Broncos defensive lineman Matt Henningsen had to be carted off the field during Friday’s training camp practice.

There’s been no word from the team yet about the nature of his injury, but reports from media members at the team’s facility painted a grim picture of the scene. Henningsen went down during a drill and players took a knee around him before he was helped to a cart by medical personnel.

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It’s an all too familiar course of events for Henningsen. He tore his Achilles during a joint practice with the 49ers last August and missed the entire season.

Henningsen was a 2022 sixth-round pick and he played in every game over his first two seasons. He had 40 tackles and a sack, but spent all of 2024 on the team’s practice squad.

Manchester United are said to be keeping a close eye on the striker in the transfer window

Manchester United are reportedly in a transfer battle with Arsenal for Inter striker Pio Esposito. United scouts are said to be keeping a close eye on the 21-year-old.

Michael Carrick‘s side have been linked with an interest in attacking reinforcements in the current transfer window. Joshua Zirkzee is expected to leave Old Trafford with the club wanting more competition and support for Benjamin Sesko.

Esposito has been named as a possible target, however, The Sun report that United are willing to wait until later in the window for Inter to soften their transfer stance on the forward. That could allow Arsenal to overtake them in the race.

While Inter’s official position is that the striker is ‘untouchable’ during this transfer window, the report suggests they have set a £73 million valuation on him. The player reportedly dreams of playing in the Premier League, though he won’t push for a departure from the San Siro.

United face competition for the transfer from Premier League champions Arsenal, who are also reported to have been monitoring Esposito for some time. Despite that, United are prepared to adopt a patient approach to any potential transfer.

The Italian featured in 35 Serie A matches for Inter last season, netting seven goals and registering three assists. He also contributed a further two goals and two assists across nine Champions League outings.

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Certain reports in Italy indicate that Esposito is expected to pen fresh terms with Inter in recognition of his displays. He provided an update regarding his future while on the pre-season tour.

Speaking to Sky Sports Italia, he said: “I’m very calm, I’m happy here at Inter, it’s something that my agent will speak about with the club without any issues.

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“The objective is to never settle, to not stop and to always try to improve both in terms of statistics and as a footballer in general.

“We’re working hard and preparing well. The tests against Milan and Juventus will be good to measure ourselves. It’s always great to play in a derby, even if it’s a friendly. We’ll go about it in a serious way.

“We’re a strong team and will play to win again this year.”

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Tom Dabernig and the connections of Cavalry Girl are poised to continue the mare’s successful campaign as she prepares for a run at Caulfield Heath.

Cavalry Girl recorded a significant victory in Adelaide last start and is scheduled to compete in the Sweeney Estate Agents Handicap (1000m) this Saturday.

The now four-year-old mare captured the Listed Lightning Stakes (1050m) at Morphettville on July 25, adding crucial Black Type to her pedigree.

“She’s raced very consistently and then won over in Adelaide last time which was quite a comfortable win and important for her in getting the Black Type which is a big thing for her breeding future,” Dabernig remarked. “And Bivouac (her sire) is actually doing quite well also.”

That Adelaide win was against two and three-year-old company, and now as a four-year-old mare, she faces tougher competition.

Dabernig is not overlooking the more challenging nature of Saturday’s Benchmark 100 contest, but he did highlight several positive factors.

“If you look at the benchmark of all the other horses, it not a true 100 sprint,” Dabernig observed. “She’s also good at Caulfield, she’s got the minimum weight, she’s got a good gate and it’s a small field, so she should run well.”

“We trialled against (fellow Warrnambool-trained) Stokke with Shadhavar recently and it looks to be going well, but I would say with our race fitness, we’re pretty confident to be taking it on.”

The trainer indicated that Saturday’s 1000m journey is likely Cavalry Girl’s preferred distance, although she has achieved success at 1050m and competed at 1100m.

“Craig Williams has mentioned that we could try 1200 (metres), but we know the 1000 is a good formula for her,” Dabernig said. “I looked ahead in the program, and it was a little bit awkward to try and find the right race and I thought this did look the right race. She is jumping out of her skin, but ideally, I would have preferred it to be three weeks, that would have been perfect.”

Dabernig stated he will observe Cavalry Girl’s performance on Saturday before deciding on her next steps.

He mentioned that the Group 1 Moir Stakes (1000m), scheduled for Sandown on September 5, is being considered.

