Manchester City's owners have agreed a joint-purchase of Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu, in partnership with China Sports Capital and UBTECH. Alongside Premier League champions City, CFG also controls Melbourne City, New York City and Club Atletico Torque of Uruguay, while it has invested in Girona and Yokohama F. Marinos.
No sooner than the BCCI announced the tentative schedule for the first two weeks of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019, Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) took to Twitter to express their handle to express excitement about facing defending champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the opening encounter on March 23.
FIFA to decide the host of the Women's World Cup in secret, despite the new open vote held last year for host of the 2026 men's tournament. The 2023 Women's WC bidding process was launched on February 19, and FIFA adopted many of the rigorous checks and scrutiny prospective men's hosts now have to go through. But the final decision is a very different process.
Sami Khedira is set to undergo medical tests on his heart after Juventus confirmed an "atrial arrhythmia" was detected on Tuesday. Khedira trained as normal on Monday and Tuesday, but an "atrial arrhythmia" was noticed in their final session and Juve have sent him for tests. In the announcement of their squad list, Juve confirmed Khedira's absence.