position in just 12 career starts at the Cup level. 

Tyler Reddick, who spun in practice, had a much tidier qualifying session, setting the early benchmark in the final round at 1:22.796s. SVG waited and ran very late, taking the top spot by less than a tenth with a 1:22.704s. To the the surprise of everyone, Reddick was able to response with an impressive second run where he closed the gap despite older tires, coming within 0.057s of Van Gisbergen’s pole time.

Shane Van Gisbergen, Kaulig Racing, WeatherTech Chevrolet Camaro

Photo by: David Rosenblum / NKP / Motorsport Images

“He’s [Reddick] obviously very quick to do those extra laps and still match it,” said Van Gisbergen, who is driving the No. 13 Chevrolet this weekend. “Thank you to this Kaulig Racing team. Last minute deal to come and race here. Thanks to Matt [Kaulig] and the guys for letting me run their car and of course, WeatherTech for coming on board too. What an amazing day. I’m at a loss for words.”

SVG went on to say that he will be mindful of those in the playoff fight as this Sunday’s Cup race is the Round of 12 elimination race. “Just make sure we race clean. I have to respect there’s a lot of playoff guys around me. I have to race respectfully. But yeah, we’re here to win the race.” 

Behind the SVG-Reddick front row will be defending race winner A.J. Allmendinger in third, Joey Logano fourth, and Austin Cindric fifth. Team Penske teammates Logano and Cindric both enter this race in the elimination zone.

Kyle Larson, Chase Elliott, Brad Keselowski, Bubba Wallace, and William Byron rounded out the top-ten in qualifying.

Playoff drivers starting a bit deeper in the field: Christopher Bell 12th; Daniel Suarez 13th; Ryan Blaney 14th; Alex Bowman 17th; Denny Hamlin 18th; Chase Briscoe 25th.

There were notable incidents during the session, which featured a new track layout with alterations to the Turns 5-7 section, as well as a tighter frontstretch chicane.

Southgate came through the same route as Carsley, being promoted from the under-21 job and leading England initially on an interim basis, although he had previously managed Middlesbrough too.

Carsley’s managerial experience has entailed interim spells at Coventry, Brentford and Birmingham.

While many England fans wanted Southgate to go, criticising perceived negative tactics, he will go down as the country’s second most successful men’s manager ever.

He led the Three Lions to European Championship finals in 2021 and 2024 – losing both – with only Sir Alf Ramsey guiding England to a men’s final before, the 1966 World Cup which remains their only trophy.

“Southgate’s achievements were regarded as vindication for the years of work done in building a national coaching system after he took over permanently in November 2016,” said BBC chief football writer Phil McNulty.

“The idea of promoting from within their system is understandably attractive to the FA as it would be a clear demonstration of its developmental coaching success, following in the footsteps of Spain.

“Carsley’s ascent also appealed to the FA because he has worked so closely with a group of young players at development levels, such as Cole Palmer, Phil Foden, Anthony Gordon, Marc Guehi and others. De la Fuente was a similar case in point as he built Spain’s latest powerful team.

“This was all part of the St George’s Park strategy put in place by the FA.”

But some England fans might prefer a bigger name – like Eddie Howe, Graham Potter, the dream albeit unlikely option of Pep Guardiola – or new bookmakers’ favourite Thomas Tuchel.

“Lee Carsley’s ill-fated selection gamble against Greece placed a large boulder in the Football Association’s preferred pathway for the national team manager,” said McNulty.

“It has re-opened the debate as to whether Carsley has the credentials and experience to take England to the 2026 World Cup when the FA would have much preferred a smooth handover of power, with another graduate from the St George’s Park system steeped in what they like to call their DNA at the helm after Southgate.”

Conor McGregor made it a red panty night for both fighters competing in the BKFC Spain main event

Franco Tenaglia capped off the bare-knuckle promotion’s first ever event in Spain by capturing the lightweight title in an absolute war with Tony Soto across five rounds but it was the Irish superstar who blessed both men afterwards.

“What we’re going to do for these two gentlemen as well as a bonus is double their purse,” McGregor announced after the fight. “They’re getting double pay. That’s damn straight. Well done gentlemen, you are getting double pay and bonuses. Thank you for your service.”

The massive gesture from BKFC’s newest co-owner came after Tenaglia and Soto battled it out in one of the craziest fights in the history of the promotion.

Defense went flying out of the ring as Tenaglia and Soto just constantly stepped into the pocket and blasted each other with huge combinations. Soto actually dropped Tenaglia badly in the second round with a brutal body shot and it appeared the American fighter might get a stoppage.

Instead, Tenaglia survived the round and then dished out even more punishment of his own as the fight continued. When the fight was over, Tenaglia’s face was busted up and swollen and the same could be said for Soto as the crowd in Marbella gave them a standing ovation.

In the end, the judges scored the fight twice for Tenaglia 47-45 with the third official giving it a 46-46. That was still enough for Tenaglia to get the nod by majority decision as he becomes the new BKFC lightweight champion and he also goes home with a lot more money than he expected.

“I’ve been waiting for this 10 years,” Tenaglia said after his win. “I used to fight in warehouses in the middle of nowhere but look at me now. I’m a world champion.”

In the co-main event, former boxing champion Austin Trout continued his dominant run since joining the BKFC roster as he successfully defended his welterweight title with a shutout performance over Rico Franco.

Trout scored a pair of knockdowns but just couldn’t quite put Franco away as the challenger just kept coming after him despite taking far more damage during the fight. All three judges scored the fight 50-43 in lopsided fashion as Trout moved to 3-0 in BKFC with Saturday serving as his first title defense.

In the third title fight on the card, Dave Mundell continued to run roughshod over the competition as he demolished Danny Christie with a devastating punch in the second round to end his night. Mundell nearly stopped the fight in the first round after he put Christie down early and never allowed him a second to gain any kind of momentum.

The final shot saw Christie crash to the canvas and despite his best effort to get back to his feet, the referee saw enough to stop the contest at :55 seconds into the second round.

Here are the full results for BKFC Spain:

Franco Tenaglia def. Tony Soto via majority decision (46-46, 47-45, 47-45)

Austin Trout def. Ricardo Franco via unanimous decision (50-43 x3)

David Mundell def. Danny Christie via TKO at :55 seconds, R2

Dan Chapman def. Mike Jurik via TKO at 1:26, R1

Felipe da Silva Maia def. James Lilley via TKO at 1:08, R

Hannah Rankin def. Deborah Mellhorn via split decision (47-48, 49-46, 49-46)

Oscar Willis def. Ben Davis via TKO at 1:57, R1

Yunus Batan def. Maxine Bellamy via unanimous decision (48-44 x3)

Nico Gaffie def. Radek Stadler via TKO at 1:04, R2

Arbi Chakaev def. Jose Daniel via TKO at 59 seconds, R1

David Mora def. Fran Suarez via TKO (doctor’s stoppage) at 2:00, R4