“She’s never been to Sandown, and that track is racing pretty tired, and we know she loves Caulfield and, or the Flemington straight,” Dabernig noted. “If she won on Saturday, the Moir could be a consideration, while the other thing is because she’s raced through winter we could freshen her up and come back later in the spring for a race maybe during Melbourne Cup week.”

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Trainer Dan Meagher is looking forward to a familiar reunion as Lim’s Saltoro heads to Adelaide.

Lim’s Saltoro is set to compete at Morphettville on Saturday in the Group 3 Behemoth Stakes (1200m), with Noel Callow confirmed as the jockey.

Meagher, the son of Melbourne Cup-winning trainer John Meagher, spent a considerable amount of time in Singapore. He initially worked as one of his father’s assistants before becoming a leading trainer in his own right, eventually relocating to Melbourne when the Singaporean racing industry ceased operations.

During the late 2000s, Callow rode in Singapore and developed a strong rapport with Singaporean businessman Lim Siah Mong, who had horses with several stables, including Meagher senior’s.

Later, the younger Meagher took on the majority of Lim’s horses, and Lim’s Saltoro followed Meagher to Melbourne when racing concluded in Singapore.

“It’s a full-circle moment really having Noel aboard on Saturday,” Meagher stated.

“He rode plenty of winners for Dad and plenty of winners for Mr Lim.”

“When I informed Mr Lim that we’d be able to get Noel Callow, he was happy about that.”

“Mr Lim is a loyal person, and he appreciates team success and Noel was a team member with Mr Lim for a while and they had great success.”

“It’s worked out well that Noel is in Adelaide and we’re taking this horse over.”

“I think Noel will suit this horse too. He’s a very laid-back customer and Noel being Noel, he won’t let him think too much which will be ideal for him.”

It has been just over twelve months since Lim’s Saltoro last raced, having incurred an injury when finishing near the rear at Caulfield in July of the previous year.

That was the fourth start of Lim’s Saltoro’s only Melbourne campaign, and Meagher admitted that his training of the horse was not ideal.

“I thought he had a good campaign last time, but I trained him a bit ordinary, to be honest,” Meagher confessed.

“I was rushing him, wanting results straight away, and I panicked a bit, and despite that he handled it OK.”

“But at his last start he pulled up with an issue behind which required a long spell but he’s 100 per cent right now.”

Lim’s Saltoro has completed four jump-outs in preparation for his return and is deemed fit enough for a 1200-metre weight-for-age contest.

“It looks a nice for him to kick off at this time of year, but my concern, and I hate saying it, is this weather,” Meagher remarked.

“It’s going to be wet, and I hope it doesn’t rain too much more, because I don’t really know. He’s handled trials well on wet tracks, but it is different on race days.”

Last preparation, he ran behind War Machine, who went on to win a Group 1 race. Meagher believes the horse’s form is sufficient, especially for a 1200-metre weight-for-age event.

“If I ran him in a benchmark 100, he might be giving up-and-coming nice horses weight, but there wasn’t a suitable one around.”

“There was a 1000-metre one this week and then a 1400-metre one in a few weeks, but they weren’t suitable as I want to kick him off short, so we’ll run him over 1200 (metres) and build from there.”

“He’s fit enough and the barrier, nine, it’s OK.”

“He’s a go forward horse, first four, first half-a-dozen at that trip and I got a pretty good jockey on.”

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Manchester United are interested in signing Newcastle defender Lewis Hall, but they may have a difficult task landing the Magpies’ star in the coming weeks

Manchester United have been informed by Newcastle United that Lewis Hall is not for sale. The former Chelsea youngster has been eyed by Michael Carrick’s side this summer as they look to strengthen their options at left back.

The Magpies turned down an enquiry for Hall two weeks ago and have no plans to facilitate an exit for the 21-year-old this summer, report Sky Sports. Newcastle are already in the market for a full-back themselves, so do not feel able to lose another in the market, with Kieran Trippier departing at the end of his contract in June.

Hall established himself as a key player for Newcastle last season under Eddie Howe. The defender produced standout performances, including against Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal, but was unfortunate to miss out on Thomas Tuchel’s England squad for the World Cup

United were said to be willing to pay £60million for Hall’s services after he turned down the chance to return to Chelsea. Luke Shaw is currently Carrick’s only natural option after Harry Amass was told he can leave the club, with Patrick Dorgu preferred in a more advanced position.

Hall is set to remain at St James’ Park, but Newcastle have seen a number of players they did not wish to sell depart in recent times. Alexander Isak left for Liverpool last summer after forcing a move to Anfield, while the Magpies have relented and allowed Bruno Guimaraes to depart for Arsenal despite not wanting to sell him.

Newcastle sporting director Ross Wilson explained the decision. “We didn’t want to sell Bruno. It wasn’t in the plan to sell Bruno. None of us — or ownership — wanted to sell Bruno,” he said.

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“He’s our captain, he was very, very important to us and the debate over his price — it’s a world-record fee for a player of his age. What we had to weigh up was, very respectfully from Bruno with his behaviour towards us, very emotionally as well, effectively told us he wanted to leave and move on.

“That doesn’t mean he can go but it certainly plays a part in what our thinking is when we hit a certain range of number. But there’s no part in saying it was part of our strategy and was in our thinking this summer — it wasn’t.

“But we have got to be flexible and react to things that happen. It might have been in our plan to sign one player but we didn’t get him so we move on to another. We can only be honest about that.”

Hall was absent from Newcastle training on Thursday morning but was working on a different fitness programme.

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Brendon McCullum has hailed his successor Stephen Fleming as “like me, but better”, after England appointed his former New Zealand teammate as Test coach. McCullum was sacked from his role in charge of the red-ball side last month after a woeful Ashes campaign was followed by a 2-1 series loss at home to New Zealand, but he remains in charge of England’s limited-overs teams. England are now reverting to a split coaching set-up with Fleming — like McCullum a former captain of New Zealand — taking over for the tour of South Africa later this year that follows a home series against Pakistan.

Former batsman Fleming, 53, made his name as a coach in the Indian Premier League, leading Chennai Super Kings to five titles.

“The ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) has done incredibly well to get someone who has options all round the world,” McCullum told Sky Sports. “To get someone (like him) to commit to English cricket for the period he has is an outstanding achievement.

“I had a great time for those four years and now it’s heading in a different direction. Flem will be excellent. He’s a little bit like me, but better.”

McCullum believes he can work closely with Fleming to avoid disputes over the availability of multi-format players such as Test captain Joe Root and white-ball skipper Harry Brook.

“Flem and I talk pretty much every day, we’re close mates and we’ve done a lot together. He’s one of those guys I trust completely,” said McCullum.

“We have good robust conversations and both of us just want what’s right for English cricket. We want to be able to set this thing up so England is successful across all three formats of the game. 

“That is going to take some give and some take at times, but we both understand that and we are going to try and work very closely together.”

Former England batsman Marcus Trescothick will be the interim head coach for the three-Test series against Pakistan starting at Headingley on August 19.

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Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney produced a thrilling solo ride to the summit of Mont Ventoux to claim her first Tour de France Femmes stage win and the overall race lead.

The iconic climb of Mont Ventoux was included in the Tour de France Femmes for the first time for this year’s ‘queen stage’.

Niewiadoma-Phinney began the 146.8km ride from La Voulte-sur-Rhone third in the general classification, one minute and 17 seconds behind race leader Marlen Reusser, with Demi Vollering second.

And the Polish Canyon-SRAM rider, who won the Tour in 2024, launched an attack with 9km of the Mont Ventoux climb remaining.

As the 31-year-old pulled clear of her rivals on stage seven, it became a battle for the leader’s yellow jersey.

She ultimately reached the summit finish one minute and 16 seconds before Dutch rider Vollering, with Reusser 30 seconds further back and defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot more than 10 minutes down.

Niewiadoma-Phinney now holds a 15-second lead over Vollering with two stages remaining while Swiss rider Reusser is 39 seconds adrift in third.

“I’m blown away with what just happened,” said Niewiadoma-Phinney.

“This victory goes to so many people that were with me along this very long road without proper big wins.

“It was so funny, as we started to climb Mont Ventoux I looked to my right and saw my parents. They made a surprise visit and I could see my dad crying. I was like ‘I just need to make them proud’.”

Saturday’s penultimate stage is the longest of this year’s race, with the mostly flat 171.9km ride from Sisteron to Nice set to suit the sprinters.

That will leave the general classification rivals to battle it out for the title on a 99.2km mountain stage beginning and ending in Nice on Sunday.